DIY Video Editor Blog

Beat the Compression - How to Get Better YouTube UploadsOne thing that not a lot of people seem to be aware of is that when you upload a video file to YouTube, they will immediately re-encode and re-compress that file.Your video will be converted to a new set of files using their own codec, at their own bitrates and subject to their own compression settings.Even if … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – YouTube Compression and A.I. Masking

Edit Faster: A Trick Every New YouTuber Should KnowIf you are recording videos where you or the person in the video is talking to the camera or just talking in general, there is a problem you will hit when you get to the editing.That problem is that you will have a bunch of "takes" where you or the speaker got it wrong or the clip itself just wasn't quite … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Editing Faster & Finding Your Style

How to Be More Confident on Camera (Even If You're Shy)It is easy to try to pretend that appearing in front of the camera for online content is not necessary these days.We can grab a bunch of b-roll from stock sites, we can do some screen grabs or screen shares, hell, we can even get some A.I. avatars involved!The bottom line is that most of the really successful … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – On Camera Tips and Masking Basics

4 Simple Video Lighting Tricks That Make a Big DifferenceWhen I first started shooting videos indoors in a space setup as a studio, I figured all I needed was to work out how to pull a three point lighting setup together and we were good to go!Yeah, that didn't exactly work out how I had imagined.My first subject was my wife and let me tell you she wasn't very … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Lighting Tips and Editing Tricks

Filmmaking Beginners Guide - Learn Your Camera in 28 MinutesOne step that a lot of video content creators take at some point is moving from a smart phone for their footage, to a camera.There is no doubt that you can get way better footage from a camera than a phone BUT!!!There is a major difference between the two and unless you actually learn how to use that … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Basic Camera Settings & CapCut News