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#724 Clip Champ: How to add and edit captions

Continuing with Clip Champ (we’ll be experts soon!) Adding captions is easy and has the added benefit that it is actually embedded within the video (eg not reliant on the browser or platform that you use). We’ll show you how to add and edit captions – we even throw in a bit of text-to-speech too… Continue reading #724 Clip Champ: How to add and edit captions

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#718 ClipChamp: More timeline options

In this 1minuteCPD, we look at some further options on the timeline, such as clip speed, clip effects and zoom options. Be sure to check out the previous ClipChamp videos here: Overview of ClipChamp Adding content to ClipChamp Focus on the timeline

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#716 ClipChamp: Focus on the timeline

In this 1minuteCPD video, we take a closer look at the timeline in ClipChamp to make sure you understand what happens when you add videos, sounds, transitions and sound effects. The timeline is the story of your video – it determines what the users see, how long for and what music or audio plays in… Continue reading #716 ClipChamp: Focus on the timeline

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#712 ClipChamp: Adding content to library and using the timeline

In this video (as part of the ClipChamp series) I’ll show you how to add media content (MP3, MP4, images) to the ClipChamp library and then how to use these in the timeline. The timeline is your ‘production’ stage where you can add content and decide on the duration of the media. We’ll explore more… Continue reading #712 ClipChamp: Adding content to library and using the timeline

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#708 Overview of Clip Champ (Video editor)

In Windows 11 Microsoft have added a new Video Editor which has some pretty nifty features in comparison to the previous Video Editor. Some users complained about the lack of features in the previous editor and now some are saying they’ve made it too complicated – but never fear – 1minuteCPD are here to cover… Continue reading #708 Overview of Clip Champ (Video editor)

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#695 Remove the darkness (remove the black bars from a video)

In my previous post, I mentioned one way to remove black bars from video – by simply flipping your phone (or tablet) portrait. In this new post, we’ll use the Microsoft Video (Photo) app as an alternative. This example will show you how to for both images and video. It’s not perfect but it’s better!

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#693 Flip it (Your phone)

Okay so it’s a little bug bear of mine… When I see people shooting video on their phone in portrait mode. It’s so much better if you just rotate your phone for viewing video / recording video and also taking certain photographs – otherwise you can end up with the black bar syndrome. Any black… Continue reading #693 Flip it (Your phone)

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#647 Share an ad-free YouTube link

Often we like to share videos with students from YouTube. Annoyingly, we get pre-video ads and recommended videos. By adding a quick bit of text to the URL, you can share a link without any of the annoying adverts. Here’s how: If your url is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRhdvXUG7bo add _popup between the ‘watch’ and the ‘?’ So… Continue reading #647 Share an ad-free YouTube link

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#586 Loom [2/2]: Video settings and options

In the last post, we introduced Loom – a free screen recording and video recording. In this post, we look at some of the video settings and options once you have recorded your video. Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash