Clipchamp and Windows Photos: Microsoft adds new functions
Microsoft's video editor Clipchamp gets free music tracks and new features. Windows Photo gets a connection to Microsoft Designer.
The video editor Clipchamp gets new, partly AI-supported functions.
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Microsoft is continuing to work on the image and video programs Windows Photos and Clipchamp. Windows Photos will be linked to the online tool Microsoft Designer, while Clipchamp will have integrated tracks for background music.
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The video editing software Clipchamp, which is free in its basic functions, has been given some useful functions by the developers. Firstly, there is now an AI function for removing "long and boring silences", they explain in a blog post. The function offers the ability to find, trim and delete silent parts in audio or video files. This supports all those who want to polish up their podcasts, meetings, interview videos and voice-over tracks without "spending hours painstakingly cutting out silence piece by piece".
Clipchamp: Silence remover is easy to use
The silence remover is easy to use. All you have to do is select a track and right-click to select "Remove pauses". Then select the language that will be used by the AI to transcribe and then find the silences. Each silence position can then be examined and cut out individually, or simply all in one go. The feature is available free of charge to all users with a personal account. Microsoft has also started to distribute the feature to customers who use Clipchamp with a work account.
There have also been significant improvements to the content library, both in terms of quantity and quality. Microsoft has added more than 200 new and exclusive stock audio tracks including intro and outro versions as well as 30- and 60-second snippets. These can be used as background music in videos and have been created by artists "so catchy you'll find yourself swaying to them while you edit your video", adds MIcrosoft. The tracks are also copyright-free and free to use.
Another new feature is the ability to add multiple clips to the timeline at the same time. By pressing the Shift key and scrolling down at the same time, for example, several entries in the media library can be selected simultaneously and added to the timeline by clicking on the plus symbol. This is particularly useful for creating slideshow videos from photos. In addition, several entries on the stage can be selected simultaneously by holding down the Shift key and then moved, rotated or resized at the same time.
Windows Photos to Microsoft Designer
Images can now be sent directly from Windows Photos to the Microsoft Designer cloud service, the developers write in a blog post. The cloud-based graphic design app is intended to help users create professional-quality social media posts, invitations, digital postcards, graphics and new views using generative AI. All users have to do is click the "Designer" button in the menu bar when viewing their images and the image is opened in Designer with the standard web browser.
Templates can then be applied, visual elements added and AI tools used to further "personalize" the photos. As an example, the developers state that the background can be removed with "Remove Background", a new background with AI can be created with a prompt after clicking on Visuals in the left-hand area with "Generate" and then the AI-generated background can be added by clicking on the desired result and finally used as a background with the "Set as background" option from the toolbar. This is possible with the Photos app 2024.11040.16001.0 or newer, which is currently being distributed in the Insider channels, and the use of a personal Microsoft account.
(dmk)
