How To Edit Videos – A Complete Beginner’s Guide For a couple of years now my recommended video editing software for people wanting something simple that is easy to learn and use has been Filmora by Wondershare. I picked that one for a number of reason which I won’t go into here but if you are
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The Friday Roundup – Closed Captions, Audio Tips and Computer Specs
Buying a PC for Video Editing: What You Need to Know! On a pretty regular basis I get a lot of questions on this site regarding suitable specs for a computer editing videos. Just as often I get requests for help in debugging editing problems which in turn invariably lead us back to the same
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The Friday Roundup – Software Downloading Tips and a Few Bits and Pieces
6 Video Editing Rules to Live By I found a great video (below) this week and just had to include it in the Friday Roundup. If you have been reading my blog for any amount of time you will probably already know that one of my pet hates in life is the use of pre-packaged, whirling, spinning
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The Friday Roundup – B-roll, Color Grading, Transitions and Low Light
Color Grading with LUTs – Orange & Teal Look Explained Now that we are mostly all big kids these days with editing software that can handle LUTs it is probably a good idea to work out how to use them and why you would want to. One of primary ways LUTs are use professionally is to deploy the LUT
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The Friday Roundup – Some Shooting Tips, a bunch of Editing Tips and More!
5 Ways to BREAK THE RULES of Filmmaking I am sure most people who have done at least a little research into shooting and editing their videos would have come across a number of very basic rules on both subjects. Things like the rule of thirds, leaving head-space, the 180 degree rule are just a
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The Friday Roundup – Choosing Music, Jump Cuts and White Balance
Using Music to Emotionally Drive your Film One of the best ways to add that little something extra to your projects is by the use of music. One mistake I see over and over is that people tend to choose music on the basis of what they like which whilst totally understandable, can often lead to
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The (Black) Friday Roundup – Lighting Tricks, Shooting 360° video and Color
It’s a bit of thin Friday Roundup this week mainly due to the American Thanksgiving celebrations. Of course being an American holiday there has to be some unashamed commercialism involved in the form of Black Friday sales! Most of my usual sources of information, tips and tricks have all gone
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