Accidentally lay that audio cable over a power cable? You should have picked up the low buzz if you were monitoring with headphones, but this is no time for lectures. Fortunately, there is the Hum Remover Filter (a.k.a. DeHummer). Slide the Frequency slider until you find the sweet spot. Hint: if you are in the USA, try a value of 60Hz (or 50Hz for the majority of Europe). This corresponds to the electrical power in your country (Hz AC power). The Q slider narrows the range of frequency that you can remove. If you find you are losing some valuable audio when trying to remove the hum, then try adjusting the Q.

Quite often, when returning to the edit bay to capture your footage, you'll notice an object on the edge of your frame that you know you didn't include while shooting on location. In fact, you were so careful to make sure it was just off camera. What happened? With many consumer camcorders, what you see is not what you get. They include a bit more in the frame than they are showing you in the LCD. Many television sets will lose about 10% of the image around the edges of the frame, so camcorders add that 10% when you shoot. But, if you're editing for the internet, your audience will see that extra real estate. Go into the Motion area of a single clip, and adjust the scale slider to zoom in on the clip. The general rule is that you can zoom in about 10% without pixilating your image too sever…