Welcome to part 20 in our series on creating effective tutorial-style videos on a budget. Today: Screencasts! Let’s start off with just our basic assumptions: There’s nothing wrong with the informal style, but it takes experience and skill to pull off well, while the style presented here can be done even by beginners, because it…
Read MoreIf you’ve followed this thread for awhile, then I hope by now you’re making great videos. Let’s assume your content is instructive, interesting and well-written, all of your equipment is working the way you want, and you have a good on-camera presence. It’s still possible though that you’re making boring videos. The main reason is…
Read MoreHave you ever finished filming your video segments, inserted them into your video project, and thought “Now I just need a few hours to add the graphics, and I’ll be done!”… but you actually wind up finishing 3 days later? Then it’s time we talked about cutting that time down. There are several aspects to…
Read MoreIn my previous blog post we looked at how to use a green screen to add an extra touch to the tutorial videos you upload to YouTube, particularly focusing on the ambient space for filming, the lighting (both the screen itself and the subject), and the necessary audio and video equipment. The goal of using…
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