Important Camera Settings For Videography
If you are shooting video with a reasonably good camera or with a smartphone App offering access to advanced settings, then this video is well worth taking a look at.
These days both of those choices are going to give you pretty good results based on strictly auto settings.
Both camera and phone camers technology have advanced to the point where they will treat you quite well if they are left to their own devices.
However, the reality is that you are leaving a lot on the table that you could be using to improve the quality of your videos.
One barrier to doing that is the terminology and the technicality of taking control for yourself.
The video below covers one of the core sets of principles which, when understood, can lead you to greater heights.
The beauty of it is that once you get that part under your belt you can immediately get better results.
So buckle up because you are going learn about shutter speed, shutter angle and frame rates but don’t worry it has all been made really easy to understand!
How to Setup a YouTube Filming Room
One of the keys to any kind of success on YouTube is the ability to take the process of creating videos and identifying what you can and cannot turn into a repeatable action.
Once you do that then you can set those repeatable actions up so that you don’t have to keep doing them over and over each time you want to make a new video.
An example of this is creating a template inside your video editing software that has your opening sequence and closing credits already made so all you have to do is add the new content.
Another is your actual shooting space.
Setting up your camera, lights, background, and all the rest every time you shoot gets really tedious, really fast!
If you can prepare a script or idea and then just walk into an already setup space and start shooting, things become so much easier.
Here are some tips for setting up in a space you can use over and over again.
Introduction to DaVinci Resolve – Full Course for Beginners (2024)
Like most video editing software at the moment DaVinci Resolve has undergone extensive updating and upgrading over the past few years.
While the basic interface ostensibly remains the same there of course have been numerous subtle changes.
If you have never used Resolve then none of that matters at all!
The reason I mention this is that Casey Faris has just posted (again) his latest and greatest complete guide to getting started in DaVinci Resolve.
This is a four-and-a-half-hour video so I am thinking you may want to approach it in chunks rather than in one go!
Beyond this video tutorial I cannot imagine there being anything else you would need to get up and running using Resolve.
If you are already using it but haven’t done a refresher for a while then this is also the video for you.
Basics of Speech-to-Text in the New Interface – PowerDirector
Speech-to-text has been available in CyberLink PowerDirector for a while now and most users would have been familiar with it if it was a tool they were using.
However the latest version of PowerDirector included a complete re-work of the user interface which I personally felt was overdue.
Adding features to an existing interface that is becoming progressively cluttered always requires at some point a line being drawn in the sand.
This has meant that some of the existing tools have been given different access points, controls and locations within the interface.
The Speech-to-text tool was one of them so in the video below you can see it in action from within the new versions.
Chroma Key and Green Screen for PC & Mobile: The Ultimate Guide! – PowerDirector
This is basically a quick start guide to shooting and editing with green screen.
Given that the video is made by the folks at CyberLink of course they use PowerDirector for the demo but things are essentially the same in most video editing software.
Underneath this video I have added another one that was created a while back by the Basic Filmmaker and it is the full long-form rundown on everything to do with shooting green screen footage.
Full Green Screen Basics
Best Glitch Dispersion Effect in Filmora 13
One of the double-edged swords of modern video editing software is the inclusion of so many effects and filters!
It’s great because you have so much to choose from but at the same time it’s a nightmare trying to wade through everything to find what you want!
The way I try to deal with this is that once I find an effect I like I add it to my favorites in that category so I can quickly find it the next time.
I especially do this when I find an effect that offers a good degree of customization options because I know that the base effect is probably close enough and with a few tweaks I can make it work for me.
Here’s a glitch effect I regularly use in Filmora demonstrated which also offers customization.
Quick Tip: Remove Yellow from Footage for Cleaner Whites
If you are using any video editing software that has advanced color correction then you may want to check this out.
I know that the Color Page in DaVinci Resolve has this feature.
What you need is a “Curves” effect and more specifically the Hue vs. Sat curve.
7 CapCut Video Editing Features
I do not use CapCut to edit my videos however I know that a lot of people do.
I don’t think it is necessarily a poor product or anything like that… I just don’t use it!
Anyway here are some tips for using CapCut for those that do!
How to Edit Video from Scratch in 2024? – Step-by-step tutorial for beginners
So it seems to be the season for the usual YouTube creators to post their updated “Getting started” guides to video editing!
This one is from the guys at Movavi and is a great launching point for anyone wanting to get into video editing.
If you have already started and are feeling a little stuck then this might be a good way to go back over the basics and see what you may have missed along the way.
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