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12 Tips for Christmas 2012-2013

Casablanca Expert Chet Davis provides 12 short video-tutorials to help you get the most from your Casablanca video editor. 

"For the 4th year in a row, I am happy to bring these twelve short tutorials as my holiday gift to my friends and colleagues in the Casablanca community."

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December 2012 - January 2013


 

Tip #1

Casablanca Expert Chet Davis shows how he acquires free fonts on the internet and then imports & uses them in the Casablanca Titler to add foreign language to titles and even symbols to create snappier title scenes! This lesson is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS.  Click here to view the 9:20 tutorial video

 

Tip #2
Casablanca Expert Chet Davis shows how to use a keyboard shortcut to move (copy) scenes from the Scene Bin into the Clipboard & how to open the Clipboard with a keyboard shortcut - this allows much speedier actions if you've got a lot of scenes to move using the Clipboard. NOTE this is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS. Click here to view the 4-minute video

 

Tip #3
Casablanca Expert Chet Davis provides a thorough lesson on how to use the Box Options combined with the Custom Image Pool to embellish your titles with still images like photos. This lesson is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS.  Click here to view this 14-minute video lesson.

 

Tip #4

Casablanca Expert Chet Davis shows how he creates that cool Christmas Tree transition using the Zoom Fade transition effect. NOTE this is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS, but does require Effects Pack #8 which provides the Zoom Fade effect. Click here to view the 5-minute video

 


Tip #5
Casablanca Expert Chet Davis walks through the process he uses to create a successful DVD project with Chapter Menu.  This is a smooth way to ensure greater DVD burn success, and to more easily set-up your Chapter Menu/s. This lesson is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS.  Click here to view the 9:02 tutorial video


Tip #6
Casablanca Expert Chet Davis demonstrates how to use the Fog Effect to create a creative looking title scene. This lesson is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS - but does require the add-on software 'Effects Pack 5'.  Click here to view the 7:14 tutorial video


Tip #7
In this 12 Tips for Christmas Casablanca Expert Chet Davis shows how to use the 'Choose Reference Frame' option in the Edit Menu.  This lesson is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS.  Click here to view the 3:32 video


Tip #8
Casablanca Expert Chet Davis shows you how to use a PowerKey command to find the Storyboard location/s of any Scene in the Scene Bin .  This lesson is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS - but does require the add-on software 'PowerKey' and a keyboard.  Click here to view the 4:02 tutorial video


Tip #9

In this lesson, Casablanca Expert Chet Davis shows how to use the Path Simple effect in Title Effects Pack 2 to create a cool multi-page title sequence for your videos.
This session is compatible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS - but this specific effect does require the use of the add-on software Title Effects Pack 2. Click here to view this 8:23 tutorial video

 


TIP #10

Casablanca Expert Chet Davis demonstrates a suggestion for creating cool background for your Arabesk DVD Menus. This lesson is possible on both Smart Edit & Bogart OS - Chet shows the use two add-on software products in the tutorial: BorderX 2 and Filter Pack.  Click here to view this 12:44 video tutorial.

 
TIP #11

Casablanca Expert Chet Davis presents a cool combination of Casablanca software to create a 'key-hole' title effect.
Using a video montage - actually two different versions of a video montage, along with a scrolling horizontal title effect and BlueBox World. Click here to view this 12:23 video tutorial.

 

Tip #12

In this 12th and final Tip for Christmas 2012-13, Casablanca Expert Chet Davis presents a lesson where you'll learn to create a cool layered effect with a zooming PIP combined with a Zoom Letter title effect. This is possible with both Smart Edit & Bogart OS editors.  Click here to view this 12:44 video tutorial.

 

 





Tips & Tutorials by the Casablanca Expert, Chet Davis
www.CasablancaExpert.com