It is important to understand how the editing process works in Avidemux, everything is accessed via the filters menu Video>Filters and from here you are faced with a new interface that enables you to choose the component you wish to use.

Once that is set you are free to start editing your footage. Don’t worry though, this is easy, just use the dropdown at the side to choose the output format you want as can be seen here.

However, here we are going to look at the cropping tool, so on to the next step.Īvidemux has some idiosyncrasies in terms of operation, one of those is that to be able to edit any video, you have to choose your output format. Now you can edit the video as you need, Avidemux contains a wealth of features to enable the full spectrum of editing tasks to be completed. Whichever route you take, you will end up with your video file loaded in like this. This can be done in two ways, by clicking the file folder icon at the top left you open a standard file browser to navigate to, and select your chosen video file, or alternatively you can simply drag you video into the main panel to import it. Once installed you will be presented with the program as seen here. It is a very small footprint and for the best performance it is wise to simply install everything. One point of note during installation is that you can choose which parts of the program you wish to install. Once downloaded, install in the standard way for your platform, this is the Wndows version (64bit).

You can find Avidemux for download here, it is available for a wide range of platforms, just download the version that fits your needs. Here we are going to go through the process of getting Avidemux running on your system and cropping some video. It has many uses, and one of the best tools available for cropping video is the free program Avidemux. It can be used as mentioned to ensure the viewer focuses on what is important, but also to magnify objects on the screen, such as with footage of nature. Cropping a video, to bring focus onto the important aspects and remove the extraneous parts of the scene, is one of the most valuable tools available to a video editor.

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