t@b ZS4 Free Video Editing Software - Beginner Tutorials

Text String Tutorial (how to make titles)

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:59:27 -0700

This tutorial describes how to make titles or credits which fade in and out in the center of the screen.

Temporary Speed Change Tutorial

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:22:24 -0700

This tutorial shows how to use the Media Time Offset variable to speed up a 10 second segment in the middle of a 30 second video clip.

Change Color Hue Tutorial

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:13:43 -0700

I made this simple tutorial using wink so its a flash animation (3.2 mb).
If you'd like to follow along you may download the picture i used here.

Fly on Bread Compositing Tutorial

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:30:52 -0700

Here's a video tutorial on compositing with ZS4. It has 2 png images, a piece of bread and a house fly. The fly walks (moves) around on the piece of bread.

Zoom and Pan Tutorial

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:19:26 -0700

This html tutorial will explain how to make a video by zooming and panning a very large image. You can use this one if you want.

Simple Chroma Key Tutorial

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:36:55 -0700

Here's a short introduction to the chroma key effect.

Scrolling Flower Tutorial

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:34:17 -0700

This tutorial is an example of a simple pattern, created using one of the pattern effects. Here we will take a picture (feel free to use this one) and make it scroll by repeatedly.

Chroma Key Tutorial

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:56:32 -0800

Because ZS4 can export video in Motion PNG format, a lossless format which stores transparency, it is a good idea to save your footage with key to import into larger ZS4 projects.

In this tutorial we shall do that using a person in front of a greenscreen and a chroma key. You can download the video clip here (4mb). This was saved (with ZS4) in mjpeg format, so you may not be able to play the file back with wmp, but you should be able to import it into ZS4 to use in this tutorial.