Looking for free software that can convert speech to text? Have you considered Whisper AI? Whisper is software released by Open AI that allows you to do just that. Convert speech to text for free. There are other freemium software that I will mention towards the end of this article. However Whisper is totally free for life. You can totally run in on you computer if you have a GPU, graphics processing unit. If you don’t have the necessary computer, don’t fret. I’ll show you how to install it in Google Drive using an addon call Google Colaboratory. ...

Made a short video to wish all mothers, Happy Mother’s Day. Hope you have a good time celebrating this day with your mom. Note - this video was made with some help with AI. If you like to know how I made it, leave a comment on my YouTube video above. Click here to go to the video. ...

If you get unexpected black bars when you export your video, or your video resolution is different than what you set in the Export tab, this is the reason why. You likely have set you video settings to Automatic. When you open the first video clip in Shotcut, Shotcut uses that video clip to set the video resolution. One way to over come this is to make sure your first clip is same as the final video resolution. The other way is to manually set the video settings at the beginning of a new video project. ...

Not many people know that Filmora 13 has a grid function. The grid allows you to position your text, stickers, or any object you like to exactly the same position in your frame consistently throughout your video. You can access the grid by first turning on the ruler. Wait awhile. Then drag the grid lines from the ruler. You can drag as many grid lines as you like. The intersection of the vertical and horizontal grid lines are points where you text or stickers can snap onto. ...

Filmora 13 allows you to draw simple shapes like rectangle, elipse, arrows and triangles. Such shapes are great if you use it in a tutorial or to highlight something in your video. For example it is common to use a circle to highlight a person or an object to draw attention of your viewers. Besides simple shapes, you can also use it creatively for example to create a rising moon effect by combining it with a mask and keyframing the shape so that it moves. ...

Shotcut version 24.01.28 released at the end of January 2024 has some new useful features. Among them, several looping playback options, splitting multiple tracks with one click, grouping clips and more. Among the features that I like the most is splitting clips across multiple tracks. It makes it easy when I’m making a tutorial video. Two other features that I enjoy are nudging clips forward or back. This is especially useful when you want to place your video clips at a specific location on the track. ...

Translating substitles or even regular text can be a hassle when you are editing a video. You would usually use a separate tool to do it. Then copy and pasting this into your video editor. This involves a lot of switching between applications. With Filmora 13 you can reduce this significantly because built into Filmora, there is a AI text translation tool. The AI can translate and place the translated text in the same position on your video. ...

Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Filmora released some free effects for you to try for a limited time. These effects make it easy to create an animated intro for Valentine’s Day. Check out the video below Hope you like it. ...

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My old phone was starting to show its age so I went on a hunt for a new smartphone and finally settled for the Poco F5. But why the Poco F5 and not something else? Read along and find out. First up, if your country does not sell the Poco F5, it may be branded as Redmi Note 12 Turbo. There’s a slightly better version called the F5 Pro which is actually a rebranded Redmi K60. ...