Tech Topic 71: Your YouTube Live Link, Generate Video Summarizing a Presentation, Create B-Roll Footage

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This week the OnEBoard Crew shared three tips for video creators. 

This week's background celebrates the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. Photo by Nina Trankova. 

Peggy Kolm: Easily Link your Next YouTube Livestream 

Peggy explained how to promote your next live stream on YouTube by using a standardized link.

Example:  www.youtube.com/@OnEBoard/live

Instead of @OnEBoard, substitute your own channel's handle.

That will always open the current live stream for your channel. If you aren't live, it will open the video watch page for the next scheduled live stream. 

She also gave a bonus tip: Create a QR code for your channel's live stream link in Chrome that you can use on flyers, cards or social media.

She says: Using this link means you don't have to get the specific URL of the live stream video. So, you can just have a template promoting your next live stream, have this standardized link, and people will always end up in the right place."

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Nina Trankova: Transform a presentation into a video with Google Vids


Entering a prompt in Google Vids to summarize a Google Slides presentation

Nina shared a new feature that lets Google Vids generate a video from a Google Slides presentation.

1. Open a new video in Google Vids (vids.new)

2. Click "Start a new video", then click Storyboard

3. Enter a prompt to summarize a specific Google Slides presentation (enter @ to find the file in Google Drive)

4. Click Next

Google Vids generates a video, including some images and text from the presentation, with a AI voice-over.

Nina says: "transforming presentation into video by one click can serve many things, like sending promotional information to new partners, mainly for first impression, presentations for exhibitions, introductions."

Example use case: From Nina's presentation on creating Video Overviews using NotebookLM, Google Vids generated this summary video.

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Bob Danley: How to shoot B-Roll to enhance your videos

Bob gave an overview of how to create B-Roll footage to enhance your videos, including how to acquire B-Roll, fundamental principals for creating B-roll, and tools and techniques you can use. 

Bob explains why you should use B-roll: "... it's important because it enhances your main footage, by providing, you know, visual explanations, setting the tone, and adding some depth to your story."

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OnEBoard will be back with 3 Tips in 10 Minutes on September 21.

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