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Record the video footage from your video game and import it to the Filmora 11 timeline. For this guide, we take an example of a fighting game but you can add any game footage. Drag the imported video down and start the editing by highlighting the most important parts of the video and pairing those parts with some music and effects.
Drag the video onto the timeline, see through the video and find the most epic parts of your video to make a montage out of these parts. Skip through the fighting scenes in the video. Keep the dialogues if there are any in the gameplay footage.
Preview the video thoroughly to mark the seconds until when you want the footage edited. If you don’t want the entire footage, just get it cut to a few seconds. You can also get it to pair with other settings like cutting the middle part of the video. So you will have two videos.
Make Slow Motion Video for Game Montage
What you need to prepare:
- A computer (Windows or macOS)
- Your video materials.
- Filmora video editor
Download and Install Filmora
To begin with, you need to install the latest version of the software on your system. Be it Windows or Mac, Filmora supports both the leading OS.

Record and Import the Video
Launch Filmora after installing it. Screen record a clip from your favorite game and import it to the Filmora timeline. You can add a video from any game. We will take an example of a fighting game video in the steps below.
Drag the footage to the timeline and overview the video to select the most important parts of the video.

The important parts of this sample video are the dialogue between the opponents and the fighting scene. So mark these points for later use. Split the video after you have marked the most important parts. Get rid of the extra parts in the video. You will finally have two videos.
Pair the Video with Music
Pair the two videos with some music. For music go to the audio > electronic section > I was born ready (or any other track that you prefer) and drag the chosen audio beneath the gameplay footage.
Adjust the audio such that when the beat drops, the fighting also begins. Turn off the ripple so that the tracks don’t jump to the first part of your timeline.
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Preview the video in full-screen mode and listen to the audio.
Use the other section of the video (the laughing track), increase the volume of your audio for this section by dragging the bar up, double-click on this video section, and lower the opacity to zero so you only hear the audio of the laughter of the players.

Add Slow Motion Effect
Choose the part in the video where you want to add the slow motion. Mark the pointers at the start and end of the section where you want the slow motion to occur.
Go to Time > Speed > Uniform Speed, and lower the speed to 0.60.

Adjust the FPS of the video because the higher the FPS, the smoother the slow motion effect. At 30 FPS, the slow motion will look smoother.

increase and decrease the speed for the other sections of the videos similarly as demonstrated above.
Add Audio
Go to Audio > Beat Music > 2020 Instrumental Version or any other song which fits with your gameplay footage perfectly. Match the audio with the video by selecting the parts in the video where the beat drops and action begins. Zoom and zoom out to mark the points where you want to adjust the speed with the audio inserted.
Increase the volume where there is a dialogue in the footage to highlight that particular part of the video.

Add Additional Effects
Go to Effects > Audio Effects > Lobby Effect (or any other effect that you prefer according to your gameplay footage). Drag it directly onto the video.
Add an echo effect to the dialogue and get rid of the middle part.

Add Transitions
Transitions added at the end are used to tie the different sections of the video together.
To make things look more epic, go to Effects > Glitch > Glitch Distortion or you can always add any other glitch effect according to your gameplay footage and the requirements of your game sequence.

Slow motion effects add a dramatic look to the overall video and it highlights the specific sections where something important is happening. The same background audio and effect can turn your game boring, so avoid the monotonous looks of your gameplay and add slow motion to focus on various important sections to highlight them further.
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