Want to learn how to edit videos on Google Photos? In this guide, I have shared some tips and tricks to help you learn to edit videos instantly on your phone. You do not have to be a pro-level video editor or buy any separate fancy app to tweak your videos shot on the mobile phone. Google Photos is a free app that offers an ample number of tools to edit videos for casual and social media sharing creatively.
Google Photos is available for both Android and iOS ecosystems for free. Both are widely used by millions of users. Editing videos on Google Photos doesn’t compromise the quality of the original video. You get all the basic editing tools along with the filters that make it more useful for beginners to learn how to edit videos on the phone.
Detailed Guide on How to Edit Videos on Google Photos
If you do not have Google Photos installed on your phone yet, then here are the links to download the app for Android and iOS devices. Those users who already have the app, make sure that you have the latest version of the app. Update the app from Play Store or App Store, depending on the device you are using.
How to Open the Google Photos Video Editing Panel?
- Launch Google Photos.
- Browse through the photos and videos repository.
- To launch any video, tap on it.
- Right at the bottom panel of the video, you will see the Edit icon. Tap on it.
Upon tapping the Edit icon you will see a few options such as Video, Crop, Adjust, Filters, and Markup. These tools will help you to edit videos creatively without much effort. I have described all of these features in the guide.
Learn to Trim a Video on Google Photos
At times for sharing on social media you may not want the whole video. The Instagram story supports videos of a 1-minute duration. So, you may want to trim out only a certain 1 minute part out of a five or seven minutes duration of the video.
- Open Google Photos.
- Launch the video you want to trim.
- Tap on Edit icon > Tap on the tab Video.
The whole video will be available in the form of different frames from the start to the beginning. There will be a rectangular slider on the video.
- Slide from the left and right sides of the video to trim and adjust the duration.
- Once your desired duration of the video is trimmed, tap on Save Copy to save the new trimmed video.
- You can use the original video, again and again, to trim out different durations as per your requirements.
How do You Export Images from Videos?
As mentioned earlier video on the editing panel will be presented in the form of frames. You can select any video frame and export it as an image. It is a better way to take a screenshot of any particular moment of the video which would otherwise be blurry if you try to capture a screenshot of the running video.
- Launch the Google Photos app.
- Open a video from the collection.
- Tap on the edit icon > Video
- Under the video frames, tap on the option Export Frame.
- The frame will be saved as an image on your phone.
Adjusting the Brightness of a Video
Not only the brightness of the video, but the aspects such as contrast, highlights, and other attributes can be tweaked on Google Photos.
- Launch Google Photos and sign in to your account.
- Open a video.
- Tap on Edit icon > Tap on the tab Adjust.
- Tap on any attribute like Brightness or Contrast to highlight its respective settings represented in the form of a slider bar.
- Move the slider from left to right to increase the brightness, contrast, white point, saturation, warmth, or highlights.
- Once you are done adjusting these attributes tap on Done to save the changes you have made to the video.
How to Crop a Video in Google Photos?
- Open Google Photos.
- Select a video from the collections.
- Tap on the Edit button > Tap on Crop.
- Drag the white frame around the video to adjust the aspect ratio manually.
- Otherwise, tap the aspect ratio icon to use the preset crop frames.
- Tap on Save Copy to save the cropped video clip.
Is it Possible to Draw or Write on the Video?
To make a video sample or GIF funnier, you can add a personal touch to it by writing something quirky or drawing something catchy on it.
- Open Google Photos.
- Next, open a video on which you want to write or draw.
- Click on the Edit icon > tap on the option Markup.
- Now select Pen or Highlighter
- Select your preferred color and start to scribble on the video content.
- Once you are done writing or drawing save the video by tapping on Save Copy.
How to Stabilize a Video?
If your smartphone has EIS or OIS then the videos you capture using the device will be stabilized on the go. However, some smartphones may not have this feature. With Google Photos, you can stabilize the video.
- Open Google Photos.
- Select a video from the collections.
- Tap on the Edit button > Tap on Video.
- Under the available options, you will find an option Stabilise. Tap on it and the entire video will be smartly stabilized by Google Photos.
The Trick to Rotate a Video in Google Photos
The tool to rotate the orientation of a video at 90 degrees is available under the Crop tool in the Google Photos editing panel. Here is how you can use it.
- Open Google Photos.
- Select a video from the collections.
- Tap on the Edit button > Tap on Crop.
- Tap the Rotate icon to rotate the video in different ways.
- Tap on Save Copy to save the changes you made to the video.
Know How to Apply Filters on Videos
Filters add a different texture to your photos and videos. There are a few filters provided in Google Photos that you can use for editing videos.
- Launch Google Photos.
- Select a video on which you want to apply a filter.
- Tap on the Edit button > Tap on Filters.
- Select any filter from the available ones.
- As usual, to save the new video with the filter applied to it, tap on the Save Copy button.
Conclusion
I hope with all these tips, you are now ready to edit your video on Google Photos. Try out all the methods and tools provided by Google Photos to make your videos more interesting and share them with your friends on social media.
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