DIY Video Editor Blog

Camera Lenses Explained: The Ultimate Beginner's GuideLast year my brother in law convinced my wife to buy a Sony ZV-E10 MILC to use for her YouTube videos.He's a fully pro cinematographer with over 25 years of experience working in film and television so to him that was a really simple camera to recommend!.Of course my wife bought into that idea no problem and also … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Camera Lenses & Shooting Mistakes

The Simplest Trick for Great Lighting - Bounce Boards ExplainedWhen I first started shooting inside in a controlled environment I thought everything was going to be easy because after all, it was a controlled environment right?Well not so!What actually happened was that I started a war between myself and the available light in that controlled environment.I … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Bounce Boards & YouTube Tips

How I would Learn Video Editing (If I had to start over)The beginning of this video makes a very important point that I think we all tend to lose track of.You see when I first started to delve into video editing it was at a time when consumer level video and the editing of those files was very, very limited.The resources available at that time were few and far … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Learning Video Editing and Video Podcasts

TikTok is Getting Banned?…maybeWell I guess the biggest political/technical/corporate/national security issue on the radar in the world of video right now is TikTok.The question is whether or not the U.S. Government will be carrying out their threatened ban on TikTok or Bytedance the company that own and run TikTok.For me personally I don't really care! I don't use … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – TikTok Ban and YouTube Channel Names

Portable SSD NAS, UPS, Card Reader, RAID… Too good to be true?If you are making videos these days on any sort of regular basis then you will be well aware of the fact that it doesn't take long before backup and storage becomes an issue.I know from my own experience shooting exclusively in 4k that a One Terabyte backup drive is certainly not what it used to be!Back … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Backups and New Nvidia Graphics Cards