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[0:10] success isn't about greatness it's about
[0:13] consistency consistent hard work leads
[0:15] to success and greatness will come or J
[0:18] aside if you want to be a Creator on
[0:20] this platform and find some success in
[0:22] that consistency is definitely the key
[0:24] with that I'm sure that you felt that
[0:26] creating consistent content might feel a
[0:28] little bit impossible but you know in
[0:30] 2024 this year I have created 96 videos
[0:35] yeah 96 videos so today I wanted to
[0:38] share six tips that help me keep
[0:39] organized and consistent with creating
[0:41] content on YouTube and no I haven't lost
[0:43] my mind yet so let's head to the office
[0:45] and get into
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[0:54] it okay we're going to get straight into
[0:56] it and there's going to be a lot of
[0:58] talking so if you're interested bring
[1:00] out a notebook and Pen I'm sure there
[1:01] will be a couple of ideas that you can
[1:03] write down here we're going to get into
[1:05] the first topic though which is
[1:06] pre-production and idea generating being
[1:09] consistent means that you have to create
[1:11] a lot and creating a lot means that
[1:13] you'll need to have a lot of things to
[1:15] create so I like to sit down and
[1:17] generate a bunch of ideas and pre-plan
[1:19] some of those ideas into videos I've
[1:21] noticed that the creative part of your
[1:23] brain turns on at the most random times
[1:25] especially when you're doing nothing
[1:26] that's why I keep a notebook on me so I
[1:28] can always jot down these ideas on onto
[1:30] paper so I can turn these ideas into
[1:32] something in the future even though I
[1:33] nearly made 100 videos this year I am
[1:35] also human and sometimes when I sit down
[1:37] I don't really get the ideas coming to
[1:39] me this is when I lean on AI for
[1:41] assistance use AI as a form of support
[1:43] in these moments to then generate ideas
[1:46] which can help you come up with your own
[1:48] ones from them now once you have those
[1:50] ideas turning them into actual videos
[1:53] takes a lot of effort and this is where
[1:54] pre-production really helps now try this
[1:57] out write out all your ideas on paper
[1:59] this gives you Bird's ey view of your
[2:00] possible videos from your ideas and you
[2:03] can clearly see which videos will work
[2:04] together and decide on the best approach
[2:06] for filming and content flow proper
[2:08] planning and organization gets you a
[2:10] long way when it comes to video creation
[2:12] and creating consistently can feel quite
[2:14] overwhelming so I definitely recommend
[2:16] you try this
[2:22] out so I was just editing one of my
[2:25] reals and I came across a problem I
[2:27] wanted to create this short form video
[2:29] to show case this new candle that I got
[2:31] however I realized that after I filmed
[2:33] that I didn't leave enough head room
[2:35] above my head to leave any text in this
[2:37] particular situation what I want to do
[2:39] is expand the scene to allow more text
[2:41] above my head and for this I'm going to
[2:43] use adobe's generative expand the trick
[2:46] here is I'm firstly going to take a
[2:48] screenshot of the video and import it
[2:50] into photoshop with the same resolution
[2:52] of the video project and here I'm going
[2:53] to Simply expand the scene as much as I
[2:55] want here I'm going to use a simple
[2:57] prompt just to expand the background now
[2:59] after the the expansion I can use the
[3:01] selection brush tool to manually adjust
[3:03] any specific part of the image that I
[3:05] think needs fixing this is perfect for
[3:07] detailing or cleaning up any specific
[3:09] areas that the expansion may have not
[3:11] Blended perfectly now once we have done
[3:13] this the second trick here is to export
[3:15] this as a PNG file this will allow you
[3:17] to Overlay your image or your new
[3:19] background on top of your original video
[3:21] and now I can complete this video by
[3:23] adding the text above my head now this
[3:25] is a situation I come across quite often
[3:27] so having a tool as powerful as Adobe
[3:29] Photoshop just ensures that you can
[3:30] create the video exactly how you'd like
[3:33] it even if you didn't shoot it perfectly
[3:34] at that time it's important to remember
[3:36] that the key to stay consistent is to
[3:38] work efficiently not harder back to work
