Category Archives for "Graphics"
Design Tips for Video Creators Who Kind of Skipped Out on Design School
One of the most pivotal moments in my journey to learn how to incorporate good design into my videos was when I recognized that every single illustration, infographic, and icon I had ever ogled over was the product of someone mastering how to combine shapes and lines. Fundamentally, great design is simply understanding how to […]
Continue readingThe Top Four Graphic Skills Video Creators Need Now
I’ve mentioned repeatedly in our weekly Screencast Video Coaching webinars how poor my graphic skills have always been and, as a video developer, how badly I (Michelle) wish I’d been born with a better eye for visual design. But over the years I’ve been able to compensate for this lack of natural talent by studying […]
Continue readingCreating Custom Call-outs for your Camtasia Studio Screencasts
Camtasia Callouts are images or effects you can add to your videos to create engagement, add information, or bring the viewers attention to certain parts of the screen. I use them in pretty much all my software demos, tutorials and courses. The Camtasia Software does provide a nice assortment of call-outs both in the Callout tab […]
Continue readingCan this PowerPoint be Saved?
In previous posts we’ve looked at using PowerPoint Templates for video and Leveraging PowerPoint Templates in Camtasia Studio. But what if you need to create the PowerPoint Design for your video from scratch? In this post I’m going to show you what I consider a typical, beginner PowerPoint slide and my opinion of what is wrong with […]
Continue readingSneak Peak Inside our Screencast Coaching Sessions
Every week Lon and I meet with a group of fellow video creators for what are known as the Screencast Video Coaching sessions. In these sessions we take questions and critique the student’s videos. In my last session we really didn’t have any question submitted so I spent most of the time sharing cool resources […]
Continue readingSome Common Mistakes with your Visual Design
I was working with a coaching client the other day. We reviewed his first attempt at a training video. For this review, we focused on the video’s visual design. Overall, he did a great job, especially for someone just starting out. However, he made some mistakes that are common to many of the videos I […]
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What Inspires Your Video Creativity?
This morning I sat down to create a video for a new product that Lon and I are launching in a few weeks. It is called “From Lame to Fame” and we show Before and After versions of videos and techniques. We decided that this time I would design a video salespage instead of the […]
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Creating Lower Thirds for Camtasia
In this Screencast QuickTip, I address a member request for improving the look of a graphic he uses in his video called a "Lower Third". Check out Todd’s "Crappy Sample" here: Crappy Sample! Pretty serious lookin’ dude, eh? Ya… serious about making better videos! Lookup swift codes United Kingdom banks 😉 Here’s my tip and […]
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