DIY Video Editor Blog

How to Edit Your First Video (Step-by-Step)If you have been following this blog for any amount of time then you should know that I just loves me a solid workflow tutorial!The reason for that is that I subject myself to the daily news, tips, articles and more importantly, marketing rubbish that gets put out about video creation.Amidst all of that noise there is one … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Video Editing – a Beginner’s Step by Step

Remove Background Noise - Best AI ToolsLike a lot of features that are under constant development in the world of A.I., noise removal is a bit of an evolving subject.Right now most video editing software at all levels is going to come with at least some kind of noise reduction system in place.Some are more old school mechanical whilst others are more tied into the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Remove Background Noise & other A.I Stuff

This New Streaming Software Is Free… and It's EasyAbout two years ago my wife wanted to start adding livestreams to her arsenal of content creation outside of traditional videos for YouTube etc.At that time the darling of the livestreaming world was Open Broadcaster Software - OBS.I then spent quite some time learning how to setup and use it because even though it … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Free Streaming Software and Stock Footage

Filmora Video Editing Tips and TricksOne thing I have noticed about the relentless development of Filmora over the past few years is that the conversation keeps revolving around what's new.That's all very well but what seems to be getting lost is the fact that you can actually use the software to edit videos and create great projects!I am pretty sure this is because … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Basic Editing, Transitions and Audio

Beat the Compression - How to Get Better YouTube UploadsOne thing that not a lot of people seem to be aware of is that when you upload a video file to YouTube, they will immediately re-encode and re-compress that file.Your video will be converted to a new set of files using their own codec, at their own bitrates and subject to their own compression settings.Even if … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – YouTube Compression and A.I. Masking