DIY Video Editor Blog

Yay! Freebies! OK this seems to be a pretty awesome offer from the nice people at Wondershare who make the Filmora video editor.They are offering a huge collection of free sound effects that can be used in any video editor in exchange for... nothing!I kind of figured they would at least be trying to get an email address for it or perhaps restrict it to only Filmora … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Free Audio from Filmora and Organizing Your Assets

How (and why) to Rotate Video OK bear with me cos' I am going somewhere with this! Let's face it, rotating a video in just about any modern video editing app could hardly be described as rocket surgery these days so no, I am not that desperate for content this week. The reason I have included a tutorial video for what would seem to be a pretty straightforward, point and … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Gimbal Shots, Rotate Video and 4K Editing

How to Find Music for Videos One question that I see coming up on a lot of the forums and user groups is the question of choosing the right music for the right video. Too often you will see videos that rely heavily on audio to maintain interest using music that seems in no way connected to the visuals. The video below goes into the subject quite well but before that I wanted … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Choosing Music, the Glitch Effect and Voiceovers

Earlier this week I sent out an email to everyone on my subscriber list (unusual I know!) alerting them to a couple of good deals going at the moment being offered by Magix.So I thought I would kick off this week by repeating that information in case anyone wanted to take advantage of those deals.So, Magix last week released the latest update of Vegas Movie Studio which … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Composition, Vegas Discounts and Lens Filters

VEGAS Movie Studio 15 Released So hot on the heels of last week's announcement from Corel on the update of VideoStudio X10 to VideoStudio 2018 we have one from Magix as well. They have just released their latest version of Vegas Movie Studio 15 which is the second update since Magix acquired the Sony Creative range of video editing software a few years back. This release is … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Vegas Movie Studio Updates and Other Editing Stuff