March 2021 - Animaker

How to Add Audio to a Video: 6 Easy Ways in 2023

Looking to add audio to a video on your mobile phone or computer?

Whether you want to add audio in a video on iOS, Android, Mac, or Windows, we’ve got you covered.

In this article, we’ll show you how to add an audio file to a video on iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows, step-by-step, with pictures.

Here’s everything we’ll cover, please feel free to jump around:

How to add audio to a video on iPhone and Android using InShot

How to add audio to a video in VLC on Windows and Mac

How to add audio to a video in Windows Movie Maker

How to add audio to a video in iMovie on Mac

How to add audio to a video in Adobe Premiere Pro

How to add audio to a video online using Animaker

How to Add Audio to a Video on iPhone and Android using InShot

If you’re on Android or iOS, you can use InShot to add an audio file or music track to a video. The app is available on both iOS and Android. It’s ideal for adding music to a video and posting it on social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok, or Twitter.

Here’s how to add audio or music to a video on iPhone or Android using InShot:

Open InShot and tap Video to import the video.
Once the video has been imported, head to the Music tab.
You’ll now see that there are three buttons: Tracks, Effects, and Record. If you want to add a background music track to your video, tap Tracks.

Now under the Featured tab, you’ll see several groups of tracks. Tap one of the groups, then tap a track.

This will start playing the audio track and reveal a red Download button.

If you like the track and would want to use it in your video, tap the download button. Once the video is downloaded, you’ll see a Use button in its place. Tap the Use button to use it in your video.
InShot allows you to extract and use the audio or music from a video that you have on your phone. To extract audio from a video, use the button that says Extract audio from video under the same Featured tab.
If you have an audio track on your phone and would like to import and add it to your video, switch to the My Music tab beside the Featured tab.
To add sound effects, switch to the Effects tab next to the My Music tab.

If you’d like to add the sound of applause to your video, tap the Applause category, tap an effect from the list, and tap Use to add that effect to your video.
You can also record your voice using InShot. Tap the Record button to start recording the audio.
Once you’re done adding the audio track(s) to your video, tap the tick icon.
Finally, tap the Save button in the top right corner of the screen to save the video on your phone.

How to Add Audio to a Video in VLC on Windows and Mac

VLC media player is a free tool available on both Windows and Mac. If you don’t have it installed, you can download VLC for Windows or VLC for Mac.

Once you’ve installed VLC on your computer, follow the steps below to add audio to a video file on Windows 10 or Mac using VLC media player:

First, open VLC. Then go to Media > Open Multiple Files.
In the Open Media window, click Add to import the video.
Once you’ve imported the video, you can now go ahead and add the audio file to it. In the Open Media window, tick the Show more options checkbox.
Now tick the Play another media synchronously checkbox.
Then click on the Browse button.
In the Open Media window that appears next, click on the Add button and then the Select button in the bottom right corner of the same window to add the audio file.
Then click on the Convert/ Save dropdown button in the bottom right corner and select Convert from the dropdown menu.
Now pick a location to save your video. In the Convert window, click on the Browse button under the Destination section.
Finally, click Start to save the video.

How to Add Music to a Video in Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7/8/10

Windows Movie Maker comes with the Windows Essentials suite and Microsoft has ended the support for this suite. You can, however, download the official installer using this download link. We retrieved that link using a web archiving service.

Here are the steps to install and add audio to a video using Windows Movie Maker:

First, install Windows Movie Maker on your Windows computer. Double-click the installer file and pick Choose the programs you want to install option from the window that appears next.
You wouldn’t need most of the tools that come with this suite. If you don’t want to install a tool, untick the checkbox beside that tool. But make sure to leave the Photo Gallery and Movie Maker checkbox ticked. Click on the Install button to begin the installation process.
Once Movie Maker is installed, open it and import the videos or photos to it.

Simply drag and drop the video or audio files onto the software window. Or you can import the videos (or photos) by heading to the Home tab and clicking on the Add Photos and Videos button.
Now let’s add the music or audio to the video. Head to the Home tab and click on the Add music button to import and add the audio file(s) to your video clips. The add music button is right beside the Add Photos and Videos button in the Add section.

Windows Movie Maker supports WMA, MP3, WAV, M4A, AIFF, and AIF audio formats.
Finally, save the video. To save the video, go to the File tab, select Save movie, and then select Recommended for this project.

How to Add Audio to a Video on iMovie

iMovie is a free tool that comes preinstalled on Mac OS. Here’s how to add an audio file to a video on Mac using the iMovie desktop software:

Open iMovie and click on the Create New button.
Select Movie from the resulting dropdown menu.
Click on the Import Media button to import the video(s).
Once you’ve imported the video, drag and drop it onto the timeline.
Now let’s import the audio track that we want to add to the video. To import an audio file or a video, click on the File menu in the main menu bar and select Import media… from the dropdown menu.
Once you’ve imported the audio file, drag and drop it onto the timeline panel. Make sure to not drop it over a video clip. Release the mouse button when you see the green plus button. This will add the audio to the video.

