This was my first time using Canva to create a video on YouTube. I have made YouTube videos before, but I have always made them on iMovie on my phone because I did not have a laptop until college started. Overall, Canva was a useful tool in creating this video. I liked how you could select a cute template to add your work onto. I also liked how you could add music, sound effects, and voiceovers easily. Personally, I added my voiceover by recording on my phone, transferring it to my laptop, and then uploading it onto Canva. One problem I had with Canva was editing my voiceover. When I would go to a certain part in my video, the audio would start late which would mess up where I wanted to edit my video. To solve this problem, I just had to re-click a couple times where I wanted to start listening to the audio. It was an easy fix, but still annoying. Another problem I had with Canva was with the transitions on my photos. I wanted the transition to just be at the beginning, not the beginning and end of the photo entering and exiting the video. Well, when you add another video clip after the initial one, it automatically changes your photo’s transition to be at the beginning and end. It was easy to change it to just the beginning, but I wished it would stop doing that. On the other hand, I appreciate the variety of transitions Canva has. I mainly used the pop effect on my text and the tumble effect on my photos, but they have lots of options. Also, Canva has a variety of clipart on their website that you can use to add to your videos. I found that really helpful!
Unrelated to Canva, I found the YouTube uploading process fairly simple. I have done it before, so I am familiar. One thing I hadn’t done before was add captions to my videos. Since I wrote a script for this video, it was easy to add them into the video. Also, YouTube automatically knows where to time the captions, so that was really nice. It was like magic the way the captions were synced with my voice!
The media I incorporated into my video were either my personal photos of my cat or clipart featured in Canva. The one photo that wasn’t was the photo of the Skippyjon Jones Book. That came from this website. Below is my personal video proving that I am not a robot ↓.