Time to Make a Video, Part 2

Creating your first video can be a daunting experience, and this week’s guest has to do it in front of the entire The Visual Lounge audience!

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by return guest Kassy LaBorie, Founder and Principal Consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting, LLC., as she navigates the ins and outs of creating her own video.

Matt takes her through some editing basics, such as cutting, adding all sorts of media to her finished video, and even how to pick some accompanying music.

Kassy is the Original Virtual Training Hero, and she’s on a mission to transform the virtual learning space into a more interactive, interesting, and engaging one. She specializes in developing trainers to be engaging and effective when facilitating programs in platforms such as Zoom, WebEx, Adobe Connect, and others.

Learning points from the episode include:

• 00:00 – 03:26 Intro
• 03:27 – 10:47 Preparing and scripting your video
• 10:48 – 12:06 Matt and Kassy discuss editing issues
• 12:07 – 18:40 Adding your assets to Camtasia
• 18:41 – 19:53 What’s the right size for your video
• 19:54 – 29:02 Cutting your video
• 29:03 – 34:10 Cutting your audio with Audiate
• 34:11 – 43:49 Adding assets to your video
• 43:50 – 46:27 Adding themes and your brand colors
• 46:28 – 47:46 Matt explains Z-order
• 47:47 – 53:30 Using Screen recordings in your video
• 53:31 – 55:00 Fine-tuning the B-roll
• 55:01 – 59:43 Adding music to your video
• 59:44 – 01:02:59 Adding animations
• 01:03:00 – 01:05:05 Tweaking final details and exporting the video file
• 01:05:06 – 01:11:30 Matt’s final pieces of advice  
• 01:11:31 – 01:15:19 Outro

Important links and mentions:

• Kassy LaBorie Consulting: https://kassyconsulting.com/
• Connect with Kassy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kassylaborie/
• Learn more about Content 10x: https://www.content10x.com/

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