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Video editing is mainly done for the special effects it could render to an already formed video. Before computers, there was virtually no way, within the confines of the house, to modify a video even a bit. All the apparatus needed to change a video's attributes substantially (color correction, musical effects, etc.) are usually housed in a large room and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy - an investment which obviously, only large film producers during that time can manage. Today, it is possible for anyone who has a decent movie maker installed in the computer to produce a movie with a quality that could sit side by side with those produced by professionals in the movie industry.

Movie making software, for experts or apprentices alike, have proliferated all over the Internet as free, downloadable software, as well as sold by software vendors around. That makes editing videos the grasp of anyone who is enamored by special effects, eager to learn about them, and apply them to their own videos.

Many special effects are possible with video editing. The most common - and most applicable - are:

(1) Black and white: A video can be made black and white by clicking just a few buttons. That could make your video look endearingly old-fashioned; this is useful especially if you want to add a touch of nostalgia to your movie, to emphasize a few scenes for flashback or highlighting purposes, or just to tinker with the color settings because the color of your original video seems a bit awry.

(2) Slow motion: Slow motion can add suspense to a situation by making the viewers look longer and therefore, think longer. Plenty of things will immediately surge up their minds as the slow motion scene proceeds. It can be applied in dramatic or humorous settings. Furthermore, slow motion is also useful in sorting out details about a video - for you to be able to look at desired spots in the video for a more sustained time.

(3) Fast motion: The counterpart of slow motion, fast motion could indicate a rapid succession from one time period to another. Clouds have moved around along with a setting sun, people have walked around like atoms, and traffic have darted around instead of being customarily static, and viewers will feel that time has passed so fast. It could also render quickly how a hands-on project is done, without sacrificing expository power.

(4) Dissolve: This is done whenever the cut between two successive scenes in a movie seems too rushed. A dissolve could deal with that by blending them together so that they will seem continuous to the audience. Dissolves are important because too many abrupt transitions are painful to the eye and could wreck an audience's viewing experience.

(5) Split screen: That enables the viewer to watch two or more videos at the same time in a single screen. Many time-sensitive, simultaneous storylines could be explained very well using this feature.

(6) Fade In/Fade Out: Begins and ends your video with a black screen, thus making it more professionally made.

Before, only blockbuster movies have the grace of these effects. Today, with movie making software, anyone can tinker with these techniques and become one of the masters of the modern craft of creating computerized high-quality movies.