DIY Video Editor Blog

Well it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!This week and probably for the next few weeks the Weekly Roundup will look more like a weekly summary than a full roundup given impending silly season being upon us.Most normal people that are interested in the world of shooting video and editing video are doing a lot more shooting and editing than … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – It’s All Star Wars this Week and a Little PowerPoint

Crash Relief! Came across this really good news article this week and just had to comment on it. Probably for the past 6 years or so the introduction of high definition to the consumer video market has been both a curse and a blessing. A blessing because of the great quality you can now get on even a simple video recording device like a smart phone. And at the same time a curse … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Solid State Drives, YouTube Branding, Green Screen and Tornados

YouTube Grows a Pair One of the long term sticking points users have had with YouTube has been the policy regarding the application of copyright laws. The difficulty for YouTube has always been that the sheer number of videos being uploaded has caused them no end of headaches with copyright. Let's say a copyright holder considers that his material has been used illegally on … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – YouTube Fights for the Little Guy, Vlogging Tips and Mistakes

What We Learned from a Master I noticed this video doing the rounds this week and even though it was featured on a few blogs I wanted to add my own perspective on it. Years ago when I first saw old silent movies as a kid I never really thought much of them. To me they just looked silly and amateurish. Of course probably the main reason for that was that they were being … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Buster Keaton, Fire Tornados and YouTube Translations

Closed Caption Files In the post linked below from Techsmith they go into quite some detail on the subject of Closed Captions. Whilst they tend to go on a bit about the legalities of it before getting into a tutorial I wanted to take a minute to expand a little on the subject. Closed Captions are similar to subtitles that play along with a video as text usually at the bottom … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Action Cam Videos, a Guide to Cinematography, Easing In and Out