Filmcraft
The best free video editors for beginners
DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Kdenlive, Shotcut and OpenShot compared: what each free video editor is good at and how to pick one in ten minutes.
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Tools and craft for hobby creators
Honest, practical guides to the software, assets and techniques behind posters, crafts, photos and short films. Free options first.
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Filmcraft
A cinematic look on a budget
Light, framing, camera settings, colour and sound: practical ways to make phone and hobby footage look more cinematic without new gear.
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Filmcraft
Royalty-free music, sound effects and stock footage: where to find it and what the licenses mean
YouTube Audio Library, Pixabay, Pexels, Freesound and Mixkit explained, with the license terms that matter and a simple license-log habit.
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Photo & Editing
Free photo editors: which one for which job
GIMP, Photopea, darktable, RawTherapee, Krita and DaVinci Resolve's Photo page: what each free photo editor does best.
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Photo & Editing
How to photograph your crafts at home
Window light, a two-card setup, phone camera basics, angles that sell and light editing for photos of prints, stickers and crafts.
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Creator Setup
A budget creator setup: what to fix first
Sound, light, stability, backups, then camera: the order that matters for a home video setup, with free tools OBS Studio and Audacity.
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Design Toolkit
Font licenses explained for hobby sellers
Personal use vs commercial use, the SIL Open Font License, Google Fonts and paid licenses: what you may do with a font before you sell.
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Design Toolkit
The Design Toolkit
An honest beginner guide to affordable fonts, graphics and crafting assets, with free alternatives like Canva, Figma, Inkscape, GIMP, Google Fonts and Unsplash.
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- Design ToolkitFonts, graphics, craft files and the free and paid tools to make posters, printables and cut files.2 posts
- FilmcraftEditing, light, colour and sound for short films, reels and YouTube videos on a hobby budget.3 posts
- Photo & EditingPhotographing what you make and editing it well with free software.2 posts
- Creator SetupMicrophones, light, recording software and a sensible order to build a home setup.1 posts
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