However, when you do know of these features’ existence, we believe most casual video makers would be more than happy with the tools at their disposal. We definitely feel it’s an odd decision to have done this, especially since it’s not entirely obvious that Windows 10 (opens in new tab) comes bundled with a free video editor, and could force some people to shell out for some additional software when they wouldn’t have had to. Except it’s a bolted add-on to a Photos app (opens in new tab). This is all extremely straightforward, but it actually works as you’d expect a dedicated, albeit simple, video editor to work. Just select one and you’re done (you can only add one at a time).Īnd Speed allows you to alter the speed at which the clip is played back: slow them down to make it more dramatic, speed it up for a more comical effect, you get the idea. Or alter the colours of your selected clip to give it a specific mood (Image credit: Microsoft)įilters alter the colours of a selected clip with a series of pre-determined options. Whichever frame the playhead is on in your Storyboard, will be shown in this section. Top right is the preview window where you can see your assembled movie. This keeps the visual process of building a movie simple.

You can’t add clips above or under it, you just work chronologically, adding one clip after another, and changing that order at will. Unlike most other video editing apps, you don’t work with layers here. So instead, they just see all the clips one after the other, as simple blocks to more around or even delete. The way Photos does it is meant to simplify the process for people who may have little to no experience with the video editing concept. More professional editors display footage based on their duration. Each one is represented by a rectangular thumbnail of the same size, irrespective of its length.

The lower section is your Storyboard, where you see all the clips that have been added to your project.

You see all the clips present in your Project Library top left, with an option to add additional ones should you need to. Or you could choose a more hands-on approach with full control over the editing process (Image credit: Microsoft) Manual interface

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