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Editing extras to upgrade your news videos
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In today’s installment of Camp Canva, we’re sharing tips that will take your news videos to the next level — things that will make viewers wonder: “How did they do this?” In reality, professional videos are often the result of just a few extra clicks of the mouse.
You just need to know what to click:
Remove the background (pro feature)
Tap the video frame you want to edit, and in the editor tool menu that appears near the top of your screen, select “BG Remover.” This allows you to replace the existing background with graphics and other elements (i.e. a chart for a data-driven explainer piece). (See how this works in a short demo.)
Fades and transitions
Between each scene (or “page”) in your timeline, you’ll find an option to add or change a transition.
A menu will appear on the lefthand side of your screen with several transition options.
Once you’ve selected a transition, you’ll have the option to toggle the duration of the transition, in which direction you want the movement to flow, and any colors associated with the transition. You also can select the option to “Apply between all pages” if you want consistency between scenes. (See more on transitions here.)
One more tip
Here’s a simple way to fade your video to black or fade in from a black screen (as we did in our welcome video).
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Add a page after the video you want to fade out (click the +)
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Add a transition between the pages and select “Dissolve”
- Toggle the duration to choose how long you want the fade to take
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