Hey, it’s Ben and I want to just fill you guys in on all of the new technology upgrades I’ve done recently. Today I’ve added a new piece which I believe is really going to help me be able to create better audio and video content with my new iPhone 11 pro max. This phone has three cameras on the back and it came with an app called clips which has a ton of cool video creation features and it also came with the imovie app as well as some other really awesome learning resources.
I also recently upgraded my camera. I have a new 4K camera which is going to be great for making videos. I just put up a green screen in my office. I am using a snowball black ice microphone which is going to be able to produce really high-quality audio, which is actually what I’ve used to record the first couple episodes of my podcast. I’ve been acquiring all these different things over the past couple months as I was writing the book. I was slowly gathering up all the technology that I needed to produce the content I wanted to create once the book was out of my hands. The book is being formatted right now and while it’s being prepared, I’ll be able to create audios and videos and all the other fun stuff that I’m excited about doing.
Today I’m making some neat little videos on my phone as I test out the new features. I’m out in the park testing the audio recording quality on my phone, which turns out is good enough to use as a podcast recording, besides the birds and crickets making noise in the background because I’m on a trail in the woods. I wanted to see how the quality is compared to doing it on the computer with the snowball mic. Hopefully it lives up to the you know your expectations of good quality audio. You can listen to the podcast episode at https://www.selfhelpforatriskteens.com/2
I also create a little sound booth with some soundproof padding for creating my audio book I’m really excited to get going with. I’ve been learning how to use audacity, which is an open source, free audio editing software. Audacity is perfect for anyone getting started with audio editing. There are a ton of YouTube videos showing how to use it.
The other program I’m learning how to use better is Microsoft PowerPoint. I use the Office 365 version. There is so much this program can do that I never knew about. I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos from a guy I’ve come across who actually worked for Microsoft and is an expert on using office products. He’s really knowledgeable, he knows all the tips and tricks. His name is Kevin Stratvert. I’ve been learning a whole bunch so if you look on my YouTube channel for The Self-Help Company, you’ll see a little test video I did which I didn’t even intend to publish I just wanted to do some testing on how to do animations and create motion gifs. My test video actually came out pretty good, so I decided to edit it a little bit and put it out there. Take a look at the type of stuff I’ve been able to learn in just a few short hours of watching videos. It’s really amazing what you can learn when you make a decision to learn how to do a specific thing.
I have been using free video creation software called OBS. It stands for Open Broadcaster Software. I have also been learning how to use this by watching YouTube videos. This program has many features, some of which I have been using is the ability to use a green screen and put different layers of images and videos behind me. You can also record your screen and broadcast live to Facebook, YouTube and many other platforms through this software. It has many other features I haven’t even got to yet. Once I make a video, my computer has a Windows 10 operating system that has a built-in video editor. This is what I use to do my video editing.
Whether it be using a specific software or create and edit audio or videos. You can learn how to do anything once you make that decision. You just need to go and seek out the people who are out there sharing these free tutorials and information. If it’s being done by someone else, you can learn how to do it too. I encourage you to go out and learn things you want to know, so you can get better at whatever it is you want to do. Let me know if there is anything, I can do to help you.
Have a great day,