How to Add Audio or Music to a Video in Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is a paid, professional video editing software designed to be used by professionals. If you already have it installed on your computer, you can use it to add music or audio to a video.

Here are the steps to add an audio or music file to a video in Premiere Pro:

Go to File > New to create a new video project.
Go to File > Import to import the video(s).
Now drag and drop the imported video from the Project panel onto the timeline.
Now import the audio file that you want to add to the video. Go to File > Import to import the audio file.
The imported audio file will now appear in the Project panel. Simply drag and drop it onto the timeline to add it to the video file. You can trim an audio track and adjust its volume just like you can with a video clip.

How to Add and Edit Audio in a Video Online using Animaker

If you’re looking for an online tool to add audio to video, you can use Animaker.

For those who are unaware of Animaker, it is an all-in-one DIY video-making app designed to help non-designers make professional-quality videos from the comfort of their browser.

It just takes 3 simple steps to add audio or music to a video and download it using our super-simple, free tool.

It works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc., and if you use one of these browsers, you can easily add audio files to your videos on your Windows or Mac computer.

Moreover, you can upload and combine your audio files and videos in multiple formats such as MP4, MPG, WebM, MOV, and more formats.

Here’s how to add an audio file to a video using Animaker:

Add Audio (or Music) to Your Videos in 3 Simple Steps using Animaker

Step 1: Sign up / Sign in and Pick the Dimensions

First, sign in to your account or create a free account. Now pick the dimensions for your output video depending on the social media platform you’d be posting it on.

Want your video to be Horizontal, Square, or Vertical in size? Pick one of the premade dimensions from the Create a video section in your dashboard.

If you want to pick your own height and width for your video, simply click on the Custom Size Video button from the same section above. Then enter your desired width and height and hit Create Video.

Step 2: Upload the Video and Add Audio to It

Now upload the video and audio file(s). You can upload videos up to 20 GB in size. Head to the Upload tab in the main menu bar and click on the Upload button at the bottom of the tab window.

Once the video has been uploaded, click on the video to set it onto the canvas.

Now click on the music or audio file to add it to your video project. Once you add the audio file to your video, it will appear right underneath the video layer in the timeline.

To edit your audio file, simply click on the audio file from the timeline. This will reveal a tooltip with options to preview or play the audio track, adjust its volume, duplicate it, etc.

To adjust when the audio should start or stop playing, simply click and drag the audio file to the left or right and/or drag one of the handles (black in color) on either side.

You can also add an audio track from our library. Animaker’s music library features a wide variety of royalty-free background music tracks. Head to the Music tab to access our music library.

Moreover, Animaker also lets you add a voiceover to your video. You can record your voice or generate natural-sounding, crystal clear audio narrations simply using text.

Click on the microphone icon in the bottom left corner of the app window to record (or generate) voice for your video.

Step 3: Preview and Download the Video

You can preview the video by clicking on the play button beside the Publish button.

To download the video, click on the Publish button and select Download video from the dropdown menu.

You can also share the video directly to various social media platforms from right within the app.

Apart from letting you easily add music to your videos, Animaker offers all the video editing tools you’d need to edit and fine-tune your video footage.

You can use Animaker’s video editor to:

And the list goes on… feel free to check out all our video editing software tools and learn why they’re the go-to tools for marketers, content creators, and people with no video editing experience.

Got any questions about adding audio to a video on Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS? Any interesting tips or tools to add background music to your videos on your phone or computer that we haven’t covered? Please let us know about them in the comment section below.

How to Brighten a Video: 6 Easy Ways in 2023

Looking to brighten a video on your smartphone or computer?

Whether you want to edit the brightness of a video on iOS, Android, Mac, or Windows, we’ve got you covered.

In this article, we’ll show you how to make a video brighter on iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows with clear step-by-step instructions and pictures.

Here’s everything we’ll cover, please feel free to jump around:

How to brighten a video on iPhone and Android

How to brighten up a video in iMovie on Mac

How to add brightness to a video in VLC

How to lighten a dark video in Windows 7/8/10 using Windows Movie Maker

How to lighten up a video in Adobe Premiere Pro

A simple way to brighten a video on Mac and Windows

How to Brighten a Video on iPhone and Android

If you’re on Android or iOS, you can use Inshot to brighten a video. Inshot is available on both iOS and Android. It’s the ideal tool if you want to brighten the video and post it on social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok, or Twitter.

Here’s how to brighten a dark video on iPhone or Android using Inshot:

Open Inshot and tap Video to import the video.
Once the video has been imported, navigate to the Filter tab.
Now tap on the Adjust button.
You can now adjust the brightness of your video from the Lightness tab.
Tap and drag the handle to the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness of your video.
Now save the changes you made by clicking on the tick icon.
Finally, tap the SAVE button in the top right corner of the app screen to save the video.

