How To edit Video with Google Photos | 2021 Tutorial


Google photos is an app to store and share photos and videos. Apart from being a smart gallery for your multimedia, it's also serves as a photo and video editor.

You can use Google Photos to trim, mute, rotate and stabilize video.

This tutorial shows how to use those features.
 

Video editing features


Google Photos has following video editing features.

  1. Trim, mute, rotate and stabilize video (resolve camera shakes occured during shooting). 
  2. Create a movie (Combine videos, photos and music).


How to trim, mute, rotate and stabilize video?


Open Google Photos. Select the album in which your video consists. To edit videos from your device, go to the library section.

Google Photos library section.


Then select the video.


Grid layout of videos in Google Photos.


In the bottom section, there is 3 icons. Click on the middle icon to open video editor. 

There are 3 options. Mute, stabilize and rotate.

Select any of the options to proceed further actions.

To trim video, adjust the white bar along two sides.

Save

To save the edited video, select the save copy button.

Trimming a video clip.



How To Combine Videos and Photos with Music


Select videos (press on one video and mark others) and click on the add icon.

An 'add' button.


Select 'Movie'.


An option to create movie.


Choose aspect ratio


Let's start by choosing the aspect ratio of video.

An icon to select aspect ratio.



There are two options. Portrait and landscape.



Rearrange Clips


To rearrange clips, press on one clip and drag it to the desired position.

Dragging a media clip.


Add new clip


To add new clip select 'Add photos and videos' option in the bottom section.

An option to add photos and videos.


Mute, Duplicate or Delete clip


To avail more options for a specific video, click on the three dots icon right to the respective clip.

A 'three dots' icon.


There are options to mute, duplicate and remove the media clip.




Trim


Google Photos automatically trims videos. You may manually trim video by moving the white bar along two sides.



But you may wonder that some portions at the beginning or ending of video is still missing.

If so, click on the three dots icon right to the respective clip and select the option 'show entire video'.

Show entire video.


For precise trimming, you may hide already trimmed portions by selecting 'hide trimmed portions'.

Add Music


Google Photos automatically adds music in video. To change or disable music, click on the music icon.

Music icon.


To add music from your device, select 'my music' option. You may also browse free music from Google photos audio library by selecting 'theme music.' There are over 60 songs.

Options to select audio track.


Save


If you have completed the editing process, select save button.

Save button.


Over to you

I hope this tutorial will help you and welcomes your feedback as comments. You may also check beginner's tutorials for Inshot and KineMaster.

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