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From Basic to Brilliant: Advanced Title Techniques in FCPX
How to Add Titles in Final Cut Pro X
Benjamin Arango
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
We add text titles to our projects to tell the audience something they can’t figure out on their own, such as the title of our program, the name of the person speaking, or technical details about a subject.
This is a basic tutorial about Apple Final Cut Pro X, professional video editing software. However, if video editing is new to you, consider Wondershare Filmora for Mac . This is a powerful but easy-to-use tool for users just starting out. Download the free trial version below.
Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )
Final Cut Pro X has almost 200 different text effects that we can add, but the process of adding titles is essentially the same. Adding titles is what this article is about.
DEFINITIONS
Just to keep us all on the same page, here are my definitions of key terms related to text:
- Text or titles. Words placed on the screen. I use these terms interchangeably.
- Superimpose. Text displayed on the the screen with other video below it. These are also called “supers” or “keys.”
- Full-screen. Text which occupies the entire screen.
- Lower-third. Text which fits below a person talking; in the “lower-third” of the screen.
- Info-graphics. Full-screen text which is superimposed on a graphic, generally used to convey technical information. Typical uses are sports statistics or other information which is easier to convey using text than having someone read the words.
JUST THE BASICS
I’d like to introduce “Yertle,” he’s a sea turtle and the star of this article. (Footage courtesy of Jim Walker and Lobsters Gone Wild Productions.)
At its simplest, we use titles to display his (its?) name.
In the Timeline, put the playhead where you want a title to appear and type Shift+Control+T. This inserts the default lower-third title at the position of the playhead. The title, like almost all titles, has a default duration of 10:00 seconds.
Look at the Browser and see the results of your work. A lower-third title is superimposed over the video in the lower left corner. (I’ll talk about formatting the text in a few paragraphs.)
NOTE: The big limitation of this lower-third title is that it can only be positioned in the left corner. Moving it to the center or right corner requires manual adjustment.
You position or trim a title the same as any video clip: drag the clip to a different location, or drag an edge to change its duration.
Select that title and delete it by pressing the Delete key.
This time, type Control+T and the default full-screen title appears in the center of the screen. Again, this has a default duration of 10 seconds.
If you look right in the center of the screen, you’ll see the word “Title.” Yes, its darn near invisible. And, yes, it looks, um, ugly. However, we have a TON of formatting control to make this look however we want.
Select and delete that full-screen title.
There’s one more way to apply a title: dragging from the Titles Browser.
Click the Title icon in the Toolbar. This displays the contents of the Title Browser. The column on the left displays title categories, the icons on the right indicate individual titles, the search box at the bottom allows you to search for specific titles by name, while the number in the lower right indicates the number of titles currently displayed. (Your number may not match mine because I’ve added a few custom titles to my system.)
Let’s add a totally ridiculous title to our turtle - drag Clouds from the Title Browser and place it above the clip at the point where you want a title to appear.
NOTE: I’m using a marker in the Timeline to help me find the same place in a clip so my screen shots are consistent. Markers are not needed in any way for titles.
Um, yeah. So, some titles look more professional than others… You can delete this title now.
So, we:
- Add titles using keyboard shortcuts
- Drag titles from the Title Browser
- Change position by dragging the title
- Change duration by dragging the edge of the clip
- Delete a title by selecting it and pressing the Delete key
CHANGING TEXT
Add a new full-screen title (type Control+T) to the Timeline. To change the text in a title, double-click it in the Viewer. Here, I’ve changed my title to “An Undersea Adventure.”
NOTE: We can also change the text using the Inspector. I’ll show you how in a few paragraphs. Pick whichever method is easiest for you.
All text, in any title, can be changed by double-clicking it in the Viewer to select it, then typing the new text you want to use.
FORMATTING TEXT
You can format any text that you can select. This means that you can format entire phrases, words, or individual letters differently. For this article, I will format everything the same, because once you know how this works, you can experiment on your own.
Here, I selected my entire title and opened the Inspector (shortcut Cmd+4). Click the Text tab at the top. This section of the Inspector allows you to format the text.
NOTE: The text box near the top of the panel is the second place you can select text for formatting.
If you want a fast way to format text, click the word “Normal” at the top. This displays a menu filled with different text formats. Some of these formats look pretty dreadful; the rest look worse.
NOTE: You can create your own text styles. Refer to the Help for information on how.
The Basic section of the Inspector allows you to change fonts, size, alignment… all the standard font settings we see in other programs. Here, I’ve changed the font to Hobo Std, at 167 points.
While many of these settings you already know there are a few you may not:
- Line spacing. Adjusts the vertical distance between lines within the same paragraph.
- Tracking. Adjusts the horizontal spacing between letters.
- Baseline. Adjusts the vertical spacing of text compared to the horizontal line running thru the center of the white circle in the Viewer.
The Face section allows us to change font color, opacity and blue. Outline and Glow allows us to add, not surprisingly, outlines and glows. You can adjust these as you see fit - I tend not to add outlines or glows.
However, I STRONGLY recommend adding drop shadows to all text that you want viewers to read. Video, even HD video, is low resolution compared to print. Drop shadows make your text much easier to read. These are the settings I recommend for drop shadows.
After making a few changes in the Inspector, here’s the final result. Very cool - and very different from where we started!
ACTION SAFE/TITLE SAFE ZONES
Since television was first invented, we needed to compensate for the differences in TV sets by designing graphics to stay within Action Safe and Title Safe boundaries.
While much of today’s video is designed for the web, your titles will look the best if you follow the same guidelines.
Titles015
Go to the Switch in the Viewer and select “Show Action Safe/Title Safe Zones.”
This displays two pale rectangles in the frame. The outer rectangle is called “Action Safe,” the inner one is called “Title Safe.” Action Safe is 5% in from all edges; Title Safe is 10% in from all edges.
When designing text and graphics for the web, keep all essential elements inside the outer rectangle. When designing graphics and text for broadcast or cable, keep all essential elements inside the inner rectangle.
Here, for example, notice that my title is fully contained within Action Safe.
SUMMARY
Titles give our programs character and personality, plus they explain what’s going on to the audience. Final Cut Pro X provides a wealth of formatting options to make our text look great.
Benjamin Arango
Benjamin Arango is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Benjamin Arango
Benjamin Arango
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
We add text titles to our projects to tell the audience something they can’t figure out on their own, such as the title of our program, the name of the person speaking, or technical details about a subject.
This is a basic tutorial about Apple Final Cut Pro X, professional video editing software. However, if video editing is new to you, consider Wondershare Filmora for Mac . This is a powerful but easy-to-use tool for users just starting out. Download the free trial version below.
Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )
Final Cut Pro X has almost 200 different text effects that we can add, but the process of adding titles is essentially the same. Adding titles is what this article is about.
DEFINITIONS
Just to keep us all on the same page, here are my definitions of key terms related to text:
- Text or titles. Words placed on the screen. I use these terms interchangeably.
- Superimpose. Text displayed on the the screen with other video below it. These are also called “supers” or “keys.”
- Full-screen. Text which occupies the entire screen.
- Lower-third. Text which fits below a person talking; in the “lower-third” of the screen.
- Info-graphics. Full-screen text which is superimposed on a graphic, generally used to convey technical information. Typical uses are sports statistics or other information which is easier to convey using text than having someone read the words.
JUST THE BASICS
I’d like to introduce “Yertle,” he’s a sea turtle and the star of this article. (Footage courtesy of Jim Walker and Lobsters Gone Wild Productions.)
At its simplest, we use titles to display his (its?) name.
In the Timeline, put the playhead where you want a title to appear and type Shift+Control+T. This inserts the default lower-third title at the position of the playhead. The title, like almost all titles, has a default duration of 10:00 seconds.
Look at the Browser and see the results of your work. A lower-third title is superimposed over the video in the lower left corner. (I’ll talk about formatting the text in a few paragraphs.)
NOTE: The big limitation of this lower-third title is that it can only be positioned in the left corner. Moving it to the center or right corner requires manual adjustment.
You position or trim a title the same as any video clip: drag the clip to a different location, or drag an edge to change its duration.
Select that title and delete it by pressing the Delete key.
This time, type Control+T and the default full-screen title appears in the center of the screen. Again, this has a default duration of 10 seconds.
If you look right in the center of the screen, you’ll see the word “Title.” Yes, its darn near invisible. And, yes, it looks, um, ugly. However, we have a TON of formatting control to make this look however we want.
Select and delete that full-screen title.
There’s one more way to apply a title: dragging from the Titles Browser.
Click the Title icon in the Toolbar. This displays the contents of the Title Browser. The column on the left displays title categories, the icons on the right indicate individual titles, the search box at the bottom allows you to search for specific titles by name, while the number in the lower right indicates the number of titles currently displayed. (Your number may not match mine because I’ve added a few custom titles to my system.)
Let’s add a totally ridiculous title to our turtle - drag Clouds from the Title Browser and place it above the clip at the point where you want a title to appear.
NOTE: I’m using a marker in the Timeline to help me find the same place in a clip so my screen shots are consistent. Markers are not needed in any way for titles.
Um, yeah. So, some titles look more professional than others… You can delete this title now.
So, we:
- Add titles using keyboard shortcuts
- Drag titles from the Title Browser
- Change position by dragging the title
- Change duration by dragging the edge of the clip
- Delete a title by selecting it and pressing the Delete key
CHANGING TEXT
Add a new full-screen title (type Control+T) to the Timeline. To change the text in a title, double-click it in the Viewer. Here, I’ve changed my title to “An Undersea Adventure.”
NOTE: We can also change the text using the Inspector. I’ll show you how in a few paragraphs. Pick whichever method is easiest for you.
All text, in any title, can be changed by double-clicking it in the Viewer to select it, then typing the new text you want to use.
FORMATTING TEXT
You can format any text that you can select. This means that you can format entire phrases, words, or individual letters differently. For this article, I will format everything the same, because once you know how this works, you can experiment on your own.
Here, I selected my entire title and opened the Inspector (shortcut Cmd+4). Click the Text tab at the top. This section of the Inspector allows you to format the text.
