Sometimes I want to create a short 10 second video showcasing a feature to share social media and in the product (e.g. in-app release notes).
What is everyone using in 2021? :)
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#2I take a screen recording with the built-in MacOS tool, then convert it to a gif and post to twitter
iMovie for some quick cuts if necessary
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#3I take a screen recording with the built-in MacOS tool, then convert it to a gif and post to twitter iMovie for some quick cuts if necessary
Thanks for sharing! Yeah the MacOS workflow seems really smooth: I'm figuring out how to replicate that on Linux.
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#5I use the following on Linux to create things like this: https://vimeo.com/641668961
- OBS Studio to record video
- Google Sheets to keep track of different segments of the video
- ffmpeg to split the original video into separate chunks (one per 'scene')
- openshot to arrange the scenes into the full video (speeding up some scenes and maybe slowing down others)
- (don't remember) for recording voiceovers
- sox for normalizing volume of voiceovers
- openshot for adding the voiceovers in the right spots (with the help of my Google Sheet) and background music
Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#6I take a screen recording with the built-in MacOS tool, then convert it to a gif and post to twitter iMovie for some quick cuts if necessary
What do you use to convert the video to a gif?
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#7Motion Array is pretty great for templates for showcasing an app or website. I've made a couple using those templates and Adobe After Effects.
Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#8I use the following on Linux to create things like this: https://vimeo.com/641668961 - OBS Studio to record video - Google Sheets to keep track of different segments of the video - ffmpeg to split the original video into separate chunks (one per 'scene') - openshot to arrange the scenes into the full video (speeding up some scenes and maybe slowing down others) - (don't remember) for recording voiceovers - sox for no…
Thanks for sharing your workflow on Linux :)
Love the video. How long did it take to make?
Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#9I take a screen recording with the built-in MacOS tool, then convert it to a gif and post to twitter iMovie for some quick cuts if necessary
What do you use to convert the video to a gif?
You can use ffmpeg:
https://superuser.com/questions/556029/how-do-i-convert-a-vi...
Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#10I use the following on Linux to create things like this: https://vimeo.com/641668961 - OBS Studio to record video - Google Sheets to keep track of different segments of the video - ffmpeg to split the original video into separate chunks (one per 'scene') - openshot to arrange the scenes into the full video (speeding up some scenes and maybe slowing down others) - (don't remember) for recording voiceovers - sox for no…
Thanks for sharing your workflow on Linux :) Love the video. How long did it take to make?
Once I had the raw video footage (single unedited file), it took me something like 5 hours to create the final video. Some of that time was recording/re-recording the voiceovers, writing some spreadsheet formulas to create ffmpeg command lines for splitting the video file, finding background music, and learning to use openshot (I'd never used it before).
I think something similar would take me 1-2 hours today, and half that time would be rewatching the video to decide what to adjust.