Doing A Small Part To Save The Ocean

This is not my regular tutorial video. YouTube creators from around the world decided to band together to save the ocean by removing 30 million pounds (approximately 13.6 million kilograms) of trash from the seas. The idea is to raise 30 million dollars to fund the efforts of 2 organizations to do this. Watch the video and links are below if you like to participate. Photo and video from The Ocean Cleanup - https://theoceancleanup....

New Effects in Shotcut Version 21.09.20

Here’s some of the new effects in Shotcut and what you can create with it. And check out my video courses where I teach you how to use different video editors here.

Why Edit Video Using Multiple Tracks

A viewer on my YouTube channel asked this question Why do you edit videos using multiple tracks? There are several reasons for this. Some of it has to do with being practical because it makes organizing the media easier. Another reason is when you need to re-edit a video. As I show in the video below, some effects requires you to use multiple layers or multiple tracks. Watch the video below to understand more....

September 2, 2021 · James Woo

Update To The Filmora 10.5 What's New Video

I made a silly “user error type” mistake in earlier “Filmora 10.5 What’s New” video published a few weeks ago. In the video below is the correct way to make greenscreen without a physical greenscreen. To learn how to use and edit videos for your business, take a look at my video courses Test out Filmora X. Free trial here.

What I Use To Making My YouTube Talking Head Videos

In this video, I talk about the camera and lens I use to make my YouTube videos. I also tried the 100-300mm super zoom because, why not. It’s a bit of a long walk though as you can see in the video. Lumix G series - https://amzn.to/3hROlSX Lens - https://amzn.to/2V1nwmq Update - I also use my Poco F5 smartphone to film myself. It is quite goood. To learn how to use videos for your business or just for fun, take a look at my video courses here....

July 23, 2021 · James Woo

Filmora 10.5 - What Is New And What You Need To Know

Everything you need to know about Filmora 10.5 in this video. New features mentioned in Filmora 10.5 are Filmstock integration, Artificial Intelligence Portrait, Sticker. Try Filmora 10.5 here Hope you like it.

Freeze Frame aka Hold Frame Effect with Shotcut

The Freeze Frame or also known as a Hold Frame effect is one that pauses your video for a few seconds. You can use this effect to really draw the attention of your viewers. It can be use in a fun playful way too. To make it more exciting, I’ll show you a few other tricks to make this effect even better. Although this effect is created with Shotcut, you can make similar effect with other video editors as well....

Budget Laptop for Video Editing - Lenovo Legion 5 15 AMD Ryzen 4800H

If you are thinking of getting a laptop that can edit videos for your business or even just for fun, the Lenovo Legion 5 15 with an AMD Ryzen processor could just be the one for you. Hope you found the video helpful. By the way, I added an extra 8GB RAM just to take advantage of dual channel memory configuration. I think it also writes less to the SSD to preserve the solid state drive....

June 20, 2021 · James Woo

Easy Write On Text Effect Using Any Software

In this video, I will show you how you can use a free webtool to create a “Write On” text animation. It could save you hours because is fast, easy and you avoid manually keyframing the text. Video Editing Training Courses

Time Remap Speed Ramp - New in Shotcut v21.05.01

Shotcut version 21.05.01 has a nice new feature that allows you to do time remapping and/or speed ramp. In this video, I show you how you can create speed ramps and time remapping. It makes your videos much more interesting. While you can do speed changes previously, Time Remap makes this much easier and more versatile. Get Shotcut here totally free. No watermarks. No restrictions. Learn how to make videos fast using Shotcut....

May 6, 2021 · James Woo