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Transition Tutorial - CyberLink PowerDirector 15 One of the best ways to save a bunch of time when you are editing is to have certain defaults set up so all you have to do is point and click so that action occurs. This is especially true for transitions. Rather than having to repeatedly go into the transitions area in your effects library and go through to find the same one … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Motion Tracking, Transitions and Audio Tips

6 TRICKS to shoot Cellphone Videos Probably nothing new here as far as smart phone video tricks go but really, most of it bears repeating. One of my pet hates when it comes to footage captured on the fly by amateurs is the application of the "watering the garden" technique for shooting. I am sure you have seen it and I am almost as sure you have probably done it! You know, … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Color Grading, Smartphone Tips and YouTube

The Big Vegas Pro 14 discount Edition! Before I get into this week's round up of video tips'n'tricks I wanted to get a little business out of the way. As you can probably tell by the banner at the top of the post there is a pretty awesome special deal going at the moment for readers of the DIY Video Editor. The guys at VegasCreative are offering from May 31st to June 30th a … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Magix Offering 40% Discount on Vegas Pro Line

How to Fade In & Out of Videos EASY One of the main problems most people have when they start out with just about any video editing software is that the interface they are presented with looks like nothing they have seen before. This tends to send the new user into a kind of overwhelmed state and from that point forward nothing really seems to make sense! The difficulty … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Fades, LUTs, Audio Swells and More!

Corel MultiCam CaptureThis is a pretty cool new plugin that Corel have "sort of" released this week... kinda.So the video below demonstrates a product they have released called Multicam Capture.It is basically a plugin that is for Pinnacle Studio only so far but I would imagine it will get rolled out to VideoStudio quite soon as well.Once you have the plugin … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Multicam Capture from Corel and Filmora Tutorials