DIY Video Editor Blog

Bite Sized Video Chunks This is an excellent article from the Techsmith blog on trimming videos. When I first saw the title I thought, "Well that's a bit basic isn't it?" After all probably the first thing anyone learns in editing software after loading something into the library and subsequently on to the timeline is trimming a video! However upon closer inspection I realized … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Trimming the Fat, Close Ups and Shot Lists

Pinnacle Studio - Split Screen VideoOne of the reason Pinnacle Studio comes with a bit of a warning (on this site at least) is because to be honest it is not an easy software solution for the beginner.Even Corel openly admit there is a steep learning curve and the reason for that has to do with how software deals with features.Pinnacle basically has the same … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Split Screens, VR/360° Footage and Sound Design

Video Resolution Over the past few years the development of video as a medium has seemingly exploded with advances being made in the creation, editing and distribution of projects. One thing that is pretty obvious is that whatever is happening at the pointy end of the market will eventually find it's way down to us average users at some time. The difficulty in this is that … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Video Resolution, Shutter Speed and a Few Tutorials

DIY Transitions Demonstrated One of the biggest selling points you will find at the consumer end of the video editing software market is the inclusion of a gazillion transitions. Even potential buyers who have no idea really what transitions are get all excited by the prospect of getting just a bucketload of the things cos' that gotta be good right? Wrong! The real definition … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – DIY Transitions, Documentary Projects and Other Tips

To Filter or Not to FilterOne subject in the world of shooting your own videos that can be a bit polarizing is that of filters.Haw haw! See what I did there? Polarizing?Anyway there are two types of camera filters that are most often discussed when it comes to shooting video at a basic level.The first is the neutral density filter.Very often around the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Proxy Files, Polarizing Filters and Framing