DIY Video Editor Blog

Blending Modes Demonstrated This is an excellent video from the folks at Corel not only covering what blend modes are in their product VideoStudio but what they are in general. Of all the technical capabilities of modern video editing software "blending" is probably one of the most misunderstood. So it doesn't matter of you are using VideoStudio or not, this is a great run … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Blend Modes, Production Quality and Trailers

Cinematic B-roll with Action Cameras This is an interesting video I came across full of some great ideas for shooting b-roll at home. It is particularly handy because the ideas and techniques are more aimed at using an action cam. Action cams have certain limitations but in the video you can see that they use the unique features of an action cam to their advantage.6 … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Action Cam B-Roll, Drone Tips and Shooting Handheld

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VEGAS Movie Studio 17 New Release This week Magix announced the release of Vegas movie Studio 17 with a bunch of enhancements and improvements depending on which level of the software you are running. So just to recap for anyone not up on the Magix, Vegas, Sony situation here's the short version. Sonic Foundry started off making audio editing programs sometime around the … [Read more...] about Friday Roundup – Vegas Movie Studio Updates and Sound Design

Audacity Overview: Perfecting Audio with Keith Alexander Let's talk audio for a second here. When it comes to dealing with audio in any of your video projects you will soon find yourself realizing one thing. Even though at the beginning it seems that audio is a part of video shooting and editing the reality is that audio is an entire subject unto itself. If you don't get it … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Audacity Walk-through, Smartphone Tips & Effects