Save And Experiment
You can be told how to do a task, read about it until your head aches, and even watch someone do it right in front of you, but you’re not really learning unless you try it yourself! No matter what your skill level, playing around in an editing program for a couple of hours is likely to result in learning how to do something useful (or how not to do it!). There’s no need to be afraid of breaking your edit. Simply save it, or even save another copy under a new name, then start messing around.
Some Things You Can Try
- Try out different menu items at the top of the screen.
- Right click various places on the screen. Right clicking will bring up a menu and give you options you might not have known about.
- Try alternate clips or effects in a montage to see how it changes the feel of your video.
- Browsing the help topics (GASP!) and trying out some techniques described there.
Take yourself as far as you can, and if you think of something specific to try that you can’t quite figure out go ahead and tell me what you’re trying to accomplish. Maybe I can help.
