Abby Normal Posted June 19, 2018 Report Posted June 19, 2018 I'm not overly satisfied with this video, but I've spent around 10 hours to get this far, so, be gentle. The video looks much better before I upload it to youtube, and I'm not sure how to get around that. So with no further ado: 6 3 Quote
Yardley CPA Posted June 19, 2018 Report Posted June 19, 2018 What a terrific instructional video. Thanks very much for posting it. Your customized letters provide so much more detail. I'll look to play with this during the off season. Thank you again. 6 Quote
Abby Normal Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Posted June 19, 2018 You're welcome! So glad you liked it! I'm going to do another on tips and tricks. Someday. 5 Quote
Abby Normal Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Posted June 19, 2018 If you switch it to HD, it looks pretty good. Not sure why YouTube was playing it on 480p for me. I'll also need to research why I ended with with a black frame around the video. I learned a few things making this video. I used Microsoft Expression for the screen capture & audio, and Microsoft Movie Maker to edit out all of my tongue clicks and 'ums' and mistakes and long pauses. I was quite annoying the first time I watched the raw footage! If you're wondering why ATX seems to work so fast, it's because I cut out the delays when opening the return and when bringing up the print dialog. They don't seem that long until you're watching them in a video! 3 Quote
Abby Normal Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Posted June 19, 2018 Here are a couple of my short and sweet letters, if you want to play around with them. I don't add the late payment penalties part of the letter until after 4/15. It's a little tricky getting the estimate portion arranged because each payment must be pasted into ATX separately, and you need to rearrange the 4 lines that are the default in ATX, into 2 lines. Federal Refund Direct Dep.rtf Federal Refund Direct Deposit Partially Applied.rtf Federal Bal Due-Penalties.rtf 4 Quote
Abby Normal Posted June 20, 2018 Author Report Posted June 20, 2018 When I was encoding the screen capture videos into hi-def wmv files, my computer started overheating. I use SpeedFan to monitor my computer temps and alert me when it's too hot. My CPU normally runs about 45-55C, and the alarm sounds at 60C. The alarm sounded and the CPU temp climbed to 64C, so I turned my AC down to 68F and had to blow a fan on my computer to get the temp down to about 57C. Maybe I should have a bigger CPU cooler installed. 4 Quote
Margaret CPA in OH Posted June 20, 2018 Report Posted June 20, 2018 Or stop processing such 'hot' stuff! 8 Quote
Pacun Posted June 23, 2018 Report Posted June 23, 2018 I wonder if we could have a posting with links to this type of posting for example a pinned post that lists only links to instructional postings: Maybe we should have voting for good postings and when the votes make it to 5, then we added a link to the pinned post of links. I am talking about link and an explanation: https://www.atxcommunity.com/topic/20902-atx-letters-seminar-video/ Video showing how to add client letters https://www.atxcommunity.com/topic/20886-can-the-home-office-deduction-be-taken-for-a-second-house/ Answered: Can home office deduction be taken on second house? Etc. 4 Quote
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