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Filmora Video Editing Cheatsheet

A comprehensive cheat sheet for Filmora video editing software, covering essential shortcuts, features, and techniques to enhance your video editing workflow.

Basic Editing Shortcuts & Navigation

General Shortcuts

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+X

Cut

Ctrl+C

Copy

Ctrl+V

Paste

Delete

Delete selected clip(s)

Timeline Navigation

Spacebar

Play/Pause

Left/Right Arrow Keys

Move one frame

Up/Down Arrow Keys

Jump to previous/next clip

+/- Keys

Zoom in/out on the timeline

Home

Go to the beginning of the timeline

End

Go to the end of the timeline

Editing Tools

Ctrl+B

Split Clip

Ripple Delete

Removes a clip and shifts remaining clips to fill the gap

Detach Audio

Separates audio from video

Advanced Editing Techniques

Color Correction

Accessing Color Correction Tools:
Double-click a clip in the timeline, then navigate to the ‘Color’ tab.

Key Adjustments:

  • White Balance: Adjust the color temperature to make whites appear neutral.
  • Exposure: Control the overall brightness of the clip.
  • Contrast: Adjust the difference between the darkest and lightest parts of the image.
  • Highlights/Shadows: Adjust the brightness of the brightest and darkest areas separately.
  • Vibrance/Saturation: Control the intensity of colors.
  • 3D LUTs: Apply pre-designed color grading presets.

Keyframing

What is Keyframing?
Keyframing allows you to change a property of a clip (e.g., position, scale, rotation, opacity) over time.

How to use:

  1. Select a clip in the timeline.
  2. Go to the ‘Animation’ tab.
  3. Set the playhead to the desired start time, adjust the property, and click the ‘Add Keyframe’ button (diamond icon).
  4. Move the playhead to a different time, adjust the property again, and another keyframe will be created.

Filmora will automatically create a smooth transition between keyframes.

Motion Tracking

Using Motion Tracking:

  1. Select a clip in the timeline.
  2. Go to the ‘Motion Tracking’ tab.
  3. Adjust the tracking rectangle to focus on the object you want to track.
  4. Click ‘Start Tracking’.
  5. Once tracking is complete, you can attach another element (text, image, video) to the tracked object.

This is useful for adding text that follows a moving object, or blurring a face.

Effects, Transitions, and Titles

Applying Effects

Applying Effects:

  • Drag and drop effects directly from the Effects library onto your clip in the timeline.
  • Adjust effect parameters in the ‘Effects’ panel after double-clicking the clip.

Popular Effects:
Blur, Sharpen, Stylize, Adjustment layers.

Using Transitions

Applying Transitions:

  • Drag and drop transitions between two clips in the timeline.
  • Adjust transition duration and parameters by double-clicking the transition.

Popular Transitions:
Dissolve, Fade, Wipe, Slide.

Working with Titles

Adding Titles:

  • Drag and drop title templates from the Titles library onto the timeline.
  • Double-click the title clip to edit text, font, size, color, and position.

Customizing Titles:
Use the ‘Advanced’ title editor for more control over animations and design.

Audio Editing

Adjusting Audio Levels:

  • Use the audio mixer to adjust the volume of individual tracks.
  • Use keyframes to create audio fades and dynamic changes in volume over time.

Removing Background Noise:

  • Use the ‘Denoise’ feature to reduce or eliminate background noise in audio clips.

Adding Music and Sound Effects:

  • Import audio files into your media library, then drag and drop them onto the timeline.
  • Use the audio effects to add reverb, echo, and other sonic enhancements.

Exporting and Sharing

Export Settings

Access Export Settings:
Click the ‘Export’ button to open the export window.

Important Settings:

  • Format: Choose the appropriate video format (MP4 is generally recommended).
  • Resolution: Select the desired video resolution (1920x1080 for Full HD).
  • Bitrate: Adjust the bitrate to control video quality and file size (higher bitrate = better quality, larger file size).
  • Frame Rate: Select the frame rate (24fps or 30fps are common choices).
  • Encoder: H.264 is a widely compatible encoder.

Optimized Presets:
Use the optimized presets for YouTube, Vimeo, and other platforms for quick and easy exporting.

Sharing Options

Direct Upload:
Filmora allows you to directly upload your videos to YouTube, Vimeo, and other platforms from within the software.

Local Export:
Export the video to your computer for sharing via other methods.