How to Brighten up a Video in iMovie on Mac

iMovie is a free tool that comes preinstalled on Mac OS. Follow the below steps to brighten a video on Mac using the iMovie desktop software:

Open iMovie and click on the Create New button.
Pick Movie from the resulting dropdown menu.
Click on the Import Media button to import the video you want to brighten.
Once the video has been imported, click on it to select the video—the video will be highlighted in yellow to indicate that it has been selected.
Click on the Color correction button in the toolbar right above the video player panel.
Now click and drag the handle at the center to your right or left to increase or decrease the brightness of your video.

If you’d like to adjust the brightness all over again and undo the changes you’ve made so far, click on the Reset button in the top right corner of the app window.

Also, iMovie allows you to adjust the contrast, saturation, temperature, etc., of your video.

How to Add Brightness to a Video in VLC

VLC media player is a free tool available on both Windows and Mac. If you don’t have it installed, you can download VLC for Windows or VLC for Mac.

Once you’ve installed VLC on your computer, follow the steps below to brighten a video in Windows 10 or Mac using VLC media player:

Open VLC and open the file you want to brighten by going to Media > Open File.
Once you’ve opened the video, go to Tools > Effects and Filters.
In the Adjustments and Effects window, go to the Video Effects tab. Now under the Essential tab, you’d see the controls to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.
Click on the Image adjust checkbox to enable these controls.
Drag the slider handle to the left or right to adjust the brightness of your video. Dragging the handle to the right lightens the video while dragging the handle to the left darkens the video.

You can also use VLC to perform color correction. It allows you to easily adjust the saturation, hue, and contrast of your video.
Once you’re done making the adjustments to your video, go to Media > Convert / Save.
Now click on the Add button to import the video you had brightened earlier.
Once you’ve selected and imported the video, click on the Convert / Save dropdown button in the bottom right corner of the window and select Convert from the resulting dropdown menu.
In the Convert window, click on the Browse button to select a location for the brightened video on your computer.
Finally, click Start to save the brightened video.

How to Lighten a Dark Video in Windows 7/8/10 using Windows Movie Maker

Microsoft has ended the support for the Windows Essentials suite. You can, however, download the official installer using this download link. We retrieved that link using a web archiving service.

Here are the steps to install and brighten a video using the Windows Movie Maker:

First, install Windows Movie Maker on your computer. Double-click the installer and pick Choose the programs you want to install option from the first window that appears.
Leave the photo gallery and movie maker checkbox ticked. Untick the rest of the checkboxes as you wouldn’t need the other tools that come with this suite and click on the Install button.
Once you’ve installed Windows Movie Maker, open it and import the video you want to brighten.

You can simply drag and drop the video onto the software window. Or you can import the video by going to the Home tab and clicking on the Add Photos and Videos button.
Now go to the Visual Effects tab and click on the button that says Brightness.
Then click and drag the handle to adjust the brightness of your video. Drag the slider handle to the right to lighten the video and to the left to darken the video.
Finally, save the video you just brightened. To save the video, go to the File tab, select Save movie, and then select Recommended for this project.

How to Lighten up a Video in Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is a paid, professional video editing software designed to be used by professionals. If you already have it installed on your computer, you can use it to brighten a video.

Here are the steps to make a video brighter in Premiere Pro:

1. Create a New Project

Go to File > New to create a new project.

2. Import the Video

Go to File > Import to import the video you want to brighten.

3. Add the Video to the Timeline

Drag and drop the imported video from the Project panel onto the timeline.

4. Select the Video from the Timeline Panel

From the timeline, click on the video to select it.

5. Add the Brightness Effect

Navigate to the Effects tab in the Project panel and then go to Video Effects > Color Correction > Brightness & Contrast. Now double-click on the Brightness & Contrast option to add the brightness effect to the video.

6. Adjust the Brightness

Once you’ve added the effect to the video, you can now see that the controls to adjust this effect appears in the Effect Controls panel.

You can see that there’s a number (in blue color) beside Brightness. You can click on the number and drag to your right or left to increase or decrease the number.

Increasing the number increases the brightness or adds more light to the video and decreasing the number decreases the brightness or darkens the video.

You can also adjust the contrast the same way you adjusted the brightness of the video.

A Simple Way to Brighten a Video on Your Mac or Windows Computer

If you’re looking to brighten your video online, you can use Animaker’s Adjust Video Tool.

For those who are unaware of Animaker, it is an all-in-one DIY video-making app designed to help non-designers make professional-quality videos from the comfort of their browser.

It’s a simple tool that lets you easily darken or brighten your videos for free! All it takes is 3 simple steps to brighten and download your videos using our super-simple, free video brightening software.

It works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc., and if you use one of these browsers, you can easily brighten your videos on your Windows or Mac computer.

Moreover, you can upload and brighten your videos in multiple formats such as MP4, MPG, WebM, MOV, and more formats.

Follow the steps below to brighten a video using Animaker:

Step 1: Sign Up / Login and Pick the Dimensions

First, sign in to your account or create a free one. Then pick the dimensions for your video depending on the social media platform you want to post it on.

Want it to be Horizontal or Square or Vertical in size? Pick one of the premade dimensions from the Create a video section in your dashboard.

