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 video10:48 – 12:06 Matt and Kassy discuss editing issues12:07 – 18:40 Adding your assets to Camtasia18:41 – 19:53 What’s the right size for your video19:54 – 29:02 Cutting your video29:03 – 34:10 Cutting your audio with Audiate34:11 – 43:49 Adding assets to your video43:50 – 46:27 Adding themes and your brand colors46:28 – 47:46 Matt explains Z-order 47:47 – 53:30 Using Screen recordings in your video53:31 – 55:00 Fine-tuning the B-roll 55:01 – 59:43 Adding music to your video59:44 – 01:02:59 Adding animations01:03:00 – 01:05:05 Tweaking final details and exporting the video file01:05:06 – 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/Learn more about the TechSmith Academy.To watch the full video, go to our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/kpA2WuWoeRM