5 Steps to Rotate a Video in Adobe Premiere Elements 11

In this video, I demonstrate how to rotate a video easily in Adobe Premiere Elements 11, my new favorite video editing software. Step 1: Click on the video clip to be rotated. Step 2: Click on the preview monitor. Step 3: Hover your cursor around any corner of the preview monitor till the cursor becomes ...

Studio on Water for a Basic Videography Course in Singapore

Completed an exciting session for January 2013 of the 2-day Basic Videography Course in Singapore.  Participants came to learn video making for unique reasons… and they loved the water! A business owner wanted to create product videos for marketing on YouTube. A corporate participant wanted to shoot and edit videos for internal corporate communications. Two educational ...

VideoLane Top 10 Video Making Tips in 2012 and Happy 2013 to You

Here are the most popular blog posts on VideoLane.com in 2012. I hope these Video Making Tips helped you make better web videos. Wishing you a happy and prosperous 2013! Adrian Lee http://VideoLane.com Top 10   1. Sony Vegas Pro 11 Review http://videolane.com/2011/11/sony-vegas-pro-11-review/ There is now a new version of my favourite professional video editing software and ...

What is the Best Video Format for YouTube

MP4 or MPEG-4 is my favourite web video format. Why? The picture quality is sharp and the file size is small. We all know file size is problematically huge for most video files. MP4 video solved that problem. What’s more? MP4 videos are playable on the web as well as on mobile devices. You can ...

12 Videography Questions and Answers on Recording a Lecture

What’s your burning question about video recording a lecture or a seminar? After my presentation at an Audio-Visual Technology Seminar, I received plenty of questions from new Event Videographers (whose jobs are not Videography but require video production in their work).  Here are 12 selected questions about camcorder techniques, sound recording techniques, video lighting techniques ...

Is the New MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina Display Worth the Buy

I received an email from Apple to take a look at their new MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina Display. Being a MacBook PRO means it is designed for PROfessional work like video editing… and being 13-inch and thinner means I can carry it anywhere to work without breaking a sweat. Since I am hunting for ...

Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Review 1

I purchased and installed Adobe Premiere Elements 11 yesterday. Needed it for teaching basic video editing techniques to beginners in my 2-day Basic Videography Course. After using it for a full day together with my students, I have discovered its pros and cons. Here’s my honest review… (Click Here to Download Adobe Premiere Elements 11!) ...

How to Edit an Event Video Highlights Quickly in Sony Vegas

This is a quick note to myself about the discovery of a new way to get things done. There has been a number of “video highlights” editing assignment recently. An assignment involves filming a live event and editing a short video highlights. The duration for each event varied from 1 hour to a day to ...

How to Join Multiple MTS Files Together

Have you recorded long continuous videos and discovered your clips are split into multiple files? Have you tried joining the clips with your video editing software but found an annoying glitch at the seam? What’s the problem? I am referring to camcorders that record videos on memory cards or hard disks as MTS files. Currently ...

Event Video Coverage of Francfranc Singapore Vivocity Launch Party

What: Launch Party Who: Francfranc Where: Singapore, Vivocity When: 30 May 2012 Who Shot this Video: Adrian Lee of VideoLane Who Edited this Video: Adrian Lee of VideoLane What Video Camera: Panasonic HMC151 What Video Editing Software: Sony Vegas Pro 8