Common Mistakes to Avoid When Merging Audio and Video
Create better audiovisual content by avoiding common merging mistakes. Learn about syncing, audio quality, noise reduction, format compatibility, and storage.
Creating audiovisual content has never been easier! Nowadays, anyone with a computer, a smartphone, or a camera is able to do this without any prior knowledge or experience. Whether it is with AI or they record the content themselves, people now have access to any type of tool to craft, edit, or put together audios with video files. That being said, in this blog post, we would highlight some common mistakes made when merging audio and video.
'Sync' between Audio and Video
Have you ever watched a dubbed movie? A dubbed movie is a movie where the audio has been translated to another language other than the original, but the video remains unchanged. Depending on how good the dubbing has been made, the discrepancies between audio and video are minimal. If done carelessly, however, the synchronization issues between audio and video are very evident. Even though it is an easy way to internationalize a movie, it can be very stressful for some people and can even appear unprofessional.
Poor Audio Quality
People often focus mainly on the video since, at the end, that is what the audience perceives first. However, good quality audio is as important because words can tell part of the story that visuals can't. Therefore, it might be good to invest in good-quality equipment, like microphones, or using a professional platform specialized for audio recording that could improve audio quality.
Overlooking Audio Levels
Since audio can be measured in decibels, 0 decibels being the maximum level and -15 decibels being the minimum level, people can find the optimal balance where the audio is not too loud nor too quiet. Overly loud audio can be disruptive while too quiet audio can be frustrating.
Background Noise
Normally, when recording outdoors, the background noise can interfere with the intended audio or video. Luckily, many programs are becoming so smart that they can differentiate the background noise from the foreground noise. Moreover, there are other best practices to avoid background noise when recording audio or video.
Compatible Audio and Video Formats
It is important to make sure what formats do specific software accept. Otherwise, the software will struggle to put together audios and videos together which leads to loss of quality or might even fail outright.
Storing Audio and Video Properly
More importantly, if audios and videos are not stored properly, this can lead to loss of data. That being said, both the end product and the raw material should be saved for review and changes, just in case.
What’s a Rich Text element?
The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
Static and dynamic content editing
A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
How to customize formatting for each rich text
Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
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