Camtasia 2021: Importing Assets and Music

 

This video is one of those that I instantly upload and publish, usually in the middle of the week. I figured since TechSmith is currently offering Camtasia users a 50% off deal on an upgrade to Camtasia 2021, I would publish this video now so that you can take advantage of that deal (if you are using Camtasia and haven't yet upgraded to 2021).

Let me show you how I import assets and my extensive list of royalty-free music from earlier Camtasia versions to the new 2021 version. Each Camtasia version does come with a standard selection of various assets, but the one I'm importing in the video contains the intros, outros, and other special-to-me features I use in my editing. 

Let me know if you have any questions about Camtasia, and I'll be happy to answer them (and maybe even do a video-tutorial-answer). If I don't have an answer to your question(s), I'll do my best to find that info for you, or at least, provide a useful link to the TechSmith community.

Thanks for reading; thanks for watching!

Tammi

The Reposing Blue

 

Hey! How's it going?

On occasion, Blue likes to lie down on the window sill to welcome the morning. On this particular day, he was especially content and purring up a storm, soooo, I recorded him. He looks so peaceful, and that purring is so loud. I recommend repeating the video just to continue listening to him purr. 

Thanks for reading; thanks for watching!

Tammi

Swatch with Me!

 

Hey! How's it going? Swatch with Me!

This is the Swatch with Me! playlist, which currently has 11 videos in it; however, the last video has not aired yet (available to the public on June 20, 2021). Once again, I'm sharing the playlist because I'm very busy with work right now, and posting the playlist here is less time-consuming for me. 

My night-time hours are usually spent editing videos and/or crafting (or doing these Swatch with Me! videos), and my daytime hours are spent working. Once the course ends, I'll have more time to add videos here in Blogger, as well as craft and video-edit.

Thanks for reading; thanks for watching!

Tammi

Alcohol-Ink Art Fun

 

Hey! How's it going? I'm sharing my playlist, called "Alcohol-Ink Art Fun" because I'm a tad busy with work, and adding the playlist here is less time-consuming than adding each alcohol-ink project video here. Currently, there are four visible videos in the playlist, and the fifth one will air at 9:15 am (central time) Sunday, July 4th. That 5th one is currently my favorite. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what it is, right now, because it's technically not on my channel yet. You'll just have to wait and see.

Thanks for reading; thanks for watching!

Tammi

Swatch with Me! Koh-I-Noor Polycolor Coloured Pencils

 

Swatch with Me! In non-fast-forwarded time, I swatched 36 Koh-I-Noor Polycolor Coloured Pencils on, of all kinds of paper, watercolor paper. I should have used card stock paper instead, but, still, the effect of colored pencil on heavyweight watercolor paper was still pretty cool!

I'm a bit behind posting my published videos on my blog, which means you'll be seeing quite a few video-blog posts in my effort to catch up here. I've been extremely busy with work, moreso than any other semester to date. Also, during this spring semester, my old computer finally died, and I had to buy a new one. That period without a PC was a tad stressful because I had to use my iPad Pro to do my "school" work in Blackboard (the college's online portal), and doing Bb work on an iPad is quite a challenge. I do have an old (nearly as old as the old PC) laptop, but I was limited in what I could do on it.

Thanks for reading! Thanks for watching!

Tammi

MS Word Tips and Tricks: Creating Circles for Answer Choices

 

This little ditty is dedicated to all my students who are determined to succeed. In this video, I demonstrate how to make circles for answer choices in Word documents. I had a student who needed help with an extra credit worksheet that required drawing circles around the answer choices. This was the perfect opportunity for me to show the student and my viewers how to do just that.

Thanks for reading! Thanks for watching!

Tammi

TerraSlate Paper and Alcohol Inks

 

At the time that I did this video, I was in the alcohol-ink-art phase of my mixed-media life. I was merely dabbling in this unique world of alcohol inks, and I had quite a bit of fun experimenting with all the colors and techniques. In this video, I used TerraSlate paper, which is a very thin plastic. I've never used Yupo paper before, so I cannot compare TerraSlate to Yupo. Perhaps, I should buy some Yupo paper and see if it's any different. Hmm . . .  I'll give that some thought.

In the next few weeks, you'll see other craftivities related to using alcohol inks and alcohol ink markers. I have since stocked up on different alcohol inks (from both Jacquard and Tim Holtz), but I haven't had any decent time to explore this very cool artistic scene. Once I do have the time, I will create more alcohol-ink fun!

Tammi

Swatch with Me! Koh-I-Noor Aquarelle Coloured Pencils

 

Swatch with Me! In this SwM video, I'm swatching the Koh-I-Noor watercolor pencils. I encourage you to grab your swatching supplies and swatch along with me. If all you want to do is watch, you're welcome to do that, too. 

Tammi

What’s the Trick to Write below Your Video?

     I don't know if you know this, but there is a trick to writing below a video that is sent to our blogs. On a nearly weekly basis, I share my YT videos on my blog. Blogger throws the video into a post, and I can publish the post as is, with just a video there, or I can write something below the video. As a writing teacher, I feel obligated to write something, even if it’s just a blurb of sorts. When I did the first Share on Blogger, I couldn’t figure out how to add my writing piece below the video. Then, I just experimented with various techniques until I stumbled onto the trick.

     My problem is I keep forgetting the trick. If you're a blogger and you have a YouTube channel and you share your videos on your blog, do you write little ditties below your videos? If you don't, is it because you don't know how to move to the next line – the line below the video? Here’s the trick to do it on a computer (I have no idea how to do it on the phone or tablet; perhaps it works in the same fashion):

     Put the cursor just to the lower right of the video and press the space bar. Next, hit the Enter key to move down one line. Then, type your heart out or write just a bit to introduce your video.