You can also pick custom dimensions for your video by clicking on the Custom Size Video button from the same section above. Simply enter your desired width and height and hit Create Video.

Step 2: Upload the Video and Brighten It

Upload the video you wish to brighten. Animaker allows you to upload videos up to 20 GB in size. Navigate to the Upload tab in the main navigation bar and click on the Upload button at the bottom of the tab window.

Once the video has been uploaded, click on the video to set it onto the canvas.

Now click on the Filters icon and click on the Adjust button at the bottom of the Effects panel. You’ll now see the controls to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, tint, etc. You can also blur the video.

To brighten your video, click and drag the handle of the Brightness slider to the right.

If you want to darken the video, simply click and drag the handle to the left.

Step 3: Download the Video

You can download the video to your local computer by clicking the Publish button and selecting Download video option from the dropdown menu. You can also share the video directly to various social media platforms from within the app.

Apart from letting you easily brighten or darken your videos, Animaker offers all the video editing tools you’d need to edit and fine-tune your video footage.

You can use Animaker’s video editor to:

Got any questions about adjusting the brightness of a video on Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS? Any interesting tips or tools to adjust brightness or correct the color of your videos on your phone or computer that we haven’t covered? Please let us know about them in the comment section below.

How to Combine Videos in iMovie (Step by Step)

Looking to merge or combine videos in iMovie on your iPhone or Mac computer?

In this article, we’ll show you how to merge or combine two or more videos into one video using iMovie on both iPhone and Mac.

Also, as a bonus, we’ll show you an easier way to merge/combine video clips on your Mac computer.

Here’s everything we’ll cover, feel free to jump around:

How to Merge Videos in iPhone using iMovie

How to Combine Videos on Mac using iMovie

An Easy Way to Combine Videos on Mac

How to Combine Videos on iPhone using the iMovie App

You can use the iMovie app on your iPhone or iPad to merge videos together. If you don’t have the iMovie app installed on your iPhone or iPad, you can download and install iMovie for iOS.

Once you’ve installed the iMovie app, follow the steps below to combine 2 or 3 videos into one using it:

Open iMovie and tap the Create Project button.
Now select Movie from the New Project popup window.
Then tap Create Movie at the bottom of the app screen.
Now tap on the area that says Tap + to add videos, photos, or audio to import your videos.
Now tap Video under the VIDEOS & PHOTOS category.
Then tap All, tap on the video you’d like to import, and tap the blue round button with the tick mark on it.
Now tap any other video you want to merge or combine and tap the blue round button with the tick mark on it.
Once you’re done adding the video clips, tap Create Movie at the bottom of the app screen.
Optionally, you can also add transitions between your video clips. You can pick a transition style of your choice—plenty of beautiful transitions such as Dissolve, Slide, Wipe, Fade, etc.
Once you’re done, tap Done in the top left corner of the app screen.

How to Combine Videos in iMovie on Mac

If you’re on Mac, you can use the iMovie software to merge your videos. Here are the steps to merge videos using the iMovie desktop software on Mac:

Open iMovie and click on the Create New button.
Now select Movie from the dropdown menu.
Then click on the Import media button to import a video.
To import more videos, click on the File menu in the menu bar and select Import media… from the resulting dropdown menu.
Once you’ve imported all your videos that you’d like to merge into one video file, drag and drop them onto the timeline. Doing so would merge all your video clips into one single video. You can click and drag the videos to rearrange them so they appear in your desired order.

An Easy Way to Combine or Merge Videos on Mac

If you’re on Mac, you can use Animaker’s video merger to easily merge several videos together for free! All it takes is 3 simple steps to merge all your videos using our super-simple video merging tool.

For those who are unaware of Animaker, it is an all-in-one DIY video-making app designed to help non-designers make professional-quality videos from the comfort of their browser.

Our video merging software works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc., and if you use one of these browsers, you can easily merge or combine your videos on your Mac computer.

If you’re looking to easily merge your videos for Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook, then Animaker’s video merger is the best tool for the job. Also, you can merge videos in MP4, MPG, WebM, MOV, and more formats.

Merge Your Videos in 3 Simple Steps using Animaker

Sign up/Log in and Pick the Dimensions

Log into your account or create a free one. Now pick the dimensions for your video. Do you want it to be horizontal or vertical or square? You can pick one of the premade dimensions from the Create a video section in your dashboard.

Or you can enter custom dimensions for your video by picking the Custom Size Video option from the same section above. Enter the width and height in pixels and hit Create Video.

Upload Your Videos and Merge Them Together

Animaker lets you upload videos up to 20 GB in size. To upload videos, go to the Upload tab in the main menu bar and click on the Upload button at the bottom of the tab window.

Alternatively, you can simply drag and drop your videos onto the area shown below.

In the Scenes section, you can see that a scene has already been added to the project.

You can now set your first video onto that existing scene. Simply click on a video in the Uploads section to set it onto a scene.

Now add a new scene for each video. To add a new scene, click on the plus button at the bottom of the scene.

