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Almost every decision you make as a video maker will inevitably have an effect on how you audience perceives what you have created. Whether it is intentional or not there will be an effect and often it's not exactly what you had in mind! Probably the difference between a pro and an amateur is that the pro knows what they are going for and how to do it and with the amatuer.... maybe not so much! One of these sort of "unseen" effects is the camera angle that you use to shoot a scene. Most people are aware of the higher than the subject equals a minimization of that subject and lower has the opposite effect concept. Beyond that there are a multitude of angles you can use either intentionally or not which also have their own result. Check out some of the more common ones in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNviMsi0K0

This is a bit of a deep dive into the subject of story as it applies to video and more specifically the actual video editing itself. Very often you will find tutorials on various parts of video editing but they tend to focus more on the technical aspects rather than what it is you are trying to achieve in editing. In this video Jay goes through the process of editing for story and uses a children's book as an example of how to go about it. It is a really accessible approach and demystifies it all enormously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxQPIHtX64

This is the first lesson in a series of three tutorials on Effects and graphics by the guys at FilmEditingPro. Whist they are aimed at slightly more advanced users they are still useful for anyone wanting to take their editing skills up a notch.

https://www.filmeditingpro.com/visual-effects-for-editors-vfx-graphics-mastery-students/

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Capturing footage from a webcam is a quite straightforward process these days with most video editing software offering the ability from within the interface. In the video below you can see it being done in CyberLink PowerDirector. Like most things there are a few little tweaks you can do to improve the quality and make it easier to incorporate the footage into your projects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRTCc7wsILI

Trend surfing is a legitimate method for jumping on to current trends in an attempt to have one of your videos go viral. Like most things with YouTube nothing is guaranteed but if you are serious about success on YouTube it is a method worth checking out. One viral video can boost your overall channel immensely with the effect rolling out across your other content. It takes a little work but let's face it, if it was easy everyone would be doing it! Here's a video from the guys at Movavi outlining the strategy from start to finish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Ip2ctN-8I

This is a walk-through of creating a logo reveal sequence in Filmora 13. It doesn't really matter if you like Jacky's design or not the important part is to see how he is manipulating the logo to get the effect he wants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyZMVOUW7g4

One overlooked feature in Filmora and many other video editing software programs these days in the screen recorder. Screen recorders used to be standalone programs that actually sold for quite a bit of money back in the day! However seven or eight years ago most of the bigger companies started to just add them for free and most have retained them as well. Interestingly just about all of those screen recorders regardless of what brand tend to look almost exactly the same which makes me suspect they all at least started their lives as the same program. Anyway, for the most part you can just open a screen recorder and use it but like most software you can always extract a little more if you know what you are doing. The video below covers the Filmora screen recorder but most of them look the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF2k0iKvBlE

OK so there is no need for me to explain that inside DaVinci Resolve there is simply a ton of stuff going on! The sheer complication of it all makes it seem somewhat daunting so people tend to keep it very simple and only delve into the absolute basics. The problem with that approach is that you are not really using the power of the program and very often you will be executing tasks in the most inefficient manner! Inside all those knobs and dials and buttons and stuff are a bunch of tools to actually make things easier... who knew! Check this video out for some great ways of using some of those tools to expand your editing and make things easier as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ya3MNMgLs