     Easy-peasy!

Tammi

Swatch with Me! Schpirerr Farben Watercolors

 

Wow! This video already has 30 views! I'm impressed, so I think I'll keep doing the Swatch with Me! series on my channel. By no means am I a watercolor artist, except in the abstract-painter sense. However, I do know what colors are, and I do know what colors I like to use and see on the canvas (even if that canvas is a piece of watercolor paper). Enjoy the show!

Tammi

Clipboard Decorating (with Alcohol Inks)

 

Watch me decorate a clipboard with alcohol inks. It's exciting! Okay, maybe it's not terribly exciting, but I certainly had an enjoyable time blowing alcohol inks around on the clipboard. If you've ever used alcohol inks on any non-porous surface, you know that you shouldn't put too much ink down. At the time that I did this craftivity, I didn't know this little tidbit of info. Yeah, I put too much alcohol ink on the clipboard, but the awesome doodle that resulted amazed even me! 

Thanks for reading this short blurb, and thanks for watching my video!

Tammi

Tips & Tricks: Setting 5-Space Indentations in Various Documents

 

Okay, so this isn't really a craft or crafty hack, but it is useful, especially for my writing students. In this short (yes, I said short) video, I show how to set a 5-space indentation for the first line in paragraphs for people who use Google Docs, Apple Pages, and/or Open Office Text Documents.

Enjoy the short (that's for you, Dolly!) video!

Thanks for reading this and watching my videos!

Tammi

Faux Leather Paper, Part 2 (Gluing Stuff!)

 

I think I'm getting better at remembering to share my most recent video here on my Blogger page. Kudos to the cognizant Crafty Cat Lady!

Faux Leather Paper, Part 2 (Gluing Stuff!) is the continuation of making ordinary scrapbook paper (a tad thicker than copy paper) look like leather-paper (is there such a thing?). I realize that I'm not really turning the paper into even fake leather; I'm just giving it the leathery look. Covering it with Mod Podge  strengthens the paper and prevents it from tearing. 

In the video, I'm covering the inside of one of the papers with a variety of scrapbook pieces. It was a very relaxing craftivity for me. I highly recommend gluing stuff to paper, especially if you've been feeling a tad stressed lately.

For both this blog entry and my video, please, comment, like, share, & subscribe (I guess here it's "follow").

Thanks for reading, and thanks for watching!

Tammi

Swatch with Me! Ooly Chroma Blends Mechanical Watercolor Pencils

 

I had no idea watercolor pencils could be mechanical, but that's what I found on Amazon one night while I was perusing the watercolor pencils products. In this Swatch with Me! video, I make a swatch card for Ooly Chroma Blends Mechanical Watercolor Pencils. I love gadgets, so I knew I had to give these a try. They are not student or artist grade. They are likely meant for kids (and adults who can't keep their mitts off of gadgets, like me. lol). 

Thanks for reading; thanks for watching!

Tammi

Arteza Painting Panels

 

In this short-ish video, Arteza Painting Panels, I'm showing how to put together an acrylic painting panel. The original idea for the video was to try out a new Canon camcorder I had recently bought, but that camcorder displays a fish-eye look, which is kind of weird for crafting. The Canon camcorder is waterproof and is touted to perform well under water, which is not where I do my crafting. I know, bummer, right?

When I realized the odd effect the camcorder was showing in my videos, I had to stop using it. Since then, I've bought a better camcorder (a Sony FDR AX 43) that I'm now using.

Also, in this video, I talk about a variety of items I had bought at that time (August 2020), and in the description, you'll find links to those items. Naturally, I bought them from Amazon.

Enjoy the show! Thanks for reading; thanks for watching!

Tammi

Swatch with Me! Mont Marte Woodless Watercolour Pencils

 

Swatch with Me! is a new series I've started on my channel. I have zillions of coloring media, and I need swatch cards for them, so I thought this would be a good way to make swatch cards and video-record them in the process. 

This first one is for the Mont Marte Woodless Watercolor Pencils. This is a relatively inexpensive set of woodless watercolor pencils. I spent $15.99 on the set of 24 pencils. 

Watch me swatch, or swatch with me! Part of this idea is to help you swatch, too. I've been trying to remember to tell my viewers to grab something to swatch. The beauty of it is that even if you don't have anything, coloring-media-wise, you can swatch plain old graphite pencils or ink pens you might have lying around the house.

The Mont Marte set is the first swatching in this series. So far, I've done eight swatching videos that I'll be uploading between my crafting videos.

Thanks for reading; thanks for watching!

Tammi

Crinkly-Cut Paper

 

Instead of tearing scrapbook paper into smaller pieces, I used a variety of design-cut scissors, which resulted in a lot of pieces that had differently cut edges to them. Eventually, I'll use those pieces to glue into the mini glue-book or another glue book I've been working on.

Thanks for watching!

Tammi

Can You Hack It? Faux Leather Paper, Part 1

 

Part 1 of Faux Leather Paper shows how I turn ordinary scrapbook paper into faux leather. After making a few sheets of faux leather paper, I decided to use them as journal covers. Part 2 will show the decorating of the inside of those journal covers. Part 3 will comprise creating the pages for one of the journal covers, and Part 4 will show how to add the pages to the journal cover. Each Part is separated by other crafting projects I've been working on because I discovered there was more to this than simply turning ordinary paper into faux leather paper. At this time, this project has four parts, but I might make a fifth part that shows filling at least one of the pages in one of the journals.

Thanks for reading and watching! 

Tammi

Mini Glue-Book

 

I took a mini flip-book and turned it into a mini glue-book.

Thanks for watching!

Tammi