Achieving a fantastic online course is more or less equivalent to creating one or more great videos for your students. Luckily, nowadays video production is not just a privilege of the professionals. Impressive techniques that are popular amongst the experienced moviemakers have become available to beginners too. Affordable software and easy-to-use apps empower you as a course maker and unleash your creativity resulting in impressive instructional videos.
When it comes to video editing, you may be wondering what’s the best tool to use. The plethora of available software makes it even harder to choose. We did the hard work and the testing and curated the best software for you. So, let us guide you through the most popular and consumer-friendly video editing tools on the market.
Here are the top 21 tools we selected and tested for you. Let’s see what suits your needs...
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Terrific collection of video tools. Recommended reading.
Up until recently, you also needed to have someone in your team who knows their way around technology for creating and editing videos.
Luckily, there is now a plethora of video tools that make the process painless and surprisingly affordable.
Lumen5 is one of those tools. Now let’s see what this video creation platform is all about.
How it Works
Lumen5 is a perfect tool for marketers and business owners who blog. Why? Because it helps them easily turn blog posts into videos they can share on social media.
After a quick signup, you’ll be able to use Lumen5 for free to create short and shareable videos from any link.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Lumen5 simplifies video creation process, enabling you to promote your business on social media with the most shareable and engaging type of content.
Slides features beautiful, modern templates and dazzling designs, with a dash of PowToon’s quirky, animatedly entertaining style. You can also fully customize your #Slides presentation within the PowToon Studio.
This short video was produced to show how quick and easy it is to produce a video from an existing blog post using the free Lumen 5 video tool.
Lumen 5 is an AI-powered video creation platform that turns blog posts into engaging videos. Using the tool is easy, intuitive and surprisingly fast. After producing a few Lumen 5 videos, I expect you could create one in as little as 10 minutes from existing content like a blog post. You can see my original blog post here http://bit.ly/LaoTzu8 to compare it with the video produced so effortlessly.
The creative and marketing possibilities are very intriguing and so far Lumen 5 is free although it may offer more features for a price in the future. For now, it's an interesting tool to explore.
Businesses, bloggers, trainers, authors and really anyone can use it to produce social content to drive audience engagement online. Great thing is you can focus on your message, visuals and creativity without having to touch the technology.
You can get more info and demos for the app at www.lumen5.com.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
With Lumen 5, producing video content for social media is simple, easy, intuitive and fast. My demo was taken from an older blog post about writing for the internet. Lots of potential for this tool.
With Lumen 5, producing video content for social media is simple, easy intuitive and fast. My demo was taken from an older blog post about writing for the internet. Lots of potential for this tool.
Whether you’re looking to spice up a home movie or polish a professional video, production music has the unique ability to add a masterful touch to your project.
And Free Stock Music wants to give you the absolute best production music — without charging you a dime!
With daily additions to our free soundtrack music library, we’re committed to helping you find the perfect song.As a registered user, all of the songs on the site are available to you and you may use them freely and legally in your own projects, royalty free....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Expand your creative voice with professional-quality Free Stock Music. Browse hundreds of royalty-free loops, tracks and sounds. Start downloading today! Great, free resource.
It was recently announced that Instagram has doubled its monthly active user base since 2014, which means a lot more people are viewing and sharing photos. Plus, visual content is 40X more likely to get shared on social media than other types. In other words, people like to be shown, not told -- and in turn, they share.
For that reason, it's important for marketers to know how to create compelling visuals for their business' social networks and blogs. And while it can be worth putting the investment of time and money into photo editing software on your computer, many of us are exclusively using our phones to take pictures and could stand to edit them without uploading them to a desktop.
That's especially true when you're posting in real time, like at an event. Luckily, there are tons of great photo and video editing apps out there for mobile devices -- some of them even cost a few bucks. But which are the best, free or paid? Check out our shortlist below....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Check out HubSpot's list of the best photo and video editing apps for mobile devices.
Today, Roberto Blake is with us to explore how quality videos are produced.
Roberto Blake, a visual and video marketing expert, has a popular YouTube channel where he teaches YouTube marketing and video editing. You can find out more at RobertoBlake.com.
Roberto explores the ins and outs of producing quality videos. You’ll discover tools you need for video production.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Solid video production tips from Roberto Blake on the Social Media Examiner podcast. Best quote: "...if business people use video to address commonly expressed customer pain points, they’re essentially buying back some of their time..."
