The Squares TV App Suite as been growing steadily over the last few months.

In last week’s lab I described everything I’ve made and how it all fits together with this neat little diagram.

Hi, every Wednesday I go live on After Hours for a one hour lab where we discuss all the ways to use my growing suite of iOS and Mac apps.

During last week’s session I went into detail on some of the inner workings of Video Pencil as I’d changed the way Live Titles are drawn onto the screen and I thought it was quite interesting.

• Comparing Video Pencil connection options
• Getting Video Pencil Audio into your Mac
• Switching Video Pencil Camera over OSC with Beat Sheet
• Lower thirds for your guests with Beat Sheet
• Workflow analysis

Shoot’s new remote control feature is something you won’t find anywhere else. You can connect the app to squares.tv and control the camera settings - ISO, shutter speed, focus and zoom, from any web browser.

Well, any language that Apple supports anyway.

It’s time to talk about cameras. But I’m not going to talk about Sony vs Canon vs Nikon vs Blackmagic here. There are loads of YouTubers and bloggers far better qualified to tell you about all the latest gear.

Instead, I’ll give you a bird’s eye view of your different options and how you’d use different cameras with your computer.

Last week I saw someone struggling to draw labels using their telestrator (or whiteboard or lightboard or whatever we’re calling it!).

This gave me an idea.

I’ve been asked why it’s called Squares TV. I’m not particularly good at marketing and branding so the reasons are confusing and relate to my personal history. Let me explain.

If you’re live streaming or on a Zoom call, nothing is more disruptive than connection problems. Different things can happen but here are the main ones.

Now that you have a good internet connection and decent audio let’s talk about lighting.

I joined Doc Rock live and we talked about our Amigas.

I don’t know about you but I’ve always found it hard to ask for feedback on the things I make and do. But feedback is important.

What’s the next thing you should fix about your video? Do you need a new camera? Do you need to tidy up your backdrop? Improve your lighting? Improve your microphone technique? Add music? Plan your content better? Get a hair cut?

If you want to look better in your live streams or on video calls, you might think that getting a good camera is the first thing to do, but you’d be wrong.

Shoot is now free to download! Also I have made a new video showing how to use Shoot‘s “telestrator” feature, and updated Beat Sheet with a Stream Deck plugin. Read on to learn more.

I love building things but I’ve fallen behind on my emails. Here’s some stuff I’ve done over the last couple of weeks. We need to talk about the latest Can You See My Screen podcast, Beat Sheet and how Shoot has been translated.

Instead of using keyboard shortcuts, Beat Sheet now connects to Ecamm to retrieve all of your scenes, letting you pick them by name.

Maintaining eye contact while talking to people on Zoom or Ecamm can be a problem.

If you’ve solved this problem with an external display and teleprompter rig, now you can easily add a Beat Sheet overlay with your cue cards.

I’ve got so many things to talk about today, including new features out now in Shoot, Office Hours Global, BeatSheet for Mac and a discount code for Ecamm Live.

Imagine if you had been subscribed when I sent out this email?

Last week I did a live stream where I got into detail on audio practices, software and hardware for live streaming. I talked about techniques and gear and answered a few questions.

I just released a free tool that lets you speed up your video editing workflow by converting your script into a timeline ready for Final Cut Pro.

Linking to my interview with Eerde and some information about my plans for 2022.

I have three(!) new videos to share with you this week.

The first is the latest interview for Squares TV getting into the details of how Paul Dakeyne produces his DJ streams.

I wanted to offer something useful to new users of Squares TV and had the idea of a “rig explorer” - a simple interactive diagram that guides you through the details of different kinds of audio/visual streaming rigs.

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that the Shoot’s subscription prices will increase on Monday, so if you want to get all of Shoot’s pro features at a lower rate, act fast!