5 Editing Strategies for Professional Results
Some great tips here from Gripps2211 on putting together a video that will actually tell the story of what you have captured in a way that will keep attention.
In the world of YouTube we tend to use the word engagement and what that really means is holding the viewers attention in such a way as to keep them watching all the way through.
Remember that a video of an event is a representation of that event.
It is not a complete documentation of the event.
You can read more here on Finding the Story.
Free Motion Capture – No suit needed!
I am sure you have all seen those incredibly complex setups for Hollywood movies where the actor playing the superhero is dressed in a special suit covered with sensors.
What is actually happening there is that a gazillion dollars worth of camera equipment and computers is tracking and capturing every little detail of the actor’s motion.
All that digital data gets fed into another gazillion dollars worth of computers and hey presto! Hollywood magic.
I am pretty sure that if you are reading this blog then you probably don’t have access to the cameras, the computers and the gazillions of dollars!
This is an emerging technology that involves both 3D digital capture aspects as well a A.I. predictive modelling so right now it is only really available at the top end of town. HOWEVER!
There is a free alternative as shown in the video below and while it does have its limitations you may want to have a play!
5 Useful Features in Filmora for Your Next Project
Well as usual Filmora has been upgrading and updating at breakneck speed!
In light of that just about anytime is a good time to do a little recap of the features and what’s on offer.
There are two reasons I tend to feature tutorials from Jacky when it comes to Filmora and they are that he answers user questions or demonstrates features that regular users would actually use.
Filmora is like a lot of video editing software around at the moment.
It has features that you will always use, features you will sometimes use and those you will probably never use!
Here are some you will use!
Using the Eye Dropper Tool in Filmora
One of the common tools you can use in a lot of video editing software to choose colors is the eyedropper.
This mainly comes into play for titles or even backgrounds however in Filmora things are a little different!
Usually the eyedropper only allows you to choose colors you can see anywhere within the window of the program itself.
In Filmora you can minimize the program with the eyedropper active and choose any color you can see anywhere on your desktop as well.
The way I use it is to create a color board of the colors I intend to use in a project beforehand in any old free image editing software like Microsoft Paint for example.
I choose what color for main titles or any other graphic elements.
I then open that color board on the desktop ready to use.
When I am working in Filmora and it’s time to use the eyedropper I resize the Filmora window down so that the color board is visible.
That way I can just use my mouse to hover over it and select the color I want.
Using “Apply to All” Tools to Modify Multiple Clips
This is a demonstration done in PowerDirector of a feature that you should absolutely look for in whatever video editing software you are using.
The tool or setting is called “Apply to All.”
Simply put it copies whatever adjustments, effects etc. you have applied to one clip and allows you to apply the same setting to all clips on the timeline.
It can be a huge time saver especially in more complex projects.
5 Most Useful AI Audio Editing Tools – PowerDirector
I have referred to this site previously but it is worth repeating.
CyberLink have launched a website that offers some of their new A.I. audio tools for anyone to use.
Mostly it’s free but you do have to register.
You can see the tools on offer in the video below.
Best Camera Settings for Shooting YouTube Videos
This is a good run through of the various settings you can control for shooting video.
It is aimed at the YouTube market so it is referring to a reasonably controlled environment but certainly not something like a full pro studio.
The temptation especially with phone cameras is to go with the auto settings and in fairness they are often quite OK.
However the problem with auto is that if anything changes in the frame the settings change and you can get inconsistencies.
Cameras obviously have all of these settings and these days a lot of phones do too.
If your doesn’t then Free Apps like Open Camera can give you access to them.
Descript – New AI Action: Remove Retakes
This is another newly released A.I. feature from the guys at Descript.
It is particularly applicable to videos that involve you speaking to the camera or at least narrating something shown on screen.
It can identify sections where you have repeated a line or section a few time to get it right.
It then removes the repeated lines leaving the last good take, editis the video and saves the change. Very handy!
Basic Animations in Fusion – Beginner Animation Tutorial for DaVinci Resolve
A little more this week from Casey Faris covering the Fusion Page in DaVinci Resolve.
This week Casey takes us through some basic animations of both assets and text.
Once you work out the controls that are actually going to apply to your task you can “zone out” the rest of them! It makes it all a little easier.
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