VGCC offers course on Video, Audio and Picture Editing


Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for a new course that introduces tools that anyone can use to digitally edit videos, sound files and photographs, adding a layer of quality to the electronic files that record our lives.

“Video, Audio and Picture Editing” is scheduled to be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m., Feb. 5 through March 28, in room 7239 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County.

Mike Leonard, a computer services technician in the VGCC Information Technology department, is the instructor for this course. Leonard will show students how to use multimedia editing software, which is available for free via the Web. Participants will learn about cutting, merging, color adjusting, and presentation techniques in video editing; format converting, effects and burn techniques for audio editing; and photo correction, restoration and imaging techniques.

The registration fee for this course is $120, with other college fees totaling $7. For one course per semester, registration fees are waived for N.C. resident seniors, ages 65 and above.

For more information and to register, call VGCC at (252) 738-3417 or (252) 738-3324.