DIY Video Editor Blog

Editing To The Eyes There are generally speaking a few logical places at which you can make a cut in any editing project. Often times it is at a point where it just makes sense but there is also a point or a technique called editing to the eyes. Now as any reader of this blog knows I am not just prone to lengthy discourses on technical things, in fact I love nothing more … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Pro Editing Tips, Color Grading and Titles

Interview Lighting Tips One of the beauties of an interview setting is the fact that it is a controlled situation as far a shooting goes. Unlike a children's party where nothing seems to stay still for a second, an interview offers not only a controlled setup but also the ability to retake shots and or sequences. A lot of amatuer videographers tend not to think in terms of … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Magix Goes Shopping, Fake VR and Interview Lighting

How Does an Editor Decide on That Cut? I wanted to include the video below for this week because it illustrates almost perfectly an important point about editing. It is one of those video that is squarely aimed at the "pro in training" but I still think that for the average home editor it has enormous value. In putting together this website my goal was to provide a place … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – When to Cut, Music Video Tips and Finding the Story

CyberLink ActionDirectorThis week CyberLink released a brand new piece of software aimed squarely at the action cam market called Action Director.It has probably been over the past two years that all the major editing software companies have been incorporating more and more features into their mainstream products aimed at this style of footage capture and short sharp … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – ActionDirector, Geeky Videos and YouTube Tips

Max Headroom? One of the little tricks that you will never actually see professional cinematographers use in their framing is headroom. Generally speaking when you or I are trying to get shots of whatever event it is we are shooting our main goal is to try to keep everything that is happening somehow within the frame. In fact for many of us, especially those with kids, … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – A Little Headroom, Audio Recorders and 4K Video