[3:42] now the second point I want to talk
[3:43] about today is being efficient while
[3:45] shooting you've done your planning and
[3:47] pre-production and now you at the point
[3:49] where you are shooting your video my
[3:51] personal video settings are quite heavy
[3:52] and they take up a lot of space so when
[3:54] I'm shooting I try to be as effective as
[3:56] possible I don't want to overshoot
[3:58] because firstly that takes up more time
[4:00] but it also takes up more storage space
[4:03] and when you're shooting consistently
[4:05] storage space becomes a problem so while
[4:07] I'm shooting I like to outline a few
[4:08] certain key shots in the pre-production
[4:11] phase so that when I'm shooting it's
[4:13] very easy I know what I need and then
[4:15] once I've shot it that's it it's done
[4:17] I'm sure we are all very busy people so
[4:19] saving time while shooting gives you
[4:21] more time to then edit and do other
[4:24] parts of the whole video creation
[4:25] process another key tip for shooting
[4:27] especially when creating reels is to
[4:30] batch film your content let's say you
[4:32] pre-produce three videos a series
[4:34] perhaps and by batch filming these three
[4:36] videos you're going to save time on
[4:38] setting up and shooting again and you
[4:40] can just edit all these three and then
[4:41] schedule them for different days of
[4:43] posting this might sound pretty obvious
[4:44] but it is a great time saer now this
[4:47] next tip is something that you should
[4:48] definitely ingrain into your workflow
[4:50] and it is file management and
[4:52] organization I film things with my
[4:54] camera my phone every single day and to
[4:57] keep on top of things at the end of
[4:58] every day I take SD card I put it in my
[5:01] computer and I organize the footage
[5:04] being meticulous in organizing your
[5:06] footage will save you hours and hours of
[5:09] time when it comes to it now how I do
[5:11] this is I have a separate folder for
[5:12] each project and within that folder I
[5:14] have a footage folder which will then
[5:16] separate into different days and the
[5:19] different camera this way if I'm looking
[5:20] for a specific file I know which camera
[5:22] I shut it on I know which day I sh it on
[5:24] and it'll be much easier to locate it
[5:26] when I'm working in the editing software
[5:28] having each folder separated into its
[5:30] own category makes it ridiculously easy
[5:33] to then edit chronologically as a lot of
[5:35] my videos of Vlogs having a
[5:36] chronological timeline makes a lot of
[5:38] sense for me and if I don't need to
[5:40] worry about putting the footage in the
[5:41] correct order then this has already
[5:43] saved me quite a bit of time now in this
[5:46] project folder for everything else that
[5:47] I need in my video there is definitely a
[5:49] dedicated folder for it such as
[5:51] screenshots and thumbnail pictures
[5:53] overlays that I draw on my iPad
[5:54] miscellaneous things music I'm sure you
[5:57] get the idea another great thing about
[5:59] organ izing your files correctly is that
[6:01] sometimes I have to find a specific clip
[6:03] from a previous video and when I need to
[6:05] do that then I know where it is exactly
[6:08] I think pulling clips from previous
[6:09] video has a very high value especially
[6:11] for returning viewers so I love doing
[6:14] this in videos and I think it is a great
[6:15] thing it might be a little tedious to do
[6:17] this but once you ingrain this into your
[6:19] workflow trust me you will thank
[6:21] yourself later now that you have shot
[6:23] your video and you have your files
[6:24] organized the next step is of course
[6:26] editing your video now there are a lot
[6:28] of time saving editing tips out there
[6:30] but I want to talk about one in
[6:32] particular which is color coordinating
[6:34] your Clips you can color coordinate your
[6:36] Clips so that you create a visual road
[6:38] map for yourself which will help you
[6:40] when editing a video sometimes I find it
[6:42] a bit intimidating when there is a lot
[6:44] of footage especially when creating
[6:46] longer form videos for YouTube so by
[6:48] color coding the different clips on your
[6:49] timeline for different sections makes
[6:51] your whole edit a lot more digestible
[6:54] for example let's say you're making a
[6:55] vlog over a week There's an introduction
[6:57] section where you're making coffee
[6:59] there's a middle section where you're
