Wherever possible, try to control your surroundings when filming, to minimise any unwanted noise. Avoid locations with a lot of reverberation.

Make sure that each source tape is given a unique and easily identifiable name on both the tape case and the tape itself. Use this same unique name when entering the tape or reel name in your NLE.

Pressing Alt + C allows you to copy whatever is selected within a track (including In and Out points) to the Source monitor. The selected section can then be pasted in elsewhere.

The pixel dimensions of a DVD frame are only 720 x 576. Therefore, displaying small text and detailed diagrams can be problematic. Use a resolution of 72dpi and keep your text point size above 16ppt. Text below 16ppt will be illegible.

Shooting video to look good on the web is more demanding than shooting video for television. The video will be heavily compressed before it is streamed and then viewed on the Internet. Any picture content that gives the codecs more work results in image quality deterioration.

If you shoot video with the camera in your hands, every slight move you make is translated into change between frames. This makes the compression process very difficult and often results in blocky pixel movements on the streamed product. Try to shoot on a tripod.