Looking Back

 Hey Blog, it's me again. I promise this is the last time I speak about this first blog. If been a lot, lots of learning in the process but there have definitely been some difficulties. During this project, I learned how to use capcut. Some of the things I learned from CapCut are the basics of editing, adding music, exporting, and adding text and media. This may sound stupid but I also learned that if your email storage is too full you cannot send or receive emails. I learned this after weeks of none of my emails coming through and I was having difficulties transferring things from my phone to my laptop. The last piece of technology I would say I learned to use was YouTube and Blogger. This was weird a little to me since I use these apps but I didn't know how simple it is a upload a video onto YouTube. I wish I could say the same about the simplicity of embedding the video into YouTube. 

As with anything good in life, it takes time. The better you want your video to become the more time and effort you spend on it. Your effect level with be showcased in your final video and your audience could very well tell if you rushed or simply just getting into editing like me. I learned to be positive and that this is a learning experience if you don't like something the first time try again until you find you find something you do like. Not every time is going to be perfect the first time and that's okay. 

I think I could've improved at the start of my video. Every time I watch it over it feels like it's being rushed. Also now that I know I'm going to need lots of media to make these videos I should document more moments of my life to make it easier to put my ideas on a nice I'm truly proud of.  I definitely need to work on making my transitions look more clean. They remind me of PowerPoint slides and look a bit tacky to me as I look back at them. Lastly. I need to work on time management and looking at instructions over because if I did my life would've been so much more simple making this video. It's also okay to ask for help you not going to be perfect at everything.





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