DIY Video Editor Blog

How To Tell A Story One of the most difficult concepts to explain to new editors or video makers is the concept of story. Go to just about any website or video channel on the subject of creating videos and inevitably there will be someone (like me) banging on about the importance of story. Click here to see me banging on about story! Now that's all very well but to the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Stories, Audio Tips and Fades

5 Tips For Smooth Cinematic Gimbal Shots OK, so I am leading off this weeks post with the video below because it really is one of those tutorial videos that is important. Often these days we get pulled into the marketing of products with all sorts of promises being made. The reality however is very often a long way from the marketing hype! Green screen is the perfect … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Gimbals, Speed Ramping and Titles

How to Talk to the CameraIf you are anything like me then you will really understand the pain that is talking to the camera!I have never really been able to do it and despite learning and practicing and then practicing some more I still end up sounding like an idiot!The reason I sound like an idiot is because as soon as that "record" light goes on my brain shuts … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Talking to the Camera, Drone Footage and Movement

Brandon Li Transitions and Editing Tutorial This is absolutely my favorite type of video editing tutorial. It has a guy that understands the process who is fully aware of the fact that his audience does not and it is his job to help them do so. In this video John goes through step by step each of the processes being shown with good examples of what is being done, why it is … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Free Audio, a Transition Walkthrough and LUTs

You Think You Know HISTOGRAMS?Most of the fully loaded video editing solutions at the consumer end of the market these days come with some pretty good color correction and color grading tools.However the problem with all of them is that they are tools and their effectiveness is closely tied to the ability of the person using those tools.Now before we go any further … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Histograms, YouTube Tips and Handheld Footage