How To Enhance Audio With Adobe AI

Introduction:

Whether you're recording a podcast, voiceover, or video content, your goal is to produce a high-quality recording that engages your audience. However, there are several barriers to achieving this goal, such as background noise, ambient sounds, and microphone issues. Fortunately, Adobe has launched a beta version of its speech enhancement tool, which helps to clean up the audio and improve voice recordings without using Adobe Audition.

What is Adobe Speech Enhancement Beta?

Adobe Speech Enhancement Beta is a free tool that utilizes state-of-the-art technology to remove background noise, distortions, and other artifacts that impair the clarity of voice recordings. This tool keeps the original vocal quality intact while improving the impact and effectiveness of the recording.

How to Use Adobe Speech Enhancement Beta:

Step 1: Upload Your Recording - Start by uploading your voice recording to the Adobe speech enhancement beta tool. You can drag and drop your recording into the box or choose the file from your computer.

Step 2: Analyze the Recording - Once you've uploaded your recording, the tool will analyze it and identify the sound profile. Adobe speech enhancement beta uses artificial intelligence to identify different sounds and distinguish between them, such as a human voice versus background noise.

Step 3: Adjust the Settings - After analyzing your recording, you can adjust the settings to enhance the sound quality. Adobe speech enhancement beta offers several customization options, such as reduction of background noise, removal of hiss or hum, and improvement of vocal clarity.

Step 4: Preview Your Recording - Before saving your edited recording, you can preview the changes to ensure you are satisfied with the result.

Step 5: Download and Share - Once you're satisfied with the result, you can download the edited recording and share it with your audience. Adobe speech enhancement beta saves the edited recording as an MP3 file, which most media players can play.

Conclusion:

Adobe speech enhancement beta is a free tool that can dramatically improve the sound quality of your voice recordings. It's easy to use and customizable, allowing you to tailor the settings to your specific needs. Whether you're a podcaster, video content creator, or voiceover artist, this tool can help you take your recordings to the next level. So give it a try and see the difference in sound quality for yourself.

Here are some of my recommendations of good audio equipment for filmakers..

DaVinci Resolve 18.5 Tutorial For Beginners

DaVinci Resolve 18.5

DaVinci Resolve 18.5

Davinci Resolve 18.5 is the latest version of the popular video editing software, which is widely used by both professionals and amateurs in the film industry. If you are new to this software and want to get started with video editing, this beginner's guide will help you understand the basics of Davinci Resolve 18.5

Davinici Resolve Tutorial

Getting Started

To get started with Davinci Resolve 18.5, you will need to download and install the software. The software is available for free on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Once you have installed the software, you will be prompted to create a new project. You can choose to create a new project from scratch or import an existing video file.

DaVinci Resolve 18

Importing and Editing Clips

To import video clips into your project, you can either drag and drop them into the media pool, or use the import feature. Once your video clips are imported, you can start editing them. The editing process in Davinci Resolve 18.5 is fairly simple, and you can use the timeline to arrange your clips and add various effects, text, and audio.

The Effects Panel

The effects panel in Davinci Resolve 18.5 is where you can add various effects, transitions, and color correction to your videos. You can choose from a wide range of effects, and the software is designed to make it easy to apply them to your clips.

Color Grading

One of the standout features of Davinci Resolve 18.5 is its advanced color grading capabilities. With the color grading tools, you can adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, and other color properties of your videos to create a unique look and feel. The color grading tools are also designed to work seamlessly with the video editing tools, making it easy to get the perfect look for your project.

Exporting and Sharing

Once you have finished editing your project, you can export your video in a wide range of formats. Davinci Resolve 18.5 also supports exporting to popular video sharing platforms like YouTube and Vimeo.

Whats new in version 18..5?

KEY FEATURES

• Multiple Cut page improvements.

• Support for Blackmagic Cloud Presentations.

• DaVinci Neural Engine based subtitles from audio in Studio.

• DaVinci Neural Engine powered text based editing in Studio.

• New Resolve FX relight tool for adding virtual light sources

• Support for Universal Scene Description based workflows in Fusion.

• New Fusion multi-merge tool to composite and manage multiple layers.

• Multiple remote monitoring improvements.

• Support for fast per timeline backups.

• Per timeline Resolve Color Management.

• Support for edit and mix groups in Fairlight.

• Support for AI based audio classification in Studio.

The update improves the quickness of loading up timelines with multiple markers, adds better handling of creation date metadata and support for monchrome decoding of ARRI RAW clips.

