PICK A VIDEO PATH
What's the purpose of this page?
Video production is evolving, yet, if you were to search for How To Make A Video, you would come up with how videos have been made for the past 50 years.
I call this Traditional or Legacy video production. It is wonderful. Brilliant. Knowing how to do it empowers you. We will be doing it for decades to come. It is the bread and butter of Traditional Video Professionals.
But for New Video Professionals - those who aren't interested in video but have decided it is important for their business/career to show up on video - there are other faster, simpler ways to make video and get back to doing what they do best.
This page is a curation of video services that interest people in making their own videos for commercial reasons, big and small. It is a work in progress.
Remote Production
A remote producer directs you to set up shots and directs the talent.
Open Reel https://www.openreel.com/ is charging about $30k US for 250 hours of remote filming.
Crew in a Box https://www.crewinabox.com/ charges $25k US per day.
Video Hosting
All these platforms allow you to upload videos to their storage service plus provide you with a custom player to allow people to view your videos + other business-related features
General Use
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/
Daily Motion https://www.dailymotion.com/au
JW Player https://www.jwplayer.com/
Vimeo https://vimeo.com/
General Use + Anti Piracy
Adilo https://adilo.com/
Publito https://publit.io/
Small Business through to Enterprise Use
Wistia https://wistia.com/ - B2B FOCUSED
Vidyard https://www.vidyard.com/ - SALES FOCUSED
Hippo Video https://www.hippovideo.io/ - SALES FOCUSED
StoryXpress https://storyxpress.co/ - ALL IN ONE
Brightcove https://www.brightcove.com/en/
vbrick https://vbrick.com/ - ENTERPRISE FOCUSED
Uscreen https://www.uscreen.tv/ - Like your own Netflix channel for your business
vLoop https://vloop.io/ - SPORTS FOCUSED
Playable https://playable.video/ - add videos into your emails
One Mob https://www.onemob.com/ - MOBILE FOCUSED
PlayPosit https://go.playposit.com/ - LEARNING FOCUSED
VidPowr https://vidpowr.com - Interactive videos
Video Messaging Services
These are apps that allow you to easily record and send video messages faster than writing and sending emails.
Loom - https://www.loom.com/
Dubb - https://dubb.com/
Vidyard https://www.vidyard.com/
Drift https://www.drift.com/
BombBomb https://bombbomb.com/
CoVideo https://www.covideo.com/
Video Collectors
If you want customers/clients/users/audience to send you a video eg. testimonials, feedback, or applications then these apps let you send a link that the recipient opens and it guides them through the process of recording a short video response. You can collect these video responses and create very ways to display them on your website or socials.
Videoask https://www.videoask.com/
Boast https://boast.io/
Vocal Video https://vocalvideo.com/ - this is my pick. The entire user experience is so good.
Vouch https://vouchfor.com/
Brand Lens https://brandlens.io/
Project Manage Your Videos
If you want to outsource all things video for your business
Shootsta https://shootsta.com/
ShortKlips https://www.shortklips.com/
Live Stream Services
Live Streaming lets you go live on the internet.
Think of it like a TV Football match being broadcast. There are multiple camera angles, sports scores, and instant replays. These services allow you to create the same type of production from your home or office. Instead of going onto TV's, you are going into platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook. Instead of it costing millions, it costs a fraction of the price.
Many of these services grew out of the gaming industry but they are fast expanding into business use.
KEY POINT: You don't have to go Live. You can use these services and apps to record your videos. You treat it as if you are going Live. There is NO EDITING REQUIRED after. This is a huge timesaver for business. I make 90% of my videos this way now.
INDIVIDUAL USE
Ecamm https://www.ecamm.com/ - MAC ONLY - This is what I use. Download and run on your desktop/laptop.
OBS Studio https://obsproject.com - MAC and PC - FREE. Download and run on your desktop/laptop.
mmhmm https://www.mmhmm.app/
Manycam https://manycam.com/
Streamyard https://streamyard.com/ - fewer features but simple and direct to use. Browser based. No downloads for users or guests.
Riverside https://riverside.fm/ - get high-quality remote interviews. Browser based. No downloads for users or guests.
RECnGO https://recngo.com/ - use multiple iOS and Android devices to create a multi-camera studio. WiFi connections.
Switcher Studio https://www.switcherstudio.com/ - use multiple iPhones and Ipads to create a multi-camera studio. Wifi connections.
SME - CORPORATE
Vimeo https://livestream.com/
Dacast https://www.dacast.com/
Brightcove https://www.brightcove.com/en/
JW Player https://www.jwplayer.com/
Restream https://restream.io/
Kaltura https://corp.kaltura.com/
Panopto https://www.panopto.com/
Wowza https://www.wowza.com/
Dreamcast https://www.dreamcast.in/
Streamshark https://streamshark.io/
DIY Video Editing - Free >$$$
FREE
https://www.capcut.com/ CapCut is available for iOS Android PC Mac. I am so impressed with this app. If I had to recommend just one free app for anyone with little to no editing experience... well... this is the one.
GENERAL
EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING
Camtasia - this is what I use - https://techsmith.pxf.io/c/1402720/506622/5161
INDUSTRY-STANDARD $$$
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/au/products/davinciresolve/whatsnew
https://www.adobe.com/au/products/premiere.html
https://www.apple.com/au/final-cut-pro/
DIY Edit Your Video via Text
TypeStudio https://typestudio.co/
Descript https://www.descript.com/
Video Editing Hybrid
You upload your videos and instructions and a remote team edits for you
https://www.fiverr.com/categories/video-animation/video-editing
Vidchops - https://vidchops.com/ This seems to be a very good deal for making 4 x 15 minute YouTube videos per month
AI Video Editing
This is such a broad area. AI can automatically resize, follow important action, remove ums and ahs when speaking, reduce BG noise, sort good takes from bad takes, colourize old B&W...
Adobe Premiere https://www.adobe.com/au/products/premiere.html
Kamua https://kamua.com/ - browser-based
TopazLabs https://www.topazlabs.com/video-enhance-ai - makes blurry footage sharper
Uscreen https://www.unscreen.com/ - remove video backgrounds
Lumen5 https://lumen5.com/ - all-in-one. Select a template. Add your components. Walk away.
Magicto - https://www.magisto.com/ - all-in-one
AI Video Creation
You can create your videos by writing a script and selecting a computer-generated avatar to present your video for you.
Synthesia https://www.synthesia.io/
Repliq https://www.repliq.co/ - generic hello video with a unique background featuring the recipient's website/LinkedIn profile etc.
Pipio https://app.mypipio.com/ - type in text and a realistic avatar of your choice presents your video
