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Using Sound Effects in FilmsOne of the great unsung heroes of any video project is of course the audio.From an obvious point of view the direct audio of what is happening or what is being said according to what is being viewed either matches or not.If it somehow matches then you are good to go and if it doesn't the audience will be instantly lost.Very often the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Audio, Sound Effects and Time Lapse Videos

Some Tips for a Slow ComputerI had a guy reach out to me this week about including something from his site as part of the weekly roundup.In fact I get this all the time and generally tend to not do anything about it because usually it is something from a bot or is totally irrelevant to the site.However in this case I am making an exception because it is quite a good … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Slow Computers, Black and White Conversions and Framing

Free Video Footage Resources Found this interesting resource the other day and wanted to share it with you. It's a relatively new site called Finding Footage and appears to be a search engine that calls on some of the big stock footage sites for its results. Probably the business model is such that they are collecting commission on any referrals to those larger sites. Anyhoo, … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Free Video Resources, Green Screen Silhouettes and LUTs

Troubleshooting Your Editing Software It is pretty common these days for me to receive queries from users regarding problems they are having with their editing projects. In fact this is one of the most common types of question I get here on this site. Easily 90% of these questions start off by the user stating that they are having some kind of problem with the software they … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Troubleshooting Editing Problems, Color Grading and more

Magix Movie Edit Pro - 360° Close but No Cigar I received a couple of comments this week and last on a subject that I think bears a little bit of a blurb. The original comment(s) were pertaining to the the claim made by Magix for their release of Movie Edit Pro 2016. On their website they say:"NEW! 360° Editing Perfectly arranged from every angle: Movie Edit Pro 2016 Premium … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Magix Stumbles on 360° Video, an Audacity Tutorial and More