Callnote is a free downloadable software for both Mac and PC which allows you to record Skype, Google Hangouts, GotoMeeting/GoToWebinar and WebEx events, including the capability to record what is shown on the screen, or the video part(s) of a call.
Free version. Only limitation is a maximum of 30 recordings per month and no video editing abilities.
Robin Good shares an excellent tool called Callnote - a free downloadable software for both Mac and PC which allows you to record Skype, Google Hangouts, GotoMeeting/GoToWebinar and WebEx events. Easy to use, recommended reading.
Robin Good shares an excellent tool called Callnote - a free downloadable software for both Mac and PC which allows you to record Skype, Google Hangouts, GotoMeeting/GoToWebinar and WebEx events. Easy to use, recommended reading.
YouTube has released a cluster of new products designed to help small businesses and first-time video advertisers record and publish videos in a bid to broaden the pool of potential media buyers using the online video service.
The quality of the resulting ads is, of course, largely dependent on the performances given by the people in it. And getting potential customers to see such an ad is another challenge altogether, but the basic production tools have been provided for free....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
YouTube provides free video tools to help small business produce video.
What if I told you I had a resource for you that would allow you to create beautiful, visually stunning social media posts, web stories and animated videos quickly and easily?
If you can type text, you can use this tool!
It’s really that simple. Would you be interested in hearing more? If so, I gotcha covered! Adobe, yes, THE Adobe has rolled out a brand new web-based platform and iOS apps that incorporate the best of three of their mobile apps, Adobe Voice, Adobe Slate and Adobe Post. The new Adobe Spark suite includes Adobe Spark Video, Adobe Spark Page and Adobe Spark Post....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Adobe Spark – a free tool from Adobe – will help you quickly create graphics and video says Kim Garst.
Recording a video with the ilos screen recorder is fast and simple. You can run the recorder from you browser or desktop. Select a custom area or your full screen, turn your microphone on or off and click record. Download videos to your computer, or share them with a link. You can access all the videos you create from your ilos account....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
ilos is an excellent video creation tool. It allows you to simply and quickly capture screenshots as video and record your narration at the same time with one click. Sharing is easy by URL or embedding on a website. The free account gives you five videos per month and the Pro account is $120 per month with unlimited screen recordings and video uploads. Try the free account and see if you find it easy too.
ilos is an excellent video creation tool. It allows you to simply and quickly capture screenshots as video and record your narration at the same time with one click. Sharing is easy by URL or embedding on a website. The free account gives you five videos per month and the Pro account is $120 per month with unlimited screen recordings and video uploads. Try the free account and see if you find it easy too.
Wideo is a neat service for creating animated, Common Craft style videos in your web browser. I've been using and talking about the service for a couple of years now. Recently, Wideo added a new feature that allows you to generate presentations from your videos.
When you create a video in Wideo you do so by dragging and dropping clipart and text in storyboard frames. You set the position and animation sequence for each element in each storyboard frame. When you have completed your storyboards Wideo generates a video for you. The new presentation mode in Wideo will allow you to present each frame of your video independently just like in a slideshow....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Richard Byrne shares a look at Wideo, a cool video and presentation tool priced very reasonably. Worth exploring. 9/10
Create animated presentations quickly with a range of templates and icons, or you can upload your own. The free version limits you to a 45 sec. presentation.
Social media platforms continue releasing tools to generate and distribute videos, to help users reach new followers and build their communities.
Here is a list of new and updated video tools for social media. There are tools for live streaming, collaborating with others, distributing content, editing, and shooting 360 degree video.
There's a good chance you already have video editing software installed on your computer. For Windows, that's Windows Movie Maker, and for Macs, it's iMovie. But depending on your particular skill set and what it is you're trying to accomplish with your videos, you may find that these options aren't packed with enough features.
The good news: There are several free video editing solutions you can download that run the gamut from super simple to Hollywood-level powerful. Use these to start making videos today....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Need to do some video editing but don't want to spend an arm and a leg on software? Check out Hubspot's list of the best free video editing software available.
Need to do some video editing but don't want to spend an arm and a leg on software? Check out Hubspot's list of the best free video editing software available.
Slidely - Create, share and discover visual moments in beautiful and creative ways. Use our slideshow, video and collage maker to turn your photos and videos into stunning collections.
Video content has exploded in popularity, and it’s no wonder. Consumers find video engaging, compelling and convincing — so much so that they’re anywhere from 64% to 85% more likely to buy after viewing a video.
