Why typical features found in video editing software are used, including: trimming and cropping a video clip, creating text-based slides, creating credits, adding captions and subtitles, adding fading effects, extracting a still image from a video clip, inserting a still image, editing audio within a video clip, exporting a video clip in different file formats, compressing a video to different resolutions
Using software tools for the creation and editing of bitmap graphics, including: creating and editing bitmap images that meet the requirements of their intended application and audience, selection tools to select, remove or hide parts of a bitmap image, including: o lasso o magic wand o colour select o cut-out o crop o masking tools, working with colour, including: o solid and gradient fills o convert to black and white, greyscale o adjust brightness, contrast, colour balance, shadows and highlights, brush, pencil and pen tools, including: o pre-set and customised options, tools/filters to alter parts of an image, including: o distort o clone o erase o blur o smudge o sharpen o red eye removal, resizing the image/canvas, including the use of: o changing colour depth o changing resolution
Using software tools for the creation and editing of digital graphics, including: graphics tools, including: add layers, remove layers, select active layer, order, toggle visibility, lock/unlock layers, change opacity/transparency, blend/flatten/merge layers, transform tools, including: resize, skew, reflect, rotate, move, scale, shear, apply envelope and perspective, grouping or merging tools, including: group, ungroup, combine/join, add/subtract, intersect, alignment and distribution tools, including: left, right, top, bottom, centre alignment, vertical and horizontal distribution, order, raise, lower, bring to front, send to back