7 Awesome Effects To Try In Your Videos
Video editing platforms provide all kinds of new and exciting features for you to try out. You only need to find them.
When iMovie was first introduced on Mac OS 8, it provided an extensive amount of features and capabilities. What’s even better is to this day it still remains free and comes with all Mac computers. Many businesses since then have been inspired by what iMovie has been capable of doing and have introduced all kinds of effects on their own platforms.
It’s to the point now that the various movie-creating platforms today provide you with a library of extensive effects that you can use to professionally enhance your videos.
Whether you are new to video creation or not, it’s worth giving these effects a shot and explore your video-creating platform.
Using Green Or Blue Screens To Your Advantage
A necessary essential for those recording in one place at times is the use of a green or blue screen. While it’s an additional part to editing, video platforms today have made the process of working with these screens much easier.
It’s at the point now where you can effortlessly removing the background (i.e. the green or blue screen) and replace it with any other background you like.
The only real struggle with working with these screens now is ensuring you get the proper lighting and making a few adjustments to your camera to make the most of it. Fortunately, No Film School has a list of tips and tricks to ensure you get top-quality film out of this.
Glitch Effects
With the emergence of video filters and other simple effects appearing on various social media platforms, it’s clear that these effects are something that work and capture people’s attention. Of course, it’s only natural that video-making platforms provide their own effects as well.
One that’s particularly popular now is the glitch effects. It’s not just reserved for films revolving around virtual reality or technological apocalypses. Rather, you can use all kinds of glitch effects to your advantage through transitions amongst other things.
Best of all, there are several glitch effect generators to experiment with.
Dolly Zoom Effect
Popularized by the film Vertigo (a 1958 film), the Dolly Zoom effect can sometimes be referred to as the Vertigo technique. Regardless of the name though, it’s an effect that when used effectively is a sign of great photographic skill and theory.
Typically this effect is used during the production of filming, however, some platforms have taken it upon themselves to include the use of this effect in editing as well. So even if you lack the photographic know-ho, or you’re recording with a cheaper camera, then you may be able to leverage this effect during editing.
Overall, it’s a powerful effect that adds dynamic interest and heightening tension.
Steadycam Effects
As this effect implies, this is all about keeping your camera steady while it’s moving or focusing on moving objects. These sorts of effects allow you to keep a keen observation of whatever you’re tracking without it being a blurry mess.
Another thing to note about this effect is that depending on the software you are using this feature can vary widely. Paid video-editing software is going to have much better stabilization effects than any free video editing platform out there. So if this is something that is significant for you in your video-making, it’s worth investing in quality video editing software.
You can also consider other external ways of stabilizing your camera. Cameras today have built-in stability and vibration reduction so long as you’re paying for a decent quality camera. There are also tripods — both handheld and tall-standing ones — that are still relevant in today’s video-making world to consider too.
Using The Various Built-In Effects Platforms Provide
Free and paid versions of video editing software will have access to a large library of effects. Things like transitions, visual effects, audio effects, cursor effects and more.
The amount of availability of these and how well they’ll do in videos will vary, however, it’s still worth exploring what you’re capable of doing with these effects. Each platform makes it very simple to implement these in videos as well so it’s a matter of picking out what you like and putting it into the video.
Split Editing
The video industry uses this a lot to improve shots by a larger extend. It’s an effect that provides a lot of flexibility since it’s all about editing in a way where the sound of a video clip comes before the picture or vice versa.
It’s an amazing technique that can lead an audience into a visual with the sound coming out first or cover up the edits that you made with B-roll content.
Every video editor you can find on the market will have something like this so go ahead and experiment with this. The process is about as simple as cutting clips are.
Splitting Screens
An advanced — but also cool — effect to try out is the split-screen effect. Not every video-editing platform will have this as it’s normally reserved to top video editing platforms like Movavi, Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro. However, this effect has trickled down to editing tools like Wondershare Filmora, VSDC, Kapwing Collage Maker, and iMovie.
If you have the luxury of using this effect, it’s worth giving it a shot. It’s particularly helpful in moments where you want to group together multiple shots into one. Think of those videos where there is a group of people singing. Disney medleys are the ones that first come to mind for me.
This overall effect ensures that every subject gets the proper attention and you can also use this effect for complementary and comparison effects too.
Leverage These Effects To Make Better Videos
This is only the tip of the iceberg for what sort of effects you can implement into your videos. Like with anything, careful use of these effects is ideal as you don’t want your videos to be a jumbled mess of effects and transitions.
I’d encourage you to look at your video editing platform you’re using and explore the full extent of effects that you can do. At the very least, these effects can inspire new and exciting video ideas that you can provide to your viewers.
