Digital Commons at Penn State

Video editing programs like Adobe Premiere, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro allow users to import most types of image files (TIFF, GIF, PICT, JPG) and incorporate them into video projects. With video editing software, the user can easily control the duration, motion, and size of the image on the screen. Image files as video clips are also capable of the same transitions and filters as any other video file.

Presentation files, like those from Microsoft PowerPoint, must first be saved as sets of individual images before they can be imported into a video editing program.

Many types of audio files can also be added to video projects as soundtracks.