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The Friday Roundup – Legal Stuff, Editing Tips and Travel Videos

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How to Use Music Legally in Videos and Avoid YouTube Copyright ClaimsI wanted to lead off this week with the video below because it is an important piece of the video making puzzle that is often overlooked or presented in a confusing way.Many of us when making our videos are using music that has come as part of the video editing software package we are using.However … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Legal Stuff, Editing Tips and Travel Videos

The Friday Roundup – Ccleaner Update, Fades and Dissolves and Smooth Shots

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Ccleaner Updates Ever since I have been using computers for video editing... which come to think of it has been a long time now, I have had a copy of Ccleaner running regularly on those machines.In fact I seem to recall my first computer was powered by a small hamster running in a wheel hooked up to a generator.Of course that hamster lacked the necessary power for … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Ccleaner Update, Fades and Dissolves and Smooth Shots

The Friday Roundup – Fonts, Whip Pans and Key Frames

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Free Fonts OK so let's kick off with some freebies! Last week I linked to an article on how to add new fonts to your Windows system and to have those newly added fonts become available in your video editing software. You can brush up on that one HERE. As luck would have it, this week Shutterstock came out with a blog post listing a bunch of sites that you can check out for free … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Fonts, Whip Pans and Key Frames

The Friday Roundup – Resolutions, Map Zooms and Assorted Tips

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Can You Really See The Difference 1080 Vs 4k? Last week I referred to a few articles on the subject of the latest and greatest in video making from the point of view of chasing resolutions. I often see people talking endlessly about the absolute need for 4K or whatever resolution or standard "de jour" as being THE answer to better videos. To some degree the reason subjects … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Resolutions, Map Zooms and Assorted Tips

The Friday Roundup – Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should!

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How to Make Trendy Videos in 2019 This is by far my favorite video for this week. Currently most video editors have at their disposal a vast array of tools and features within their particular brand of video editing software. A few years back when I would be gathering articles to post on the Friday Roundup there would always be a heap that I would ignore because they depended … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should!

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