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Why Video and Image Accessibility Matters with Ryan Knott

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Ryan first discovered his passion for accessibility while working with the Michigan Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and now uses his skills to create valuable, accessible content at TechSmith. How to make images more accessible. It should briefly describe the important parts of the image for your audience.

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7 Mistakes Video Creators Should Avoid

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You could build your own checklist of things to consider when creating your videos or get our free one in the Making a Video Tutorial for Beginners course from the TechSmith Academy. The image is broken up into three columns and three rows (thirds). Failing to frame subjects correctly. Framing is easily overlooked.

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How to Create an Employee Training Video: A Beginner’s Guide

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TechSmith Camtasia makes it easy to record and edit video — no pro skills required! TechSmith Camtasia makes it easy to record and edit video — no pro skills required! No surprise here, but we recommend TechSmith Camtasia. Grab any other relevant resources you might need, such as images you want to include, etc.

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Making Engaging Video

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You can use video image thumbnails, titles, descriptions, and other features to signal to your audience if the video is relevant to them. To learn more about how to unlock the power of storytelling in your videos, check out the Basics: Writing and Using Scripts course at the TechSmith Academy. Be conversational.

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How to Make Video: Before Starting Your First Video, Part 2

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Writing a script can take time, but can save a lot of time when you start creating your video. Storyboard. If scripts tell you what to say, storyboards tell you what to show. Storyboards are incredible time savers, and they have an important place in forcing you to think through the visuals of every part of the video.

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The Beginners Guide to Successful Video Pre Production

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Both sizes have an aspect ratio (the ratio of the width to the height of an image or screen) of 16:9. You should write a script that will act as your captions for your video or if you don’t have a script, consider having your video transcribed. Storyboard. You can even write down what the shot is, so you don’t forget.

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How to Make Video: Before You Start

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If you’re an instructional designer, who like me, spent time in graduate school learning about instructional theories, and how to write learning objectives from Robert Mager’s work , maybe a little part of you cries “NOOOOOOOOO!” The post How to Make Video: Before You Start appeared first on TechSmith Blogs.

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