Video editing in Photoshop

Edit and enhance videos using a variety of tools and effects.

Timeline video creation

The Timeline panel allows for an Adobe Premiere-like set of tools, which lets you incorporate effects and transitions to give a finished video a professional polish. 

Go through these tutorials to learn different aspects of editing videos in Adobe Photoshop. 

Note:

Windows ARM still does not support Video workflows yet at this time. 

Video Groups

Video Groups combine multiple video clips and other content such as text, images, and shapes on a single track in the Timeline.

Create a Video Group

  • Import a video file; it's automatically added as a new Video Group.
  • To create an empty group for adding content to, click a filmstrip icon on the left of the Timeline panel, and choose New Video Group from the pop-up menu.

Edit a Video Group

  • To reposition clips, drag them in the Timeline.
  • To change in and out points, drag clip borders in the Timeline.
  • To move items from one group to another, drag them up or down in the Timeline or Layers panel.
  • To divide a selected clip and edit the resulting parts separately, position the Timeline playhead where you want to split the clip. Then click the Split At Playhead button in the upper-left corner of the Timeline panel.

Audio tracks and controls

Separate audio tracks in the Timeline allow for easy editing and adjusting.

Adjust audio in clips

  • Right-click audio clips to mute them, adjust volume, or fade in and out.
  • Right-click video clips, and click the musical notes to adjust audio they contain.

Adjusting audio video tutorial

Create or delete audio tracks

  • To the right of audio track names in the Timeline, click the musical notes , and select either New Audio Track or Delete Track.

Add, duplicate, delete, or replace audio clips

  • To the right of audio track names in the Timeline, click the musical notes . Then select Add Audio to place another clip on the track.
  • Select an audio clip in the Timeline, and click the musical notes to the right of the track name. Then select Duplicate, Delete, or Replace Audio Clip.

Video transitions

Transitions create professional fade and cross-fade effects. Click the transitions icon in the upper left of the Timeline panel. Then choose a duration, and drag a transition type to the start or end of clips. (Place the transition between clips to cross-fade.) Drag the edges of the transition preview in the Timeline to precisely set in and out points.

Note:

Right-click transitions in the Timeline to replace them with another transition type or specify a precise numeric duration.

Change video clip duration and speed

Right-click video clips to access Duration and Speed sliders. These controls interact; for example, a Speed of 400% limits the maximum duration to one-quarter of the original.

Apply filters to video layers

To apply filters across all frames in a video layer, first convert the layer into a Smart Object. Any subsequent filters you apply become Smart Filters, which provide total flexibility, letting you readjust filter settings at any time.

  1. Select the video layer in the Timeline or Layers panel.
  2. Choose Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object.
  3. Apply filters from the Filter menu. To later readjust settings, view the Layers panel, and double-click the filter in the Smart Filters list for the video layer.

For more information, see Nondestructive editing.

Apply motion effects to text, still images, and smart objects

Right-click text, still-image, and smart object clips to access pan, zoom, and rotate presets, quickly applying sophisticated animation. Drag the resulting Transform keyframes in the Timeline to fine-tune the results.

Note:

To create dramatic effects as you pan, scale, and rotate clips over time, convert your clip to a Smart Object and use Transform keyframes with the Free Transform tool.

Create animations with audio video tutorial.

Import a wider range of file formats

With a redesigned video engine, you can import a wider range of video, audio, and image sequence files. 

For the complete list, see Supported file formats.

Export final video with the Adobe Media Encoder

Choose File > Export > Render Video. From the first pop-up menu, select Adobe Media Encoder to choose from the following Format options:

  • DPX (Digital Picture Exchange) format is designed primarily for frame sequences that you plan to incorporate into professional video projects using an editor such as Adobe Premiere Pro.
  • H.264 (MPEG-4) format is the most versatile, including presets for high-definition and widescreen video, and output optimized for tablet devices or web delivery.
  • QuickTime (MOV) format is required for export of alpha channels and uncompressed video. The Preset menu provides additional compression options.

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