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The Friday Roundup – Transitions – How and Where to Cut
What is a Smash Cut and Other Cut Transitions The video below this entry gives a great overview of a subject that many amateur video makers get very wrong from the beginning. That subject is transitions and the main reason for the confusion is that marketers promote their editing software…
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The Friday Roundup – PowerDirector Updates and Camera Angles
3 New Features You Don’t Want to Miss – PowerDirector So it’s time for the annual major update of PowerDirector from Cyberlink so as far as PowerDirector itself goes that takes us to PowerDirector 21. Of course it’s not as simple as that! The version of the…
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The Friday Roundup – Green Screens & YouTube Channels
Perfect Green Screen (Almost) Every Time The bottom line with good looking green screen is that if you shoot it perfectly before you get to the post production stage you will have great looking green screen every time. The problem is that most of the time none…
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The Friday Roundup – Editing Mistakes and Creative Transitions
5 Editing Mistakes YouTubers Make Some really good tips here from Maliek not just on common editing mistakes people make on YouTube but also updated information that has changed over time. For example the old rule was to absolutely ask for a like and/or subscribe near the…
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The Friday Roundup – Engagement & Sticking to the Subject
YouTube Videos with Higher Retention Rates This is an excellent tutorial not just on how to structure a video for greater audience engagement but also some real tips on the secret sauce to YouTube success! That secret sauce? B-roll. A lot of people say you are supposed…
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The Friday Roundup – NewBlue Color Filters and Livestreams
Corel VideoStudio – Working with NewBlue Color Filters At this point of its development Corel VideoStudio offers some pretty impressive, almost pro grade color correction and grading tools. Thee are in addition to some pretty good auto correct features and include a full range of Color Wheels,…
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The Friday Roundup – Pinnacle Studio 26 Update and Editing Tips
Pinnacle Studio 26 Update News This week Corel announced the release of the latest version of their top of the line video editing software Pinnacle Studio 26. The really big news about this is that this new version boasts pretty much no new features at all and…
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