Now click another uploaded video you’d like to add to this new scene. Repeat the same process for other videos you’d like to add and merge together.

Optionally, you can fine-tune the video footage you just added. You can trim, resize, crop, rotate, flip, mute, and adjust the brightness and contrast of your video files.

You can also add music, transitions, images, emojis, shapes, stickers, GIFs, etc.

Preview and Download the Video

Once you’re done adding all your video files and fine-tuning them, you can preview the video by clicking on the play icon beside the Publish button. You can download the video to your local computer by clicking on the Publish button and then selecting Download Video from the resulting dropdown menu. Or you can share it directly to a social media platform from within the app.

Using Animaker’s online video editor, you can:

And the list goes on… feel free to check out these video editing tools and learn why it’s a widely preferred tool for video editing.

Got any questions about merging or combining your videos in iMovie or on your Mac computer? Any interesting tips or tools to merge videos on Mac that we seem to have left out? Please let us know about them in the comment section below.

How to Merge Videos in Windows 10: 5 Easy Ways

Looking to merge videos in Windows 10?

In this article, we show you the 5 best free ways to merge or combine videos on windows 10 with clear step-by-step instructions and pictures.

Here’s everything we’ll cover, feel free to jump around:

How to merge videos in Windows 10 using the built-in Photos app

How to merge a video in Windows Movie Maker

How to merge a video in VLC media player

How to merge videos in Adobe Premiere Pro

An Easy Way to Merge Videos in Windows 10

How to Merge Videos in Windows 10 using the Free, Built-in Photos App

Photos is an app that comes preinstalled on your Windows 10 OS. It’s used to open your photos and images by default on Windows 10. You can use Photos to easily combine or merge videos together on your Windows PC. Here are the steps to merge multiple video files in Windows 10 using the Photos app:

First, locate the Photos app on your computer and open it. You can find it in your Start menu.
Now create a new project. You can either create a video project by clicking on the big blue box that says New video project or by clicking on the New video button and selecting New video project from the dropdown menu. You can find the New video button in the top right corner of the app window.
Then import the videos you want to merge together. To do that, use the blue + Add button right underneath the Project library text.
Once you’ve imported all the videos you want to combine, select them and click on the Place in the storyboard button in the top right corner of the app window. This will add all the selected videos to the project’s storyboard.
Optionally, you can now edit and fine-tune the videos. You can split or trim your videos. Or you can rotate and flip them. Photos provides you with all the basic video editing tools to manipulate your video footage.
If you don’t want to make any changes to the videos, you can go ahead and click on the Finish video button in the top right corner of the app window to export or share the video.

Now let’s see how we can merge or combine videos on Windows 10 using a free tool that’s also from the creators of Windows.

How to Combine Videos on Windows 10 using Windows Movie Maker

Even though Microsoft ended the support for the Windows Essentials Suite in 2010—Windows Movie Maker is a part of this suite—you can still download and install Windows Movie Maker with this official installer we retrieved using a web archiving service.

First, install Windows Movie Maker on your computer. Double-click the installer file and pick the Choose the programs you want to install option.
Leave the Photo gallery and movie maker checkbox ticked. Untick the rest of the checkboxes as you probably won’t need the other tools that come with this suite. Then click on the Install button.
Now import the videos you want to combine. You can drag and drop the videos onto the app window. Or you can import the videos by going to the Home tab and clicking on the Add photos and videos button.
Optionally, you can arrange the videos in the order in which you want them to appear. Simply click and drag the videos to rearrange them.
Finally, save the video. Go to the File tab, select Save movie, and select Recommended for this project from the dropdown menu.

How to Merge Videos in Windows 10 using VLC Media Player

Yes, you can merge your videos together using VLC media player. If you already have VLC installed and would like to use it to merge your videos, you can check out our article on how to combine videos in VLC.

How to Merge a Video in Windows 10 using Adobe Premiere Pro

If you already have Adobe Premiere Pro installed on your Windows 10 PC, you can use it to merge your videos together into a single video. It’s a paid tool specifically built for professionals. Here’s our article on how to combine videos in Premiere Pro.

An Easy Way to Combine or Merge Videos in Windows 10

If you’re a Windows user, you can use Animaker’s video merger to easily merge multiple videos together for free! All it takes is 3 simple steps to merge your videos using our super-simple video merging tool.

For those who are unaware of Animaker, it is an all-in-one DIY video-making app designed to help non-designers make professional-quality videos from the comfort of their browser.

Our video merging software works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc., and if you use one of these browsers, you can easily merge or combine your videos on your Windows computer.

If you’re looking to quickly merge your videos for Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook, then Animaker’s video merger is the best tool for the job. Also, you can merge videos in MP4, MPG, WebM, MOV, and more formats.

Merge Your Videos in 3 Simple Steps using Animaker

Sign up/Log in and Pick the Dimensions

Log into your account or create a free one. Now pick the dimensions for your output video file. Do you want it to be horizontal or vertical or square? You can pick one of the premade dimensions from the Create a video section in your dashboard.

