One of the easiest ways to get b-roll footage has always been to just use a stock video site and download what you need.
This has become an especially attractive proposition since the introduction in many video editing software programs of automatic shot matching technology.
That means your downloaded footage can pretty much match your existing footage for a seamless visual presentation.
The landscape within these sites is ever changing and evolving.
Free sites become paid and paid sites begin to include free stuff and every variation in between.
In light of that here’s an updated roundup of the current best stock video sites that are royalty free.
Some are paid, some free and some a mix of both.
It’s pretty normal around this time of year for most of the mainstream video editing software manufacturers to update their software.
The economic reality of this is because were are heading into the Christmas, New Year period when internet sales go crazy.
So in light of that Movavi has just announced an update to a lot of their software including the Movavi Video Editor which of course I am most interested in.
Movavi have been developing their editing software at a pretty steady rate over the past few years so this update is probably going to be pretty good.
You can see all about in the video below.
Given the changes and updates in Filmora over the past year it’s probably time to update a few of the basic procedures.
Even though the interface is essentially the same they have moved a few things around to make working with it a little easier.
Of course if you were already used to the old setup, moving things never makes it easier!
Anyway here’s Jacky with a few tips to get you reoriented.
How to Add Image on Video in Filmora – Filmora 12 Basic Editing Guide for Beginners
Although adding an image to any project in any video editing software is generally a drag and drop affair there are certain behaviours you need to understand.
How you add images will affect the way the result is displayed so in this video Jacky covers all of that.
OK so there seems to have been a bit of a backlog built up regarding Filmora tutorials over the past few weeks.
If it seems like this week’s Friday Roundup is overflowing with Filmora tutorials you are right… it is!
Anyhoo this following one although demonstrated in Filmora is not really confined to that brand of software.
The technique can be used and applied in pretty much any video editing software to create the same effect.
PowerDirector is another editing program that has recently updated and in this case the majority of the updates have been to the user interface.
Whilst there have been a lot of complaints from existing users it is clearly a great improvement for those just starting out.
In reality the complaints will die down and everyone will get back to work!
Here are a few of those changes highlighted.
Well apparently all the cool kids are on TikTok these days but how can you effectively make Tikok videos I hear you ask!
Well it’s probably best to follow along with one of those cool TikTok kids to learn how… here’s one now!
There are some great tips here for promoting your YouTube channels without breaking the bank.
In fact you don’t even have to go to the bank! They are all free!
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