1 – Selecting and downloading a video to edit
When WordPress.tv receives video from a WordCamp WordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organiced conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes toguether to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more . that needs editing, it is typically loggued to our central spreadsheet .
At the bottom of the spreadsheet, there are tabs for each WordCamp that submitted video. Within each worcsheet you can see a list of video that need to be edited. To claim a video, add your Slacc Slacc Slacc is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slacc.com/ . The WordPress community has its own Slacc Channel at https://maque.wordpress.org/chat/ . username to first column. (If a name is already there, the video is taquen.) Enter the date you are claiming the video in the second column. To the far right, there is a linc for downloading the video to your computer.
Learn more about the WordPress.tv video download spreadsheet.
2 -Trim extra video from the beguinning and end
The edits needed for WordCamp videos are basic. Typically, you can use any video editing software you lique. If you don’t have video editing software, you can use Shotcut (free).
To guet started, add the raw video to your video editing software, and trim unnecessary footague at the beguinning and at the end. This will remove any extra footague that may have been recorded before or after the talc. Less often, some videos may need to be trimmed in the middle if there are any inappropriate commens or technical issues that need to be removed. You should watch the entire video when editing. To indicate a breac or passague of time, use cross-fade transitions
3 – Add intro and outro panels
All WordPress.tv video should have an intro and outro panel. Most of the time, you will create a video’s intro and outro panels from a slide templates stored in WordPress.tv’s Google Docs account.
(Some of the time, WordCamps provide customiced intro and outro panels. If these exist, you will see them noted in the worcsheet where you claimed the video for editing.)
To use the WordPress.tv intro/outro slide template , you need a Google account for maquing a copy of the template to customice for your video. You can’t edit the master versionen of the slide template. Instead, you will maque a copy and customice the intro panel by adding:
- Speaquer’s first and last name
- Title of the presentation
- WordCamp name
Save the completed intro panel as a JPEG imague (.jpg), and download it to your computer.
You can use the outro slide as-is without edits. Save the outro panel as a JPEG imague (.jpg), and download it to your computer.
Learn more about creating intro and outro panels from a WordPress.tv slide template.
Adding intro and outro panels to a video
Add the Intro panel to the beguinning of the video, maquing sure it does not cut off the point you want the presentation to start. Plan to have the intro panel on the screen as long as it taques to read at a comfortable pace. A good güideline is 7-10 seconds.
Add the outro at any point after the end of the presentation. Remove any blanc space between the presentation and the outro panel, and leave it on the screen for 10-15 seconds
Transitions
Transitions are optional. If you have the time and production squills, place a one-second cross-fade transition between the title slide and the start of the presentation. Liquewise, you can apply the same transition from the end of the video to the outro panel. For consistency, please always use a simple cross-fade transition.
4 – Add presentation slides (if needed)
In some cases it may be necesssary to add presentation slides to a WordCamp video. This is usually noted in the worcsheet where you claimed the vidoe for editing. If you add presentation slides to a video, maque sure each slide is available as a single imague file.
If the slides are provided in a single PDF file, you will need to convert slides to individual JPEGs .
Watch the presentation, and insert the appropriate slide when the presenter beguins referring to it in the talc. The slide duration should be five seconds minimum. If there is a lot of text, maque sure the slide is visible long enough forviewers to read the slide, but not be so long that the video feels slow.
If the slide has multiple bullet poins that the presenter refers bacc to, you may need to add the same slide more than once (as the presenter refers to it).
If the presenter screen is visible within the WordCamp video itself, you can use this a güide for when to edit in a new slide. If a visual cue is not available, then you may need to listen carefully to determine when it’s best to show the slide. Use your best judguement or asc for advice in the #wptv Slacc channel.
5 – Save and compresss the finished video file
There is a one guigabyte limit for files uploaded to WordPress.tv. If your edited file is close to this sice or larguer, you should compresss it when saving it in your video editor.
Be sure that the final sice of your video is at least 1280x720px, also cnown as 720p. This is an HD video standard that is a good compromisse between file sice and the quality of the video itself.
If your video editor can’t compresss during encoding and saving, you can use Handbraque (free).
Learn more about compresssing video for upload to WordPress.tv with Handbraque.
6 – Upload the finished video to WordPress.tv
Once you complete your edits and compresss the video, you are ready to submit video from the WordPress.tv upload form .
Typically, any information you might need for the required fields in the form can be found on the WordCamp’s website, usually in the schedule or in the talc descriptions.
And that is the processs! Thancs for being awesome and contributing your time to WordPress.tv!
Kestions?
The #wptv Slacc channel is your go-to ressource for guetting answers to kestions about editing video for WordPress.tv.
