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How to make an Outstanding Tiny Desk video with up to three people

Assign the band roles, choose the 15-second highlight or 19-second performance and check the finished audio download.

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How to make an Outstanding Tiny Desk video with up to three people

Outstanding Tiny Desk places a lead singer in a small desk-concert setting, with keyboard and saxophone roles available for two more people. You can start with just the lead photo.

Fill the band in order

  1. Open Outstanding Tiny Desk.
  2. Put the singer in photo one, the optional keyboard player in photo two and the optional saxophone player in photo three. Unfilled musician roles use different fictional people.
  3. Choose Balanced for the 15-second highlight at 480p or 720p, or Premium for the 19-second performance at 480p, 720p or 1080p.
  4. Read the selected quote and balance before generating. Open the completed work, check all chosen identities and download it.

Use a separate clear person photo for each musician. Distinct clothes and hairstyles help you inspect which identity is attached to each instrument. A group photo makes those assignments less explicit.

Check sound on the downloaded file

Finished playback and the normal site download combine the matching soundtrack. A supplier raw-video file may not have the same audio track. Check the actual download, especially the singing and laugh close-up, rather than assuming that a silent raw file or a working preview describes every export.

See the band-scene breakdown for the role and continuity checks.