Cristi Cotovan

I teach RiversideFm, Camtasia, Descript, video editing and podcasting through courses, one-on-one coaching and a community at

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

am I the only one who experiences @suno is completely broken? like, literally, cannot generate any songs now -- completely stupid, low quality samples, music slows down, like the model is completely useless. ...and their AI 'support' gave me 150 free credits, yay! :/

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

Recorded video in Riverside but only need the audio? You can edit and export just an audio version if you don't care for video. #Riverside #PodcastTips

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

Recorded your podcast in Riverside and need to get the raw files to your guest (or someone else)? There's a built-in way to do this without touching your account settings. #Riverside #PodcastTips

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

@floriandarroman This is me now except it occupies 2.7Tb out of 4!

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

@davepl1968 One that I would love is an indicator of how full it is. Don’t much care for activity as much as space available or turning it red when approaching full. Much more useful without having to open the Storage settings.

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

Want to record and edit AUDIO ONLY in Riverside? I got you covered. Change this setting and you'll also have faster uploads too! #riverside #recording

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

All these versions and updates to macOS, I simply can't believe @Apple hasn't solved the "System Data" problem that obliviates disk space and keeps it occupied forever, and has stemmed a whole industry of 'hard drive clean up' apps that corrupt your data further.

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

Switched your podcast hosting to Riverside but not sure how to manage your show details from there? There's a simple way to do it all without leaving the platform. #riverside #podcasting

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

So @onedrive recommends updating because… needs updating.

Then it recommends updating via the app store because…

Fine, update. Oops. Something failed with generic error.

Hmm, reinstall? Can’t do it.

Remove? Can’t do it 5tb data in drive, a lot of it synced locally.

What does Onedrive decide? Oh, it relocates the local folder location.

Now I have a new copy on my almost full drive and an orphaned copy somewhere else too.

Not a doubt: moving all my data out and unsubscribing. You don’t mess with my data like this, this is embarrassing.

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

I am going to build my own course, content, community, membership platform. Just you watch!

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

Ever switched to solo speaker layout in #Riverside and had the wrong person show up on screen? There's a quick fix for this. #riverside #podcasting

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

I never want the mouse cursor "Always on top" and on my client's face @TechSmith @Camtasia . Why is this the default? Let me change it with a setting? Not a sensible choice! Exported so many videos with the cursor on the face.

I know y'all LOOOOOVE the cursor, but still...

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

@descript Love it, thanks! Been waiting for ages.

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

@descript Awesome. Finally!

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

@PayPal You should be ashamed of yourselves.

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

Every time I do my tax, I get reminded how incredibly idiotic the @PayPal reporting interface is... I'm actively moving everything away from sending money or receiving money with PayPal because it is just... absolutely terrible. I have no words.

Not only are the reports convoluted, badly structured, filters are useless, filters don't work, they refuse to validate, they are inconsistent, date formats are sometimes US-formatted, other times UK-formatted.

Oh, and they log you out of your session like after a few seconds...

The classic case of: we built something but we're not actually using it ourselves. Who approved this?

And yes, it's been stupid like this for years.

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

@descript So @descript did you manage to get this worked into your hackathon? It would have been a great quick win

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

@descript Copy button for the chapter markers with timestamps.

[Cristi Cotovan @graphicious]

Crosstalk in your podcast recording doesn't always mean you have to cut someone out. There's a way to fix overlapping speech and keep both voices. https://t.co/0MfODLGpca