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Thank you for your support BillKirst. I learn so much from sharing my learning-journey with the community. Video has been a big part of that.

I like what you shared about using different tools to record and edit videos. I agree that people value authenticity more so than flashy production techniques. Apps like Clipchamp, Canva and Adobe Express are so helpful, making simple editing easier to access. For quick video editing on mobile, my go-to app is Videoleap.

I tried the Clipchamp web app via Microsoft 365 just last week. It works quite well for quick simple videos. Looking closer, I was surprised to see the web app edits the video file locally on our computer, then uploads it. Clever.

I see the new Stream working on video recording and screen recording too. I cant help thinking that there should be a merge between Stream web recording and Clipchamp. But it wouldn’t be the first time that two or more Microsoft product groups work on similar features/products.

To help people leaders with video editing, it would be good to see video sharing and coauthoring scenarios develop. A people leader could record a video from mobile then use Clipchamp to start editing. They ask for some help from a team member and share the video (the file could be stored in their OneDrive.) Then the team member might be able to either leave comments or help coauthor the video, syncing changes in the video project back to the people leader’s OneDrive.

It’s interesting to see developments in this space and I do hope organisations encourage sharing of video.