Mike

3D scenes are exactly what separates top creators from the rest. Viewers instantly recognise the difference in production value. Adding it to your videos is one of the quickest ways to make your content stand out. Interested in making your content actually hit? Dm me.

Looking for Video Editors Stickman Niche (Faceless channel) Free test 30 seconds sample is needed Videos will be usually around 10-16 minutes. Style is very simple, all you have to do is add images, some text, and music. I can teach you the whole workflow. Dm if interested

Quick way to identify problems in your video: Actually take a closer look at your timeline . . Are you able to clearly see where each "part" starts? Or is it just a one unorginized mess? . . Does the music indicate anything? Or is it just placed there as background? . . Are there sfx throughout the video? Or are there few and far in between?

Client created a new channel The second video I edited got 1 000 000 views in 2 weeks And it's not slowing down, at night it reaches even 10k views per hour It was 4th video uploaded on the channel Channel got monetized just from this one video Let's gooooo boys!

It doesn't matter how cool effects, storytelling and sound design you can do if you can't deliver the video on time.

The deadline is actually one day before deadline. There should always be spare time left just in case. Power goes out. Files get corrupted. Renders get messed up. Music gets copyright strikes. Life happens. Don't let stuff like that break your clients' trust.

5 online videoediting tools to enhance your edits: - google earth studio (make map animations) - any background remover (easier and faster than removing in software) - karaoke voice remover (made to remove voice from songs, but works well for removing noise) - inspect function (right click on element on the website, click inspect, and now you can change texts visible on the website) - full website screenshot extension (you can screenshot the whole website instead of just a small fragment of it)

I killed my own youtube channel by making the best video I could think of at that time (it was a few years ago) It was a video where I approached 100 girls on the street and asked them out That video took me over 100 hours across 20+ days to make Earlier I was averaging 5k views, but that one got 300k views and I suddenly had 13k subs (compared to 3k before) Sounds amazing right? The problem was it was really hard and time consuming to film this type of videos It wasn't easily replicable, and I didn't really want to make more videos like this I tried doing other videos, but they would get barely 1k views Everybody wanted to see videos of me talking to girls, nothing else mattered anymore on the channel 2 lessons here: Getting viral can actually hurt you if it directs your channel away from your target audience If you decide to make a video, make sure it's relatively easy to replicate - this way you can literally farm your way up by just replicating it and putting a spin on it

If there was a "stock footage" site with more authentic b roll, shot by people using just their phones, no fancy lighting, no color grading, no editing... Would that be useful to you as a videoeditor?

I was bullied at every stage of education system For some reason there always was a group of "cool kids" who would talk behind my back I felt very excluded then, but it actually was a good thing This gave me time to focus on developing myself and my skills When they were partying and talking shit about me, I was trying out my first business ideas Today, I'm self-sustainable while most of them are still at entry level jobs, not even in industry they were studying I'm just chilling at home I'm renting entirely with my own earned money, editing videos, while they have to wake up early everyday to go to a job they don't care about Lesson? "bad" things that happen to you can at the same time be an opportunity to grow

Client would pay me only when he needed the next project done Recently I finished collaborating with one of the clients I've been working with for a few months Sometimes it would take a few weeks to get paid, because there were no new projects After I messaged that I can't work on more projects with him, he still owed me ~$200 Some time passed and I was thinking about it today But I didn't feel resentment I believe that forgiveness is one of the most important and powerful things in this world So that's what I did - I forgave him I thought to myself "maybe he really needs this money right now, I forgive him, I'm not gonna let resentment take over my mind" Guess what happened next? 15 minutes later he messaged me that he sent the money (I didn't message him or anything, I was just thinking) Lessons? 1. If you hold resentment towards anyone or anything in yourself, you're only doing a disservice to yourself. 2. Don't allow people to treat you like that, you shouldn't have to wait for the next project to get paid, if you didn't agree on such deal

Reasons why you should do the music FIRST (after cut) when editing the video: 1. You can time the visuals to the beat. You can't time the beat of the music to the visuals. This makes your video more cohesive 2. After doing the music, you went through the whole video already This gives you better understanding of the structure of the video That allows you to do more thought out visuals (for example a timeline that progresses throughout the video) 3. When there is nothing else done, you can easily adjust the timing of the cut to the music If you have the visuals already done, there's a chance you would have to adjust them, adding unnecessary work

