DIY Video Editor Blog

Contemplating a Video Career Move? You know if ever there was a time when you thought maybe you might like to take that "video editing" hobby and get serious with it... now would be the time. This report from Cisco really highlights just where the traffic on the internet is going moving into the future. The combination of the convenience of mobile and the immediacy of video … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – YouTube Engagement, Better Backgrounds and a Little History Lesson

Software Problems Sometimes when I visit some of the various forums I try to help out on I see some really angry posting by people having problems.Having been around the block a few times I don't take too much notice of the anger in itself because I really do understand how infuriating it can be to get into video editing in the first place.There is a "marketing … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Handling Problems, Using Frames and Video Terms

You Are Getting Sleepy Techsmith are the creators of what is probably the best screen recording suite on the market today, Camtasia. It's actually a program I use all the time and have been trying to get around to doing a review of it for some time now... no luck so far! However apart from my lack of organization, one of the best features of the suite are the tutorial videos … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Holding Your Viewer’s Attention, DIY Bounce Boards and Color Correction

Holding Your Own in a Snobby Movie Conversation Tired of standing around with arty film types while they bandy about words and terms you have no idea of? Sick of having that half-assed smile on your face while you pretend to have a clue about what they are saying? Fear not because the next time you are surrounded by a conversation that is beginning to lose you in a sea of … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – How to Look Intelligent in an Arty Film Conversation and More!

I haven't included a wide range of topics this week because, as fate would have it, there were a few posts from around those interwebs that I think needed to be expanded upon. Hopefully I won't come across as getting too preachy about some of this stuff but really there is method to my (preachy) madness. Something About a Bad Tradesman and His Tools I have always been a great … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Great Video on Ordinary Equipment and Annotations