Guides
How to screen record on a Mac, with sound and smooth zooms
How to screen record on a Mac with Shift-Command-5 or QuickTime, how to get sound, where recordings are saved, and how to add smooth zooms automatically.
18 October 2026 · 6 min read
Editing shorts, podcasts, tutorials and talking-head videos
Each kind of video has its own rules. Talking-head videos for YouTube, video podcasts, shorts and reels cut from long recordings, horizontal footage made vertical, and screen-recorded tutorials and courses.
Explainers
Video aspect ratios explained: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and 2.39:1
A video aspect ratio is the frame's width to its height. The common ratios, their pixel sizes, what each platform asks for, and how to convert.
18 October 2026 · 6 min read
Guides
How to convert horizontal video to vertical and keep the subject
Convert horizontal video to vertical (16:9 to 9:16) without cutting off the person: crop, reframe or blur, and how Sharpy reframes it on your Mac.
18 October 2026 · 6 min read
Guides
How to edit a podcast video, from raw recording to clips
How to edit a podcast video: sync cameras and recorders, switch angles, cut crosstalk and dead air, level each voice, set loudness and cut clips.
18 October 2026 · 7 min read
Lessons
How to make a tutorial video on a Mac: screen, camera and zooms
Plan a tutorial, record your screen and camera, zoom on what you click, blur secrets and add captions and chapters, all on your Mac.
18 October 2026 · 7 min read
Guides
How to edit YouTube Shorts that people watch to the end
How to edit YouTube Shorts: YouTube's length and shape rules, a hook in the first seconds, tight pacing, captions clear of the buttons, and safe music.
18 October 2026 · 7 min read
Guides
How to edit an interview video: structure, cutaways and sound
How to edit an interview video: find the story in the transcript, cut out the questions, cover cuts with B-roll, and level two voices, all on your Mac.
18 October 2026 · 7 min read
Guides
How to edit a talking-head video for YouTube
A step-by-step guide to editing a talking-head YouTube video: picking takes, cutting stumbles and dead air, pacing, B-roll, captions, music and export.
6 October 2026 · 5 min read
Guides
How to turn a long video into shorts
Turn a long video into vertical shorts that hold attention: find the moments, reframe to 9:16, hook in the first seconds, caption clear of the buttons.
6 October 2026 · 4 min read
