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The 5 Basic Video Editing Skills You Need in 2021

If you're applying for jobs in media, you’ll be familiar with the phrase "basic video editing skills" from job postings. Do you have them?

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How to Add Closed Captions to Video

Closed captions add greater accessibility to videos and are a best practice for all creators. I'll show you how to add captions to any video.

2020

The 5 Must-Have Accessibility Tools for Content Creators in 2021

With everyone's increased online activity, it's vital that every person feels comfortable, empowered, and free in digital spaces. There are countless tools out there to boost the accessibility of online content, but I've narrowed this list down to just the top 5.

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How to Caption Videos Using Instagram Threads

The Instagram Threads app is one of many new tools that make it easy to caption your videos in real time. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use Instagram Threads and several other apps to get automatic captions for all of your videos.

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How to Translate MP3 and M4A Audio Files Online

The auto-transcription and auto-translation features in the Kapwing subtitler can translate audio files in just a few minutes, and it’s free to use for any files under 250MB in size. Here’s how to use it.

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How to Censor a Video Online: Blurs, Black Bars, Bleeps, and Content Warnings

It’s hard to make sure everything you make is appropriate for everyone who sees it. In this article, I’ll go over the easiest, quickest way to censor video and audio, all for free & online.

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How to Translate YouTube Videos for Free

Translation is a valuable service – valuable enough that nearly all of the best video translation services online cost money to use. In this article, I’m going to show you how to translate YouTube videos quickly, all for free & online.

2020

How to Add a Content Warning to any Video For Free

For violent or traumatizing footage shared on social media, content warnings or trigger warnings are needed, since these types of content can be severely harmful for audiences, especially those with related trauma. Add your own with this template.

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How to Add Subtitles to a TV Episode Online

With YouTube removing its Community Captions feature, truly universal video accessibility options are limited. But you can be part of the solution: here's a quick and simple method to add subtitles to a full episode of a TV show online.

2020

5 Tips for Elementary Teachers in 2020: Remote Learning, E-Learning, and SEL

I talked to Denver area 5th grade teacher Adin Becker about his own preparation for remote learning in 2020, materials for virtual classes, and extra efforts to get ready for the unprecedented fall term. Here are some of your biggest priorities for the 2020 classroom.

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Community Captions Are Gone on YouTube: This is How To Get Them Back

Even though YouTube has made it harder for creators to crowdsource their subtitles, people who valued the feature still have a free, convenient option for adding captions to YouTube content: here's what you can do.

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How to Add Captions to TikToks

Almost all TikTok videos use sound. But including captions allows the video to be more accessible to all who view it and ultimately, can help you land on more “For You” pages! Creating a TikTok with captions is quick and easy! Just follow these 3 steps!

2020

How to Add Text to Your Cover Photos and Profile Pictures

A photo frame, cover photo message, or profile picture change, when coupled with real activism and donations, is a great way for anyone to make their voices heard. Here's how to add your messages anywhere.

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How to Convert an MKV to an MP4 for Free

Have an MKV format but need an MP4 file instead? MP4 files are the most shareable, viewable movie file on the web. This article shows you how to quickly convert an MKV video file to an MP4.

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How to Add Colored Captions to a Video

Captions are starting to become a necessary part of the video creation process, but why are they always white? Change the color, style, and appearance of the subtitle text by adding open captions for free online.

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Free Video Transcriber That Writes For You

Transcribing video is a powerful way to ensure your audience sees and understands your message, even if they don’t have sound on. However, transcribing video by hand is a painful and time consuming process.

Creator Spotlight

How Gerta75 Uses Twitch to Shed Light On Living With a Disability

Jacob Gertz pops the tiny push button into his mouth like a piece of gum. He’s ready for war and the 15 viewers tuned into his Twitch stream know it. In the corner of the screen, we see a webcam stream of his face...

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7 Online Accessibility Lessons You Might Not Know About

Some web accessibility practices are fairly well-known: providing captions for videos, for example, is now common. But there are so many other ways to make your online content more widely accessible, and most of them are quick & painless. Here's a guide.

Tutorials

How to Add Bilingual Subtitles to Video

Although some social platforms and web browsers provide translations of text, they do not translate videos. In this article, I'm going to show you how to add bilingual subtitles to your videos using Kapwing.

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4 Reasons to Automatically Transcribe a Video

Is the hassle of transcribing a video worth it? Transcribing your video and embedding captions at the bottom of a video makes it more accessible, more engaging, and more clear to potential viewers. Here's how and why to do the work.