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ResourceHow to Use Gemini in Gmail (Full Tutorial)
Kevin Stratvert walks through Google's newly announced AI update for Gmail, sorting features by free versus paid and noting the …
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ResourceHow to Upload a YouTube Video (Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners)
This step-by-step tutorial covers uploading a video to YouTube on desktop and mobile, with tips to help it get found. On desktop, …
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Resource02 - CapCut Overview
Lesson 02 of a CapCut course is a gentle first tour of the CapCut desktop interface, aimed at beginners who feel intimidated by the …
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Resource03 - Essential Settings
This lesson covers essential CapCut settings before editing deeply. In Settings under the Project tab, you can see and change where …
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Resource04 - Interface
Lesson 04 tours the CapCut interface for beginners making a YouTube video. The homepage is where you start new projects, find …
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Resource05 - Basic Controls and Getting Started
Lesson '05 - Basic Controls and Getting Started' in a CapCut course, using an ice cream video project. The instructor imports course …
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Resource06 - Editing Clips in the Timeline
This CapCut lesson (lesson 06) covers the essentials of editing clips in the timeline to start building a story. Previewing a clip …
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Resource07 - Sample Story
This lesson builds a short sample story, 'Getting Sweet with Sam,' about making banana split sundaes and ice cream cookie …
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Resource08 - Syncing Audio
This lesson explains how to sync separately recorded audio, such as from a clip-on lav microphone feeding a separate recorder, to …
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Resource09 - Rough Layout
This lesson builds a rough cut — described as the basic layout of a story that is not pretty or polished but contains the essential …
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Resource10 - Cutting Out Fluff
This is a hands-on first-pass editing session cutting the fluff from a multi-track timeline whose clips and audio are already …
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Resource11 - J and L Cuts
This CapCut course lesson teaches J and L cuts while refining a rough cut of 'Getting Sweet with Sam,' a banana split sundae and ice …
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Resource12 - Removing Time
This is a hands-on editing session in which the editor tightens footage of a presenter making a banana split, demonstrating how to …
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Resource13 - Finishing Rough Pass
This is a hands-on second/rough pass edit of an ice cream video, narrated while cutting in real time. Working through the banana …
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Resource14 - Assembling The Whole Video
In this assembly pass, the instructor takes already-trimmed clips for an ice cream video, 'Getting Sweet with Sam' featuring banana …
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Resource15 - Adding Music
This CapCut lesson covers adding music to the ice cream video. The instructor warns that the music built into CapCut's audio tab is, …
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Resource16 - Adding Voice Over
This CapCut lesson fills an awkward gap in an ice cream video with voice over. The instructor explains two routes: record your own …
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Resource17 - Better B Roll
This CapCut lesson shows how to fix a dull stretch of video — the second half of a voiceover where the presenter is simply holding a …
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Resource18 - Adding Transitions
This refining pass adds B-roll, punch-ins, animations, and transitions to the opening of the 'Getting Sweet with Sam' ice cream …
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Resource19 - Stickers
This CapCut lesson adds stickers to an ice cream video, concentrating the playful elements in the opening and calming down after …
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Resource20 - Sparkles Zooms and Crops
This CapCut lesson adds sparkles, zooms, crops, effects, and animation to an ice cream video that is already mostly edited. The …
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Resource21 - Motion Graphic
This lesson builds a title graphic for 'Getting Sweet with Sam' entirely inside CapCut, though the instructor notes titles can also …
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Resource22 - Auto Cutout
This CapCut lesson demonstrates the Auto Cutout background removal tool to place text behind a speaker. Using a moment where Sam …
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Resource23a - Color Correction
This CapCut lesson color-corrects an ice cream video, starting from a basic adjustment layer already placed over everything to …
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