DIY Video Editor Blog

Magix Video Pro X 12 A few years back now Magix decided to stop the naming protocol of their pro video editor Video Pro X. The logic behind this was that they were going to go over to a constant update model rather than an annual up date one. That was around the time of Video Pro X 8. Since then we have had Pro X 9, 10, 11 and the other day they released Video Pro X 12! Not too … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Magix Video Pro X Updates, Morph Transitions and Titles

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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