This is an overview of how to use VideoPad to create a video project from your videos.
Adding and Removing Clips
Start your project by adding files to the media list area. Every image or video you add to VideoPad is considered to be a clip. To add files to VideoPad, press the Add Media button on the toolbar, or press the Add Clip button on the sequence. Browse to your video files, and touch the file you wish to use to add it to the sequence.
Once your clips have been added, if you wish to remove any of them, tap the clip in the meda list and select Remove button.
To add a clip to the sequence tap it in the media list and select Add to sequence button. Alternatively you could drag clips from the media list and drop them to the sequence.
Adjusting the Duration of a Clip
If you want to change how long a clip displays, tap any clip in the media list or in the sequence twice.
A page called Clip Details will appear, showing the slide and a text box displaying the clip's current duration. Press the number displayed to edit the number to be the amount of seconds you want the clip to display for, then click OK to apply the new duration to the clip.
Editing Clips on the Sequence
You can add effects to your clips on the sequence by touching a clip to select it, then select an effect on the Effects tab located under the toolbar. To learn more about the different effects, please see Effects.
To add a transition between clips, press the green arrow button between two clips on the sequence or select Transitions tab. This opens the Transitions panel. To learn more about the different transitions, please see Transitions.
Adding Audio and Narration
You can add a soundtrack to your movie by pressing the Add Media button and selecting Add Music. The audio you select will be added to the soundtrack area located directly under the sequence. If your audio file is not long enough for the whole movie, you can add another audio file to the Soundtrack area after it.
You can also add narration to your movie. First select the clip you would like to begin narrating from, then open the Record Narration tab, located next to the Effects and Transitions tabs. Press the Record button to begin recording your voice. Watch the preview window to see when the clip change. When you have finished narrating, press the Stop button. The narration will automatically be added to your sequence from the point you selected.
Only one sound file will be heard at a time, and sound files will automatically fade to allow another sound file to be heard.
Saving and Loading Your Video Project
VideoPad will save your last active project. When you open VideoPad again, your project will either still be loaded in the app, or you will be asked if you want to start a new project or open a saved project. Selecting to open a saved project will open the most recent project.
Warning: When you save your project file you do not actually save your media files into it. Only filenames are saved. If you want all the data including clips, narrations and soundtracks to be safe do not rename, delete or move any files that are used in the project from their original folders.
Creating the Movie
Once you have finished putting all your pictures, videos, music, and narrations together, you still need to build your movie. Press the Save Video button in the toolbar to view the Export Video page. Select the destination device and format you want to be built your project for. There is a help page for every destination type (access them by pressing the Help button or following any "What's this?" link).
Once you have selected the output format and save options, press the Create button at the bottom of the page to create the movie, the a window will appear where you can change the name of your movie.