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After Filming 1,000s of Presenters - The Confident Ones All Did This.Some people seem to be able to get in front of a camera or phone, hit the record button and off they go!Smooth, effortless, totally engaging all with the ability to maintain the presence of mind to deliver the message clearly.I am not one of those people and in fact I have come across very few of … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Onscreen Confidence and Teleprompters

Edit Videos Like ChatGPT with AI - PowerDirectorThis is to me, a very welcome development in the way A.I has been gradually worked into the average video editing workflow.It is interesting to see how all of this has evolved over time beginning with automation seemingly being the ultimate goal.It appeared as though the vision was that ultimately the A.I. would be … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – At Last! A.I. for Editing You Can Actually Use!

5 Easy Editing Tricks for More Powerful StorytellingMost beginning editors start off learning the basic concept of making cuts in their videos to create a finished project.Once they have learned to do that, the emphasis tends to go a little off course at that point and they start drifting into that vast wasteland I like to call, transitions!The problem is that their … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Cutting Techniques for Powerful Story

Shoot This for PracticeI stumbled upon this great video for this week's Friday Roundup that I thought might be of interest.For many of us, we are mainly involved in documenting things with our videos or perhaps just presenting information and that's fine.However some of us may be thinking of taking things a bit more towards the creative side of video as well.In … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Shooting Exercises and Audio Tips

How I’d Fix This Bad Audio (Step-by-Step)One of the reasons I do all of my color corrections in DaVinci Resolve is that I don't have to rely on what I see on the computer screen to guide me.I know that every computer screen, tablet screen or mobile screen is going to display the results differently so what I see on my screen tells me almost nothing.However, with a … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Fixing Bad Audio and Creativity Tips