In this brief BizVid Communications blog, we reveal a secret to success which we have observed in some of finest businesses and the most endearing people throughout this nation, and world.

Simply put: focus yourself and your communications based on what you would like to be, rather than what you are not. The following insights embrace our personal work ethic. We hope you find them helpful.

As the whole world tries to find its way in the midst of troubling, even contrary times, there are a few communication techniques that have proven to outlive the braggadocious, self-elevating, often demeaning babble that one hears (and sometimes self-professes) as businesses like yours strive to survive.

Over the decades, BizVid Communications has worked with a variety of people and organizations. Businesses whose actions exhibit a level of contrition, humility, and concern for others have enduring staying power. Businesses with more-critical and less-compassionate attitudes for others may find that their successful days numbered.

A prophet once said: “A word fitly spoken is as ‘apples of gold in pitchers of silver.’” 

Our present day interpretation: “Choose your words kindly and wisely when communicating with others.”

This also supports a well-known quote from Bambi’s friend Thumper who said, “If you can’t say nothin’ nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.”

At BizVid Communications, we have dedicated our company’s principles to giving everyone with whom we work (staff, contractors, and clients) the benefit of the doubt.  We find grains of goodness within all aspects of our production crew, and we expand on those as we communicate to achieve a common goal.

Sometimes it may seem that the human psyche seems to relish hearing about only the bad stuff, it’s been our experience that positive and sustaining messages are tied to what is actually good and helpful for humanity.

Someone once said that when you point the finger at someone or something, the majority of your fingers are pointing back at you.  Perhaps the best recipe for finding the good in others is by taking a brutally honest look at ourselves.

Have we gone out of our way to serve and help others, even when this high ground is best attained from being on our knees? We have found that when one has the attitude of elevating others, we ourselves are elevated. 

This opens the door for examining the difference between true compassion and humility versus and acting with self-serving, false humility and insincere compassion. As we each look in our personal mirrors of self-reflection, we should let our unfiltered conscience have its say. From personal experiences, when one must weigh between “what is right” against “what is best” for one’s self and company, “what is right” should ultimately win out.  I know this may be hard when faced with some business decisions. 

Bottom line is this: your peers and clients are watching. When you and your organization personify grace, compassion, and honesty, the truth-seekers who really count will sustain you and your company in challenging times. 

Welcome to another video tutorial from BizVid Communications a leader in video production for businesses, industry and health.  Today I’m going to show you how to put a border around a video clip and make it whatever size and color you want. 

First, scale the clip to 75%. Look for the “rectangle tool”, which is found in the dropdown box of the “pen tool”.  Next, click and drag to make a box around the clip that is larger than the clip itself.  This creates a graphic similar to text a graphic. 

Then, extend it to the length of the video clip.  Now, drag the video clip above the graphic and here’s the border… but we’re not done.  Next, select the video clip, then go to the motion controls “position” numbers to center the clip on the graphic.  This still needs work. 

For this I will use “scale” but must uncheck the “uniform scale” box.  Now I can manipulate the height and width independently.  First, be sure that the graphics clip is selected then; begin to adjust the scale and height settings to your preference.  To finesse, select the video clip and move to your desired position.

I will show you how to lock the two together but first, I want to change the color of the border.  Select the border, double click the “fill” box and change the color. To nest, select both clips, right-click, then “nest.”  It is now one clip and can be manipulated any way you want.  

And there you have it…simple and effective.  

Welcome to another BizVid Communications video tutorial.  The title of today’s Vlog is “How to Blur a Moving Subject in Premiere Pro.”  This video is an update to one I produced a few years ago called “How to Blur Faces in Premiere Pro.”  

The two ways I use to blur a subject are “Gausian Blur” or “Mosaic.”  Today, I will show you both because the process is different for each.  Let’s get started.  I placed in the timeline a proud US Marine walking to meet another person but I’d like to blur her face.  First I will use the “Gaussian Blur” method. 

 In the Effects Panel I’ll type in the word “Blur” and Premiere will reveal all of the blur options available.  To be clear, you can use any of the “Blur’s” listed as they all look a little different.   But today, I’ll start with “Gaussian Blur”  then show you, “Mosaic.”   Next, I’ll place the“Gaussian” effect onto the video clip.  I can do this by double clicking the effect or, dragging it onto the clip.  

 Next, I need to select the mask tool that will be used to highlight the specific area to blur.  The’re three options:  “Elipse,” “4 Point Polygram,” or the “Pen.”   But, because I want to track and blur a face, I will use the “Elipse” mask.  As soon as I click on it, it appears in the program window.  Be sure that your play head is at the point where you want the blur to begin.  At this point you don’t see any blurring and won’t until I add it.  If I were to add it now, it would be difficult for me to precisely form the ellipse around the face.  

To form the ellipse, I will use these little square handles.  Once formed the way I want it, I will add the blur by increasing this number to about the 50 mark. Obviously you can choose whatever degree of blurriness  you want.  I’ll also add a slight “feather” so that there are no hard edges. 

Next I’ll begin the mask tracking process.  I can do that one frame at a time like this….or, by letting Premiere do it automatically like this.  The program is pretty good about keeping a precise track.  If it does start to go awry, you can stop the progress and manually adjust, then start again. One the tracking finishes, give your video a watch and see how it your “Gausian Blur” turned out. 

 The other method I talked about was using a mosaic to blur the subject.  So, I’ll type in “Mosaic” then double click to add it to the clip.  As you can see, unlike the “Gaussian Blur,” the “Mosaic” applies the effect to everything and  It’ll stay that way until I select a masking tool.  Again, I’ll use the “Ellipse” mask.  Next, I’ll reduce the mosaic effect to a point where I can more easily shape the ellipse around the face.  I’ll do that right here at “Horizontal” and “Vertical” blocks.  

Next, I’ll use the same procedure to form the ellipse as shown earlier in this tutorial.  Now that I’m done forming, I will add the mosaic effect.  Next, I’ll start the mask tracking…….and here’s the finished result.  As with “Gaussian Blur,”  If you have several points on a clip that need blurring, simply keep applying the “Ellipse” or any of the three masks as many times as necessary like this.  So, I hope this tutorial has been helpful.  Be sure to subscribe and also visit the BizVid Communications website to see the type of work we produce.  Thanks again and happy editing.