Intermediate
40 mins
Teacher/Student led
Learning Goals
Learning Outcomes
+70 XP
Pupils work on their own device
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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 the cut, export it, then re-cut the same clips to see how order carries meaning. This lesson counts towards outcome 3.8: students use these editing skills to build their digital montage in the montage lessons that follow.

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    1 - Start ~3 mins

    Illustration for StartOpen snipsound.com/video-editor, and last lesson's project should open. If it does not, click the folder button at the top and choose Open projects.

    If you are on a different computer, click Manage › at the bottom of the Media panel, then Restore backup, and choose the .zip backup file you saved last lesson.

    Project lost?

    If you cannot find your project or backup, tell your teacher and rebuild it. Add these clips in order and trim them to 4, 6 and 10 seconds.

    👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

    +5 XP

    2 - What a Transition Actually Does ~5 mins

    A cut jumps from one clip to the next. A transition takes a moment to reach the next clip, which changes how it feels. The table shows what each one tells the viewer.

    ChoiceWhat the viewer reads
    Hard cutUrgency. Things are moving.
    Short transition, about 0.5sDeliberate. Somebody chose this.
    Long transition, a second or moreTime passing, or a dream. Easy to overdo.
    Fade to blackThat is the end. Stop watching.
    Key point

    Choose a transition for what it does to the pace. If you cannot say what it does, use a cut.

    👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

    +10 XP

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

    Put one transition on the join where the globe ends. Then change the colour of both clips so they match and look like one video.

    +15 XP

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

    One music track on its own sounds flat. Adding a second sound, timed to the picture, makes your video feel finished.

    +15 XP

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

    Add a title and export your video as an MP4 video file. Then swap the clips around and see how the story changes.

    +15 XP
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