NOTE: The text box near the top of the panel is the second place you can select text for formatting.
If you want a fast way to format text, click the word “Normal” at the top. This displays a menu filled with different text formats. Some of these formats look pretty dreadful; the rest look worse.
NOTE: You can create your own text styles. Refer to the Help for information on how.
The Basic section of the Inspector allows you to change fonts, size, alignment… all the standard font settings we see in other programs. Here, I’ve changed the font to Hobo Std, at 167 points.
While many of these settings you already know there are a few you may not:
- Line spacing. Adjusts the vertical distance between lines within the same paragraph.
- Tracking. Adjusts the horizontal spacing between letters.
- Baseline. Adjusts the vertical spacing of text compared to the horizontal line running thru the center of the white circle in the Viewer.
The Face section allows us to change font color, opacity and blue. Outline and Glow allows us to add, not surprisingly, outlines and glows. You can adjust these as you see fit - I tend not to add outlines or glows.
However, I STRONGLY recommend adding drop shadows to all text that you want viewers to read. Video, even HD video, is low resolution compared to print. Drop shadows make your text much easier to read. These are the settings I recommend for drop shadows.
After making a few changes in the Inspector, here’s the final result. Very cool - and very different from where we started!
ACTION SAFE/TITLE SAFE ZONES
Since television was first invented, we needed to compensate for the differences in TV sets by designing graphics to stay within Action Safe and Title Safe boundaries.
While much of today’s video is designed for the web, your titles will look the best if you follow the same guidelines.
Titles015
Go to the Switch in the Viewer and select “Show Action Safe/Title Safe Zones.”
This displays two pale rectangles in the frame. The outer rectangle is called “Action Safe,” the inner one is called “Title Safe.” Action Safe is 5% in from all edges; Title Safe is 10% in from all edges.
When designing text and graphics for the web, keep all essential elements inside the outer rectangle. When designing graphics and text for broadcast or cable, keep all essential elements inside the inner rectangle.
Here, for example, notice that my title is fully contained within Action Safe.
SUMMARY
Titles give our programs character and personality, plus they explain what’s going on to the audience. Final Cut Pro X provides a wealth of formatting options to make our text look great.
Benjamin Arango
Benjamin Arango is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Benjamin Arango
Benjamin Arango
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
We add text titles to our projects to tell the audience something they can’t figure out on their own, such as the title of our program, the name of the person speaking, or technical details about a subject.
This is a basic tutorial about Apple Final Cut Pro X, professional video editing software. However, if video editing is new to you, consider Wondershare Filmora for Mac . This is a powerful but easy-to-use tool for users just starting out. Download the free trial version below.
Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )
Final Cut Pro X has almost 200 different text effects that we can add, but the process of adding titles is essentially the same. Adding titles is what this article is about.
DEFINITIONS
Just to keep us all on the same page, here are my definitions of key terms related to text:
- Text or titles. Words placed on the screen. I use these terms interchangeably.
- Superimpose. Text displayed on the the screen with other video below it. These are also called “supers” or “keys.”
- Full-screen. Text which occupies the entire screen.
- Lower-third. Text which fits below a person talking; in the “lower-third” of the screen.
- Info-graphics. Full-screen text which is superimposed on a graphic, generally used to convey technical information. Typical uses are sports statistics or other information which is easier to convey using text than having someone read the words.
JUST THE BASICS
I’d like to introduce “Yertle,” he’s a sea turtle and the star of this article. (Footage courtesy of Jim Walker and Lobsters Gone Wild Productions.)
At its simplest, we use titles to display his (its?) name.
In the Timeline, put the playhead where you want a title to appear and type Shift+Control+T. This inserts the default lower-third title at the position of the playhead. The title, like almost all titles, has a default duration of 10:00 seconds.
Look at the Browser and see the results of your work. A lower-third title is superimposed over the video in the lower left corner. (I’ll talk about formatting the text in a few paragraphs.)
NOTE: The big limitation of this lower-third title is that it can only be positioned in the left corner. Moving it to the center or right corner requires manual adjustment.
You position or trim a title the same as any video clip: drag the clip to a different location, or drag an edge to change its duration.
Select that title and delete it by pressing the Delete key.
This time, type Control+T and the default full-screen title appears in the center of the screen. Again, this has a default duration of 10 seconds.
If you look right in the center of the screen, you’ll see the word “Title.” Yes, its darn near invisible. And, yes, it looks, um, ugly. However, we have a TON of formatting control to make this look however we want.
Select and delete that full-screen title.
There’s one more way to apply a title: dragging from the Titles Browser.
Click the Title icon in the Toolbar. This displays the contents of the Title Browser. The column on the left displays title categories, the icons on the right indicate individual titles, the search box at the bottom allows you to search for specific titles by name, while the number in the lower right indicates the number of titles currently displayed. (Your number may not match mine because I’ve added a few custom titles to my system.)
Let’s add a totally ridiculous title to our turtle - drag Clouds from the Title Browser and place it above the clip at the point where you want a title to appear.
NOTE: I’m using a marker in the Timeline to help me find the same place in a clip so my screen shots are consistent. Markers are not needed in any way for titles.
Um, yeah. So, some titles look more professional than others… You can delete this title now.
So, we:
- Add titles using keyboard shortcuts
- Drag titles from the Title Browser
- Change position by dragging the title
- Change duration by dragging the edge of the clip
- Delete a title by selecting it and pressing the Delete key
CHANGING TEXT
Add a new full-screen title (type Control+T) to the Timeline. To change the text in a title, double-click it in the Viewer. Here, I’ve changed my title to “An Undersea Adventure.”
NOTE: We can also change the text using the Inspector. I’ll show you how in a few paragraphs. Pick whichever method is easiest for you.
All text, in any title, can be changed by double-clicking it in the Viewer to select it, then typing the new text you want to use.
FORMATTING TEXT
You can format any text that you can select. This means that you can format entire phrases, words, or individual letters differently. For this article, I will format everything the same, because once you know how this works, you can experiment on your own.
Here, I selected my entire title and opened the Inspector (shortcut Cmd+4). Click the Text tab at the top. This section of the Inspector allows you to format the text.
NOTE: The text box near the top of the panel is the second place you can select text for formatting.
If you want a fast way to format text, click the word “Normal” at the top. This displays a menu filled with different text formats. Some of these formats look pretty dreadful; the rest look worse.
NOTE: You can create your own text styles. Refer to the Help for information on how.
The Basic section of the Inspector allows you to change fonts, size, alignment… all the standard font settings we see in other programs. Here, I’ve changed the font to Hobo Std, at 167 points.
While many of these settings you already know there are a few you may not:
- Line spacing. Adjusts the vertical distance between lines within the same paragraph.
- Tracking. Adjusts the horizontal spacing between letters.
- Baseline. Adjusts the vertical spacing of text compared to the horizontal line running thru the center of the white circle in the Viewer.
The Face section allows us to change font color, opacity and blue. Outline and Glow allows us to add, not surprisingly, outlines and glows. You can adjust these as you see fit - I tend not to add outlines or glows.
However, I STRONGLY recommend adding drop shadows to all text that you want viewers to read. Video, even HD video, is low resolution compared to print. Drop shadows make your text much easier to read. These are the settings I recommend for drop shadows.
After making a few changes in the Inspector, here’s the final result. Very cool - and very different from where we started!
ACTION SAFE/TITLE SAFE ZONES
Since television was first invented, we needed to compensate for the differences in TV sets by designing graphics to stay within Action Safe and Title Safe boundaries.
While much of today’s video is designed for the web, your titles will look the best if you follow the same guidelines.
Titles015
Go to the Switch in the Viewer and select “Show Action Safe/Title Safe Zones.”
This displays two pale rectangles in the frame. The outer rectangle is called “Action Safe,” the inner one is called “Title Safe.” Action Safe is 5% in from all edges; Title Safe is 10% in from all edges.
When designing text and graphics for the web, keep all essential elements inside the outer rectangle. When designing graphics and text for broadcast or cable, keep all essential elements inside the inner rectangle.
Here, for example, notice that my title is fully contained within Action Safe.
SUMMARY
Titles give our programs character and personality, plus they explain what’s going on to the audience. Final Cut Pro X provides a wealth of formatting options to make our text look great.
Benjamin Arango
Benjamin Arango is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Benjamin Arango
Benjamin Arango
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
We add text titles to our projects to tell the audience something they can’t figure out on their own, such as the title of our program, the name of the person speaking, or technical details about a subject.
This is a basic tutorial about Apple Final Cut Pro X, professional video editing software. However, if video editing is new to you, consider Wondershare Filmora for Mac . This is a powerful but easy-to-use tool for users just starting out. Download the free trial version below.
Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )
Final Cut Pro X has almost 200 different text effects that we can add, but the process of adding titles is essentially the same. Adding titles is what this article is about.
DEFINITIONS
Just to keep us all on the same page, here are my definitions of key terms related to text:
- Text or titles. Words placed on the screen. I use these terms interchangeably.
- Superimpose. Text displayed on the the screen with other video below it. These are also called “supers” or “keys.”
- Full-screen. Text which occupies the entire screen.
- Lower-third. Text which fits below a person talking; in the “lower-third” of the screen.
- Info-graphics. Full-screen text which is superimposed on a graphic, generally used to convey technical information. Typical uses are sports statistics or other information which is easier to convey using text than having someone read the words.
JUST THE BASICS
I’d like to introduce “Yertle,” he’s a sea turtle and the star of this article. (Footage courtesy of Jim Walker and Lobsters Gone Wild Productions.)
At its simplest, we use titles to display his (its?) name.
In the Timeline, put the playhead where you want a title to appear and type Shift+Control+T. This inserts the default lower-third title at the position of the playhead. The title, like almost all titles, has a default duration of 10:00 seconds.
Look at the Browser and see the results of your work. A lower-third title is superimposed over the video in the lower left corner. (I’ll talk about formatting the text in a few paragraphs.)
NOTE: The big limitation of this lower-third title is that it can only be positioned in the left corner. Moving it to the center or right corner requires manual adjustment.
