To get the most out of editing videos in Adobe's Premiere Pro you'll want to use external programs to do more advanced multi-cam syncing, film emulation, color correcting, color grading, de-noising footage, and more.
In this video I walk through the best programs to use alongside Premiere Pro.
Read MoreTwo of the most powerful features of Premiere Pro are warp stabilizer, for reducing the shake in video footage, and the color grading options.
In this video I walkthrough how to use the Lumetri Color Panel to correct and grade footage as well as how to fine tune the warp stabilizer.
Read MoreUsing Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos and being a subscriber to Creative Cloud means that you can use Adobe's entire line software as well as sync your settings on multiple computers.
In this video I discuss various price options available, how it works with multiple computers and how to sync workspaces, keyboard shortcuts and other settings between multiple devices.
Read MoreOne of the best reasons to use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos is how well it connects with Audition for audio sweetening and After Effects for motion graphics and other effects (like motion tracking or keying out a green screen).
In this video I'll show how to use a dynamic link between Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, and After Effects.
Read MoreOne of my favorite features of Premiere Pro is the custom workspaces you can create.
In this video I'll show you what each of the default options are helpful for and how to create your own custom workspaces.
This is first of five videos in a series about why you should use Premiere to edit videos. We'll be doing this over the next two weeks leading up to the launch of our course on Adobe Premiere Pro. More on that over the next couple weeks.
Read MoreFinding music to legally use in your videos is already tough enough. You don't want to waste a ton of time figuring out where you should look.
In this video I show you three free and two paid places to find royalty free music for your videos. (And none of these companies have paid me anything to recommend them, so you know, you can trust me and stuff.)
Read MoreIt's one of those questions that is best answered with "it depends" because there are so many variables, but there is a real answer if you dig deep enough.
How long should a web video be?
In this episode we discuss why the length of your videos should differ in length depending on the style of them, the platform they're on, whether you're entertaining or teaching, and what the goals for it are.
(And no, we don't just say "two to five minutes", which is what every other website on the web likes to recommend.)
Read MoreSo you're working on editing a video, but you're stuck. You keep finding other things to work on when really you should just be pushing through to finish what you've already started. You don't know what's holding you up and the video isn't what you want it to be, so you just keep putting it off.
In today's episode of the podcast we discuss Video Editor's Block and how to overcome it. We lay out 9 different things you can do when you feel like you hit a wall on the videos you're editing.
Hopefully listening to this episode will get you back on track and have you releasing your in-progress videos much, much sooner.
Read MoreOne of the questions I get the most is which video editing software I use to make videos.
I talked in detail about all the different options for video editing software in episode fifteen of the audio podcast, but I wanted an even quicker way to share my answer with people, so I put together a quick video.
In this episode I discuss 7 different pieces of video editing software, ranging from free to professional, and give recommendations on which you should use right now or in the future.
Read MoreVideo editing already takes long enough, so let's speed things up with some of my favorite keyboard shortcuts and save you some time.
In this video I show you 37 different keyboard shortcuts I use while editing videos.
Also, I've created custom keyboard shortcuts that I've pulled from other video editors I've learned from in-person and online, so these aren't the default shortcuts built into Premiere, but if you're just getting started, practice learning the built-in shortcuts first by hovering over buttons before clicking them or seeing the command to the right of the action in the drop-down menus.
Read MoreIt takes a lot of work for a video to go from what what's recorded on a memory card to a finish video that someone can watch online.
In this video I show my video editing process and post-production workflow for the videos I make for this site and for my clients.
Read MoreWhether you don’t like to edit video, you’ve shot so much you don’t have time to get through it, or you’re just trying to outsource and focus on what you do best, hiring a video editor might be just the thing you need to consistently create and ship videos.
In today’s episode I talk with my video editor, Tim Krupa, about ten things you should consider before hiring a video editor.
We talk about the best ways to communicate before production about scripting and b-roll, what to expect in regards to contracts and payments, what web apps we use for video revisions with clients, and more.
Read MoreIf you sit down to edit your video and it looks too dark or too bright, you can usually fix it in post.
In this video I'll describe how to fix the your video's exposure while editing in Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro and iMovie.
And if you're using different video editing software than the ones I'm showing, the fundamentals are the same, so watch and then apply them to your app of choice.
Read MoreAs if shooting videos didn't already take enough time, editing can take even longer.
But there is a little trick I picked up that helps me get through the first draft while editing a video in less than half the time.
Once you know it, you won't have to watch through all the footage you shot to pull out the best takes and delete the bad ones.
You can learn this trick in less than two minutes by watching the video in this post, on YouTube, or using iTunes.
Read MoreMaking a team-based productivity app interesting in videos isn't easy to do, but Asana has done an amazing job of making high quality and engaging videos not only to market their app, but to teach and inspire people to use it as well.
Once I saw some of their videos I immediately wanted to find out who was behind them. Specifically, I wanted to know how they made the screen recorded sections of their videos look so good.
In today's episode I talk with Joey Dello Russo, an NYU film school grad that formerly worked at Asana and was the major creative force behind Asana's use of video.
In it, he shares a ton of detail about the process for how he made each of the videos, how he got other employees at the company involved in them, and the steps he takes for making screen recordings look amazing.
Read MoreCommenters on YouTube love to ask what camera, microphone, and editing software are used to make the videos. Since I already covered the first two, today I'm answering the third.
I've used many different video editing programs over the past decade, but now I only use a couple.
In this episode I talk through six different video editing programs (from free to pro) and help you figure out which one is best for you and your budget. I also share one bonus app that saves me a ton of time and frustration when I'm syncing video for multiple cameras with my external audio recordings.
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