DIY Video Editor Blog

A Guide to Creating High-Quality Run-and-Gun Vlog Videos When it comes to modern video trend occurring on places like YouTube I guess there are only a few real categories. You have straight vlogs with someone talking to the camera, "How To's," and demonstration type presentations. Most of these are done in a reasonably controlled setting and as such allow for a "set up" of some … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Run and Gun Shooting Plus Bokeh Effects

Continuing Freebies from Studio GhibliJust to open proceedings up for this week you will notice the still image from My Neighbor Totoro from Studio Ghibli above.The reason it is the lead image for this week is that true to their word Studio Ghibli have been releasing for anyone to use more still images from their animated movies.The organization over on their site … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Machine Learning and YouTube Stories

Video Lighting Hack Using Mirrors These are just some great tips on using cheap household mirrors to manipulate available light. Very often at the amateur level we are lulled (coerced?) into the idea that the difference between an amateur and a pro is based on the equipment being used. Perhaps twenty years ago this was somewhat true but these days it is a whole new ball … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Lighting Hacks and Essential Cuts

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CyberLink Launches PowerDirector 365 for MacOS So the big news out of CyberLink this week was the release of their flagship video editing solution PowerDirector, in a version for Mac. So far this only seems to be for the PowerDirector 365 subscription version and not the standalone perpetual license one.PowerDirector Review Here Original Press ReleaseAnd of course we have … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – PowerDirector 365 Released for Mac, Some Freebies and the Beach