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Good morning, Class! Welcome to Chapter 1 of my 12 Part Series on Video Production for Small Businesses and Non-Profits. Today, we cover several aspects of pre-production, including the different settings you should consider using on your iPhone, audio solutions for loud environments, an inexpensive gadget to stabilize your footage, and a lot more!
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If you would like to skip ahead to a specific section of this video, I have listed everything with their respective time codes below.
00:00 Introduction
00:55 Camera Settings
02:28 Where To Store Your Footage
05:02 To HDR or Not to HDR?
06:22 Audio Solutions When Filming on iPhone
07:58 My Favorite Gadget for Stabilizing Video
10:51 Locking Focus & Manually Adjusting Exposure
12:58 What Camera App Should I Use?
14:27 My Favorite Product to Apply BEFORE Going on Camera
15:53 What To Consider When Filming YOUR Commercial
17:55 Fastest Way to Send Footage From iPhone to Mac
Links to Products We Discussed In This Class
ClipMic Digital 2 Microphone: amzn.to/3e4X1mO
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Good morning, Class! Welcome to Chapter 1 of my 12 Part Series on Video Production for Small Businesses and Non-Profits. Today, we cover several aspects of pre-production, including the different settings you should consider using on your iPhone, audio solutions for loud environments, an inexpensive gadget to stabilize your footage, and a lot more!
✅ Take My Course on “Video Production for Small Businesses": techtalkamerica.thinkific.com ✅
🎬MotionVFX, bit.ly/3yLodPk, the best plugins and templates for Final Cut Pro and Apple Motion is the sponsor of the Course.🎬
Don't want to sign up for the full course but still want to support this channel? Donate whatever amount you want here:
Venmo - venmo.com/techtalkamerica
PayPal - paypal.me/techtalkamerica
If you would like to skip ahead to a specific section of this video, I have listed everything with their respective time codes below.
00:00 Introduction
00:55 Camera Settings
02:28 Where To Store Your Footage
05:02 To HDR or Not to HDR?
06:22 Audio Solutions When Filming on iPhone
07:58 My Favorite Gadget for Stabilizing Video
10:51 Locking Focus & Manually Adjusting Exposure
12:58 What Camera App Should I Use?
14:27 My Favorite Product to Apply BEFORE Going on Camera
15:53 What To Consider When Filming YOUR Commercial
17:55 Fastest Way to Send Footage From iPhone to Mac
Links to Products We Discussed In This Class
ClipMic Digital 2 Microphone: amzn.to/3e4X1mO
Zhiyun Smooth Q3 Gimbal: geni.us/ZhiyunSmoothQV3
Max Shine Control: amzn.to/3wrBoTX
External Hard Drive Solutions:
Solution 1 amzn.to/3k0rZQV
Solution 2 amzn.to/3e4mXPD
Solution 3 amzn.to/3AHh5oW
👉 BOOK A TECH THERAPY SESSION WITH DAVID techtalkamerica.com/techtherapy 👈
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🤑Save 20% Off ANY Version Of Microsoft Office
USE COUPON CODE: Tech20YT (use at checkout)
softwarekeep.com/tech-talk-america
🎵I Use Music from Epidemic Sound.
Try One Month Free With This Link:
share.epidemicsound.com/techtalkamerica
📱My Favorite iPhone Gimbal for UNDER $100
amzn.to/3kq6QQb
FAVORITE GEAR
The Camera I Use: amzn.to/3r9TOYm
The Lights I Use: amzn.to/3rbDPsN
The Microphone I Use: amzn.to/3NuBFPe
DAVID’S PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook facebook.com/NOTSteveJobs
Instagram instagram.com/TheRealDavidACox
DAVID’S DRONING PROVINCETOWN VIDEOS
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David A. Cox
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![How to Merge Photo Libraries [MAC]
Need to merge multiple Apple Photos libraries? Watch this no-fluff tutorial.
There are several ways that you can merge multiple Photos/iPhoto/or Aperture libraries together, but only ONE of those methods is worth your time. Today, Im going to teach you how to use Power Photos to merge multiple libraries.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Setup Process
01:27 Migrate iPhoto or Aperture Libraries
01:41 Migrate Into Existing Library Vs Create A New Library
02:50 How Power Photos Handles Duplicate Albums
03:59 Reconnecting iCloud To A New Library
04:33 Up Next: My Favorite Way To Create A Slideshow
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