DIY Video Editor Blog

OK, so by including this article in the Weekly Roundup I don't want you to get the impression that here at the DIYVideoEditor.com I'm starting to go all technical on ya'll!I say this because at first glance it would seem that a tutorial about quality of light rather than just where to put them is getting a tad technical but bear with me.I am going somewhere with this! … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Light Quality, PowerDirector 15 Tips and a Video Checklist

And we're back! So you may or may not have noticed that there has been no regular Friday Roundup for a few weeks now and the reason for that is pretty simple. Around this time of year every years all the major players in the video editing software market release their updates for the year. For me it means that just about every review on this site just became to some degree … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Back from Video Editing Software Review Hell

OK, so it has come to my attention that we are officially at the beginning of the silly season. Of course for me the silly season is that time of year when all the major video editing software companies roll out their updates in preparation for their own silly season... the Christmas New Year holiday period. It is pure silliness for me because I have to find the time to … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Video Editing Software Update Season is Upon Us

Animating Those GIFsOne of the most interesting ways to attract attention on social media sites is with images and videos.Statistically speaking posts that use either images or video win hands down when it comes to getting attention.Probably the king of them all are GIFs because they contain the best of both worlds.It's an image and a video with the added bonus … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Social GIFs, Blurred Faces and Global Shutters

One of the strengths of Magix Movie Edit Pro and their pro editing software Video ProX has always been the color module. Video ProX always had an enormously powerful professional level color correction and grading tool contained within it and Movie Edit Pro has to some degree, had a simplified version of that module as well. With the recent attention on color grading and … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Magix Shotmatch, Codecs and Containers