You position or trim a title the same as any video clip: drag the clip to a different location, or drag an edge to change its duration.
Select that title and delete it by pressing the Delete key.
This time, type Control+T and the default full-screen title appears in the center of the screen. Again, this has a default duration of 10 seconds.
If you look right in the center of the screen, you’ll see the word “Title.” Yes, its darn near invisible. And, yes, it looks, um, ugly. However, we have a TON of formatting control to make this look however we want.
Select and delete that full-screen title.
There’s one more way to apply a title: dragging from the Titles Browser.
Click the Title icon in the Toolbar. This displays the contents of the Title Browser. The column on the left displays title categories, the icons on the right indicate individual titles, the search box at the bottom allows you to search for specific titles by name, while the number in the lower right indicates the number of titles currently displayed. (Your number may not match mine because I’ve added a few custom titles to my system.)
Let’s add a totally ridiculous title to our turtle - drag Clouds from the Title Browser and place it above the clip at the point where you want a title to appear.
NOTE: I’m using a marker in the Timeline to help me find the same place in a clip so my screen shots are consistent. Markers are not needed in any way for titles.
Um, yeah. So, some titles look more professional than others… You can delete this title now.
So, we:
- Add titles using keyboard shortcuts
- Drag titles from the Title Browser
- Change position by dragging the title
- Change duration by dragging the edge of the clip
- Delete a title by selecting it and pressing the Delete key
CHANGING TEXT
Add a new full-screen title (type Control+T) to the Timeline. To change the text in a title, double-click it in the Viewer. Here, I’ve changed my title to “An Undersea Adventure.”
NOTE: We can also change the text using the Inspector. I’ll show you how in a few paragraphs. Pick whichever method is easiest for you.
All text, in any title, can be changed by double-clicking it in the Viewer to select it, then typing the new text you want to use.
FORMATTING TEXT
You can format any text that you can select. This means that you can format entire phrases, words, or individual letters differently. For this article, I will format everything the same, because once you know how this works, you can experiment on your own.
Here, I selected my entire title and opened the Inspector (shortcut Cmd+4). Click the Text tab at the top. This section of the Inspector allows you to format the text.
NOTE: The text box near the top of the panel is the second place you can select text for formatting.
If you want a fast way to format text, click the word “Normal” at the top. This displays a menu filled with different text formats. Some of these formats look pretty dreadful; the rest look worse.
NOTE: You can create your own text styles. Refer to the Help for information on how.
The Basic section of the Inspector allows you to change fonts, size, alignment… all the standard font settings we see in other programs. Here, I’ve changed the font to Hobo Std, at 167 points.
While many of these settings you already know there are a few you may not:
- Line spacing. Adjusts the vertical distance between lines within the same paragraph.
- Tracking. Adjusts the horizontal spacing between letters.
- Baseline. Adjusts the vertical spacing of text compared to the horizontal line running thru the center of the white circle in the Viewer.
The Face section allows us to change font color, opacity and blue. Outline and Glow allows us to add, not surprisingly, outlines and glows. You can adjust these as you see fit - I tend not to add outlines or glows.
However, I STRONGLY recommend adding drop shadows to all text that you want viewers to read. Video, even HD video, is low resolution compared to print. Drop shadows make your text much easier to read. These are the settings I recommend for drop shadows.
After making a few changes in the Inspector, here’s the final result. Very cool - and very different from where we started!
ACTION SAFE/TITLE SAFE ZONES
Since television was first invented, we needed to compensate for the differences in TV sets by designing graphics to stay within Action Safe and Title Safe boundaries.
While much of today’s video is designed for the web, your titles will look the best if you follow the same guidelines.
Titles015
Go to the Switch in the Viewer and select “Show Action Safe/Title Safe Zones.”
This displays two pale rectangles in the frame. The outer rectangle is called “Action Safe,” the inner one is called “Title Safe.” Action Safe is 5% in from all edges; Title Safe is 10% in from all edges.
When designing text and graphics for the web, keep all essential elements inside the outer rectangle. When designing graphics and text for broadcast or cable, keep all essential elements inside the inner rectangle.
Here, for example, notice that my title is fully contained within Action Safe.
SUMMARY
Titles give our programs character and personality, plus they explain what’s going on to the audience. Final Cut Pro X provides a wealth of formatting options to make our text look great.
Benjamin Arango
Benjamin Arango is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Benjamin Arango
Sound Effects on a Budget: Finding and Adding Free Resources in Final Cut Pro
How to Find Free Sound Effect and Add Them in Final Cut Pro
Liza Brown
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Suppose you have recorded a cinematic video of a beach in the evening visualizing the sunset and a few birds flying in the sky. Everything looks perfect except the audio, which seems to be fluctuating and breaking at some points. How would you address this challenge?
The best solution to this problem is adding sound effects, which can make your video more interesting and adorable. Setting the frequency of audio with on-screen visuals will invoke the viewers’ emotions and attach them to the scene.
Read this article to learn how to add sound effects to your video with Final Cut Pro.
Part 1: What are Different Types of Sound Effects?
Sound effects have four major types:
- Ambiance SFX
These sounds fill the screen space to create a virtual sense of an environment or location such as the clattering sound of dishes in a restaurant or the sound of engines on a highway.
- Foley SFX
A mixture of live performance and digital sound editing, these sounds are produced by the artists of Foley studio to match their sounds to the on-screen visuals.
- Hard and Soft SFX
Hard SFX synchronizes a visual to what’s happening in the picture while SFX indicates the location to the audience.
- Electronic SFX
These sounds are generated by instruments that create electronic-sounding effects like electronic keyboards, synthesizers, or plug-ins.
Part 2: How to Add Sound Effects in Final Cut Pro?
Cinematographic productions need well-balanced music and sound effects. Luckily, Final Cut Pro comes with built-in audio enhancement features and third-party Audio Units (AU) effects that allow users to add sound effects to their videos and manage all audio processing tasks.
You can add sound effects in your video with Final Cut Pro. Wonder how? Follow these steps:
Step 1: Open Photos and Audio Sound Bar
- In the top-left corner, there is a Photos and Audio Click on this button as shown in the figure below:
- Select the Window and Go To Either press Shift + Command + 1 or tap Photos and Audio from the dropdown menu
Step 2: Select the Sound Category
- Choose a sound category or app from the Photos and Audio sidebar
- A list will appear contacting the audio clips in that specific category as shown in the figure below:
- You can find multiple music and sound clips in the Sound Effects category. The list also contains various apps you use on your Mac such as GarageBand, Music, and Logic Pro, etc.
Step 3: Select the Music or Sound to be added
- Filter the items in the browser by using the pop-up menu. Go to Music > Purchased or select Sound Effects > Final Cut Pro Sound Effects > Impacts & Crashes.
- Preview your selected audio file by selecting it from the list and clicking the Play
- If you want to select multiple items, command-click each item individually.
Step 4: Use the Selected Music or Audio
- Drag your selected sound clip to the timeline or the sidebar
- Once the Photos and Audio sidebar has been replaced by the Libraries sidebar, you can add the selected audio or music files to an event. The Photos and Audio sidebar will reappear as you drag those files.
- Play the video to make sure sound effects have been successfully added
For enhanced playback experiences, all MP audio files are automatically transcoded to MOV audio files. However, you can also find the original MP3 files in the source media files section of Final Cut Pro. Besides, by adding mono audio clips to a stereo project, only the single mono audio will be plated in both left and right channels. You can view them in the stereo audio meters of your project.
Surely you don’t want to see your sound effect missing in your footage, but that happens a lot in FCPX. Just in case, you may want to see this article: Proven Ways to Get Missing Sound Effects Back in Final Cut Pro .
Part 3: How to Improve Your Video with Sound Effects?
In addition to Final Cut Pro, you can also use advanced video-editing software like Wondershare Filmora to improve your video by adding special sound effects. Here’s how you can do this:
Add the original video to Filmora by clicking the Import button or directly dragging the file to the primary window
Tap Sound to open a box listing different sound effects. Select your favorite sound effect and drag it down to the soundtrack below the video clip. Now, move the sound icon and the playhead to set the beginning and ending points. Press the Play button to ensure the newly added sound effect sounds well.
Once you’ve done the final review, tap the Create button and Format tab. Then, choose your preferred format and location where the file needs to be exported. You can also upload this video on YouTube or Facebook, play it on different iOS devices, or burn it to DVD.
Part 4: Where to Find Sound Effects?
Both Final Cut Pro and Wondershare Filmora have a variety of built-in sound effects. You can select and drop these effects to directly add them to your video. However, if you are searching for sound effects, given below are two methods:
- Self-recording
Professional filmmakers and sound experts often record sound effects by themselves according to their requirements. For example, if they want to visualize some scene from school, they can go to an educational institution and record audio. After proper editing, these sound effects are added to the video.
- Online Resources
Different websites also allow their users to download their favorite sound effects. Given below are some of the top-rated websites for downloading sound effects based on their quality, variety, and usefulness:
- Filmostock
- Adobe Audition Sound Effects
- Freesound
- Partners In Rhyme
- AudioMicro
- 99Sounds
- Sounds Crate
- Zapsplat
- BBC Sound Effects
- FreeSFX
- GameSounds
- SoundEffects+
- SoundGator
- PacDV
- Sound Effects for Free
For more details, please check this article: 9 Great Websites To Download Royalty-Free Sound Effects.
Part 5: Extensive Reading: What are Sound Effects and Why are they Important?
Sound is the most important aspect of video editing that engages audiences, evokes emotional responses, and connects people to what they’re seeing. A melodious sound helps the video editors deliver information and creatively and define the tone of their narrative.
Sound effects (SFX) refer to audio clips or sounds that are not part of the recoded video. They are added to movies, documentaries, video games, and even reality shows to invoke the viewers’ emotions and increase their interest in the video.
Similarly, the addition of sound effects increases the production value and creates a complete audience experience. If you want to elevate your video dramatically and make it magnetic, have to balance sound effects, silence, and music in such a way that they support each visual and every cut. Although audio cannot fix slipshod editing or amateur camera work, it becomes more crucial than video quality while you are trying to deliver a specific message in your video.