I got hit with a big realization today I talked with my 2 friends, both of them run companies with 50+ employees They casually asked how I find new clients I told them "you know, mainly twitter, people find me & message me, some outreach, pretty standard stuff" They were shocked. And then it hit me. It is common sense for young entrepreneurs to get leads on social media But for many people who built their companies before social media become a big thing, not as much There are still lots of people out there who run serious companies and haven't even considered creating content It really shows that even if something seems to be basic, common knowledge to you, it doesn't have to be for others... Even if their businesses are far ahead of yours Keep that in mind when creating content It will often feel like you're sharing something everyone knows - but the fact that something is your day to day life, doesn't mean it is for others

Client gave revisions, and then changed his mind? It's your fault if you have to make it from scratch You should version your project with every major change Just duplicate your sequence and add a number to it This way you can easily come back to any stage of the project

AI made everything easier, but not how it was expected It became a norm for people to just ask chat GPT whenever they find the smallest obstacle Need to post on x? ask AI Out of ideas for videos? ask AI Need text for a landing page? ask AI It's a common strategy to AI generate something and "tweak" it The problem is most people "tweak" for like 2 minutes, change 5 words and call it a day The result? The majority sounds like bots and those who just recycle other people's ideas became even more apparent Those who struggle to come up with ideas, struggle even more - because now they don't even try, they just go straight into AI for "inspiration" We're playing the game of uniqueness, yet so many people still choose to be an average mix of everyone

There are 2 types of salesmen I recently bought a car, I visited 2 dealerships Salesman 1: Sat me down, started discussing the price and 10 different payment plans After almost an hour, he briefly showed me the car for 5 minutes Then he left, telling me to contact him when I make the decision to buy I went to another dealership a few days later Salesman 2: Instantly took me outside to show the cars Asked what cars I like and why I need a car Presented 3-4 options based on my answer I chose 2 of them, he brought the keys so I could take a look and feel it He told the stories of these cars I asked why someone would return a car with such low mileage to them, he told several real stories from his customers and offered a 3 year guarantee, solving my objection Then we went on a test drive We came back and proceeded with the payment now... as videoeditor, which one of these salesmen are YOU?

We videoeditors have a problem... I worked together with a few videoeditors recently and noticed one common thing among them all... One thing that's massively impacting their ability to keep their clients... Can you guess what is was? It wasn't skill issue It wasn't communication It was that they were doing simple things in a complicated way Using 7 effects just to change color Generating subtitles in another software, rendering it with a green screen, and then keying it out Having 15 ae projects for the same premiere project, all named "asdasdasd", "aaaaaa", "fffff" etc. Nesting things for no reason Making a dynamic link to ae just to do a simple slide in animation Not using dynamic link, rendering comps separately and placing them in the project with some random name Using heavy plugin effect that makes render longer, just to turn down the brightness These things increased their work time so much it's ridiculous And when it came time to revisions, the simplest, smallest things could take literally hours, things that would take 2 min if done more efficiently Optimized workflow - that's the thing I see most editors are lacking True skill is making something good and simple at the same time.

I challenged a scammer 💀

Editor did paid trial and didn't send invoice for a month I reminded him 3 times and but everytime he said he will do it, but he didn't suddenly today he messaged me and sent the invoice, he said he really needed the money urgently paid him 1 minute after I got his message It seemed like he was surprised I can only imagine how many clients treated him badly in the past I was also in a cinema recently and cashier gave me $30 too much in change I was about to walk away but I noticed it and gave it back She was also surprised Is it really that rare today to just fulfill your part of the deal? lol

I was getting 3-4 inbounds daily. Now 1-2 every 2 weeks. I haven't posted my work recently there was a lot of client work... so naturally I shifted more towards quick written posts with stories, funny moments, and other things related to my job amount of inbounds dropped, but I noticed something interesting earlier all of the people messaging me were doing contests for the cheapest editor even though there were 3-4 inbound daily, they were all people who messaged 30 other editors at the same time all of them wanted some kind of free sample many of them didn't even respond after sending their first message but now, even though there's less people messaging, I actually managed to start working with 2 2 people agreed to make a full project without any "free" samples, and in both cases it was paid well another person messaged straight up offering a paid trial in their first message Maybe that's just coincidence, but I think me sharing my stories took part in it People can see the work in the portfolio afterall, right? What they usually can't see there is who is this person What do YOU think?

when client's video turned out so good yt marked entire 19 min as top moment lol