t@b ZS4 Free Video Editing Software - Tutorials

Singing Flower Tutorial (Slave Effect to Audio)

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:35:30 -0800

This tutorial explains how to map an effect parameter to an audio waveform. You can see an example of this in this demo video.

Musical Loop Tutorial

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:15:10 -0700

With ZS4 you can loop a section of a video or audio file with crossfade. In this example we will use a video track with rhythm, but you could also loop a non-musical video file.

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.

The Saturated Berry Tutorial

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:33:40 -0700

This is not a beginner tutorial. In the course of this tutorial we will employ a destination blend effect container with a desaturate inside, a chroma key effect and a negative alpha effect, plus make use of the source opaquity media track variable in order to achieve a saturated strawberry in a grey scale photo.

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.

Submixer Tutorial (Subarrangement)

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:37:58 -0700

This tutorial is to demonstrate a use for a submixer. It has a background image and a submixer containing a frame image and two other videos (in this case images) which falls off the wall. The submixer keeps all its children together so you can rotate or move them all at the same time. You can also move the children seperately in the submixer of course, which we do in this tutorial as well.

Oval Outside Effect Container

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:04:57 -0700

This is an express tutorial which just deals with adding an effect container and doing something simple with it.

Here's a photo of a duck that you can use if you want.

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.