About Video Strokes

Video Strokes blends best-of-the-web information with our own original material to provide a unique kind of 'web book' of tips, tools, and techniques for making your own videos.  On this site, you will find written articles, video tutorials, example footage, and links to the best websites for those interested in videomaking.

Video Strokes is aimed at relative newcomers to video-making, rather than the video professional. We present the voices and insights of professional videographers on such things as choosing your equipment and editing software, planning and scripting your videos, shooting and editing techniques, and the many ways to distribute your finished videos.

Video Strokes may be your source for making viral videos on YouTube, for chronicling family events, for producing music videos, or even for a start in making money from wedding videos, youth sports videos, real estate virtual tours, or an endless number of new opportunities that arise from the New Video of the internet.

Video Strokes begins with the "genre," or the kind of video application, and leads you to the right palette of tools and techniques most appropriate to that style of video. YouTubers, for example, may be most interested in inexpensive equipment and software, but still want to know the techniques for standing out from the crowd.  Family chroniclers might want to know how to edit their footage into appealing stories, with narrative and music, that their families will treasure in the years to come.  Real estate agents might want to learn how to produce well-lit, jitter-free virtual tours that capture the essence and appeal of a home.

Video Strokes, in short, is a formidable collection of resources -- with different strokes for different folks!

 

How we earn our keep

We maintain this site as a free service to video enthusiasts. We earn our living from the advertising on this site. When you click  the ad links on our site and do business with our advertisers, they pay us a commission. It doesn't cost you any more than going to their site directly.

We don't collect any of your personal information. They only get the information you give them when you submit an order.

We are rather picky about the ads we choose to place on the site. We only advertise products and services that we think are a good fit for our customers based on both quality and price. In many cases, they are products and services we use and recommend to our friends. If you ever find a cheaper source for a given product, or have an issue with any of the products or services we advertise, we hope you will let us know. 

If you like what we're doing here, we hope you will help keep us in business by shopping for products and services through our website. All of our advertisers are listed on our Sponsors page.

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This website is one of a few sites that are owned and operated by our company, Eisenworks, LLC.