Unlike most other video editing apps, you don’t work with layers here. So instead, they just see all the clips one after the other, as simple blocks to more around or even delete. The way Photos does it is meant to simplify the process for people who may have little to no experience with the video editing concept. More professional editors display footage based on their duration. Each one is represented by a rectangular thumbnail of the same size, irrespective of its length. The lower section is your Storyboard, where you see all the clips that have been added to your project. You see all the clips present in your Project Library top left, with an option to add additional ones should you need to. If editing videos is your job, then you should probably look elsewhere.Or you could choose a more hands-on approach with full control over the editing process (Image credit: Microsoft) Manual interface If you're very interested in the Surface Laptop and need to occasionally edit videos, spend the extra money for the model with the Intel Core i7 processor and Intel Iris Plus 640 graphics. Sure, the Surface Laptop with an Intel Core i5 processor can handle video editing, but it's not a pleasant experience compared to laptops with stronger specifications. To squeeze out the most performance, it's best to project to the external monitor only, instead of extending and using the Surface Laptop's display along with the external monitor. The Surface Laptop has a mini DisplayPort instead of the newer USB Type-C port, but it works fine as long as you have the right cable.

When editing videos from home, I usually connect my machine to an external 4K monitor. Playing the finished video isn't a problem at all on the Surface Laptop. For comparison, the Razer Blade with GTX 1060 graphics card and HP ZBook Studio with NVIDIA Quadro M1200 take about 4 minutes to export the same project.

A sample 2-minute 4K video shot with the Sony a7S II (opens in new tab) takes about 25 minutes to export. Adobe Premiere on Surface Laptop (Image credit: Windows Central)Įxporting finished videos is another uphill battle for the Surface Laptop.

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