[7:00] out in the city doing something with
[7:01] your friend and then at the end there is
[7:03] a talking segment where you're back at
[7:04] home chatting about some updates or
[7:06] pickups I'd color code these different
[7:08] colors on the timeline just so I know
[7:10] when I'm looking at it at an overall
[7:11] ground scheme there are three sections
[7:13] and they're all separate so when it
[7:15] comes to the next step of chopping the
[7:16] footage up and sorting it into place
[7:18] it's a lot easier to understand I also
[7:20] make sure that the clips where I'm
[7:21] talking to the camera the dialogue I
[7:23] highlight these as they are the more
[7:24] important parts of the video now I'll
[7:26] give you another tip when it comes to
[7:28] editing videos and for me personally
[7:30] this is by creating the spine of my
[7:32] video first not sure if there is a
[7:34] proper term for this but I call it the
[7:35] spine this is where you create the backb
[7:38] of your video first if you have dialogue
[7:40] Clips or crucial key points in the video
[7:42] I've laid this out on the timeline first
[7:44] sort out the music situation sort of
[7:46] have an understanding of how the video
[7:48] is going to flow before adding all the
[7:51] b-roll Clips in between to then fill in
[7:53] the gaps I've also heard this being
[7:55] called a radio edit I personally think
[7:57] that if you're editing chronologically
[7:59] like a Vlog this will save you a lot of
[8:01] time because that first step of editing
[8:03] deciding how you want to create the
[8:04] video is usually the hardest so just to
[8:07] recap real quick when you have your
[8:08] files organized you can easily import
[8:10] them onto your video timeline and while
[8:12] they're categorized are already you can
[8:14] color coordinate them to different
[8:16] colors so that you can understand what's
[8:17] going on and from that you can then
[8:20] create the spine of your video and then
[8:23] you can insert everything else to then
[8:26] create your video it sounds a little
[8:27] complicated but this is how I simp
[8:29] simplify my whole editing process to be
[8:31] able to create videos consistently
[8:33] without wasting too much time on the
[8:36] actual edit now the last tip I want to
[8:38] give you guys this is for the hustlers
[8:39] out there this is for the people who
[8:41] want to maximize their efficiency when
[8:43] it comes to content creation and that is
[8:46] effectively maximizing the footage that
[8:48] you have shot now what I mean by this is
[8:50] that if you've created videos for
[8:52] YouTube for instance you can repurpose
[8:54] the clips that you've already shot for
[8:56] then posting on Instagram Tik Tok and
[8:59] YouTube shorts you've already shot the
[9:00] footage you've done the hard work you've
[9:02] created a video already and from here
[9:04] you can just select clips that will work
[9:07] for a short form content and repurpose
[9:09] them let's say you did a little unboxing
[9:11] in your latest YouTube video you can
[9:12] easily repurpose this to work for
[9:15] Instagram reals and Tik Tok and YouTube
[9:17] shorts this will give you four chances
[9:19] for the same footage that you shot to
[9:21] reach a larger audience now if you're
[9:23] shooting horizontal videos and you
[9:24] already know you're repurposing the
[9:26] footage for Instagram and Tik Tok then
[9:28] you know that when you filming the video
[9:30] you can have everything framed and
[9:31] centered so that when you repurpose it
[9:33] for Instagram and Tik Tok everything is
[9:36] going to be in that vertical frame as
[9:37] well if you're doing that then you know
[9:39] what's up when it comes to creating
[9:41] consistently for Content creation you
[9:43] don't need to give your soul away for
[9:44] this it's about working effectively and
[9:47] efficiently I have made so many videos
[9:49] this year and I don't plan to stop so
[9:51] hopefully if you've made it to this
[9:52] point in the video you can take parts of
[9:54] what I have said and apply it to your
[9:56] own video creation process we discussed
[9:59] a lot of things today my friends so if
[10:00] you have any questions please let me
[10:02] know in the comments below I'm sure I
[10:04] will be able to help you there and other
[10:06] than that hope you have a nice
[10:07] productive day stay cretive friends
[10:11] peace
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