DaVinci Resolve 18.5 introduces dozens of new tools including 4 new AI tools, over 100 feature upgrades and major updates to the Cut page. Editors can now transcribe audio within clips to search for media based on narrative content, or quickly generate subtitles for timelines with the automatic speech to text feature. DaVinci Neural Engine AI can analyze and automatically sort audio clips based on classification, and on the Fairlight page audio tracks can now be grouped for faster mix automation and editing. Colorists can use the new Relight FX to add virtual lighting to a scene. VFX artists can collaborate more easily with support for USD files and work faster with the multi-merge tool.

Final Thoughts

Davinci Resolve 18 .5 is a powerful, yet user-friendly video editing software that is perfect for beginners who want to get started with video editing. With its advanced features and easy-to-use interface, Davinci Resolve 18 makes it easy to create professional-looking videos from scratch.

How To Film At Golden Hour

What is meant by golden hour?

In photography, the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the sun is higher in the sky.

Why is it called golden hour?

The Golden Hour is a relatively short period of time that is roughly 60-minutes post-sunrise and 60-minutes pre-sunset. During these periods the sun is lower in the sky, and often warmer.

The golden hour is also known as the “magic hour.? This is because, during the golden hour, the sun is low in the sky, providing a soft, diffused light that is much more favorable than the harsh midday sun that so many of us are used to shooting in.

In my opinion this is absolutely the best time to film achieve the “cinematic look.” I use the technique of locating the actual glow of the sun behind my subject while at brief moments the movement of the subject reveals the sun. However it is never recommended to look or stare directly at the sun.

A great tool to assist with the awesome images that one can capture is to use a wide angle lens as an establishing shot. It can really set the stage for the images to follow whether shot close, medium or wide.

Camera settings:

1. Always set your White Balance accordingly to produce the best possible image.

2. Make sure your histogram is showing the shadows and highlights being properly balanced (here is one of my favorite videos to explain the histogram)

3. Use an ND filter if the sun overpowers getting the correct exposure.

4. Always use smooth camera motion for the establishing shot while capturing that beautiful golden magical light from the sun.

5. Be sure to experiment and have fun.

Once all of these steps are done, it’s time to head to your editing software and color grade that awesome footage you just captured. 😊

In my opinion here is one of my favorite tools to give your footage that polished cinematic look. ⬇️

With a couple of clicks of a button you can instantly have the film look. There are plenty of settings within the plug-in to choose from to give your footage the finished look. One of my favorite film looks within the program is “Ambrotype (by Anatolee Green). It gives your footage a very unique greenish look.

Another great tool that I use in video editing is Envato Elements. They have an abundance of assets to give your finished product the film look. Check it out here..

Here is a product list of some of the tools used I frequently use to film at golden hour.

In conclusion I hope some of these suggestions can help you with filming at golden hour.

How Does The Asurion Camera Protection Plan Work?

Have you had a camera covered by Asurion protection go bad? Well how does the Asurion camera protection plan work?

There is a very simple process in place to repair your product as long as it is covered through the protection plan. Let’s walk through the steps.

In this case, I purchased my camera through Amazon so I will speak from that perspective.

If you do not have the original receipt, have no fear. You can go into the Amazon App and filter through your orders.

Locate the order. In this case it is the Asurion order which is a separate order from the camera. Go into the order details and look for the order number.

Visit www.asurion.com/amazon then click Get Started. You can log in with Amazon or by email. Choose your plan.

You will be given a service request number followed by directions on how to pack your camera.

You will also have to print the repair form, fill it out and place it in the box.

Pack up your camera and be sure to remove all accessories including the memory cards. UPS will pick it up the next business day and supply a shipping label.

If you happen to miss UPS, they will leave the shipping label so you can attach it and take it to UPS.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to post below or contact me.

How To Use Lightroom Presets In Adobe Premiere For Video Editing

Adobe Lightroom Classic

Have you ever wondered how to use Lightroom Presets in Adobe Premiere for video editing? Here’s a super quick and easy way.

There are only a few steps to to add this technique to your workflow. Start out by downloading John R. Ellis Lightroom Plugins Export LUT Generator.

https://johnrellis.com/lightroom/exportlut.htm

Next export the frame that you would like to color grade to a TIFF file as shown below.

Export Frame In Adobe Premiere

Now open Lightroom Classic and import the TIFF file. You can now edit the TIFF file as you would any other image.

HSL/Color Tab In Lightroom Classic

When you’re done editing the image to your liking go to File >Plug-in Extras > Export LUT and choose the setting as indicated below.

You can name this Cube file whatever you like and be sure to save it in a place where you will remember.

Now once back inside Premiere Pro you can use this LUT the same way you would any other LUT.

Unfamiliar with how to use a LUT in Premiere Pro? Click the link below for a quick explanation on how to do so.

Once you’ve imported the LUT you can tweak it however you like. If you have any questions about this process, leave a comment and I will reply.

To view the whole breakdown of this process click here…