Whether you’re editing in DaVinci Resolve or any other video editing software, there is a certain sequence that should remain consistent in any editing project.
Keep in mind that the rather comprehensive tutorial below although executed in DaVinci Resolve, applies to any video editing software and just about any video editing project.
That sequence could be referred to as a workflow, a series of steps you take which are the same every time no matter what the project is.
In this video Casey goes through those steps and explains in great detail as to why each one occurs when they do.
It is an excellent overview of why each step is handled as a step unto itself and how it contributes to the overall project.
For some projects there may not be a need to do every single step but the key point is that the sequence remains the same.
This is a two part tutorial for CyberLink PowerDirector users involving A.I. narrations and sound effects.
If you have read any of my posts over the past year or so you would be aware that I am not a huge fan of A.I. narrations but I also understand that very often, they can get you out of a jam!
This is just another quickie from the folks at Movavi showing how to easily create popular effects being used currently.
This one is showing how it only take a few clicks to create a game play video with the creator in a lower screen and the gameplay itself occupying the rest of the screen.
OK, bear with me on some of the recent Filmora and even PowerDirector tutorials!
I know they are using their own A.I voice generators to narrate the tutorials and if you don’t like that… I really get it!
I don’t care for them much myself.
However the reality is that companies like Filmora have to create for an international audience so you can’t really blame them for using their own A.I. modules to deal with such language problems.
Anyway, narration grumbles aside, this is a good run through not just of Filmora’s audio capabilities but also of how to use audio to enhance any project.
It’s quite hard these days to get away from the endless promotion of all the latest and greatest A.I features.
It is clearly the current darling of marketing departments from all over the world!
To me it is getting to the point where there is so much general noise around the subject that a lot of the important signals are being lost.
In light of that here’s an example of something actually useful within the ever increasing A.I. stuff that is coming out daily.
This is a new addition to Filmora called A.I. transitions and if used intelligently can really lift the level of your projects.
Basically it takes the last frame of the first clip and the first frame of the second clip and analyzes them.
Once it understands what they are within the context of the overall video, it works out a smooth transition sequence from the first to the second.
To me this is exactly the type of action that A.I. does well with and if used judiciously can really make things pop in your videos.
When you first start out editing in any video editing software it is frightening at first as to how much time you have to spend dong all the little things to make it all work.
For example creating and animating graphics is a great way to really add some polish to your projects but let’s face it, it seems to take forever!
The reality is that most of the software makers know this and if you scratch just a little below the surface, you will find a bunch of features that actually deal with this problem.
In the video below from Dina and Agnes you can see a few of these little shortcuts that you may not have know were there before.
They exclusively use and demonstrate CapCut but most video editors have similar abilities.
There are many, many so-called “gurus” on YouTube these days and let’s face it, they have pretty much always existed!
Just how many of them actually know what they are talking about is rather questionable.
One that I do know that is the real deal is Derral Eves who has been on the platform for years, has a bunch of his own successful channels on top of a huge coaching business.
In other words, he knows his stuff.
Another thing regarding YouTube itself is that it has never really stood still as far as development and changes to how it presents videos to audiences.
The only real constant for YouTube is constant change!
In this quite detailed livestream from Derral, he covers what current state of play is with the platform and how you should plan your strategy moving forward.
Another excellent “tips” video from Chris Goor for this week.
In this one he covers a whole bunch of things that apply to actual camera setup with particular attention to eye lines.
The analogy he uses is to look at your shots and ask yourself whether if you were talking to a friend, would this look natural.
I am adding this video tutorial for this week’s Friday Roundup because it differs from most tutorials about editing in an important way.
Most tutorials are concerned with putting projects together or how to pull off a certain editing technique, especially when it comes to effects.
This one however takes a few steps back and takes us through the overall ideas behind how to edit footage and why certain things are done a certain way.
The real value here is not how to execute a particular things in your editing, but to understand what you should be doing in an overall sense.
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