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Steven Washer
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Getting a grasp on video to create a stronger bond with your potential clients is important and becoming even more important.
But where can you go for good information on how to make the videos and attract your ideal clients? Well, the good news is you're here!
What You'll Find Here:
On this channel you'll find our take on a wide variety of topics related to video marketing in this amazing age of one-to-one communication.
We see your job a little differently. That in order to make a strong connection, you'll want to inspire your tribe to greatness. And when you do, they'll come to you to help them get there.
Watch any of our videos on this channel and you'll see this from many different angles as well :)
And for even more help, there's the blog at: visibleauthority.com/blog
Subscribe to our channel to get all this helpful information as soon it comes out.
...and we'll visit your channel as well!
But where can you go for good information on how to make the videos and attract your ideal clients? Well, the good news is you're here!
What You'll Find Here:
On this channel you'll find our take on a wide variety of topics related to video marketing in this amazing age of one-to-one communication.
We see your job a little differently. That in order to make a strong connection, you'll want to inspire your tribe to greatness. And when you do, they'll come to you to help them get there.
Watch any of our videos on this channel and you'll see this from many different angles as well :)
And for even more help, there's the blog at: visibleauthority.com/blog
Subscribe to our channel to get all this helpful information as soon it comes out.
...and we'll visit your channel as well!
How to Get a Video Marketing Masters Mindset
What we do with video is a lot like golf. It can be an all-consuming labor of love.
But we make it harder than it has to be. We think it’s about mastering a few skills, then pointing them at someone until they buy.
The reality is that the physical skills are important, but they’re not the most important.
If they were, there were would be no struggling video creators.
What then, makes all the difference?
Golfers know. Let’s ask them!
visibleauthority.com/how-to-get-a-masters-mindset/
But we make it harder than it has to be. We think it’s about mastering a few skills, then pointing them at someone until they buy.
The reality is that the physical skills are important, but they’re not the most important.
If they were, there were would be no struggling video creators.
What then, makes all the difference?
Golfers know. Let’s ask them!
visibleauthority.com/how-to-get-a-masters-mindset/
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The theory that you can't have too much light for green screen has been blown to pieces. That's good news, but it takes a different kind of technology to make it work. I introduced it here: czcams.com/video/4w34iBA7XA0/video.html It's available now, and this video is about how to cut your lighting and space cost. But in doing so, it ups your quality rather dramatically. To make the most out of ...
What to do if you're camera-shy
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Everyone tells you to don't worry about it and just be authentic on camera. And as soon as you try and do it, you realize they haven't actually told you anything. Here's how to eliminate camera-shyness and be authentic. It's not as simple as they say, but it's not as difficult as it seems.
My favorite new system for getting superior green screen results in a small room
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The first full day of Spring brings us a revolution in green screen technique! If you've created a reliable green screen process already, you’re good. There’s no need to fix what isn’t broken. But if you’re new to green screen work, or want to add it to tighter spaces, or if you’ve been having problems with lighting or keying, this one is for you. It operates on a completely different principle...
How to Engage on Camera Without Staring - And a Teleprompter Hack
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With a teleprompter, I see people reading as if the audience is watching over their shoulder hoping they don't lose their place. There is a much better way to maintain eye contact, give yourself a nice smooth rhythm, and so get all the results you want from the prompter. Here's the training on all that. It's free. visibleauthority.com/prompter-training-and-invitation/
How long should your scripted video be?
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Once you decide to script your video to help you show up in the most professional way you can, a certain question will likely spring to mind: How long should I make this thing? After all, it has a huge bearing on the amount of time, resources and expertise that will be required to pull off this miracle. Isn’t it wise to count the cost before you launch into something so complex and costly? It’s...
When to Sit vs. When to Stand in Your Videos
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In video we have to make a lot of decisions. The success of each video depends on our choices. So naturally we skip stuff like what shade of lipstick to wear, how we’ll start the video, whether we’ll sit or stand, and all kinds of other things that don’t make any difference in how the video will be received. Except for one thing. Your shade of lipstick does matter, how you start the video matte...
The value of uniqueness in an A.I. World
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Your biggest leverage point in video right now may be that everyone has turned to A.I. to find theirs. Many of us have found A.I. useful for research and even accurate when you want to know the consensus opinion. But if you want to stand out, well, that's a different story. That takes uniqueness. And as it turns out, this is an old problem. A fabled problem, as the story in this video lays out....
How to achieve 99.9% clarity in your video content
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Are you being completely clear in your videos? We always intend to, but somehow we often end up confusing people. That's never great, but it's kind of troubling if the intent is to teach or sell. Here's what I've found works very well at keeping your content as clear as your video image.