Professional video editors and filmmakers consider sound effects crucial to their video quality. A clear, melodious, and well-balanced audio adds depth to the visuals, evokes more emotions than the picture, and paints the audio picture of a particular setting.
Even silence, a powerful tool of the audio arsenal, speaks louder than the picture itself. Hence, balancing audio by adding sound effects can make your video stimulating, captivating, and emotional.
That’s why a good editing tool always stocks a great number of sound effects for users, like Filmora. Click to download and take a look at all the effects in Filmora
Conclusion
Sound effects are external audio files added to the videos to make them look interesting and worth watching. A perfect balance of sound, music, and silence allows the filmmakers to define the tone of their narrative and deliver their message creatively.
You can create sound effects through self-recording or by downloading them from external resources. To add sound effects to your video, use professional video-editing software like Final Cut Pro or Filmora. Both these applications are user-friendly and possess a huge library of a variety of sound effects and music files. Besides, their advanced features allow you to naturally add sound effects without affecting the video quality.
Liza Brown
Liza Brown is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Liza Brown
Liza Brown
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Suppose you have recorded a cinematic video of a beach in the evening visualizing the sunset and a few birds flying in the sky. Everything looks perfect except the audio, which seems to be fluctuating and breaking at some points. How would you address this challenge?
The best solution to this problem is adding sound effects, which can make your video more interesting and adorable. Setting the frequency of audio with on-screen visuals will invoke the viewers’ emotions and attach them to the scene.
Read this article to learn how to add sound effects to your video with Final Cut Pro.
Part 1: What are Different Types of Sound Effects?
Sound effects have four major types:
- Ambiance SFX
These sounds fill the screen space to create a virtual sense of an environment or location such as the clattering sound of dishes in a restaurant or the sound of engines on a highway.
- Foley SFX
A mixture of live performance and digital sound editing, these sounds are produced by the artists of Foley studio to match their sounds to the on-screen visuals.
- Hard and Soft SFX
Hard SFX synchronizes a visual to what’s happening in the picture while SFX indicates the location to the audience.
- Electronic SFX
These sounds are generated by instruments that create electronic-sounding effects like electronic keyboards, synthesizers, or plug-ins.
Part 2: How to Add Sound Effects in Final Cut Pro?
Cinematographic productions need well-balanced music and sound effects. Luckily, Final Cut Pro comes with built-in audio enhancement features and third-party Audio Units (AU) effects that allow users to add sound effects to their videos and manage all audio processing tasks.
You can add sound effects in your video with Final Cut Pro. Wonder how? Follow these steps:
Step 1: Open Photos and Audio Sound Bar
- In the top-left corner, there is a Photos and Audio Click on this button as shown in the figure below:
- Select the Window and Go To Either press Shift + Command + 1 or tap Photos and Audio from the dropdown menu
Step 2: Select the Sound Category
- Choose a sound category or app from the Photos and Audio sidebar
- A list will appear contacting the audio clips in that specific category as shown in the figure below:
- You can find multiple music and sound clips in the Sound Effects category. The list also contains various apps you use on your Mac such as GarageBand, Music, and Logic Pro, etc.
Step 3: Select the Music or Sound to be added
- Filter the items in the browser by using the pop-up menu. Go to Music > Purchased or select Sound Effects > Final Cut Pro Sound Effects > Impacts & Crashes.
- Preview your selected audio file by selecting it from the list and clicking the Play
- If you want to select multiple items, command-click each item individually.
Step 4: Use the Selected Music or Audio
- Drag your selected sound clip to the timeline or the sidebar
- Once the Photos and Audio sidebar has been replaced by the Libraries sidebar, you can add the selected audio or music files to an event. The Photos and Audio sidebar will reappear as you drag those files.
- Play the video to make sure sound effects have been successfully added
For enhanced playback experiences, all MP audio files are automatically transcoded to MOV audio files. However, you can also find the original MP3 files in the source media files section of Final Cut Pro. Besides, by adding mono audio clips to a stereo project, only the single mono audio will be plated in both left and right channels. You can view them in the stereo audio meters of your project.
Surely you don’t want to see your sound effect missing in your footage, but that happens a lot in FCPX. Just in case, you may want to see this article: Proven Ways to Get Missing Sound Effects Back in Final Cut Pro .
Part 3: How to Improve Your Video with Sound Effects?
In addition to Final Cut Pro, you can also use advanced video-editing software like Wondershare Filmora to improve your video by adding special sound effects. Here’s how you can do this:
Add the original video to Filmora by clicking the Import button or directly dragging the file to the primary window
Tap Sound to open a box listing different sound effects. Select your favorite sound effect and drag it down to the soundtrack below the video clip. Now, move the sound icon and the playhead to set the beginning and ending points. Press the Play button to ensure the newly added sound effect sounds well.
Once you’ve done the final review, tap the Create button and Format tab. Then, choose your preferred format and location where the file needs to be exported. You can also upload this video on YouTube or Facebook, play it on different iOS devices, or burn it to DVD.
Part 4: Where to Find Sound Effects?
Both Final Cut Pro and Wondershare Filmora have a variety of built-in sound effects. You can select and drop these effects to directly add them to your video. However, if you are searching for sound effects, given below are two methods:
- Self-recording
Professional filmmakers and sound experts often record sound effects by themselves according to their requirements. For example, if they want to visualize some scene from school, they can go to an educational institution and record audio. After proper editing, these sound effects are added to the video.
- Online Resources
Different websites also allow their users to download their favorite sound effects. Given below are some of the top-rated websites for downloading sound effects based on their quality, variety, and usefulness:
- Filmostock
- Adobe Audition Sound Effects
- Freesound
- Partners In Rhyme
- AudioMicro
- 99Sounds
- Sounds Crate
- Zapsplat
- BBC Sound Effects
- FreeSFX
- GameSounds
- SoundEffects+
- SoundGator
- PacDV
- Sound Effects for Free
For more details, please check this article: 9 Great Websites To Download Royalty-Free Sound Effects.
Part 5: Extensive Reading: What are Sound Effects and Why are they Important?
Sound is the most important aspect of video editing that engages audiences, evokes emotional responses, and connects people to what they’re seeing. A melodious sound helps the video editors deliver information and creatively and define the tone of their narrative.
Sound effects (SFX) refer to audio clips or sounds that are not part of the recoded video. They are added to movies, documentaries, video games, and even reality shows to invoke the viewers’ emotions and increase their interest in the video.
Similarly, the addition of sound effects increases the production value and creates a complete audience experience. If you want to elevate your video dramatically and make it magnetic, have to balance sound effects, silence, and music in such a way that they support each visual and every cut. Although audio cannot fix slipshod editing or amateur camera work, it becomes more crucial than video quality while you are trying to deliver a specific message in your video.
Professional video editors and filmmakers consider sound effects crucial to their video quality. A clear, melodious, and well-balanced audio adds depth to the visuals, evokes more emotions than the picture, and paints the audio picture of a particular setting.
Even silence, a powerful tool of the audio arsenal, speaks louder than the picture itself. Hence, balancing audio by adding sound effects can make your video stimulating, captivating, and emotional.
That’s why a good editing tool always stocks a great number of sound effects for users, like Filmora. Click to download and take a look at all the effects in Filmora
Conclusion
Sound effects are external audio files added to the videos to make them look interesting and worth watching. A perfect balance of sound, music, and silence allows the filmmakers to define the tone of their narrative and deliver their message creatively.
You can create sound effects through self-recording or by downloading them from external resources. To add sound effects to your video, use professional video-editing software like Final Cut Pro or Filmora. Both these applications are user-friendly and possess a huge library of a variety of sound effects and music files. Besides, their advanced features allow you to naturally add sound effects without affecting the video quality.
Liza Brown
Liza Brown is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Liza Brown
Liza Brown
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Suppose you have recorded a cinematic video of a beach in the evening visualizing the sunset and a few birds flying in the sky. Everything looks perfect except the audio, which seems to be fluctuating and breaking at some points. How would you address this challenge?
The best solution to this problem is adding sound effects, which can make your video more interesting and adorable. Setting the frequency of audio with on-screen visuals will invoke the viewers’ emotions and attach them to the scene.
Read this article to learn how to add sound effects to your video with Final Cut Pro.
Part 1: What are Different Types of Sound Effects?
Sound effects have four major types:
- Ambiance SFX
These sounds fill the screen space to create a virtual sense of an environment or location such as the clattering sound of dishes in a restaurant or the sound of engines on a highway.
- Foley SFX
A mixture of live performance and digital sound editing, these sounds are produced by the artists of Foley studio to match their sounds to the on-screen visuals.
- Hard and Soft SFX
Hard SFX synchronizes a visual to what’s happening in the picture while SFX indicates the location to the audience.
- Electronic SFX
These sounds are generated by instruments that create electronic-sounding effects like electronic keyboards, synthesizers, or plug-ins.
Part 2: How to Add Sound Effects in Final Cut Pro?
Cinematographic productions need well-balanced music and sound effects. Luckily, Final Cut Pro comes with built-in audio enhancement features and third-party Audio Units (AU) effects that allow users to add sound effects to their videos and manage all audio processing tasks.
You can add sound effects in your video with Final Cut Pro. Wonder how? Follow these steps:
Step 1: Open Photos and Audio Sound Bar
- In the top-left corner, there is a Photos and Audio Click on this button as shown in the figure below:
- Select the Window and Go To Either press Shift + Command + 1 or tap Photos and Audio from the dropdown menu
Step 2: Select the Sound Category
- Choose a sound category or app from the Photos and Audio sidebar
- A list will appear contacting the audio clips in that specific category as shown in the figure below:
- You can find multiple music and sound clips in the Sound Effects category. The list also contains various apps you use on your Mac such as GarageBand, Music, and Logic Pro, etc.