Or you can enter custom dimensions for your video by picking the Custom Size Video option from the same section above. Enter the width and height in pixels and hit Create Video.

Upload Your Videos and Merge Them Together

You can upload videos up to 20 GB in size. To upload your videos, go to the Upload tab in the main menu bar and click on the Upload button at the bottom of the tab window.

Alternatively, you can simply drag and drop your videos onto the area shown below.

In the Scenes section, you can see that a scene has already been added to the project.

You can now set your first video onto that existing scene. Simply click on a video in the Uploads section to set it onto a scene.

Now add a new scene for each video. To add a new scene, click on the plus button at the bottom of the scene.

Now click another uploaded video you’d like to add to this new scene. Repeat the same process for other videos you’d like to add and merge together.

Optionally, you can fine-tune the video footage you just added. You can trim, resize, crop, rotate, flip, mute, and adjust the brightness and contrast of your video files.

You can also add music, transitions, images, emojis, shapes, stickers, GIFs, etc.

Preview and Download the Video

Using Animaker’s online video editor, you can:

And the list goes on… feel free to check out these video editing tools and learn why it’s the go-to video editor for marketers and content creators.

Got any questions about merging or combining your videos on Windows 10? Any interesting tips or tools to merge videos on Windows that we seem to have left out? Please let us know about them in the comment section below.

How to make YouTube intro [The simplest way]

The first few seconds are very crucial for a Youtube video.

It decides whether the viewer would stick longer or bounce away to another one.

via GIPHY

Now, in these few seconds, you have to create a strong hook that makes the audiences look forward to more.

Typically, having an intro into the first few seconds of the video will give your audience a clear understanding of what they can expect from your video and your channel.

It does not only make them hang out throughout your video but also makes them decide whether you are worth “subscribing”.

An intro is not just something that leads a viewer further but also something that helps you brand your channel. It sets a vibe that makes people resonate with your personality, ideology, and your content.

A good intro can certainly be a game-changer.

But, keep in mind that the intro can’t be long and boring. It needs to be attractive and engaging. So, if you are wondering how to make a Youtube Intro for your videos, this article covers everything that you need to know about creating YouTube Intros easily.

What is a YouTube Intro?

A YouTube intro is a short clip that appears at the beginning of most YouTube videos. Typically, it displays the channel name, title, brand logo, colors, animations, and other elements accompanied by some background music.

Before we get into the details of how to create a Youtube intro all by yourself, let’s look at some classic examples!

Here are some examples of attractive YouTube intro videos –

Source: MKBHD

MKBHD is a tech-centric YouTuber who is considered one of the best tech influencers in the smartphone industry.

Source: What’s Inside?

A father-son duo who is keen on knowing What’s Inside (Quite literally) by cutting random things to see what’s inside.

Source: Linus Tech Tips

Linus Tech Tips (also known as LTT) is the top watched technology channel that covers everything you can think of in tech.

Did these examples spark some inspiration in you?

Do you want to create such stunning intros too?

Animaker makes it super easy to make a YouTube intro straight from your browser. Let’s see how you can make one by yourself.

How to Make YouTube Intro using Animaker?

For those who are unaware of what Animaker is, Animaker is a cloud-based video-making tool used by more than 10 million people across the globe. Animaker helps both designers and non-designers to create professional YouTube intros and high-quality videos in just a matter of minutes.

Animaker’s YouTube intro maker is a super simple and straightforward app. It comes with tons of beautiful templates, a massive stock library, a character builder, music tracks, and more to help you make a professional-looking YouTube intro.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a YouTube intro in two ways.

1. Creating a YouTube Intro using templates
2. Creating a YouTube Intro from scratch

So, let’s begin with option 1

Creating a YouTube Intro using templates

With templates, creating your YouTube intro is super simple.

Here’s how you do it –

Step 1: Signup or Sign in to Animaker

Get started by creating an account on Animaker here. If you already have an account registered with Animaker, you can login to your account here.

Step 2: Pick and edit a template

In the dashboard screen, head over to the search bar and search for ‘YouTube Intro’. Once you search, you will find a wide range of professionally crafted YouTube intro templates.
On this page, when you hover over any template, you will see two options – “Preview” and “Edit”. You can preview the templates by clicking on ‘Preview’. Once you finalize which template you wish to use, you can simply click on ‘Use’.This will launch the project.

Step 3: Customize the intro the way you want

The template will open in a new tab as a project.

First, we’ll see how to replace the default logo that comes along with the template.
Upload your logo by heading over to the upload section of the library. Once you click on it, you will see an upload button. Click on that button to upload your logo from your PC to your Animaker account. Once you have uploaded the elements, it’s time to put them to use. To replace the logo, click on the existing logo to open the ‘Item Menu’. Under that menu, click on the ‘Swap’ option to replace the existing logo with the one you just uploaded.
By clicking on the ‘Swap’ option, you can replace the default logo with your personal logo. Once you click the swap button, head over to the uploads section and select your logo. This immediately replaces the default logo with the logo you just uploaded.
Now that you have replaced the logo, it’s time to customize the next element. The text. Now, we are going to customize the text element, and to do that simply click on it and type in the text you want to replace the default text with. If you want to further format the font style, size, color, or effects, do that by clicking on the settings panel that appears on the right side of the selected text element.

