DIY Video Editor Blog

The Friday Roundup – Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should!

How to Make Trendy Videos in 2019 This is by far my favorite video for this week. Currently most video…

The Friday Roundup – Rough Cuts, Jump Cuts and Green Screen

Rough Cuts The article linked below comes from a pro editing series but I wanted to add it this week…

The Friday Roundup – The Story, Camera Tricks and Compositing

How to Find the Story in Anything I wanted to kick off this week's Friday Roundup with the video below…

The Friday Roundup – Rack Focusing, Webcam Videos and Art Direction

How to Rack Focus Your Camera Lens - 4 Methods Showing the Basics OK so on this one let's start…

The Friday Roundup – Computer Resources, Choosing a Camera and Masks

How To Build Your Own Video Editing PC One of the most common causes of problems with any video editing…

The Friday Roundup – Travel Video Cliches, Camera Shootouts and Ken Burns

8 CAMERA SHOWDOWN - Can You Tell The Difference? I never really get too much into the wacky world of…

The Friday Roundup – Smash Cuts, Sequences and Isolated Vocals

Using Smash Cuts for Dramatic or Comedic Moments Rather than just endlessly use pre-packaged vanilla transitions or simple straight cuts…

The Friday Roundup – Handheld vs. Stabilized, Sam Kolder Effects

Handheld Shooting vs. Stabilized This is a very good article outlining the different effect you are going to create from…

The Friday Roundup – 360 Video, a Cheap Camera Challenge and more!

Cheap Camera Challenge OK so the rule is that the best camera for taking videos is the one you have…

The Friday Roundup – Editing Sequences and Editing Pacing Tips

The Key to Editing a Great Cinematic Sequence One of the reasons I keep adding video tutorials from Aiden Robbins…