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Descript Articles
If you use Descript's Overdub (AI text-to-speech) feature to generate AI voiceovers, you've probably noticed that sentences run together with barely any pause between them. Descript doesn't provide a sentence-level spacing tool, so there's no obvious way to add breathing room between
Descript Articles
Descript has a much-loved feature called Overdub, which allows you to generate audio from text (text-to-speech) with your own voice. However, there's a distinction in the subscription plans for this Descript feature: The Creator Plan limitations to Overdub will instead replace the words with 'gibberish'. In
Adobe Photoshop
Quick way to batch resize images in Photoshop using the Image Processor tool to automatically resize many photos in a folder and convert them to JPEG, PSD or TIFF, with size and quality options. This process can also be done from Adobe Bridge.
Adobe Photoshop
Create a 3D or perspective deformed image in Photoshop, such as website screenshot in 3D for portfolio site or any other 3d-looking object with a shadow using a simple transform tool.
Web Design
A friend recently asked me why they needed so many different accounts for managing their domain name and website. After a quick look, their domain name was registered from one company, the site was hosted somewhere else, the nameservers were pointed somewhere else entirely and the DNS was all over
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The circular talking head effect is one of the most popular overlays in tutorials, presentations, and vlogs. Instead of a rectangular camera feed taking up screen space, your face appears inside a clean circle that can float over any background. In Camtasia, there are two ways to achieve this — both
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You can rotate a video in Camtasia either by dragging the rotation handle or by typing exact degree values in the Properties panel. Here's how both methods work. Watch the full tutorial: Rotate Manually with the Handle Place your video on the timeline and click it to select
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The Picture in Picture (PIP) effect lets you show two videos at the same time — a smaller overlay on top of a larger background clip. It is one of the most useful techniques in Camtasia for tutorials, presentations, and reaction-style videos. This post walks through how to set up PIP
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In this Camtasia tutorial, you'll learn how to create an animated Halloween-themed title sequence from scratch.
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How to make a round progress bar indicator in Camtasia. This simple and quick tip for Camtasia will show you how easy it is to create a circle progress indicator for your projects. It's useful if you want to show how much longer a clip or section of
Xara
How to create monotone or contone photos (monochromatic colour with black) in Xara Designer Pro X. This is a simple procedure using colour in Xara that allows you to take any photo and convert it into a monotone or contone photo, regardless of what colour it is when you start.
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How to create the Star Wars Intro Titles text that scrolls into space at the beginning of Star Wars Movies? In this Camtasia tutorial I walk you through the whole process to create these iconic opening credits and make them look as realistic and close to the original as possible.