There’s a lot to think about, from actually shooting the video to post production, finding copyright free music and more. Equipment quality, lighting expertise, editing skill and audio optimization still matter a great deal (more than ever, in fact).
So while the barriers to entry for video creation have been reduced, the barriers to creating exceptional video have actually skyrocketed.
In this column, we’re going to explore some really useful places to find one element that can make your marketing and product videos way more professional and polished: background music....
2017 is the year of video marketing. According to HighQ & Digital Information World, online video will account for 74% of all web traffic. 500 million people are watching Facebook videos every day. If your lack of video creation skills has been holding you back, it’s time to take a leap of faith.
I asked Ali Mirza, a Digital Marketing Strategist and a Growth Hacker, to list affordable and usable tools for video storytelling. According to Ali, for your business to gain the visibility and success it deserves, you need to master these five video tools. With these tools, you can create compelling stories without being on the camera....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Camera shy? Here are five useful tools to create video without going on camera.
Like a lot of other social studies teachers, I love videos. I often joke that I became asocial studies teacher so that I could run the filmstrip. (If you don’t get the filmstrip reference, ask someone born before 1980). Here are some tools for creating and sharing videos.
WeVideo (http://wevideo.com/) offers the most features of any of the tools in this list. Itis an online video creation tool that I have written about many times over the last few years. WeVideo offers templates that new users can follow to create their first videos. Advanced WeVideo users can skip the templates, use the full editor, and apply themes totheir videos by choosing them from the themes menu in the editor. In the video editoryou can upload your own media clips or use stock media clips to produce your video.
WeVideo's Google Drive app allows you to save all of your video projects in your GoogleDrive account. WeVideo also offers an Android app and an iPhone app that students canuse to capture images and video footage to add to their projects.Stupeflix (https://studio.stupeflix.com/) allows you to create audio slideshow videos up to twenty minutes in length. You do not need to register in order to create a video on Stupeflix. You can and should register if you want to be able to go back and edit your video after it has been published. To create a video on Stupeflix start by choosing a theme for your video then uploading pictures from your computer.
If you don't have any pictures on your computer you can importing some from your Flickr, Facebook, or Instagram account. Once your pictures are uploaded or imported you can drag and drop them into the sequence in which you want them to appear. You can layer text on each image. To add sound to your video you can select a soundtrack for the entire video or layer sound on each image individually. Stupeflix provides a nice gallery of free soundtracks that you can use or you can import your own audio tracks. When you're ready to see your finished product, click the preview button before publishing your video....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Richard Byrne provides great social media tools and tips for teachers but they're also excellent for marketing, PR and training. The video tools suggested are worth checking out.
Gifs.com is the fastest way to create animated gifs from Youtube, Facebook, Vimeo and other video sites. Just upload your own video or paste in a URL and click create a gif.
Gif anything in seconds
A YouTube video, an NBA game, a Twitch stream — anything.
Supercharged effects at your fingertips
Make your gif black and white. Maybe add a caption. Maybe two. Do literally whatever. Our editor has tons of effects. Count’m: tons.
ifs.com is the fastest way to create animated gifs from Youtube, Facebook, Vimeo and other video sites. Just upload your own video or paste in a URL and click create a gif....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
This is one very cool social marketing video tool and a lot of fun to play with. Highly recommended! 10/10
Ever felt the urge to launch a YouTube channel, only to find that the results don’t quite pass muster? Astonished by the high production values of the other shows, and concerned how you will manage to find your own audience, lost in the shadows of the established, big budget sites?
Now is the time to put those doubts aside.
Whether you want to make reaction videos or one of the other popular YouTube video types, if you don’t have the best tools, there’s a good chance that your efforts will be overlooked.
The problem is you don’t have a 4K video camera, professional microphone, or Adobe Premier. You don’t have a studio, a Chroma green/blue screen, or the time to put into editing a video together.
But as of now, you don’t need any of these things. The future is here – and it’s called Showbox....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Want to create video for YouTube? Check out a new, easy to use app called Showbox.
Mistakes happen, especially when you’re getting started with video. But, just because you made a mistake doesn’t mean you didn’t learn anything from it.
Rocky hosted a Blab along with special guests Britney Clapp & Drew Keller where he talked all about video mistakes our team has made and what we learned from those mistakes.
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Terrific collection of video tools. Recommended reading.