How to post-process videos using Shotcut and Audacity (2019)

A. PowerPoint

Create slides for the video. Use the right template - match the colour to the topic.

B. Snagit

1. Record video.
2. Export each video as MP3.

Notes:

• Use slides for the title, and each section. Use screen demo where possible. 
• Do not capture video from the camera.
• Pause recording (SHIFT-F9) when switching between slide and screen demo.
• Keep each video to less than 5 minutes.

C. Shotcut

1. Create a Shotcut project.
2. Import MP3.
3. Save the project.
4. Cut out any fillers and dead time by splitting and removing. See Shotcut: Split a video.
5. Save the project again.
6. Export audio as WAV.

D. Audacity

Don't bother creating or saving an Audacity project.

1. Import WAV.
2. Save the project.
3. Find any really loud noises (e.g. coughs, bangs) and replace them with silence. To do this, select the sound and click Generate, Silence.
4. Run these effects:
• Noise Reduction
• Normalise (-1 dB)
• Equalise
• Compress
• Normalise again
5. Export as WAV, and put _cleaned in the filename.

E. Shotcut again

1. Open the Shotcut project.
2. Add the WAV file to the Playlist.
3. Save the project.
4. Add an audio track.
5. Move the WAV file from the playlist to the audio track.
6. Mute the audio on the video track.
7. Export the entire thing as a video, using the default H.264 encoder and the MP3 format.