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Let’s face it … we’ve all been in that dreaded place where we don’t have the right font to do the job. Whether it’s titles for a video, captions or watermarks on photos, preparing a PowerPoint presentation, or updating that ubiquitous TPS Report, the perfect font can make all the difference.

The problem? That font usually costs $100, or maybe more. Ouch.

To the rescue of the would-be media geek comes urbanfonts.com and their massive selection of free fonts. They may not have exactly what you want, need, or are looking for, but they might get close. The price is right, at least, so it can’t hurt to take a look at what they’re offering.

http://www.urbanfonts.com/free-fonts.htm

via LifeHacker:

‘Tis the season for sharing home movies–but don’t try your friends’ and relatives’ patience waiting for something good to happen in the hours of tape you shot on vacation. You need to learn how to edit your video, to turn boring footage into compelling movies.

This is a great tutorial for those of you who know little (or nothing) about how to setup your video editing “workflow.” If you’ve got a DV camera, a firewire-equipped computer, and some time to climb the learning curve, this is a great way to start.

Read the rest of the article here.