Answers to many ScreenFlow problems

Here we explain one way to add photos to a video. You must add them as video clips. If you made the video clips with a hand-held smartphone, they would be a bit jerky. So, choose the best image and make it into a 2-second freeze frame. Display that above the narrative on the timeline.

Peter & Linda tell of experiences with Wayne

This new story from CBS Sunday Morning is about a company that lists really unusual real estate on its website.It could be a treehouse. It could be a house with interesting underground bunkers. Watch the video to see what else it could be.

You can add lots of movement and other interesting things to your videos by using Apple Keynote. In this video you will learn how to use a number of different Keynote features.

As a complete surprise, our 8 grandchildren and their parents had a program to celebrate our 50th anniversary. I don't think I've ever felt so honoured in my life. This is the song they wrote for that celebration.

This video is uploaded to emphasize one point: Do NOT copy a video snippet into another video until the first video has been saved. In this main video I wanted to add a bit more. So, I recorded some more footage, copied a snippet of the video and pasted it into the main video. I forgot to save the extra footage I had created. That created huge problems when I tried saving the main video. In this case, ten snippets of video went blank

Using Apple Keynote & ScreenFlow, we give you step by step to duplicate the first 8 seconds or so of a video. It fades to 30% opacity and then a title animates in. The last 2 seconds will be the reverse of fade. It will seemlessly blend into the rest of the video.

The first verse of a song that was sung by the grandchildren at a 50th wedding anniversary celebration.

Using a free program called Android File Transfer, you will learn how to transfer a video from your Android smartphone to a Mac computer.Then you will learn how to transfer that video from your Mac Finder to a ScreenFlow Timeline.

Different combinations of keyboard keys to produce shortcuts for doing things quickly. For instance, you can press Cmd/shift/4 simultaneously on your Mac. Then go an make a copy of any area of your computer screen.

How to use ScreenFlow to allow an image that isn't there to be shown behind someone. The green screen becomes invisible and any scene or video can be shown behind a speaker.

How to match video and voice clips so they line up perfectly. We usually allow one second between voice clips to give the viewer time so absorb the information.

Where you can get free music for your videos. How to give the right credits to the artists for the free music they created for you.

How to make letters invisible on an opaque background. Then you can move this mask over a photo. The parts of the photo would show through the the letters.

How to insert text and several images in a single screen in your video. Then you will be shown how to make them show up in the correct order.

If you study this video and the accompanying web page, you will be able to create a wide variety of very interesting titles to start off your videos.

When creating a video, keep in mind that many people will watch it on their smartphones. So, it is often very helpful to zoom into some things to make them stand out. This video explains 2 different ways how to do it.

How to key letters onto a white rectangle and then make the letters transparent. Place the letters over an image so that the letters and only the letters will show any images.

This is how to make a video clip with action in it repeat over & over. That is called an animated GIF.

This video uses an inexpensive program called ScreenFlow. Using it, you will select a video clip and play it in reverse order.