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If you have gotten yourself a gimbal in search of that buttery smooth handheld footage there's something that you are probably now aware of!

First up is the fact that just loading that camera or phone onto the gimbal is not going to guarantee smooth motion especially when walking.

Turns out you still have to adjust the way you move to give the gimbal a chance.

The second point is that the gimbal is absolutely not going to capture any decent footage!

In a strange twist the real story is that you have to shoot those cinematic masterpieces and the gimbal is actually only a tool! Who knew!

Anyway, here are some tips to help you lift that gimbal game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgn5PJfo4tY

Most reasonably equipped video editing software these days will offer some kind of dedicated Speed Ramping feature.

If you are not sure what speed ramping is, it is the action of speeding up or slowing down portions of a clip to create dynamic interest.

Anyway, given that the tools necessary are widely available most people use speed ramping in a pretty basic way.

That's fine but as is usually the case, that's not exactly what the professionals are doing!

If you check out the video below you will see that using or not using speed ramping is actually not the point.

The real point is how, why and exactly where you apply speed ramping if at all to your edits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2kwQoHTVY

Over the past few years there has been a heavy emphasis in the world of video editing software on the development of A.I.

Unfortunately when things like this enter just about any space the respective marketing departments take over and all of a sudden we are in the realm of wizzbang, ooh-ahh look at this cool thing!

The real value of A.I. in video editing is not its ability to create videos but its ability to add useful tools to make your job as a video editor easier.

A.I. cannot really "create" anything, it will always need a human to tell it what to create!

Here's a video from the people at Filmora showing how A.I. tools can be used to help you as a creator work more efficiently.

Filmora Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQyWq2e5oQ

So here's the deal. If you are in any way serious or want to get serious about running a YouTube channel professionally (not just a hobby!) then you need to watch this video.

Having said that let me provide a little context.

First up you will need to set aside about two hours to watch it!

It is a Q&A so there are a lot of topic covered but more importantly it is from Derral Eves who is probably one of the most successful YouTube consultants around at the moment.

In fact Derral has been around for quite a number of years now and is an authority that is well worth listening to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkYrwEd_HFw

One thing I have noticed over the years of putting together the Friday Roundup is that in some ways the constant addition of information on the internet is actually counter intuitive.

What I mean by that is that as more and more information is added a an apparancy of complexity begins to rear its ugly head!

One such subject is that of color grading although the phenomena is not restricted to that alone!

In the video below Casey walks through this subject with the specific goal of simplifying the entire process and making it way more approachable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ze9-nGKjFI

Although the title of the video below refers to "Camera Gear," it actually goes way broader than that and is well worth watching.

The harsh reality is that in the past four or five years the changes or improvements to most cameras has been incremental and mainly focused on tiny details.

The obsession with upgrading yearly is almost entirely a false concept that is created and driven by marketing departments all over the world.

Let's face it, most tech companies whether they are hardware or software based are built on a model that depends on new products being released annually.

That new product can be a new model camera or an updated version of some software but either way their profits depend on you and I buying into the latest and greatest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti8WPP3qmzU