DIY Video Editor Blog

Using Music to Emotionally Drive your Film One of the best ways to add that little something extra to your projects is by the use of music. One mistake I see over and over is that people tend to choose music on the basis of what they like which whilst totally understandable, can often lead to problems. Choosing music for your videos has to be done on the basis of that music … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Choosing Music, Jump Cuts and White Balance

It's a bit of thin Friday Roundup this week mainly due to the American Thanksgiving celebrations.Of course being an American holiday there has to be some unashamed commercialism involved in the form of Black Friday sales!Most of my usual sources of information, tips and tricks have all gone into "selling" mode so actual "news" is a bit scarce.Obviously if I had any … [Read more...] about The (Black) Friday Roundup – Lighting Tricks, Shooting 360° video and Color

Filmora 8.5 Released First cab off the rank for this week's roundup is the latest release from my favorite easy to learn and use video editing software Filmora. The people at Wondershare tend to update the software pretty regularly and seems to be following a six month major update cycle with the occasional smaller one thrown in. This week's release takes Filmora to version … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Filmora Updates, Color Correction and Storytelling

How to Video Yourself with iPhone and Android Like a PRO! Much as I hate to admit it there will be times when you may need to take shots of yourself to be included in your projects. Hopefully this will be outside the current world of narcissism with endless selfies posted to social media... or maybe not. Anyway if you feel you must do it then fine, at least learn how to do … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Lifting Your Selfie Game and the Secret to Stress Free Editing

Handling Criticism One of the unavoidable side effects of creating video projects and having other people view them is that you open yourself to criticism. How you handle that criticism is an important point to consider as you move forward because the reality is, if you don't handle it well, you won't move forward! In fact if you handle it poorly you may eventually stop. So … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Handling Criticism, Audio Ducking and Rotation