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Tip of the Tongue Ep. 8 - Basic Audio/Visual Editing

Added 2017-12-01 20:45:29 +0000 UTC

In this episode we discuss some of the barebones basics when it comes to sound editing and video editing! We cover simple level mixing, sourcing and creating sound effects, pacing issues, how to keep your work looking consistant, and tips for creating great content, no matter what software you're using!

Tip of the Tongue is made possible by support from awesome patrons like you! If you have a topic you'd like us to cover or a question you'd like us to answer, leave a reply below! Next month we have two (2) professional ADR/Casting Directors coming in! Wowza!

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TIMESTAMPS:

1:05 - Audio Editing Basics
15:51 - SFX: Finding, Making, and Using Them
26:36 - Learning Your Software and Teaching Yourself
33:09 - Let Others Critique Your Work
34:17 - Visual Editing Basics
42:05 - Adapting Things to Other Mediums
46:12 - Framing Your Work, Credits and Intros
54:28 - We Forgot About Music Curation Lol
55:49 - QnA

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Two notes about this episode:

1) Starting from this episode on, TotT will be a primarily audio-based show. While doing the little visuals added some fun gags, they were a few extra hours of work on my end every month and didn't enhance the experience too much since most people just listen to the show and aren't watching a podcast on a screen for 2 hours.

2) I'd like to clarify something about music curation for work, since we didn't really go into it. Incompetech is an amazing source for royalty-free music, but I'd like to note that for those doing amateur dubs and similar non-monetized projects, you can also get away with using video game music 99% of the time (especially if there are no vocals) and anime OSTs 60% of the time. That said, for any serious project you should exclusively curate from royalty free libraries or hire your own composer.