Brodie
YTTalk Shape Shifter
Hi there, so...many of the big time youtubers like smosh, freddiew, corridor digital etc, have expensive equipment and software for their videos, and people who want to make good videos are often discouraged by this of the fact they don't have the same programs as these youtubers, therefor, an idea is developed that without fancy software and equipment making a good video is not possible. Well that's WRONG!
These people who do fancy special effects may use after effects or cinema 4d, which are hard to get a hold of considering the price tag, but really these programs won't make the video any better. It's all down to you to make a decent video, the editors don't edit by themselves! Someone has had the skill to know what to do and see what makes a good video, you could have after effects but not be able to make a realistic effect, it is the person who makes it good, not the software. Free programs like imovie (if you are on mac) and windows movie makes (on pc) are able to cut, caption and transition, that's all it takes to make a good film. If you have the right knowledge then you can make an awesome video with jump cuts and music with a simple program. If you can cut clips and put them together, your ready to go! Short films with no editing done at all have won awards, so a program isn't going to change the video quality, same goes for equipment, if you know how to be creative you can make your own fancy camera techniques.
The ups and downs are, starting with ups. You can make some really good stuff with the ability to cut and add music, and you can do this for free with the free editing software's with mac and pc's. Even with other free downloadable software you can do some really cool professional looking stuff for the price of $0. The downs are that without the fancy software some special effects like 3D bullet, green screening or other sort of thing like that, but hey, most of these things are up for a free 30 day trial! So there's no reason not to be able to try some fancy software. And as for cameras, all I can say, is that the resolution means nothing, if you make something good the entertainment side of it will overcome the quality. As you go on it will be good to get better software and cameras but usually it is best to start off basic learn more about harder stuff, and work you way up
These people who do fancy special effects may use after effects or cinema 4d, which are hard to get a hold of considering the price tag, but really these programs won't make the video any better. It's all down to you to make a decent video, the editors don't edit by themselves! Someone has had the skill to know what to do and see what makes a good video, you could have after effects but not be able to make a realistic effect, it is the person who makes it good, not the software. Free programs like imovie (if you are on mac) and windows movie makes (on pc) are able to cut, caption and transition, that's all it takes to make a good film. If you have the right knowledge then you can make an awesome video with jump cuts and music with a simple program. If you can cut clips and put them together, your ready to go! Short films with no editing done at all have won awards, so a program isn't going to change the video quality, same goes for equipment, if you know how to be creative you can make your own fancy camera techniques.
The ups and downs are, starting with ups. You can make some really good stuff with the ability to cut and add music, and you can do this for free with the free editing software's with mac and pc's. Even with other free downloadable software you can do some really cool professional looking stuff for the price of $0. The downs are that without the fancy software some special effects like 3D bullet, green screening or other sort of thing like that, but hey, most of these things are up for a free 30 day trial! So there's no reason not to be able to try some fancy software. And as for cameras, all I can say, is that the resolution means nothing, if you make something good the entertainment side of it will overcome the quality. As you go on it will be good to get better software and cameras but usually it is best to start off basic learn more about harder stuff, and work you way up
