Video Trailers for my books. Videos will get updated as I get better at creating and amending them. Will add more when I get time and inspiration. Please see…
Selected Videos
ExCommunication
Patrick Smith
Semblance Series Video Trailers
Semblance of Storms, Re-Semblance and Dissemblance in one video promotion.
Sailing Clear Series
Sailing Clear, Sail Chains, Sails and Sail-or (K)not
To The Survivors Video Trailers
Two version one created just as a presentation from years ago and the first one from using the new tools.
The Count Series
Video Production For Video Trailers
I’m using a variety of tools to create the video trailers such as Affinity for stills, text, and original cover design. I then have two primary video editing tools. iMovie from Apple and Kdenlive, the open-source video editor. Video editing is definitely not in my skill set. I am sourcing some graphics and audio, where they are used, from Royalty free sources.
I have also used some AI generation as I have previously commented. The trailer background video is from either ChatGPT (a free account and therefore limited attempts), or it’s taken from PixNova an AI tool, paid for with site credits.
I then take the AI-produced clip or image and edit further in the previously mentioned applications. Background music, where used, is also sourced royalty-free and added. All are combined, rendered, and then posted here, on my YouTube channel, back-linked to Goodreads, and loaded as reels on Facebook.
kdenlive
kdnlive is an open source video editor. See a review here. Going to take me quite a while to get to grips with it especially transitions between video channels. Would like some faster shortcuts for simple fade in and outs
Affinity
iMovie
The built in mac tool is good on video, very easy. It falls down on text transitions and positioning. I have used it before for home movies, collecting holiday video clips.