Note: If the default text elements are not enough, you can add pre-built animated text to your intro. With a single click, you can choose one from the text pre-built section.
Once you are done customizing the logo and the text of your intro template, it’s time to customize the background music. To view & preview the existing track, head over to the video timeline. There you can find the music track in the timeline (see below).To preview or edit the track, click on the music track to open the music menu where you can preview the track, or remove it. To add a different music track to your intro, first delete the default music track that came with the template. Once you have done that head over to the music section of the library. Here will find a wide range of royalty music tracks. Once you click on any of them, you will see that the new music track is added to your timeline. Now you can adjust the music track the way you want. Alternatively, you can also upload your own track to your YouTube intro. You can upload the music tracks the same way we uploaded the logo.

Step 4: Download YouTube Intro

That’s it! You’re done. You are good to go. To download the video, you can click on the ‘Publish Video’ button on the top right, select ‘Download Video’. If you wish to see your creation once before downloading, click on the ‘Preview’ button.

Creating a YouTube Intro from scratch

This part of the article will guide you on how you can create a YouTube intro video from scratch. It’s super simple and you just have to follow the steps below.

Login to Animaker and head over to the dashboard if you already have an account. If you haven’t created one, you can register yourself for a free account here. Once you are in the dashboard, create a new blank project by clicking on Create —> Create a video. Once you click on ‘Create a Video’, you will be taken to the moments page where you can choose between three predefined dimensions for your blank project. In our case, we have to choose the Horizontal Dimension.
Before even getting started with the actual creation, let’s first gather all the assets that you wish to use in your YouTube Intro. To upload, head over to the uploads section and click on the Upload button. Once you click on it, you can select and upload the assets you want from your PC.
Now that we have the assets ready, we can now start creating the youtube intro. To get started, you need a background for your intro. You can add a background in four different ways using Animaker:

– Backgrounds
– Images
– Videos
– Uploading your own asset
In our case, we are going to create a minimalistic intro for the text logo reveal video. Here, we will be using the Stock asset library to find the right background video for the YouTube intro.
To add the same, head over to the video library section and search for ‘Logo Intro’. You will see a ton of options. Explore and click on the one you like. Once you click, the clip will be directly added to your project. If you want to add a different video, simply use the search bar to find what you are looking for.
Now that we have the background set, we can start by trimming the video. An ideal intro can be around 5 to 8 seconds. So, to trim the video head over to the Animation Timeline and click on the ‘ – ‘ button to decrease screen time.
Let’s spice up the intro by adding some placeholder for the text, and some basic animations. In our case, we will be adding a white circle to blend in with the white animation in our background video.

To add a circle property in the scene, head over to the properties section and pick a circle. To make the circle go along with the background animation, let’s change the color of the circle to white. To do so, click on the circle and a settings tab will appear on the right. In the settings window, you find the options needed to change the color of the asset.
And now to add some text, simply head over to the text section and add a default text. Pull the sides of the text box to fit inside the circle. Once your text box is inside the circle, you can now customize it and add the text you want.

You can also change the font style and other formatting options. In our case, we will be using the font ‘Major Mono Display’.

To get the text inside the circle, we have to change the object duration for the text which can be done by dragging the left black bar inwards and adjust it in a way that the text appears right when the circle appears.
Let’s spice it up by adding some animations to the text. To add animation, simply click on the element and click on the Settings icon from the item menu (see below). The settings tab on the right side has the option to add animations to your scene. Scroll through tons of different entry/exit animations and add it to your element.
Under the entry animations section, add the fade animation effect to both the elements and there you go, you have a beautiful animation added to your intro that can blend along with your background video.
Once you add the animation, you can see the change on your timeline. Here, the pink section on the timeline shows how long the animation effect will last in your intro. You can customize the duration by dragging the black bar inwards to reduce & outwards to increase.
You can animate any element on your scene in the same manner.
Take your video to the next level by adding music. Head over to the music section and select one that would go along with your YouTube intro video.
That’s it. It’s ready to download. But before downloading it, check the preview of your Intro by clicking on the ‘Preview’ button. Once you are satisfied with the preview, click on ‘Publish’ and click on ‘Download Video’.

In Conclusion

The steps shared above are just the tip of an iceberg. There’s plenty of opportunities that you can further explore in the Animaker app. Be it a simple text intro or a beautiful animated intro, you can do it all.

PS: Apart from that, several more video makers for YouTube are available. You can start with any of these tools. If you have any doubts or queries regarding this article, drop them in the comments section and we will be happy to answer them.

Also read: Top 11 YouTube Channel Ideas [Based on most Subscribers and Views]

How to Merge Videos in VLC (With Pictures)

Looking to merge videos in VLC on your Windows or Mac computer?