The Comedian's Key to On Camera Charisma
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I have to admit this title is a little misleading. There are actually three levels to this video. The first is a tip to help you figure out which approach to being on-camera feels more like you; some version of the actor or the comedian, by the way. The second will take you into the deep waters of your self, where we'll explore the strangest secret about how you show up for others. The third wi...
A scary simple scripting shortcut
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If you're stuck on a way to make your videos more interesting, you might want to try the humble metaphor. I don't think it gets its due. A metaphor is not a simile. You aren't saying one thing is like another. You're making a direct comparison. This takes your ideas up a few notches. You can also take a metaphor a very long way. You can reuse them again and again. When you combine them with you...
What's the best resolution for green screen videos shot in a small room?
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This is not a raging debate, but maybe it should be. There's so much that goes into green screen videos shot in a small room, that much of it we take for granted. One of the main decisions is what resolution you're going to shoot in. The reason that's so important is that it affects everything down the line, like graphics, rendering, jump cuts and story. This weekend I made a series of surprisi...
How to get ready for Fly-By-Wire video production and marketing
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Pretty amazing times we're living in. It's the beginning of the end of a 100 year tradition of people making moving pictures. We don't know what the future looks like, but we know it's going to be way different than it is now. The only question is, what will you be doing in it? This is what I'll be doing, and the purpose of this video is to invite you to join me in your own kind of similar oper...
How to Be One in a Million - A.I.'s Biggest Blind Spot
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In our headlong rush to embrace A.I. and all its wonders, we’ve lost sight of something kind of important. If no one believes you are who you say you are in a video, it’s curtains for finding new clients online. It’s always been challenging anyway. Then A.I. showed up and turned to marketing, which should be the most personal thing we do. Instead, it's created a big blind spot. There is one cle...
The Power of Positioning With Video
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Video can be an extraordinarily powerful way to change the way you are seen out here or it can be just another transactional way of trying to get business. Generating the kind of power that causes a true shift in the way you are seen is very doable, but it only happens when there's a shift in the way you see your business. Actually, this is easier to show than to tell...
A new way to see and do video marketing
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Rules for video entrepreneurs - Should you break them?
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Unveiling the Hidden Story Behind YOUR Business!
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How to Choose Between Video Quality and Authenticity
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The Three Ways to Be Your Best On Camera
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The Three Ways to Be Your Best On Camera
How to Create Flawless Green Screen Videos With 1 Simple Tweak
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How to Create Flawless Green Screen Videos With 1 Simple Tweak
How to write an engaging corporate video script
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How to write an engaging corporate video script
Convert. Don't Convince. The Magic Behind Videos That Sell Without Selling Anything
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Convert. Don't Convince. The Magic Behind Videos That Sell Without Selling Anything
My God you even sound terrible and unnatural yourself. It's the dreaded Boomer Voice. Ugh. The problem is you older folks sound like a radio announcer or a news broadcaster. Here is a tip...watch how much more real and natural a legit youtuber sounds compared to this. Nobody talks like this in real life. Its horribly transparent and painful for younger viewers to watch. I've dubbed it "the boomer voice" awful. For you actual boomers...think about how in your mind...terrible that awful 1920s radio voice was. That is how unnatural and awful you sound to non boomers.
This was one of the best, succinct, helpful instructional videos I've watched about this topic. Great job, I want to be you when I grow up (unless you have a criminal record or something bad).
So valuable. Thank you
This channel is very good
I loved it when the background switched to the beach scene. That's when it hit me that you stood only about a foot in front of your new green screen, and it looked amazing!
Thanks, Carol! Crazy, isn't it? I also added a new keying technique to blend in the background even more. Glad you noticed! :)
Very good Steve. I really appreciate the prescriptive advice that you provide. I am tempted by the active green screen.
It is nice to have that room back. But sometimes simple is better, too.
Excellent. Filled with facts I can use. I've gone through several iterations of green screen studios and am now using the Sub2r. These tips are very useful to me. Thanks.
Thanks for letting me know. That's very helpful.
If I where you you I should start with more light on the green screen itself. You still have shadows... (moving).
Sorry, that sounded negative. Did not mean that! You do a very good job spreading the Green Screen opportunity for people. Thanks!
That's OK. And thanks for the kind words. I would normally agree about the shadows, but once you add the key, they disappear. At least I don't see them anymore.
Thank you for all your guidance. You have been a great help over time.
I'm glad of that. Thank you for the nod!
@@StevenWasher Very welcome. You got me forever. You get to the point, clear, and extremely helpful.
The human brain's frontal lobes' connections with the rest of the brain aren't fully formed and mature until our mid-twenties Steve. This means that our personalities aren't really 'set' until then. Even so, our capacity to learn and change enables us to gain more insight about ourselves throughout our lives. Remarkable! Thanks for your valuable insights.
