Windows 11 Default Video Editor is Now ClipChamp
Discovered a new (to me) update in Windows 11. I needed to do a quick trim of a large video, so I opened the video file in the Windows Media Player to edit and save new version.
It took me a few minutes to realize the edit tools are no longer available in the Media Player app and there is now a “Edit with Clipchamp” option. This opens the video file in the Clipchamp app for editing and rendering a new version (a bit slower process than the old Media Player trim and save as).
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The Presentation Podcast – episode 167
Episode 167 of The Presentation Podcast releases today! Troy, Nolan and Sandy welcome returning guest, David Blatner from the CreativePro Network. They talk about the upcoming Design + PowerPoint online conference, and then chat about a really interesting design philosophy, “All Design is Creating an Experience for a User.” Listen here.
What is a PPT File ?
I have been doing some video editing and was adding from Adobe Premiere templates for effects. I had not noticed this before, but an Adobe “Premiere Pro Template” file is also labelled “PPT”! PPT of course being a PowerPoint file in my world. Ironically, this is also becoming an outdated term as it refers to the now legacy file format .ppt (now .pptx).
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New PowerPoint Conversation on The Presentation Podcast – episode 166
Join Troy, Nolan and Sandy as they dive deep into PowerPoint and talk about the presets that everyone has when they open a default PowerPoint file. And bonus, give your opinion on some of the PowerPoint defaults by joining our listener survey – details in the podcast and in the show notes.
Listen here.
MS Teams Previews Photoshop Files!
This is a recent discovery I made – not certain when this feature was added. In Microsoft Teams, opening a Photoshop .psd file now displays a preview of the image (yay!).
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Pantone 2023 Color of the Year – Viva Magenta
For 2023, Pantone’s Color of the Year is #18-1750 – Viva Magenta.
I like it. It is…
While reading about the color of the year, I learned something I have never read about before – how Pantone picks the color of the year. Overall, as a graphic designer, this was a great read. The key takeaways (for me):
- Pantone Color of the Year started in 1999.
- Each year Pantone has a global team of color experts that are not all Pantone employees.
- Colors are recommendations based on anything and everything that influences color; entertainment, travel, lifestyles, etc. and a study of trends, but not a timely fad (note: the color may not be a fad, but the tagline, “welcome to the Magentaverse”, definitely is!).
- The process is generally identify, and agree, on a color. Then continue the process to determine the shade of that color.
- And it is a global design thing, so I like it 😊
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