Step 3: Select the Music or Sound to be added
- Filter the items in the browser by using the pop-up menu. Go to Music > Purchased or select Sound Effects > Final Cut Pro Sound Effects > Impacts & Crashes.
- Preview your selected audio file by selecting it from the list and clicking the Play
- If you want to select multiple items, command-click each item individually.
Step 4: Use the Selected Music or Audio
- Drag your selected sound clip to the timeline or the sidebar
- Once the Photos and Audio sidebar has been replaced by the Libraries sidebar, you can add the selected audio or music files to an event. The Photos and Audio sidebar will reappear as you drag those files.
- Play the video to make sure sound effects have been successfully added
For enhanced playback experiences, all MP audio files are automatically transcoded to MOV audio files. However, you can also find the original MP3 files in the source media files section of Final Cut Pro. Besides, by adding mono audio clips to a stereo project, only the single mono audio will be plated in both left and right channels. You can view them in the stereo audio meters of your project.
Surely you don’t want to see your sound effect missing in your footage, but that happens a lot in FCPX. Just in case, you may want to see this article: Proven Ways to Get Missing Sound Effects Back in Final Cut Pro .
Part 3: How to Improve Your Video with Sound Effects?
In addition to Final Cut Pro, you can also use advanced video-editing software like Wondershare Filmora to improve your video by adding special sound effects. Here’s how you can do this:
Add the original video to Filmora by clicking the Import button or directly dragging the file to the primary window
Tap Sound to open a box listing different sound effects. Select your favorite sound effect and drag it down to the soundtrack below the video clip. Now, move the sound icon and the playhead to set the beginning and ending points. Press the Play button to ensure the newly added sound effect sounds well.
Once you’ve done the final review, tap the Create button and Format tab. Then, choose your preferred format and location where the file needs to be exported. You can also upload this video on YouTube or Facebook, play it on different iOS devices, or burn it to DVD.
Part 4: Where to Find Sound Effects?
Both Final Cut Pro and Wondershare Filmora have a variety of built-in sound effects. You can select and drop these effects to directly add them to your video. However, if you are searching for sound effects, given below are two methods:
- Self-recording
Professional filmmakers and sound experts often record sound effects by themselves according to their requirements. For example, if they want to visualize some scene from school, they can go to an educational institution and record audio. After proper editing, these sound effects are added to the video.
- Online Resources
Different websites also allow their users to download their favorite sound effects. Given below are some of the top-rated websites for downloading sound effects based on their quality, variety, and usefulness:
- Filmostock
- Adobe Audition Sound Effects
- Freesound
- Partners In Rhyme
- AudioMicro
- 99Sounds
- Sounds Crate
- Zapsplat
- BBC Sound Effects
- FreeSFX
- GameSounds
- SoundEffects+
- SoundGator
- PacDV
- Sound Effects for Free
For more details, please check this article: 9 Great Websites To Download Royalty-Free Sound Effects.
Part 5: Extensive Reading: What are Sound Effects and Why are they Important?
Sound is the most important aspect of video editing that engages audiences, evokes emotional responses, and connects people to what they’re seeing. A melodious sound helps the video editors deliver information and creatively and define the tone of their narrative.
Sound effects (SFX) refer to audio clips or sounds that are not part of the recoded video. They are added to movies, documentaries, video games, and even reality shows to invoke the viewers’ emotions and increase their interest in the video.
Similarly, the addition of sound effects increases the production value and creates a complete audience experience. If you want to elevate your video dramatically and make it magnetic, have to balance sound effects, silence, and music in such a way that they support each visual and every cut. Although audio cannot fix slipshod editing or amateur camera work, it becomes more crucial than video quality while you are trying to deliver a specific message in your video.
Professional video editors and filmmakers consider sound effects crucial to their video quality. A clear, melodious, and well-balanced audio adds depth to the visuals, evokes more emotions than the picture, and paints the audio picture of a particular setting.
Even silence, a powerful tool of the audio arsenal, speaks louder than the picture itself. Hence, balancing audio by adding sound effects can make your video stimulating, captivating, and emotional.
That’s why a good editing tool always stocks a great number of sound effects for users, like Filmora. Click to download and take a look at all the effects in Filmora
Conclusion
Sound effects are external audio files added to the videos to make them look interesting and worth watching. A perfect balance of sound, music, and silence allows the filmmakers to define the tone of their narrative and deliver their message creatively.
You can create sound effects through self-recording or by downloading them from external resources. To add sound effects to your video, use professional video-editing software like Final Cut Pro or Filmora. Both these applications are user-friendly and possess a huge library of a variety of sound effects and music files. Besides, their advanced features allow you to naturally add sound effects without affecting the video quality.
Liza Brown
Liza Brown is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Liza Brown
Liza Brown
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Suppose you have recorded a cinematic video of a beach in the evening visualizing the sunset and a few birds flying in the sky. Everything looks perfect except the audio, which seems to be fluctuating and breaking at some points. How would you address this challenge?
The best solution to this problem is adding sound effects, which can make your video more interesting and adorable. Setting the frequency of audio with on-screen visuals will invoke the viewers’ emotions and attach them to the scene.
Read this article to learn how to add sound effects to your video with Final Cut Pro.
Part 1: What are Different Types of Sound Effects?
Sound effects have four major types:
- Ambiance SFX
These sounds fill the screen space to create a virtual sense of an environment or location such as the clattering sound of dishes in a restaurant or the sound of engines on a highway.
- Foley SFX
A mixture of live performance and digital sound editing, these sounds are produced by the artists of Foley studio to match their sounds to the on-screen visuals.
- Hard and Soft SFX
Hard SFX synchronizes a visual to what’s happening in the picture while SFX indicates the location to the audience.
- Electronic SFX
These sounds are generated by instruments that create electronic-sounding effects like electronic keyboards, synthesizers, or plug-ins.
Part 2: How to Add Sound Effects in Final Cut Pro?
Cinematographic productions need well-balanced music and sound effects. Luckily, Final Cut Pro comes with built-in audio enhancement features and third-party Audio Units (AU) effects that allow users to add sound effects to their videos and manage all audio processing tasks.
You can add sound effects in your video with Final Cut Pro. Wonder how? Follow these steps:
Step 1: Open Photos and Audio Sound Bar
- In the top-left corner, there is a Photos and Audio Click on this button as shown in the figure below:
- Select the Window and Go To Either press Shift + Command + 1 or tap Photos and Audio from the dropdown menu
Step 2: Select the Sound Category
- Choose a sound category or app from the Photos and Audio sidebar
- A list will appear contacting the audio clips in that specific category as shown in the figure below:
- You can find multiple music and sound clips in the Sound Effects category. The list also contains various apps you use on your Mac such as GarageBand, Music, and Logic Pro, etc.
Step 3: Select the Music or Sound to be added
- Filter the items in the browser by using the pop-up menu. Go to Music > Purchased or select Sound Effects > Final Cut Pro Sound Effects > Impacts & Crashes.
- Preview your selected audio file by selecting it from the list and clicking the Play
- If you want to select multiple items, command-click each item individually.
Step 4: Use the Selected Music or Audio
- Drag your selected sound clip to the timeline or the sidebar
- Once the Photos and Audio sidebar has been replaced by the Libraries sidebar, you can add the selected audio or music files to an event. The Photos and Audio sidebar will reappear as you drag those files.
- Play the video to make sure sound effects have been successfully added
For enhanced playback experiences, all MP audio files are automatically transcoded to MOV audio files. However, you can also find the original MP3 files in the source media files section of Final Cut Pro. Besides, by adding mono audio clips to a stereo project, only the single mono audio will be plated in both left and right channels. You can view them in the stereo audio meters of your project.
Surely you don’t want to see your sound effect missing in your footage, but that happens a lot in FCPX. Just in case, you may want to see this article: Proven Ways to Get Missing Sound Effects Back in Final Cut Pro .
Part 3: How to Improve Your Video with Sound Effects?
In addition to Final Cut Pro, you can also use advanced video-editing software like Wondershare Filmora to improve your video by adding special sound effects. Here’s how you can do this:
Add the original video to Filmora by clicking the Import button or directly dragging the file to the primary window
Tap Sound to open a box listing different sound effects. Select your favorite sound effect and drag it down to the soundtrack below the video clip. Now, move the sound icon and the playhead to set the beginning and ending points. Press the Play button to ensure the newly added sound effect sounds well.
Once you’ve done the final review, tap the Create button and Format tab. Then, choose your preferred format and location where the file needs to be exported. You can also upload this video on YouTube or Facebook, play it on different iOS devices, or burn it to DVD.
Part 4: Where to Find Sound Effects?
Both Final Cut Pro and Wondershare Filmora have a variety of built-in sound effects. You can select and drop these effects to directly add them to your video. However, if you are searching for sound effects, given below are two methods:
- Self-recording
Professional filmmakers and sound experts often record sound effects by themselves according to their requirements. For example, if they want to visualize some scene from school, they can go to an educational institution and record audio. After proper editing, these sound effects are added to the video.
- Online Resources
Different websites also allow their users to download their favorite sound effects. Given below are some of the top-rated websites for downloading sound effects based on their quality, variety, and usefulness:
- Filmostock
- Adobe Audition Sound Effects
- Freesound
- Partners In Rhyme
- AudioMicro
- 99Sounds
- Sounds Crate
- Zapsplat
- BBC Sound Effects
- FreeSFX
- GameSounds
- SoundEffects+
- SoundGator
- PacDV
- Sound Effects for Free
For more details, please check this article: 9 Great Websites To Download Royalty-Free Sound Effects.
Part 5: Extensive Reading: What are Sound Effects and Why are they Important?
Sound is the most important aspect of video editing that engages audiences, evokes emotional responses, and connects people to what they’re seeing. A melodious sound helps the video editors deliver information and creatively and define the tone of their narrative.
Sound effects (SFX) refer to audio clips or sounds that are not part of the recoded video. They are added to movies, documentaries, video games, and even reality shows to invoke the viewers’ emotions and increase their interest in the video.
