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New: Livestreaming from desktop

Substack • 1026 implied HN points • 04 Dec 25
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. You can now livestream from desktop using the same create flow, with a preview room and mixed-device co-hosting, and scheduling support coming soon.
  2. Clips are a clear growth engine — nearly half of hosts clip the same day, clips have driven about 500,000 free subscriptions, and auto-uploads now generate over 500,000 external views per day.
  3. New clip features like dynamic editing, clean title cards, instant availability, and one-tap sharing/downloads make it easy to turn moments from livestreams into sharable highlights that attract new subscribers.

How to Resurrect Your Dead Video Content with AI

Crypto Good • 3 implied HN points • 12 Mar 26
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. A single YouTube video can be automatically converted into hundreds or thousands of different content assets like blog posts, quotes, and short clips.
  2. AI removes the tedious manual work of watching and transcribing videos, saving huge amounts of time and letting creators focus on higher-value work.
  3. A clear workflow—instant video ingestion, prompts to extract authentic quotes, and quick editing of AI output—lets you turn video archives into punchy, reusable content fast.

OMG Clipchamp!

My Home Office Hacks • 10 implied HN points • 02 Feb 26
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. Clipchamp, included in Microsoft 365, makes it really easy to record your screen with you on camera so you can give clear, spoken walkthroughs.
  2. It offers many of the same features as much more expensive tools like Camtasia, so you essentially get professional screen-recording capabilities without extra cost.
  3. Also covered are practical home-office tips (like cable management), a movie poll, and information for paying subscribers on how to check if an email was part of a breach.

Everything I've learned about YouTube in a 10 minute skim | #47

pole • 39 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. The idea is the most crucial aspect in making YouTube videos, setting the standard for their potential success.
  2. Creating interesting ideas involves asking questions, making them clickable, and presenting them in engaging ways.
  3. Titles, thumbnails, intros, bodies, and outros of YouTube videos each serve specific functions and should be strategically designed to keep viewers engaged.
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What I have been so busy with

Basta’s Notes • 81 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. The author built a website with a bold and animated design that may not please everyone, but aimed to excite their target audience of podcasters.
  2. The website underwent significant development, transitioning from a DOM-based approach to using Canvas for animations, like with a globe section featuring looping videos.
  3. Challenges were overcome by techniques such as using Perlin noise for wiggling animations and rendering inline SVG images via React for intricate visual elements.

Behind the scene: This is a teenager

Big Charts • 2 HN points • 09 Apr 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Video Editing
  1. Keeping a diary of daily work on a project can provide valuable insights into the process and help in understanding project timelines and challenges.
  2. Working with complex data can be intimidating, but once you grasp how to access and interpret data, it can offer a wealth of information for analysis and visualization.
  3. Confronting challenges in a project, such as dealing with 'The Desert' phase where doubts and uncertainties arise, is a normal part of the creative process, leading to eventual breakthroughs and refinements.

UX Roundup: AI Video Editing | AI Avatars Compared | NotebookLM Team Leaves

Jakob Nielsen on UX • 11 implied HN points • 05 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. CapCut is an AI video editor that, while powerful, is not as easy to learn as people say. Users can edit videos by working with AI-generated transcripts, which can improve the final cut.
  2. Creating AI avatars can be done through different services like Humva, D-ID, and HeyGen. Humva is the easiest to use, while HeyGen offers the most features but is also the most complex.
  3. It's smarter to subscribe to AI services monthly rather than yearly. AI changes quickly, and you want to be flexible to switch to better tools as they become available.

What is Pika Labs?

Machine Economy Press • 11 implied HN points • 02 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. Pika Labs emerged as a key player in generative AI video creation.
  2. Pika Labs raised $55 million in funding with support from various investors.
  3. Pika Labs introduced Pika 1.0, a powerful generative AI video editing platform.

Slow down or fast-forward? Edit video speeds with your terminal

Cosmos • 0 implied HN points • 27 May 23
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. Editing video speeds is an easy way to add dramatic effects or create a montage look by changing playback speed with tools like FFmpeg.
  2. To slow down or speed up a video, you can calculate the new duration based on the desired change in speed and then use FFmpeg's commands to modify the video accordingly.
  3. By adjusting the setpts value in FFmpeg commands, you can either slow down or speed up a video to achieve the desired effect.

Sam Lavigne: Real Deepfakes and Fake Deepfakes

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 16 Oct 22
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. The fear of deepfakes eroding democracy is prominent, but the actual threat may be from established institutions.
  2. Detecting a real that appears fake is more challenging than identifying a fake that seems real.
  3. Creating a 'fake deepfake' involves technical steps that are simpler compared to making a real deepfake, which requires specific tools and hardware.

Generative A-Eye #6 - 23rd Sept,2024

Martin’s Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 23 Sep 24
🕹 Technology Video Editing
  1. AI video generation is still struggling to create coherent narratives in movies, despite advances. People have been hopeful for improvements, but past technologies didn't deliver.
  2. Recent research from China offers a new method for portrait video editing, focusing on facial expressions and coherence in video frames. This could help make videos that look better and feel more natural.
  3. There's a new framework for detecting deepfake images that aims to protect facial identity. It cleverly alters facial features to keep manipulated images anonymous.