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Learn about Story Continuity and Make Better Videos Excellent video this week from Kevin on an aspect of video making that is often forgotten about. Sure we all know that the videos we produce are supposed to have a story and that a lack of story will result in a lack of interest. We also basically know that if Bill is wearing a red shirt in a scene and a different shot in the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Story Continuity and YouTube Tips

What is a Smash Cut and Other Cut Transitions The video below this entry gives a great overview of a subject that many amateur video makers get very wrong from the beginning. That subject is transitions and the main reason for the confusion is that marketers promote their editing software as having a million transitions so that must be good right? Wrong and wrong on two … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Transitions – How and Where to Cut

3 New Features You Don't Want to Miss - PowerDirectorSo it's time for the annual major update of PowerDirector from Cyberlink so as far as PowerDirector itself goes that takes us to PowerDirector 21.Of course it's not as simple as that!The version of the product Cyberlink have been pushing for the last few years is PD 365 which is the subscription based model of the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – PowerDirector Updates and Camera Angles

Perfect Green Screen (Almost) Every TimeThe bottom line with good looking green screen is that if you shoot it perfectly before you get to the post production stage you will have great looking green screen every time.The problem is that most of the time none of us get the opportunity to shoot that perfectly lit green screen footage!So here are a few things you can … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Green Screens & YouTube Channels

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