In this article, we show you how to combine or merge two or more videos into one using VLC media player with clear step-by-step instructions and pictures.

Also, as a bonus, we show you an even easier way to merge videos on your Windows or Mac computer.

How to Merge Multiple Video Clips in VLC

You probably have VLC installed on your Windows or Mac computer. If you don’t, you can download VLC for Windows or VLC for Mac OS X.

Once you have installed VLC on your computer, follow these steps to combine or merge videos using it:

First, open VLC. Then click on the Media menu and select Open Multiple Files… from the dropdown menu.
In the Open Media popup window, under the File tab, click on the +Add button to import the videos you want to merge.
Once you’ve imported the videos you’d like to combine, click on the Convert / Save dropdown button in the bottom right corner of the popup window and select Convert from the dropdown menu.
In the Convert window that appears next, click on the Browse button in the bottom right corner of the popup window and select a location in your computer to save the merged video.
Finally, click on the Start button right below the browse button to save the video.

A simple Way to Merge or Combine Videos On Windows or Mac

If you’re on Windows or Mac, you can use Animaker’s video merger to easily merge several videos together for free! All it takes is 3 simple steps to merge all your videos using our super-simple video merging tool.

For those who are unaware of Animaker, it is an all-in-one DIY video-making app designed to help non-designers make professional-quality videos from the comfort of their browser.

Our video merging software works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc., and if you use one of these browsers, you can easily merge or combine your videos on your Windows or Mac computer.

Merge Your Videos in 3 Simple Steps using Animaker

Sign up/Log in and Pick the Dimensions

Log into your account or create a free one. Then pick the dimensions you want your output video file to be in. Do you want it to be in horizontal, vertical, or square dimensions? You can pick one of the premade dimensions from the Create a video section in your dashboard.

Or you can enter custom dimensions for your video by picking the Custom Size Video option from the same section above. Enter the width and height in pixels and hit Create Video.

Upload Your Videos and Merge Them Together

You can upload videos up to 20 GB in size. To upload your videos, go to the Upload tab in the main menu bar and click on the Upload button at the bottom of the tab window.

Alternatively, you can simply drag and drop your videos onto the area shown below.

In the scenes section, you can see that a scene has already been added to the project.

You can now set your first video onto that existing scene. Simply click on a video in the Uploads section to set it onto a scene.

Now add a new scene for each video. To add a new scene, click on the plus button at the bottom of the scene.

Now click on another uploaded video you’d like to add to this new scene. Repeat the same process for other videos you’d like to add and merge together.

Optionally, you can fine-tune the video footage you just added. You can trim, resize, crop, rotate, flip, mute, and adjust the brightness and contrast of your video files.

You can also add music, transitions, images, emojis, shapes, stickers, GIFs, etc.

Preview and Download the Video

Using Animaker’s online video editor, you can:

And the list goes on… feel free to check out these video editing tools and learn what makes Animaker the go-to video editor for marketers and content creators.

Got any questions about merging or combining your videos in VLC or on your Windows computer? Any interesting tips or tools to merge videos on Windows or Mac that we seem to have left out? Please let us know about them in the comment section below.

How to Combine Videos in Premiere Pro (With Pictures)

Looking to merge or combine videos in Premiere Pro?

In this article, we’ll show you how to combine or merge two video clips together using Adobe Premiere Pro with clear step-by-step instructions and pictures.

Also, we’ll show you an easier way to merge or combine clips online.

How to Combine Multiple Video Clips in Adobe Premiere Pro

Here are the steps to combine 2 or more videos using Adobe Premiere Pro:

Open Adobe Premiere Pro and create a new project. Click on the File menu from the menu bar and select New.
Now import the videos you want to combine. Click on the File menu in the menu bar and select Import.
Once you’ve imported the videos you want to merge, they’ll appear in the Project panel. Now drag and drop the videos onto the timeline.
Then select the two videos you want to combine. Press and hold the shift key and click on the two videos to select them.
Now right-click one of the selected clips and select Nest from the resulting dropdown menu. Regardless of the number of video clips you’ve selected, you’ll only have to right-click one of the selected clips to bring up the dropdown menu.
In the Nested Sequence Name window, enter a name and hit OK.

You’ll now notice that the background color has changed to green to indicate that the two videos have been merged.

A Simple Way to Merge or Combine Videos On Windows or Mac

If you’re on Windows or Mac, you can use Animaker’s merge video tool to easily merge several videos together for free! All it takes is 3 simple steps to merge all your videos using our super-simple video merging tool.

For those who are unaware of Animaker, it is an all-in-one DIY video-making app designed to help non-designers make professional-quality videos from the comfort of their browser.

Combine Your Videos in 3 Simple Steps using Animaker

Sign up/Log in and Pick the Dimensions

Log into your account or create a free one. Now choose the dimensions for your video. What dimensions do you want your output video file to be in? Do you want it to be horizontal or vertical or square? You can pick one of the premade dimensions from the Create a video section in your dashboard.