DIY Video Editor Blog

The Friday Roundup – Shoot to Edit, Lowlight and YouTube Shorts

Shoot Like An Editor There is a piece of advice you will see over and over as you try to…

The Friday Roundup – Free Audio FX and Better Skin Tones

15+ Free Household Sound Effects with Room Tones Yay! Let's kick off with some Freebies! The good folk over at…

The Friday Roundup – Run and Gun Shooting Plus Bokeh Effects

A Guide to Creating High-Quality Run-and-Gun Vlog Videos When it comes to modern video trend occurring on places like YouTube…

The Friday Roundup – Machine Learning and YouTube Stories

Continuing Freebies from Studio Ghibli Just to open proceedings up for this week you will notice the still image from…

The Friday Roundup – Lighting Hacks and Essential Cuts

Video Lighting Hack Using Mirrors These are just some great tips on using cheap household mirrors to manipulate available light.…

The Friday Roundup – Hyperlapse Tips, Isobuster Updates and Critiques

5 Hyperlapse Video Tips So for those of you that are not quite up to speed on the whole timelapse…

The Friday Roundup – PowerDirector 365 Released for Mac, Some Freebies and the Beach

CyberLink Launches PowerDirector 365 for MacOS So the big news out of CyberLink this week was the release of their…

The Friday Roundup – YouTube Backdrops and Adding Drama

The first thing to note for this week's Friday Roundup is that as far as content goes we are a…

The Friday Roundup – Editing Step by Step, Freebies and Time

How to Edit Video (Step by Step) I meant to add this video to the Friday Roundup quite some time…

The Friday Roundup – Rookie Mistakes, Lenses and YouTube Tips

6 Mistakes Beginner Filmmakers Make Although aimed at budding filmmakers this one has some (slightly) more advanced tips most of…