John Carucci

John Carucci is not a celebrity, though he certainly brushes up against the stars of stage and screen on a regular basis in his role as an Entertainment TV Producer with the Associated Press. Along with hobnobbing with actors and musicians, John is also author of Digital SLR Video & Filmmaking For Dummies and two editions of GoPro Cameras For Dummies.

Articles & Books From John Carucci

Article / Updated 12-01-2023
Getting the most out of your unstructured data is an essential task for any organization these days, especially when considering the disparate storage systems, applications, and user locations. So, it’s not an accident that data orchestration is the term that brings everything together.Bringing all your data together shares similarities with conducting an orchestra.
Article / Updated 09-13-2023
One phenomenon created by the Internet is the spread of viral video. Just like a virus (except that it’s the good kind that won’t make you sick), a viral video spreads rapidly online and can garner a million views in a relatively short time.On the opposite side of the spectrum lies the evergreen video: As its name implies, videos with this distinction usually remain fresh and vibrant for longer periods, providing a timeless quality to the content.
Article / Updated 10-19-2022
As a YouTube channel manager or content creator, your work may well be done when you’ve uploaded your videos and set the metadata. The last step when uploading a video is to publish it.Publishing is all about configuring the privacy settings that are most appropriate for your users and clicking Save during the upload process or by selecting a video on the YouTube Studio Video tab.
Article / Updated 10-19-2022
When someone infringes on copyright — whether it’s someone doing it to you or you doing it to someone else — there will be consequences. YouTube takes the breach seriously and will take down the infringing video. It also penalizes the offender with a strike. And as in baseball, if you get three strikes, you’re outta there!
Cheat Sheet / Updated 06-02-2022
Whether you're new to video editing or have some experience, this Cheat Sheet is a handy reference for how to set up a new Premiere Pro CC project, import content to the workspace, and export your finished movie.Preparing Premiere Pro for Your MovieThink of a Premiere Pro project as the home base for your movie.
Adobe Premiere Pro CC For Dummies
When the filming stops, the real video production work beginsEver wonder how your favorite video creators regularly put out such slick content? They're probably using Adobe Premiere Pro CC, a go-to video production app for both professional and amateur video creators.Adobe Premiere Pro CC For Dummies walks you through each step of editing and producing slick and stylish videos that stand up to what the pros post.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-24-2022
The GoPro camera has changed the way people make movies. It's not only affordable and durable, but also offers features that seemed like far-fetched wish-list items only a few years ago. You can mount this camera on almost anything, take it underwater, and capture the most expansive video scene known to mankind.
Article / Updated 01-24-2022
Take a reflective pause before you choose a YouTube channel name, username, or other identifying criteria you want as your public face for the whole YouTube world. An overhasty decision here could end up being one that you regret later. Many a creator has made the mistake of beginning to upload videos to what they thought would remain a low‐key, personal channel, only to have that channel take off in popularity, at which point they begin to feel trapped in a channel named after their cat.
Step by Step / Updated 01-06-2022
You can do the work to establish your YouTube channel after you’ve logged in to YouTube with a Google account. After that’s done, follow these steps to get your channel off the ground:Log in to YouTube.Click your channel icon in the top right to bring up the Creator Studio and YouTube Settings pull-down menu. Click the Gear icon.
Article / Updated 01-06-2022
Whether you are creating your first YouTube channel or starting your fifth channel the process is the same. YouTube is simple right? Everybody who has a Gmail account already has a channel. If it does seem that simple to you, stick to these guidelines. Define what your channel focus will be. This is the very first step and the most important.