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OK, now that I have some success in the literary world, I've been thinking about expanding my PoS media empire to include Youtube videos as well. I bought a cheap action cam, a better headset and mic. Then I took some footage of me eating food and stuff, and...
Wow, I didn't realize that this thing is a lot of work. I thought I could just take the footage and upload it, but actually making a coherent vid is not easy, even though the content creators you see on YT makes this stuff look like a piece of cake.
So I downloaded a free editor called Shotcut, but it's taking me a long time to figure out how everything works. I wonder whether I ought to put more time into this, or should I just outsource the editing process and pay someone to do it? There's lots of third world people who'll do editing for a few bucks. I admit the latter will be a short-term solution, because if I'm in it for the longhaul, I'll need to learn these skills, but right now its taking a lot of my time, when I know I can be productive for other things that I am good at.
What do you think?
Wow, I didn't realize that this thing is a lot of work. I thought I could just take the footage and upload it, but actually making a coherent vid is not easy, even though the content creators you see on YT makes this stuff look like a piece of cake.
So I downloaded a free editor called Shotcut, but it's taking me a long time to figure out how everything works. I wonder whether I ought to put more time into this, or should I just outsource the editing process and pay someone to do it? There's lots of third world people who'll do editing for a few bucks. I admit the latter will be a short-term solution, because if I'm in it for the longhaul, I'll need to learn these skills, but right now its taking a lot of my time, when I know I can be productive for other things that I am good at.
What do you think?