No one should give up that early in life, right? A good point, Jeremy!
Hey Steven! thanks for your videos. If the green screen is bigger, on needs more light and also it there more spill that can happen and bounce back?
I don’t think so. Spill is a function of proximity and intensity. You can only be in one spot at a time. You just want the light as even as possible, then balance exposure of subject and background.
Great advice, learn by doing!
Yes. Rather than learning to ride a bike by reading an ebook, it's always best to get out there and kick up a little dust!
Hey Steve! How come i keep getting fuzzies on my hair and ears and how do I get rid of this?
It could be a number of things. Usually it's because of reflection off the green screen caused by being a little too close. It could be compounded by other factors including the camera, focus, codec, color space, lighting intensity, modeling, the background contrast, and keyer settings. But if everything was done fairly precisely and you have a good keyer, you might try either degrading edges, adding fill or adding to the edges with about 6 points of interior portions of the image. Also make the background the same luminance as the subject. That can hide a multitude of sins. Good luck!
my big problem is camera shyness when the cam isn't on I can read a script flawlessly, but when it comes on I can't even talk right. Your so relaxed on cam, nice incidental comedy inserts, and your so good at expressing yourself. So I'll look for these videos maybe they'll help me thank you for all these great videos you make to help people.
Tomorrow’s video is all about that on camera issue. Hope it lands for you.
Ai is getting into lots of things, but I'm barely learing about it in photovideo editing it's going to be a real time saver and more.
your videos are an inspiration to me.
Not available in Canada so it seems
I did this 15 years ago (from my own trial & error experiments) and discovered what these pros are now sharing in 2024. The room was only 6x4 and I used a dark blue bed-sheet. In post production inserted an animated back ground from Digital Juice. 😄
Believe it or not you're the second person who has told me something similar. Everything old is new again! I wonder whatever happened to Digital Juice.
I would like to see a larger option too please.
I have a really tiny studio space, so this looks like a lifesaver! Curious though, what did you use to raise it the needed 20 inches for landscape video?
It’s an old coffee table that happened to be just the right length.
Hi, Steve! Have you sold your Box Lights and Angler Lights yet? I’m excited to get rid of so many lights on my green screen. I’ve just ordered the AGS!
I think you'll enjoy the heck out of using it. It's amazing how much room you can reclaim and how much less cluttered the room is while still letting you produce the magic! If you check the B&H site, they don't sell the Angler anymore because of the fumes it gives off. Yeesh. The box lights I may save for bigger location shoots.
Thank you!
As a German content creator I had the privilege to buy this in the USA. It brought my video quality to the next level. Thank you guys!
I just tried it out and it revolutionized my streaming and online performing opportunities. Definitely recommend it to everyone who wants to reach an outstanding quality in a small space with little effort.
I bought my SUBR2 Green screen shortly after they came out, after I had a long talk with Richard at SUB2R and so glad I did! I have a tiny room for video streaming. Before this came along, I had to shoot green screen in our 2 car garage and then, either leave the cars out to the elements or strike it every day... this was a game changer for me. the rounded corners do limit the effective green screen background, so I usually have to do some masking. I'm hoping they can come out with a true 16:9 internally lit screen that's a little bigger. BTW, Steven doesn't mention that the entire screen folds up and sets up in minutes - and comes with a great carry case.
Im still trying to buy one in canada.
Yes, but $549 is expensive. I can get away with only 2 softboxes and DaVinci Resolve Studio.
“Getting away” with “only 2 soft boxes…” isn’t the point. None of us who really enjoys and wants to improve what our viewers see doesn’t aim to only “get away with only 2 soft boxes.” We’d like to reclaim as much square footage as possible and ALSO create a great product.
@@jamescreighton5559Actually, it is. There is no reason to overinvest. I can prove you very good keying for CZcams with just two softboxes and DaVinci Resolve Studio. Why on Earth shall I invest in new equipment when the existing does the job very well? Shall I get myself in a commercial project that requests higher resolutions and quality, I will gladly use the credit card and buy all that will be necessary.
I bought one a month ago and it simplified my studio tremendously.
The room I have available is about 8x8, AND that's empty, I have 2 desks, a floor to roof shelf and over the other side a guitar rack. Seriously don't know what I'm supposed to do... I can pretty much rotate my chair in the middle 😐😐
I just posted a new video with the solution this particular problem: czcams.com/video/4w34iBA7XA0/video.html
Great review Steve. I've got an Elgato pull up green screen but my little room is too small to use it properly without me tripping over a bird's nest of cables and light stands.
