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In this video I’ll give you some tips on keeping your footage looking crisp and clean on the new DTube 0.7 update! These are just some guidelines, you don’t always have to do all these things, but if you use one or of these on each shot your footage will look great even with the new compression.

The tips:

1. Keep the camera and subject steady, or still.

Motion blur doesn’t handle compression very well, and things moving around the frame quickly can get really blocky.

2. Keep things simple.

If you have a lot of complex details in your shot they can start to blend together and look a little blocky. For a good example of how well this can work check out @captainbob’s videos. They always look great and handle the compression really well.

3. Record in high quality.

(at least 1080p if you can) Even though you can only watch videos here in 720p, if you record in 720p you’ll get compressed 720p, but if you record in 1080p or 4k, it will be compressed 1080p or 4k which will look a lot better. It also gives you some other benefits like being able to zoom in and reframe your shot while editing. For a great example of this check out @art.visuals He does a ton of amazing drone work and cinematic travel videos. He shoots in 4k and even after it's compressed it looks incredible.

4. Be sure to have good lighting.

Another thing that doesn’t handle compression very well is shadows. They’ll often group together into a blocky mess, so make sure you have plenty of light on your subject. This is really easy to do even if you don’t have any lighting equipment, just get close to a window or something. Natural light looks great!

Check out @captainbob’s tutorial on lighting here: https://steemit.com/dtube/@captainbob/4443roao

5. Export and upload at 720p.

Even if you’re shooting at 4k, you want to make sure you’re exporting your footage at 720p, it’s a smaller file size so it will load and playback a lot smoother, and it helps @dtube not get swamped with too much data. @maneki-neko also pointed out that if your video doesn’t handle the compression well, you can make a note to your viewers to watch the video in the original uncompressed format by clicking the little gear icon on the bottom right and selecting “source” This won’t work and might not load at all if you’re uploading in 1080p or 4k.

Here's Maneki's video where he has a more in-depth explanation of this:

You can work within these guidelines and still make awesome videos! Just think creatively! If you want some ideas on this, check out @spenceryan and @kevinli, they are always putting the camera in interesting places and finding creative ways to add interest to their shots. They make really awesome, entertaining content so definitely go follow them if you haven't already!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this was helpful to you. If you like this video or like what i’m trying to do here, please leave an upvote! It really means a lot.

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