CREATOR TOOLBOX

Tool: Kdenlive - New Ways to Use Dynamic Text Description: Did you know that video files have attributes (meta data) included within that describe the file? These can be used to include customized text information that can be read, stylized, even animated with Kdenlive! See how to get the most use out of the Dynamic Text effect and make it work to your advantage using other free tools to compliment the process, like VLC and Atomic Parsley! Review: https://youtu.be/Quz_exBYczk           Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: FFMpeg - How to create Animated GIFS with Transparent backgrounds Description: FFMpeg guide for converting media files into animated GIFs with transparent backgrounds Review: https://youtu.be/64qbLNa67GU Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

   Tool: Kdenlive - How to Speed Up Rendering Description: Kdenlive tutorial to create a custom render preset and speed up exporting Review: https://youtu.be/9fG3yYcHcfw Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3  

   Tool: Motion Tracking with AI Models in KDEnlive Description: KDEnlive has included newly enhanced motion tracking capabilities, leveraging AI models discriminate distinct visual elements and then translate the tracked movement to reusable keyframes.  Review: https://youtu.be/wJtGULPaTCE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

   Tool: FlexClip Description: A simple yet powerful video maker that creates marketing videos and family stories in minutes.  Platform: Chrome Download: https://www.flexclip.com/ Review: https://youtu.be/ogU3kz8zuzY Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 1 Costs: Free, Paid Plans

     Tool: OBS Overlays - Concept Description: Using basic HTML, CSS, and jQuery coding, it's possible to create powerful overlays in OBS using the Browser source. It centers around the idea of using transparency styling and jQuery to compile on-demand animation. High quality animated overlays can be created with just a few lines of simple code, right overtop your video! Download free samples on the Photolearningism GitHub - https://github.com/Photolearningism/Obs_Overlays Review: https://youtu.be/6iygHy-qVU4 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

        Tool: Olive Description: ALPHA RELEASE (limited feature support) Olive 0.2 seeks to provide powerful and flexible node-based compositing. Node editing is a form of visual programming that gives you full control over how Olive renders your video. Rather than a "fixed" pipeline where one effect occurs after the other, nodes allow you to connect anything to anything else allowing a ton of flexibility for creating effects. You'll be able to create virtually any effect without writing a single line of code (or waiting for us to implement it for you). Additionally, these nodes can be copied and pasted into text allowing them to be shared extremely easily. Edit video with timeline editing.  Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux Download: https://www.olivevideoeditor.org/download.php Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9v0rd04njc Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4 Costs: Free

       Tool: FFmpeg Description: FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they were designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. It is also highly portable: FFmpeg compiles, runs, and passes our testing infrastructure FATE across Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, the BSDs, Solaris, etc. under a wide variety of build environments, machine architectures, and configurations. Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris Download: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html Review: https://youtu.be/2W4Z9_jwlgE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Free

      Tool: Adobe Premiere Pro Description: Edit footage in any format, from 8K to virtual reality. Native file support, lightweight proxy workflows, and faster ProRes HDR let you work the way you want with your media, even on mobile workstations. Premiere Pro works seamlessly with other apps and services, including Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Stock. Open a Motion Graphics template from After Effects, customize one from Adobe Stock, or integrate with hundreds of third-party extensions. Platform: Windows, Mac Download: https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html Review: https://youtu.be/7mvnGiLS7dU Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Monthly License

Tool: Splice Description: Simple yet powerful, Splice makes it easy to create fully customized, professional-looking videos on your iPhone, iPad. Imagine the performance of a desktop editor, optimized for your mobile device. Just tap to trim clips, adjust transitions, add slow motion effects and more to create beautiful videos you’ll love to share. It’s never been easier to edit like a pro on the go. Platform: Android, iPhone Download: IPHONE = https://apps.apple.com/us/app/splice-video-editor-maker/id409838725 ANDROID = https://apkpure.com/splice/net.free.splice.video.pro.editor.videos.photosplice.videoeditor Review: https://youtu.be/xITfqR2CEmY Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free

   Tool: iMovie Description: With a streamlined design and intuitive Multi-Touch gestures, iMovie lets you create Hollywood-style trailers and beautiful movies like never before. Platform: iPhone Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193 Review: https://youtu.be/3fKt1YmrIjE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free

  Tool: VLC Media Player Description: VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Platform: Android, iPhone, Linux, MAC, Windows Download: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Review: https://youtu.be/d38hgXjA9uE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4 Costs: Free

  Tool: DaVinci Resolve Description: Innovative tools for editing including the revolutionary new cut page, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio post production, all in a single application! Platform: Windows, MAC, Linux Download: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ Review: https://youtu.be/1h-L4YOEU1o Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: One Time License Fee

  Tool: Digicam Control Description: Control your camera settings remotely from your Windows PC via USB.Trigger image capture via release button on the camera or remotely from your computer.Handhold the camera, shoot, and have the resulting images displayed on the computer monitor. Platform: Windows Download: http://digicamcontrol.com/download Review: https://youtu.be/s1JqcdV6Y00 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free

  Tool: EpocCam Description: Turn your phone into a webcam for free Works great with Skype, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and many, many more applications. Ready to go in 3 minutes or less. Platform: Android, iPhone Download: https://www.kinoni.com/ Review: https://youtu.be/HMZWbTH7wSQ Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free

  Tool: Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Description: Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Platform: Linux, MAC, Windows Download: https://obsproject.com/download Review: https://youtu.be/gspT1_PHplw Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free .

  Tool: KDEnLive Description: ​Kdenlive is an acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. Through the MLT framework, Kdenlive integrates many plugin effects for video and sound processing or creation. Platform: Linux, Windows Download: https://kdenlive.org/en/download/ Review: https://youtu.be/pAkCYRTiBaQ Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Free