Today, I’ll show you how I chose and used three artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help improve a short informational video for YouTube channel.
One tool saved the entire project, and the others improved the end result. We’ll be using Adobe Photoshop Beta, Adobe Podcast, and the most recent version of Apple’s Final Cut Pro for Mac for this project.
The AI Project
I’d figured out how to fix a problem with my Glowforge, a laser cutter commonly used in maker projects. I’m using it to make acrylic two-color labels for the 3D-printed special adapters.
Adapters are used to connect various tools to the dust collector I use in my workshop. The video was a straightforward explanation of the issue (the resulting laser cut was the incorrect size) and the solution (a checkbox in an options dialog).
I’m mostly sitting and talking in front of the laser in the video, with some photos and screenshots thrown in to illustrate different aspects of the solution.
AI #1: Cleaning up bad audio with Adobe Podcast
For some reason, my microphone did not record clear audio as I read from my script. I made this video primarily to have a reference for how I solved the problem in case it arises again, as well as to share the solution with other Glowforge users.
But it wasn’t worth going back and setting up the camera, prompter, and talking head again. Here is an eight-second excerpt from the original audio:
It’s quite rough, as you can hear. I’ve tried cleaning up other people’s audio before, and the results have never been particularly good.
I began with the original MP4 video recorded on my iPad to make this work. I exported the audio track as an M4A file using QuickTime.
Unfortunately, M4A is not supported by Adobe Podcast. Because I have a Creative Cloud license, I opened Adobe Audition, opened the M4A, and saved it as a WAV.
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