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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

 

#EssentialSector mobile video training

Support materials

Filming and editing software

for filming and editing on your phone

This resource is kindly provided by media co-op.

Filming software

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Filmic Pro
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Free. Allows you to control manually aperture, shutter speed, sound recording volume.
Double Take
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App by Filmic Pro - allows you to record two cameras at the same time on newer phones with more than one lens. So you get two different shot sizes at the same time.

Editing

Editing is easiest on a laptop, then tablet, then phone.

NamePictureDescription and notes
Adobe Premier Rush
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Free version is easy to use whilst giving a lot of tools to manipulate video, audio, add music, graphics and subtitles.
Canva
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Free online software. Just upload your video clips and edit!
It doesn’t have as many features as Premier but is good for editing simple clips.
InShot
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Great app for doing basic edits. Excellent for adding effects, stickers, removing and replacing backgrounds - lots of fun.
iMovie
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Free App for editing - plenty of tools. Not that straightforward to add custom subtitles.