Similarly, the addition of sound effects increases the production value and creates a complete audience experience. If you want to elevate your video dramatically and make it magnetic, have to balance sound effects, silence, and music in such a way that they support each visual and every cut. Although audio cannot fix slipshod editing or amateur camera work, it becomes more crucial than video quality while you are trying to deliver a specific message in your video.
Professional video editors and filmmakers consider sound effects crucial to their video quality. A clear, melodious, and well-balanced audio adds depth to the visuals, evokes more emotions than the picture, and paints the audio picture of a particular setting.
Even silence, a powerful tool of the audio arsenal, speaks louder than the picture itself. Hence, balancing audio by adding sound effects can make your video stimulating, captivating, and emotional.
That’s why a good editing tool always stocks a great number of sound effects for users, like Filmora. Click to download and take a look at all the effects in Filmora
Conclusion
Sound effects are external audio files added to the videos to make them look interesting and worth watching. A perfect balance of sound, music, and silence allows the filmmakers to define the tone of their narrative and deliver their message creatively.
You can create sound effects through self-recording or by downloading them from external resources. To add sound effects to your video, use professional video-editing software like Final Cut Pro or Filmora. Both these applications are user-friendly and possess a huge library of a variety of sound effects and music files. Besides, their advanced features allow you to naturally add sound effects without affecting the video quality.
Liza Brown
Liza Brown is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Liza Brown
Streamline Your Videos: 5 Best Free Compression Apps for iOS Devices
5 Best Free Video Compressor Apps That Reduce Video Sizes on iPhone and iPad
Ollie Mattison
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Capturing full HD or 4K footage with your iPad or iPhone is a straightforward process, but sharing that footage through messaging apps or social media can be a bit more complicated.
The size of video files recorded in 4K resolution is often measured in gigabytes and you have to compress them in order to share them with your friends.
We’ve selected the five best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads that will enable you to shrink your videos in minutes and post them on social networks or send them through email and messaging apps.
So, let’s take a look at how you can reduce the size of your videos using free video compressing apps for iOS.
5 Best Video Compressor Apps for iOS that Reduce Video Size
Shrinking a video’s size is easy, even after you record a video clip. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in our top five list allows you to reduce a video’s size quickly before sharing it on social media or sending it to your friends. Read on if you would like to find out more about the best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads.
1. Compress Videos & Resize Videos
Price: Free, but contains in-app purchases
With this free video compressor app, you won’t have to worry about the quality of the videos you’re resizing, because it preserves the video’s quality even when videos are shrunk by more than 80%. In this manner, the Compress Videos & Resize Video app can help you free up space on your iPhone or iPad.
How to reduce video size with Compress Videos & Resize Videos?
To start reducing a video’s size you just have to open the app and select all videos, recently added or any other available categories.
After tapping on a particular category, you can proceed to select one or more video clips you would like to reduce. The app is going to display the videos that are stored on your phone or in your iCloud Photo Library and show you the exact size of each video.
Once you’ve selected the videos you’d like to shrink, you should click on the Next button and proceed to the Compression Settings window. Afterward, you can simply change the Frame Rate and Video Dimensions settings by dragging the sliders to the left or to the right. When ready, tap on the Compress button and the Compress Videos & Resize Video app will shrink your videos and save to the Compressed Videos album.
2. Video Compress – Shrink Vids
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
You can reduce the size of videos recorded in 4K, Full HD or HD resolution in just a few simple steps. The app lets you resize one or more videos at the same time and choose the resolution of the output video. The only downside is that you must make in-app purchases to remove ads or unlock access to all of the app’s features.
How to compress video with Video Compress – Shrink Vids?
Once you installed this free compressor app for iOS on your device, you should launch it and tap on the + icon to import the video you want to compress into the app. Grant the app permission to access the Photos app and head over to the folder in which the videos you want shrink are stored.
After selecting the videos, you should tap on the Choose Preset button and select one of the available presets. Optionally, you can adjust the bitrate or preview how the videos look before and after the compression. Tap on the Continue button when you are ready and then select the destination album to which the resized videos are going to be exported. After the video compression process is completed the app will ask you if you want to delete the original video files and only keep their resized versions.
3. Video Slimmer App
Price: Free or $2,99 for Pro
Video Slimmer is much more than a simple video compressor app for iOS, as it lets its users trim, rotate or merge videos. The app’s batch processing capabilities are remarkable since you can export resized videos from Video Slimmer quickly. You can free up to 80% of your iPhone’s or iPad’s storage space by compressing videos you store on your iOS-based device.
How to compress videos with Video Slimmer App?
Shrinking multiple videos with Video Slimmer won’t take too much of your time, although the duration of the compression process depends on the size of the video clips. Click on the + icon after you launch the app, in order to select the videos from the camera roll.
Tap on the Gear icon located in the lower right corner of the screen if you would like to adjust the Video Quality and Video Size settings. In addition, the Video Slimmer App lets you choose if you want to delete the original videos from your device after the compression or add a copy of the video to the Photo Library.
Head back to the app’s main menu and tap on the Slim Now button to start compressing the videos you selected. After reducing the size of your videos you can share them on social media or send them to your friends much faster than the original high-resolution files.
4. Video Compress – Reduce Movie Size – Shrink Video
Price: Free
If you are looking for a simple and efficient free video compressor app for iPhone and iPad then Video Compress may be the right choice for you. Its interface is intuitive so you won’t need much time to get used to it even if you never compressed a video before.
How to compress video with it?
All you have to do to start compressing a video is to launch the app and select the videos you’d like to shrink from the Camera Roll. Afterward, you will be taken to the Compress window where you can see the Target Size and the percentage to which the video is going to be compressed. The only limiting factor are the output file formats because the app only allows you to save shrunk videos as MPEG-4 and QuickTime files.
All the compressed videos can be easily shared on social media or sent through email and messaging apps directly from Video Compress.
5. Video Compressor – Shrink Videos
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
Video Compressor app makes shrinking videos look easy because it offers a number of presets that let you choose how much you want to reduce the size of a video. Besides saving time this free video compressor for iPhones and iPads can create more storage space on your device.
How to shrink video size with this app?
Identifying large video files on your camera roll won’t take too much time since the app displays the size of all videos. Besides compressing videos, the Video Compressor app also lets you shrink photos you store on your iPhone or iPad.
Select a video you want to compress, by simply tapping on it, and then choose a preset resolution to which that video clip is going to be compressed. Optionally, you can change the Bitrate before tapping on the Compression button.
After the video compression process is over you can organize the shrunk videos effortlessly, however, you must purchase the Pro version of the app if you want to have access to all of the tools Video Compressor has to offer.
Is there any iPhone free video compressor with editor built in?
Editing a video before you share it on social media can help you get rid of unwanted parts and make the colors more vivid. iMovie is an excellent choice if you would like to trim a video or add filters and effects to it and reduce the video size. What’s more, you can use this iOS-native video editing app to reduce the size of the original video files.
Once you complete all video editing tasks you should exit the app’s Edit window by tapping done and then tap on the Share/Save Video option. iMovie offers a variety of output video file formats, so you can choose if you want to save your video in 360p, 540p, HD or 4K resolution. After you pick a preferred output resolution the iMovie is going to add the video to the Photo Library.
Bonus: How to reduce video size on iPhone & iPad when recording?
All recent iPhone and iPad models support recording in a broad spectrum of video resolutions. If you would like to decrease the resolution at which your device captures videos you should head to the Settings menu and tap on the Camera option.
Select Record Video from the Camera menu and then choose the new resolution for your videos. The default resolution is set at 1080p at 30fps, but you can easily reduce it to 720p at 30fps if you want to create videos that don’t take too much storage space.
The Record Slo-Mo option lets you choose between 720p HD at 120fps or 720p HD at 240 fps which allows you to preserve storage space while recording high-quality slow-motion videos.
Conclusion
Videos recorded with iPhones and iPads can be huge in size, and sending them or uploading them to the Internet can be a time-consuming process. Installing a free video compressing app for iOS can be a good idea if you record videos with your iPhone or iPad often. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in this article can shrink videos quickly and efficiently. Which free video compressor app are you going to choose? Leave a comment and let us know.
Supported iOS | Supported format | User rating | |
---|---|---|---|
Video Slimmer | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI… | 3.7 |
Video Compress - Shrink Vids | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
iMovie | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI, QuickTime… | 3.9 |
Compress Videos & Resize Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MPEG-4 and QuickTime | 4.6 |
Video Compressor-Shrink videos | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.7 |
Video Compress - Reduce Movie Size, Shrink Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
Ollie Mattison
Ollie Mattison is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Ollie Mattison
Ollie Mattison
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Capturing full HD or 4K footage with your iPad or iPhone is a straightforward process, but sharing that footage through messaging apps or social media can be a bit more complicated.
The size of video files recorded in 4K resolution is often measured in gigabytes and you have to compress them in order to share them with your friends.
We’ve selected the five best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads that will enable you to shrink your videos in minutes and post them on social networks or send them through email and messaging apps.
So, let’s take a look at how you can reduce the size of your videos using free video compressing apps for iOS.
5 Best Video Compressor Apps for iOS that Reduce Video Size
Shrinking a video’s size is easy, even after you record a video clip. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in our top five list allows you to reduce a video’s size quickly before sharing it on social media or sending it to your friends. Read on if you would like to find out more about the best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads.
1. Compress Videos & Resize Videos
Price: Free, but contains in-app purchases
With this free video compressor app, you won’t have to worry about the quality of the videos you’re resizing, because it preserves the video’s quality even when videos are shrunk by more than 80%. In this manner, the Compress Videos & Resize Video app can help you free up space on your iPhone or iPad.
How to reduce video size with Compress Videos & Resize Videos?
To start reducing a video’s size you just have to open the app and select all videos, recently added or any other available categories.
After tapping on a particular category, you can proceed to select one or more video clips you would like to reduce. The app is going to display the videos that are stored on your phone or in your iCloud Photo Library and show you the exact size of each video.
Once you’ve selected the videos you’d like to shrink, you should click on the Next button and proceed to the Compression Settings window. Afterward, you can simply change the Frame Rate and Video Dimensions settings by dragging the sliders to the left or to the right. When ready, tap on the Compress button and the Compress Videos & Resize Video app will shrink your videos and save to the Compressed Videos album.
