Natasha Lane Design Co.

Sound is really important when it comes to video. Here’s how I record my voice for my videos. Don’t worry, it’s really simple and easy to do.

If the audio in your videos is crappy, no one will want to watch your videos. I mean, what’s the point if they can’t hear you or understand what you’re talking about.

How I record my voice for my videos

In this video, I’m going to show you how I record my voice for my YouTube videos.

If you don’t know, I’m all about having a simple set up that’s efficient and convenient. That means I’m really lazy, but mostly I don’t like wasting my time.

That’s why this video will be really short and easy because I really only need 2 things, and that’s my mic and Garageband.

So let’s get to it.

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Can video editing fix everything? Even though my videos would suck without video editing, I know that it can’t fix all my problems. Make your video editing easier by avoiding these mistakes.

Can video editing fix everything?

If you think video editing will fix all your problems, then you’re wrong. Video editing can’t fix these mistakes. If you want to find out more, keep watching.

I’ve said this before in a previous video, but my videos would definitely suck without video editing.

Even if I know that, I also know that video editing does not fix everything. So if you’re here to get some video editing tips or you’re a beginner at video editing here are some things to avoid to make video editing easy for you.

Bad lighting

Let’s start with lighting. Video editing will not fix bad lighting or at least not 100%. You can brighten up a video and balance color, but it doesn’t totally fix the problem.

I’ve actually created a video on lighting, so if you need an easy and cheap lighting solution, check out this video on cheap and lazy lighting solutions.

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Confused by 1080p, 720p, 4k, 5k, and so on? Choose the right video dimensions for video content. Whether you’re making videos for social media like YouTube, IGTV, Instagram, Instagram Stories, Facebook or creating a webinar or summit, check out this video to film in the perfect dimensions for the platform that you’re using.

Are you filming videos for social media? Don’t know what dimensions to film your videos in? In this super short video, I’m going to show you which video dimension to choose when filming your videos. Whether you film social media videos for YouTube, IGTV, Instagram, Instagram Stories, Facebook or create webinar videos or summit videos, keep watching to find the perfect dimensions for your platform.

Choose the right video dimensions for video content

I was editing videos for a summit and each speaker filmed their own videos and turned them in. I was so shocked at the different dimensions that people chose to film their videos in.

Video dimensions are important because it could potentially make your videos look crappy. For example, the ideal YouTube video dimension is 1080p, which is 1920 x 1080. You can even get away with 720p (1280 x 720).

If you film your video at 360p (640 x 360) and try to blow it up to 720 or 1080, then your video will look pixelated. It’s the same as when you blow up photograph.

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