CREATOR TOOLBOX

Tool: Creating the Ultimate Portable Editing Studio with Kdenlive and SanshowSD Description: Build a fully portable editing studio using Kdenlive's standalone Windows version and Linux Appimage! See how to create a fully flexible installation to move back and forth between Windows and Linux, using the same project files and media resources. Special to this video, see the advantages of using a memory card and the game-changing improvements this can bring! Please show some love to SanShowSD by visiting the following link and considering their great products! Review: https://youtu.be/p9-FozAq1v0 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

  Tool: Krita Tips - DIY Custom Brushes And Packaging Tricks Description: Walk through easy steps to create your own custom brush tips from scratch, then learn how to create packages or bundles to share them! Walk through using the pixel engine on a basic level to see the options and add a healthy degree of customization to your very own brushes!  Review: https://youtu.be/X7zU_ix9DnE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Kdenlive - Learn How To Create Impressive Knife Throwing Visual Effects Description: Let's pull apart how to simulate knife throwing in Kdenlive, using out of the box effects in clever ways! See how using simple effects, such as Transform, Corners, and Box Blur can create power visual effects when used together.  Review: https://youtu.be/NuSguPEbcls Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Krita - How to Outline Anything Description: Learn the (nearly-hidden) secret to adding outline to anything in Krita! Follow simple steps to work with simple objects, complex objects, and finally text! Explore using the wand selector and converting layers to selection masks.  Review: https://youtu.be/KmoGlOXCnbw Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Kdenlive - How to Create the Warp Effect Description: Test out some creative uses of the Defish effect in Kdenlive and see how to invert the lens correction to make realistic space-bending, warp effects, just like in Star Trek! Walk through the layers and how this can be created in about four minutes.  Review: https://youtu.be/SukHxnhKz_4 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

Tool: Kdenlive - Space Ship Visual Effect Description: Following in the footsteps of "traditional" visual effects, I'm working with a model and creating motion in space using camera motion and post compositing. Walk through using Kdenlive to mask out the space ship model and learn how to leverage the "Mask Apply" effect - See how to bind effects to a masked area and shortcut creating complex masks over many frames.  Review: https://youtu.be/P1gdb5ivHAg Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4

Tool: Kdenlive - Floating Apple Special Effect With No Greenscreen Description: Learn how to use Kdenlive to create the realistic floating apple special effect, using a traditional approach to special effects and powerful masking and keyframe animation features! The technique is simple, but very effective with a little planning and patience. See every step needed, including how to compose the shot and what to watch out for when creating the effect.  Review: https://youtu.be/S1kTzl-WNa4 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Create Your Own Color Grading with LutCreator Description: Learn how to use a FREE Look-Up Table (LUT) creator tool called LutCreator to tone and color grade your video projects! Achieve that cold, dry, or warm look! Follow me through editing a neutral LUT in Krita, then applying the grading in Kdenlive! Review: https://youtu.be/iLpTCvXcUQ8 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

Tool: Every Tool You Need for Content Creation (For Free!) - EBOOK AVAILABLE! Description: Getting started in content creation can invoke many juxtaposing emotions, like excitement and happiness to fear and disappointment. This guide surfaces free tools and startup steps to jump quickly through learning how to get things done and hop straight into the creative process. Knowing how to begin is sometimes just the right motivation for getting passed the question, "Where do I start?" Please understand that these tools will not help to answer the question of "Why am I creating?" This information will be most effective if you've taken the time to identify why you want to create and what you will create. Knowing those two things prior to deciding how to get things done will make this guide much more useful. If you need help answering these two fundamental pillars, I'd suggest taking a look at my eBook Next Steps: Approaching Content Creation Strategically. Beyond t...