2. Video Compress – Shrink Vids
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
You can reduce the size of videos recorded in 4K, Full HD or HD resolution in just a few simple steps. The app lets you resize one or more videos at the same time and choose the resolution of the output video. The only downside is that you must make in-app purchases to remove ads or unlock access to all of the app’s features.
How to compress video with Video Compress – Shrink Vids?
Once you installed this free compressor app for iOS on your device, you should launch it and tap on the + icon to import the video you want to compress into the app. Grant the app permission to access the Photos app and head over to the folder in which the videos you want shrink are stored.
After selecting the videos, you should tap on the Choose Preset button and select one of the available presets. Optionally, you can adjust the bitrate or preview how the videos look before and after the compression. Tap on the Continue button when you are ready and then select the destination album to which the resized videos are going to be exported. After the video compression process is completed the app will ask you if you want to delete the original video files and only keep their resized versions.
3. Video Slimmer App
Price: Free or $2,99 for Pro
Video Slimmer is much more than a simple video compressor app for iOS, as it lets its users trim, rotate or merge videos. The app’s batch processing capabilities are remarkable since you can export resized videos from Video Slimmer quickly. You can free up to 80% of your iPhone’s or iPad’s storage space by compressing videos you store on your iOS-based device.
How to compress videos with Video Slimmer App?
Shrinking multiple videos with Video Slimmer won’t take too much of your time, although the duration of the compression process depends on the size of the video clips. Click on the + icon after you launch the app, in order to select the videos from the camera roll.
Tap on the Gear icon located in the lower right corner of the screen if you would like to adjust the Video Quality and Video Size settings. In addition, the Video Slimmer App lets you choose if you want to delete the original videos from your device after the compression or add a copy of the video to the Photo Library.
Head back to the app’s main menu and tap on the Slim Now button to start compressing the videos you selected. After reducing the size of your videos you can share them on social media or send them to your friends much faster than the original high-resolution files.
4. Video Compress – Reduce Movie Size – Shrink Video
Price: Free
If you are looking for a simple and efficient free video compressor app for iPhone and iPad then Video Compress may be the right choice for you. Its interface is intuitive so you won’t need much time to get used to it even if you never compressed a video before.
How to compress video with it?
All you have to do to start compressing a video is to launch the app and select the videos you’d like to shrink from the Camera Roll. Afterward, you will be taken to the Compress window where you can see the Target Size and the percentage to which the video is going to be compressed. The only limiting factor are the output file formats because the app only allows you to save shrunk videos as MPEG-4 and QuickTime files.
All the compressed videos can be easily shared on social media or sent through email and messaging apps directly from Video Compress.
5. Video Compressor – Shrink Videos
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
Video Compressor app makes shrinking videos look easy because it offers a number of presets that let you choose how much you want to reduce the size of a video. Besides saving time this free video compressor for iPhones and iPads can create more storage space on your device.
How to shrink video size with this app?
Identifying large video files on your camera roll won’t take too much time since the app displays the size of all videos. Besides compressing videos, the Video Compressor app also lets you shrink photos you store on your iPhone or iPad.
Select a video you want to compress, by simply tapping on it, and then choose a preset resolution to which that video clip is going to be compressed. Optionally, you can change the Bitrate before tapping on the Compression button.
After the video compression process is over you can organize the shrunk videos effortlessly, however, you must purchase the Pro version of the app if you want to have access to all of the tools Video Compressor has to offer.
Is there any iPhone free video compressor with editor built in?
Editing a video before you share it on social media can help you get rid of unwanted parts and make the colors more vivid. iMovie is an excellent choice if you would like to trim a video or add filters and effects to it and reduce the video size. What’s more, you can use this iOS-native video editing app to reduce the size of the original video files.
Once you complete all video editing tasks you should exit the app’s Edit window by tapping done and then tap on the Share/Save Video option. iMovie offers a variety of output video file formats, so you can choose if you want to save your video in 360p, 540p, HD or 4K resolution. After you pick a preferred output resolution the iMovie is going to add the video to the Photo Library.
Bonus: How to reduce video size on iPhone & iPad when recording?
All recent iPhone and iPad models support recording in a broad spectrum of video resolutions. If you would like to decrease the resolution at which your device captures videos you should head to the Settings menu and tap on the Camera option.
Select Record Video from the Camera menu and then choose the new resolution for your videos. The default resolution is set at 1080p at 30fps, but you can easily reduce it to 720p at 30fps if you want to create videos that don’t take too much storage space.
The Record Slo-Mo option lets you choose between 720p HD at 120fps or 720p HD at 240 fps which allows you to preserve storage space while recording high-quality slow-motion videos.
Conclusion
Videos recorded with iPhones and iPads can be huge in size, and sending them or uploading them to the Internet can be a time-consuming process. Installing a free video compressing app for iOS can be a good idea if you record videos with your iPhone or iPad often. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in this article can shrink videos quickly and efficiently. Which free video compressor app are you going to choose? Leave a comment and let us know.
Supported iOS | Supported format | User rating | |
---|---|---|---|
Video Slimmer | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI… | 3.7 |
Video Compress - Shrink Vids | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
iMovie | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI, QuickTime… | 3.9 |
Compress Videos & Resize Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MPEG-4 and QuickTime | 4.6 |
Video Compressor-Shrink videos | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.7 |
Video Compress - Reduce Movie Size, Shrink Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
Ollie Mattison
Ollie Mattison is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Ollie Mattison
Ollie Mattison
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Capturing full HD or 4K footage with your iPad or iPhone is a straightforward process, but sharing that footage through messaging apps or social media can be a bit more complicated.
The size of video files recorded in 4K resolution is often measured in gigabytes and you have to compress them in order to share them with your friends.
We’ve selected the five best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads that will enable you to shrink your videos in minutes and post them on social networks or send them through email and messaging apps.
So, let’s take a look at how you can reduce the size of your videos using free video compressing apps for iOS.
5 Best Video Compressor Apps for iOS that Reduce Video Size
Shrinking a video’s size is easy, even after you record a video clip. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in our top five list allows you to reduce a video’s size quickly before sharing it on social media or sending it to your friends. Read on if you would like to find out more about the best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads.
1. Compress Videos & Resize Videos
Price: Free, but contains in-app purchases
With this free video compressor app, you won’t have to worry about the quality of the videos you’re resizing, because it preserves the video’s quality even when videos are shrunk by more than 80%. In this manner, the Compress Videos & Resize Video app can help you free up space on your iPhone or iPad.
How to reduce video size with Compress Videos & Resize Videos?
To start reducing a video’s size you just have to open the app and select all videos, recently added or any other available categories.
After tapping on a particular category, you can proceed to select one or more video clips you would like to reduce. The app is going to display the videos that are stored on your phone or in your iCloud Photo Library and show you the exact size of each video.
Once you’ve selected the videos you’d like to shrink, you should click on the Next button and proceed to the Compression Settings window. Afterward, you can simply change the Frame Rate and Video Dimensions settings by dragging the sliders to the left or to the right. When ready, tap on the Compress button and the Compress Videos & Resize Video app will shrink your videos and save to the Compressed Videos album.
2. Video Compress – Shrink Vids
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
You can reduce the size of videos recorded in 4K, Full HD or HD resolution in just a few simple steps. The app lets you resize one or more videos at the same time and choose the resolution of the output video. The only downside is that you must make in-app purchases to remove ads or unlock access to all of the app’s features.
How to compress video with Video Compress – Shrink Vids?
Once you installed this free compressor app for iOS on your device, you should launch it and tap on the + icon to import the video you want to compress into the app. Grant the app permission to access the Photos app and head over to the folder in which the videos you want shrink are stored.
After selecting the videos, you should tap on the Choose Preset button and select one of the available presets. Optionally, you can adjust the bitrate or preview how the videos look before and after the compression. Tap on the Continue button when you are ready and then select the destination album to which the resized videos are going to be exported. After the video compression process is completed the app will ask you if you want to delete the original video files and only keep their resized versions.
3. Video Slimmer App
Price: Free or $2,99 for Pro
Video Slimmer is much more than a simple video compressor app for iOS, as it lets its users trim, rotate or merge videos. The app’s batch processing capabilities are remarkable since you can export resized videos from Video Slimmer quickly. You can free up to 80% of your iPhone’s or iPad’s storage space by compressing videos you store on your iOS-based device.
How to compress videos with Video Slimmer App?
Shrinking multiple videos with Video Slimmer won’t take too much of your time, although the duration of the compression process depends on the size of the video clips. Click on the + icon after you launch the app, in order to select the videos from the camera roll.
Tap on the Gear icon located in the lower right corner of the screen if you would like to adjust the Video Quality and Video Size settings. In addition, the Video Slimmer App lets you choose if you want to delete the original videos from your device after the compression or add a copy of the video to the Photo Library.
Head back to the app’s main menu and tap on the Slim Now button to start compressing the videos you selected. After reducing the size of your videos you can share them on social media or send them to your friends much faster than the original high-resolution files.
4. Video Compress – Reduce Movie Size – Shrink Video
Price: Free
If you are looking for a simple and efficient free video compressor app for iPhone and iPad then Video Compress may be the right choice for you. Its interface is intuitive so you won’t need much time to get used to it even if you never compressed a video before.
How to compress video with it?
All you have to do to start compressing a video is to launch the app and select the videos you’d like to shrink from the Camera Roll. Afterward, you will be taken to the Compress window where you can see the Target Size and the percentage to which the video is going to be compressed. The only limiting factor are the output file formats because the app only allows you to save shrunk videos as MPEG-4 and QuickTime files.
All the compressed videos can be easily shared on social media or sent through email and messaging apps directly from Video Compress.
5. Video Compressor – Shrink Videos
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
Video Compressor app makes shrinking videos look easy because it offers a number of presets that let you choose how much you want to reduce the size of a video. Besides saving time this free video compressor for iPhones and iPads can create more storage space on your device.
