This is quite an extensive video by Gaku and although probably not for everyone, has some great information.
Very often when it comes to video tutorials on the subject of content creation and becoming successful on platforms like YouTube, the real grind involved is glossed over.
True lasting success relies heavily on the constant and regular creation of videos to feed that beast and this is where most people fall off the wagon.
One of the main reasons the creation of that content becomes so difficult to maintain is that the person has not developed or adopted a system for that process.
Trust me when I say this, if you do not develop a system for the entire activity from soup to nuts you will begin to fade very quickly and quitting will suddenly seem rather attractive!
Here’s his entire process from start to finish and the reasons why it is what it is.
You don’t necessarily have to follow his process to the letter but you do need that process.
I received an email this week from Peter Hove who is the guy behind Isobuster informing me of a recent update.
This is a free update if you are already on a series 5 copy of the program.
For a complete list of what has been updated you can follow the below link to get all the info.
As usual there is a multitude of added features and improvements and whilst most of it is way too technical for my tiny pea brain one thing I did notice was the addition of previews for some data.
This is a pretty complete run through of the current iteration of the Movavi Video Editor 2026.
This new version changed a few things and added some features and is still one of the programs I recommend especially if you are going to be creating simple projects.
Don’t get me wrong regarding that last statement about “simple projects.”
Movavi is not underpowered in any way but obviously as a simple editor you can’t compare it to DaVinci Resolve!
Anyway, the video gives you a pretty good idea of what the program can do.
OK so first up with just about all tutorials like the one below teaching a specific technique, it’s not just about that technique.
It doesn’t matter if you are wanting that Stranger Things look or not.
What’s important here are the tools and steps you need to take to get a particular look.
Once you master those tools then just about any look becomes possible because you know what to do instead of spending hours on YouTube trying to find that specific tutorial.
When PowerDirector first opens up it used to load a bunch of Sample Media into the visible folder in the Library.
Over time users started to complain about this because the majority rarely if ever actually used those sample files.
In order to appease the masses, CyberLink changed the behaviour of the program so that those first sample files did not load by default.
Sure enough some people started complaining about the lack of sample files being loaded so CyberLink added a button to the folder onscreen that allowed you to load those files with a single click.
Here’s a run through of that particular behavior in PowerDirector plus instructions for how to customize what media loads by default.
Color correction and grading are two actions in any video editing software that can present themselves as a bit of a mystery.
Early on my first attempts at using the tools available were, and I am being as kind to myself as possible here, questionable.
I would spend hours in those modules taking some ordinary footage and turning it into something absolutely awful!
Color is one of those things where there are two overriding rules in play at all times.
Those rules are: Less is always more and and there is no just “lucking out” and getting it right in this department!
Here’s a good introduction to the HSL tools in PowerDirector showing what it all does and how you can use them.
As the title would suggest this is Part Two of an eight part series by Steve Grisetti on working with Adobe Premiere Elements 2026.
The 2026 version was a reasonably significant update to the program so inevitably things have been moved around a bit!
If you are new to Premiere Elements then these tutorials re a great place to start and if you have just upgraded to the 2026 version then these are for you too.
In many of the mid-range video editors like Filmora or PowerDirector you can adjust the way two clips behave when overlayed on the timeline.
In those and most other editors at that level this is usually referred to as Blend Mode and controls how the top layered video behaves in relation to the one underneath.
The actual “pro” term for this is “Compositing” and in the video below Daniel runs through all of the settings you can use for this in DaVinci Resolve.
The good part about compositing in Resolve is that the feature is accessible on the Edit Page through the Inspector so you don’t have to futz about opening any special effects module to use it.
This is (as usual) a pretty comprehensive video from Casey Faris demonstrating an end-to-end edit of some gaming footage.
I personally never go anywhere near projects that could be described as “gaming” in any way!
However what I find with good creators like Casey is that there is always something you can learn and apply to other styles of editing regardless of what the actual target subject is.
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