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40 mins

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Editing Video with Snip Studio, Part 2: Transitions, Sound and Export

Students finish last lesson's sequence with a transition, colour matching and a sound effect timed to a cut, export it, then re-cut the same clips to see how order carries meaning.

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1 Start
2 What a Transition Actually Does
3 Hands-on: Transition and Colour
4 Hands-on: Layer the Sound
5 Hands-on: Title, Export, Then Re-cut
Quiz

1 - Start ~3 mins

Illustration for Start Go to snipsound.com/video-editor to open your project. On the same computer as last time it opens by itself. If it does not, click the folder button at the top and choose Open projects.

Different computer?

Click Manage › at the bottom of the Media panel, then Restore backup, and choose the .zip you saved last lesson.

If you still cannot find your project, tell your teacher. Today you will finish and export your video.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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2 - What a Transition Actually Does ~5 mins

A cut jumps straight to the next clip. A transition takes a moment to get there, and that moment affects how the viewer feels.

Choice	What the viewer feels
Hard cut	A hurry, as if things are moving fast
Short transition, about 0.5s	That somebody chose this on purpose
Long transition, a second or more	Time passing, or a dream (it is easy to use too much)
Fade to black	That the video is ending

Key point

A transition changes the pace of your video. If you cannot say why one is there, use a plain cut instead.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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3 - Hands-on: Transition and Colour ~12 mins

Put one transition on the join between the two clips you most want the viewer to notice. Then match the colour of your clips so they look like one video.

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4 - Hands-on: Layer the Sound ~10 mins

Music on its own sounds flat. In this step you turn the music down and add a sound effect that lands exactly on your transition.

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5 - Hands-on: Title, Export, Then Re-cut ~8 mins

Add a title, then export your video, which saves it as a file that plays anywhere. Then swap two clips and watch the story change.

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Editing Video with Snip Studio, Part 2: Transitions, Sound and Export

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1 - Start ~3 mins

2 - What a Transition Actually Does ~5 mins

3 - Hands-on: Transition and Colour ~12 mins

4 - Hands-on: Layer the Sound ~10 mins

5 - Hands-on: Title, Export, Then Re-cut ~8 mins

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