How to shrink video size with this app?
Identifying large video files on your camera roll won’t take too much time since the app displays the size of all videos. Besides compressing videos, the Video Compressor app also lets you shrink photos you store on your iPhone or iPad.
Select a video you want to compress, by simply tapping on it, and then choose a preset resolution to which that video clip is going to be compressed. Optionally, you can change the Bitrate before tapping on the Compression button.
After the video compression process is over you can organize the shrunk videos effortlessly, however, you must purchase the Pro version of the app if you want to have access to all of the tools Video Compressor has to offer.
Is there any iPhone free video compressor with editor built in?
Editing a video before you share it on social media can help you get rid of unwanted parts and make the colors more vivid. iMovie is an excellent choice if you would like to trim a video or add filters and effects to it and reduce the video size. What’s more, you can use this iOS-native video editing app to reduce the size of the original video files.
Once you complete all video editing tasks you should exit the app’s Edit window by tapping done and then tap on the Share/Save Video option. iMovie offers a variety of output video file formats, so you can choose if you want to save your video in 360p, 540p, HD or 4K resolution. After you pick a preferred output resolution the iMovie is going to add the video to the Photo Library.
Bonus: How to reduce video size on iPhone & iPad when recording?
All recent iPhone and iPad models support recording in a broad spectrum of video resolutions. If you would like to decrease the resolution at which your device captures videos you should head to the Settings menu and tap on the Camera option.
Select Record Video from the Camera menu and then choose the new resolution for your videos. The default resolution is set at 1080p at 30fps, but you can easily reduce it to 720p at 30fps if you want to create videos that don’t take too much storage space.
The Record Slo-Mo option lets you choose between 720p HD at 120fps or 720p HD at 240 fps which allows you to preserve storage space while recording high-quality slow-motion videos.
Conclusion
Videos recorded with iPhones and iPads can be huge in size, and sending them or uploading them to the Internet can be a time-consuming process. Installing a free video compressing app for iOS can be a good idea if you record videos with your iPhone or iPad often. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in this article can shrink videos quickly and efficiently. Which free video compressor app are you going to choose? Leave a comment and let us know.
Supported iOS | Supported format | User rating | |
---|---|---|---|
Video Slimmer | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI… | 3.7 |
Video Compress - Shrink Vids | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
iMovie | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI, QuickTime… | 3.9 |
Compress Videos & Resize Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MPEG-4 and QuickTime | 4.6 |
Video Compressor-Shrink videos | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.7 |
Video Compress - Reduce Movie Size, Shrink Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
Ollie Mattison
Ollie Mattison is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Ollie Mattison
Ollie Mattison
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
Capturing full HD or 4K footage with your iPad or iPhone is a straightforward process, but sharing that footage through messaging apps or social media can be a bit more complicated.
The size of video files recorded in 4K resolution is often measured in gigabytes and you have to compress them in order to share them with your friends.
We’ve selected the five best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads that will enable you to shrink your videos in minutes and post them on social networks or send them through email and messaging apps.
So, let’s take a look at how you can reduce the size of your videos using free video compressing apps for iOS.
5 Best Video Compressor Apps for iOS that Reduce Video Size
Shrinking a video’s size is easy, even after you record a video clip. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in our top five list allows you to reduce a video’s size quickly before sharing it on social media or sending it to your friends. Read on if you would like to find out more about the best free video compressor apps for iPhones and iPads.
1. Compress Videos & Resize Videos
Price: Free, but contains in-app purchases
With this free video compressor app, you won’t have to worry about the quality of the videos you’re resizing, because it preserves the video’s quality even when videos are shrunk by more than 80%. In this manner, the Compress Videos & Resize Video app can help you free up space on your iPhone or iPad.
How to reduce video size with Compress Videos & Resize Videos?
To start reducing a video’s size you just have to open the app and select all videos, recently added or any other available categories.
After tapping on a particular category, you can proceed to select one or more video clips you would like to reduce. The app is going to display the videos that are stored on your phone or in your iCloud Photo Library and show you the exact size of each video.
Once you’ve selected the videos you’d like to shrink, you should click on the Next button and proceed to the Compression Settings window. Afterward, you can simply change the Frame Rate and Video Dimensions settings by dragging the sliders to the left or to the right. When ready, tap on the Compress button and the Compress Videos & Resize Video app will shrink your videos and save to the Compressed Videos album.
2. Video Compress – Shrink Vids
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
You can reduce the size of videos recorded in 4K, Full HD or HD resolution in just a few simple steps. The app lets you resize one or more videos at the same time and choose the resolution of the output video. The only downside is that you must make in-app purchases to remove ads or unlock access to all of the app’s features.
How to compress video with Video Compress – Shrink Vids?
Once you installed this free compressor app for iOS on your device, you should launch it and tap on the + icon to import the video you want to compress into the app. Grant the app permission to access the Photos app and head over to the folder in which the videos you want shrink are stored.
After selecting the videos, you should tap on the Choose Preset button and select one of the available presets. Optionally, you can adjust the bitrate or preview how the videos look before and after the compression. Tap on the Continue button when you are ready and then select the destination album to which the resized videos are going to be exported. After the video compression process is completed the app will ask you if you want to delete the original video files and only keep their resized versions.
3. Video Slimmer App
Price: Free or $2,99 for Pro
Video Slimmer is much more than a simple video compressor app for iOS, as it lets its users trim, rotate or merge videos. The app’s batch processing capabilities are remarkable since you can export resized videos from Video Slimmer quickly. You can free up to 80% of your iPhone’s or iPad’s storage space by compressing videos you store on your iOS-based device.
How to compress videos with Video Slimmer App?
Shrinking multiple videos with Video Slimmer won’t take too much of your time, although the duration of the compression process depends on the size of the video clips. Click on the + icon after you launch the app, in order to select the videos from the camera roll.
Tap on the Gear icon located in the lower right corner of the screen if you would like to adjust the Video Quality and Video Size settings. In addition, the Video Slimmer App lets you choose if you want to delete the original videos from your device after the compression or add a copy of the video to the Photo Library.
Head back to the app’s main menu and tap on the Slim Now button to start compressing the videos you selected. After reducing the size of your videos you can share them on social media or send them to your friends much faster than the original high-resolution files.
4. Video Compress – Reduce Movie Size – Shrink Video
Price: Free
If you are looking for a simple and efficient free video compressor app for iPhone and iPad then Video Compress may be the right choice for you. Its interface is intuitive so you won’t need much time to get used to it even if you never compressed a video before.
How to compress video with it?
All you have to do to start compressing a video is to launch the app and select the videos you’d like to shrink from the Camera Roll. Afterward, you will be taken to the Compress window where you can see the Target Size and the percentage to which the video is going to be compressed. The only limiting factor are the output file formats because the app only allows you to save shrunk videos as MPEG-4 and QuickTime files.
All the compressed videos can be easily shared on social media or sent through email and messaging apps directly from Video Compress.
5. Video Compressor – Shrink Videos
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases
Video Compressor app makes shrinking videos look easy because it offers a number of presets that let you choose how much you want to reduce the size of a video. Besides saving time this free video compressor for iPhones and iPads can create more storage space on your device.
How to shrink video size with this app?
Identifying large video files on your camera roll won’t take too much time since the app displays the size of all videos. Besides compressing videos, the Video Compressor app also lets you shrink photos you store on your iPhone or iPad.
Select a video you want to compress, by simply tapping on it, and then choose a preset resolution to which that video clip is going to be compressed. Optionally, you can change the Bitrate before tapping on the Compression button.
After the video compression process is over you can organize the shrunk videos effortlessly, however, you must purchase the Pro version of the app if you want to have access to all of the tools Video Compressor has to offer.
Is there any iPhone free video compressor with editor built in?
Editing a video before you share it on social media can help you get rid of unwanted parts and make the colors more vivid. iMovie is an excellent choice if you would like to trim a video or add filters and effects to it and reduce the video size. What’s more, you can use this iOS-native video editing app to reduce the size of the original video files.
Once you complete all video editing tasks you should exit the app’s Edit window by tapping done and then tap on the Share/Save Video option. iMovie offers a variety of output video file formats, so you can choose if you want to save your video in 360p, 540p, HD or 4K resolution. After you pick a preferred output resolution the iMovie is going to add the video to the Photo Library.
Bonus: How to reduce video size on iPhone & iPad when recording?
All recent iPhone and iPad models support recording in a broad spectrum of video resolutions. If you would like to decrease the resolution at which your device captures videos you should head to the Settings menu and tap on the Camera option.
Select Record Video from the Camera menu and then choose the new resolution for your videos. The default resolution is set at 1080p at 30fps, but you can easily reduce it to 720p at 30fps if you want to create videos that don’t take too much storage space.
The Record Slo-Mo option lets you choose between 720p HD at 120fps or 720p HD at 240 fps which allows you to preserve storage space while recording high-quality slow-motion videos.
Conclusion
Videos recorded with iPhones and iPads can be huge in size, and sending them or uploading them to the Internet can be a time-consuming process. Installing a free video compressing app for iOS can be a good idea if you record videos with your iPhone or iPad often. Each of the free video compressor apps we included in this article can shrink videos quickly and efficiently. Which free video compressor app are you going to choose? Leave a comment and let us know.
Supported iOS | Supported format | User rating | |
---|---|---|---|
Video Slimmer | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI… | 3.7 |
Video Compress - Shrink Vids | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
iMovie | iOS 10.3 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI, QuickTime… | 3.9 |
Compress Videos & Resize Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MPEG-4 and QuickTime | 4.6 |
Video Compressor-Shrink videos | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.7 |
Video Compress - Reduce Movie Size, Shrink Video | iOS 8.0 or later | MP4, MOV, AVI | 4.6 |
Ollie Mattison
Ollie Mattison is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Ollie Mattison
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- Title: New 2024 Approved From Basic to Brilliant Advanced Title Techniques in FCPX
- Author: Charlotte
- Created at : 2024-04-29 06:37:15
- Updated at : 2024-04-30 06:37:15
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