And it's for cases like that exactly that this slightly mind-bending technology was created. In their marketing, they show a young lady sitting in a closet with this screen behind her!
wow! Besides the LOG look "which I like to think is just Your Look and feel" this is great!!!!! Are you able to add additional lighting or increase the ISO on the talent? Be nice to do a 2nd review answering all these questions . All in all you sir got another home run!!!
Thank you! So kind. Yes, you can add more of each. Of course the main idea is to end the "arms race" of more light hitting the screen, necessitating more light hitting you, and round and round you go. I cut the light back deliberately to show how little you could get away with. But a little more on the subject couldn't hurt.
Way, Way to much work and money. Good review
Understood. But no one else needs to demonstrate this with 4 cameras. That was a lot of work. :)
This video seems hazed - is it the grain from not enough light? Lots of good info here, as always...the geek in me can't stop seeing the haze on this video. Maybe it's a disparity of bitrate...? I love your info and presentation style, this is not a complaint...more a curiosity. Thanks!
It may be because of my attempt to make all the cameras look the same. Or it may be because I was rushing a bit at the end. :)
Not log footage, but thanks for the feedback.
@@StevenWasher the look fits the theme of what you're doing in this video. Hopefully you grinned a little that your viewership pays such close attention!! Great channel, Steven!
Thanks so much! And you're right. I expect it!
These tricks work for a few months and then Google will break them. I'd prefer to have youtube for businesses where you pay a bit, lets say $10 monthly and have customisation or video selections on the end. Multibillion company and they didn't think about that :)
Truly useful. Straight to the point and what a lovely voice and cadence. 🙂
Steven, I have to say all your tutorials hopefully helping people to achieve that pro green screen production are extremely clear & easy to understand. Including information most newbie have no clue about. Solutions they absolutely need to know about including steps in the video editing software. but wait! The video doesn't stop or slow down & it's kept interesting by well, you know who. Awesome shit dude, Thanks
Too kind! Glad these are "landing" for you!
Great advice Steven. Just this week I reviewed an earlier podcast and I thought I wasn't blinking! I will take your advice to heart. Thanks.
Cool. Have fun with it!
Best advice always from Steven Washer.
Cheers, John!
What a great tip, thank you for sharing and showing us how to do it... Great video!
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I'm happy it landed with you.
Welcome back Steve! I've missed watching your weekly Wednesday video!
Me, too. Thank you for the kind thought, Cathy!
Excellent advice Steve. Looking and sounding grrreat again!
Thank you, Jeremy! It's amazing how much being able to speak a few words at a time without coughing helps!
Thank you, that was great! I wish I could look that natural when using a teleprompter, I feel there is now some hope.
There is! And if you practice it a few times before you shoot, it should already have gotten into your muscle memory.
Great advice here - as always - and: good to see you back again after a little well-earned pause.
Aw, thanks! It was just a cold that wouldn't leave me alone. :)
It is so great to "see" YOU again! Great message. Thank you.
Thanks, Tom! Good to see you, too.
Is there a trick for more of a night shot and a more futuristic background?
Great video!
Thank you for the tips, Sir. It saves me a lot of time!
YOU'RE THE BEST SIR
This is great but what if you want to use a camera instead
great presentation but the music's competing with your voice.
To Steven we know that G-d will lead to you to read this as you have a humble heart and the same to who who G-d led to read this as you are just as valuable. New age is satans lie and the gnostic soul of platonic pagan religion that Hellywood are teaching is the same lie as it teaches the you dont need a redeemer and is eternal nevertheless. This world is a lie and are hiding G-d through cosmology, age and who the one true G-d is and our Messiah. The churches, and "jehovas witnesses" are both teaching a false "jesus". Dont trust anything in this world temporarily run by the adversary for our trial. This life one and only sole purpose is for your trial for either G-ds coming eternal Kingdom or eternal death. Nasa, New age and the "Trinity" is the same sunworship. Worshipping of "stars"(false idols) are the same sun-worship as stars in the sunworship doctrine "Helios-centrism" are suns. Both the gnostic "Hellywood" and "Muse-ic"-industry are the adversarys forum and using against mankind. The actors are just a product of satans plan of hiding G-d and making man worship the creation of G-d instead of G-d himself. G-d has a salvation-plan for you that is for 7000year or 7days because one day is as 1000year for G-d according to the Bible and this life are a trial that G-d has had in planned since beginning. Dont fall for the evil ones "riches" of the world as it is chasing the wind and just as water under the bridge. Dont sell you life to him as this is empty and vanity temptation. You are being tried and this that happened to you shows G-d has called you. You know have a chance to turn around from the adversary temptation, G-d has a plan for you, put your trust in him. We pray for you Steven as G-d wanted you to read this and you that was led to read this that you humbles to the one true G-d according to the Bible through his son the one true non trinity and non preexistent by G-d exalted man Messiah Jesus.