YouTube Shorts in Minutes with Filmora 14 AI Smart Short Clips
The video below is what appears to be a straightforward demonstration of using a feature in Filmora to automatically create a bunch of short videos from one long form video…BUT!
It’s time for a little reality check!
Right now, most of the major video editing software companies are pretty hellbent on using A.I. features to promote and sell their products.
Basically A.I. is the new wizzbangery of marketing departments worldwide when it comes to editing programs!
Back in the day it was the same with transitions… yes, I am that old!
Don’t get me wrong.
A lot of the new A.I. tools are quite useful and can do some amazing things but you really have to stay calm when looking at them!
There are two main problems as I see it with these new tools.
The first is that the tools themselves are presented in a way that emphasizes the “wow” factor so that you are amazed and astounded!
It all looks so cool you just want to hit that BUY button because those tools are shown “in action” rather than from the perspective of the end result.
The second problem is that although the tool may look good and you can maybe see a purpose for having it as part of your arsenal, actual usage of that tool is nothing like how it is shown on the box.
It is that second scenario that is covered in the video below and it really is worth watching to get your feet planted back down on earth.
As I mentioned, the tool in question is a Filmora A.I. tool that takes standard 16:9 aspect ratio footage in long form and automatically cuts it up into 9:16 aspect ratio short form clips.
The total process involves:
- Analysis of the footage and attached audio
- Conversion of speech to text
- Analysis of the text to extract meaning
- Selection of relevant parts of the text based on the A.I.’s understanding to choose segments for the short form content
- Analysis of the video to isolate the subject
- Re-framing of the video to keep the subject in frame at 9:16
- Cutting the footage into the short form clips
- Virtual creation of those clips
- Application of the text to the created clips….
And at that point we are probably done but in all likelihood there’s more!
That’s a lot of stuff to work through and a mind boggling amount of number crunching done both in the app itself on your computer as well as on the remote servers running the A.I models.
If you think it’s all going to happen in a minute or two, you are dreaming!
I have tested quite few of these tools that do exactly this process and Filmora is no slower or faster than any other.
So, check the video to get realistic look at what it all involves.
Canva Video Editor – Complete Canva Tutorial for Beginners (Latest Updates!)
As we move into 4k video being the accepted standard for video editing the problem of computer resources needed to do that becomes more of a problem.
The difficulty for a lot of people is that they either cannot or do not want to invest in higher spec computers to deal with modern highly compressed video file editing.
This makes it a little hard for people to “dip their toes” to see if it is something they really want to do.
There is no point spending huge amounts of money on an activity that you may not really want to pursue in the long run.
One answer to this is using an online video editing solution to get yourself started.
There are quite a few of these services around but again the point is to keep costs down so ideally it would be a freebie!
That’s where Canva comes in.
At the free level there are more than enough tools and assets available for you to use so here’s an intro to working with video in Canva for free.
How to Customize Keyboard Commands to Fit Your Preferences in PowerDirector
Quite quickly after starting to regularly edit videos you will notice that there are a number of key actions in doing so that are repeated over and over again.
The average user learns to complete these actions using the mouse to point and click, drag and drop.
If you watch a professional editor in action the most noticeable thing about them is that they rarely reach for the mouse and they go way faster than you or me!
The reason for that is that they use keyboard shortcuts to execute commands that can otherwise be done by using the mouse.
Every editing software program out there today not only has a built-in set of keyboard shortcuts available to use but also has the ability to re-map those shortcuts however the user wants.
In the video below you can see how to do it in PowerDirector but regardless of what you are using it is well worth the time to learn and use those shortcuts.
It makes editing so much faster and enjoyable.
Free Video-Editing Software for One Video – Here’s What Happened
First up let’s walk into this one with our eyes wide open!
This video is an assessment of the current state of play for when it comes to free video editing software.
However, it is produced by the guys at Movavi so no prizes for guessing which software they recommend!
Yup! It’s Movavi!
Anyway, aside from that is still a pretty good summary of what is out there at the moment.
So, if you are looking around for a free editing solution then this is well worth checking out.
Using Tags to Rename Clips
This is a neat little trick you can use in VideoStudio or any other editing software for that matter to keep your assets organized.
As you can see in the video, he uses the multi-trim module to cut out the deadwood of a much longer clip.
However, VideoStudio like most editors will then generate thumbnails to identify each new clip and add them to the library.
However, all these cuts are actually “virtual” because non-linear editing mean the originals are never touched so in reality those “new clips” don’t actually exist separately.
Nine times out of ten you are going to get a result like you see in the video or something similar so the question remains as to how you can mark those new thumbs so that when you come back to the project a week later you know what everything is?
That’s where Tags comes in, check it out.
Save Hours with Those 3 Simple Audacity Podcast Editing Tips
This is a tutorial somewhat aimed at correction for audio in podcasting but in practice these tips would apply to any situation where you have to clean up a vocal audio track or tracks.
The software being used is Audacity (link below) which is a free Digital Audio Workstation that has been around for years.
Even though I have a number of quite advanced video editing choices available to me I still use Audacity for my audio work in most cases.
Of particular interest in this video is the first tip on using the Amplify tool to measure the audio then using the Noise Gate to eliminate unwanted sounds.
Easy Hack to Add Style to Any Motion Graphics! – DaVinci Resolve 19 Tips
This is just a quick tutorial on using the Fusion Page in DaVinci Resolve to add a little “grunge” to the surface of a title.
To be honest you don’t actually have to be adding grunge using this technique so let’s re-name that call it adding “texture!”
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