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Descript Articles
Descript Storyboard has two different recorders. One runs in the system tray and is called "Quick Recorder" and the other is launched from within the application from among the 5 icons at the top. You have the same options on both recorders, such as recording your screen, microphone,
Descript Articles
Descript has a lot of keyboard shortcuts you can use throughout the interface. I love working on the keyboard and there are some nice little keyboard tricks I use when I want to work faster and not reach for the mouse all the time, particularly when performing repetitive tasks such
Descript Articles
You may have audio files that you transcribe and work with in Descript Storyboard that have speech and other audio. Maybe you have a piece that has audio in more than one language or there's laughter and other sounds on the audio. If you try to remove '
Descript Articles
Sequences and Compositions in Descript are the first things you need to familiarize yourself with as they are the most important. New Descript users usually have difficulty with the distinction between the two so I'll attempt to explain in this article. What are Descript sequences? Sequences are the
Camtasia Articles
Camtasia 2022 is here. I show you what's new in Camtasia 2022 in this in-depth video. I walk through all the new Camtasia 2022 features I could find and analyze them in detail, showing you what's exciting, what's so-so, what's completely new
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
Camtasia Articles
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.
Camtasia Articles
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.