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Hi all! For those of you who want to try your had at learning special effects/vfx, you can join in with the VfXercises (in addition to or in place of the regular vexercises, whatever you want!)

We're on to VfXercise 2: 

20-30 second edit, with transitions between shots (bonus if you use 3D transitions). You could put transitions between all of the shots, or just some of them.


Transitions are huge on tiktok and instagram edits, and there are a million tutorials for AE transitions (or video star); I played around with them, but also wanted to tone them down a bit for a more vidding-like aesthetic

I made two videos as examples/learning the ropes myself!

I used this tutorial for the glitch transition video - he goes super fast but I paused a lot :D 

And I used this tutorial (though just the radial wipe) for the stage mix
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Hi folks! We're on to Vexercise 5!  You can of course do the OG version, as follows: 

Produce a 1 minute video edit from your selected source, in which lyrical interpretation ( guides your shot choice. You could interpret the lyrics literally or metaphorically/suggestively. Once you have completed this video, choose selected lyrics to incorporate creatively as text within the video. Then make a version of this video with the text, but substituting the original audio with a different piece of music that has no lyrics.

OR you can do a version with keyframes for moving text and text masking: 

Follow the guidelines for the OG version, but try using key frames for moving text or text masking. (Links for tutorials and examples coming soon)

Here are a couple of short tutorials for Premiere that I've found helpful. If you know of others, for Premiere or for other editing tools, please share in the comments and I'll add them to this post. 
 
Inspirations for typography (a whole playlist!) And feel free to rec more in the comments! 
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 So I've been trying to learn Davinci Resolve for my vexercises, because it looks *really* cool and has some things I miss from FCP and some other things that just seem really good for vidding specifically. And this morning I found a really excellent and not super long tutorial that I feel gives everything you need to know just to start basic vidding on Resolve. 

It's this! 


I will also add this tutorial to the tech page, but I thought I'd make a post here so people can see.

I really am liking resolve! I've just made two really simple pikachus, and it's taking a while to get used to certain quirks, but overall it feels like a really good vidding tool

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 So let's talk tech!

For those of you already set on your editing software, what are you planning on using?

For those of you just starting out, what hardware (Mac, PC, chromebook, ipad?) are you planning on using? Have you tried any editing software before? 

Here are a couple of lists of current software options that seem pretty comprehensive to me...

Free

Full list with prices listed

Out of these, I (Lola) have used Premiere (what I use now), Final Cut Pro (which I love), and imovie, which is not non-linear and I found very frustrating for vid-making.

I also use the iPad app Lumafusion, which is pretty amazing for an ipad app. 

I have heard really good things about Davinci Resolve -- it's free and apparently as powerful or more than Premiere. I'm thinking of downloading it today and trying to make a set of pechakuchas on it, so if anyone wants to join me on that adventure, please do! 

I've also heard good things about Wondershare Filmora as a somewhat affordable and intuitive first step video editing software. 

A few tutorials on YouTube I dug up that seem good: 

Excellent Davinci Resolve Tutorial
Another Davinci Resolve Tutorial

A whole tutorial playlist on Filmora 

LumaFusion Tutorial for Beginners

Also, there are some great affordable tools for screengrabbing and downloading (like, from YouTube).

4K downloader is stellar for getting HQ files from YouTube (I'm trying to think, I may have had to go premium to get the 1080p...
and Movavi is great for screencapturing things, well, playing on your screen

We can add to this list as I find more and get a sense of what software folks are using!

Comment below with any questions, suggestions, or resources!! 



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