Did you happen to capture all those fireworks this past Fourth of July? With the recent celebration of Independence Day here in America, we had a great chance to once again capture all those stunning fireworks in the sky. Unfortunately for me, as much as I wished to had captured them, I was the one lighting them! I definitely wish I had the chance to shoot them as they were pretty neat this year. I also would of had a great collection of firework footage to use in my projects all year round.

If you happened to capture the fireworks, here’s one way you could utilize them in any type of celebration video.

Assuming they were shot in the sky and the background’s entirely black, you’ll be able to make the black disappear leaving only the fireworks in a video. With that, you can overlay the clips on top of any birthday clip, wedding clip or to spruce up any type of celebration video.

Here’s how to do this in Sony Vegas Pro 12. Keep in mind that this technique will work in just about any video editor out there as long as you have control of the clips Blend(Compositing) Mode.

Source Firework Footage: http://j.mp/15uiVUt (newdepthmedia)

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HyperDesktop is a free, easy way to capture, edit and share screenshots on the internet right from your desktop. Basically, all you have to do is take a screenshot and paste the link online. Simply, use one of the customizable shortcut keys for either of the three different types of captures; Entire screenshot, Selective Screenshot, or Window Screenshot.

As soon as you snap a screenshot, an optional edit dialog will display allowing you to draw on the image with the pen tool or add text.

When you’re happy with the results, click OK and HyperDesktop automatically uploads the screenshot to Imgur and copies the URL to the clipboard for easy sharing. It doesn’t just have to be Imgur, it can also upload straight to your site or storage location via FTP. You can also save screenshots locally.

Hyperdesktop works on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 both 32 and 64-bit.

If you’ve been looking for a quicker way to take and upload screenshots, check out Hyperdesktop.

Check out some of the other great free Imgur tools: http://imgur.com/apps

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