Pre-publication activities for videos
You can use the following features to edit a video prior to publication:
Adjust the video's colors for brightness, contrast, and other characteristics
Add image overlays to the video
Clip the video
All of these features are available in the video editing form.
The following sections describe each step in detail.
Adjusting a video's colors
You can apply color correction to a video.
Create a new video as described in Submitting a video to AWS Elemental.
Above the video's preview, click Edit.
In the Video editing form, under Color, adjust the sliders to achieve the desired color correction.
Click Done.
Adding image overlays to a video
You can add images to a video that fade in and out during video playback.
Create a new video as described in Submitting a video to AWS Elemental.
Above the video's preview, click Edit.
In the Video editing form, under Overlay, under Overlays, click |mi-add_circle_outline|.
Do one of the following:
Fill out the remaining fields in the form, specifying position, entry/exit, duration, and other features. As you enter values in the form, Brightspot provides a preview of the overlay.
Repeat steps 3–5 to add additional overlays. Brightspot displays the overlays in the order you add them.
Click Done.
Clipping videos
You can remove segments from a video that may not be of interest to your visitors.
Create a new video as described in Submitting a video to AWS Elemental.
Above the video's preview, click Edit.
In the Video editing form, under Clip, do the following:
On the filmstrip, click at the starting point for the clip.
Click at the ending point for the clip.
With your mouse, adjust the starting and ending points as necessary.
Repeat steps a–c to add additional clips.
As you add clips, Brightspot adds the corresponding time codes to the video editing form.
Figure 99. Video editing form with two clipsClick Done.
When you publish the video, visitors see only the clipped portions of the original video.