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Portable SSD NAS, UPS, Card Reader, RAID… Too good to be true?If you are making videos these days on any sort of regular basis then you will be well aware of the fact that it doesn't take long before backup and storage becomes an issue.I know from my own experience shooting exclusively in 4k that a One Terabyte backup drive is certainly not what it used to be!Back … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Backups and New Nvidia Graphics Cards

Best AI Music Generator For YouTube Videos (Suno AI Music Review!)There are a number of boring repetitive tasks that come packaged under the overall job of video editing.For me personally the king of "just grinding it out" is searching for appropriate music for a video project.The reason for that is that you have to actually enter a search term or genre type or … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – A.I. Music Generators and Color Correction

Amazing Effects in Classic Films - How Did They Pull It Off?This is a semi regular feature over on the Film Riot YouTube channel that I always look forward to.The concept is they take a bunch of special effects from back in the day which were at the time absolutely state of the art.Then they deconstruct each one explaining exactly how the effects were pulled … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Practical Effects and Editing with Descript

5 Tips for Travel Videos with Aidin RobbinsOver the years Aiden Robbins has certainly evolved and matured as a video maker from his humble beginnings as a fledgling video creator.And when I say "fledgling" I really mean it, I think he was about 14 when I first saw his videos!As part of that journey for the past year or so he has moved away from his original strategy … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Travel Videos & Video Camera Settings

Best Camera Settings for Video - Dynamic & Sharp VideosAbout a year or so ago I started using a Sony ZV-E10 to shoot all of my video work whereas previously I had been using mainly smartphones for that purpose.Of course that put me into a whole new world of pain because when you start using a "normal" camera for video things go downhill very fast!The problem is … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Best Video Camera Settings and Subtitles