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Making videos is hard work. Real hard work.
The time to make a YouTube video varies significantly. It can take anywhere from 2 to 300 work hours. Research shows that in 7 work hours – basically a day of work – an average person creates between 1 and 5 minutes of video.
Things don’t get better after you successfully grow your YouTube channel. The more subscribers a creator has – the longer it takes to create a video.
Enlisting help from another video editor is always an option. However, it’s not cheap. If you want to hire an average video editor, expect to pay them around $43 an hour. That’s a good chunk of change. Unfortunately, most content creators can’t afford it. So what can you do?
Well, let us tell you about this little tool called ChatGPT.
As you very well know, ChatGPT is the most popular Artificial Intelligence tool in the world. The language-processing model has over 180 million monthly users. It took ChatGPT to acquire a million users in less than a week.
Comparatively, Instagram took 2.5 months to do the same feat, and Netflix had to wait 3.5 years to do so. Yes, ChatGPT is popular. You know what’s it for. Writing essays, blogs, and news, right? Sure. But that’s not all. Not by a long shot.
Contrary to popular opinion, ChatGPT is more than a writing tool. Here are a few ways content creators use it:
The question now is, can you use ChatGPT to edit videos?
The short answer is yes, you can use ChatGPT for video editing.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise for everyone who’s been able to stay in the loop on audiovisual editing tools and their advancements. For quite some time, editors have been able to automate simple tasks like color correction and background removal.
The next logical step was video editing. But there’s a catch.
ChatGPT, at the end of the day, is a language processing tool. Video editing involves manipulating, rearranging, and reordering different shots to create something new. ChatGPT can’t LITERALLY help you edit videos. But it can work as a co-editor.
Think of it as your video supervisor. If you have always dreamed of having a mentor with plenty of knowledge about editing videos, congratulations — you finally found one.
So, how can ChatGPT become your best friend and help you take your video editing to the next level? Below, you can find 10 ways to use the language processor to edit videos.
Let’s get the obvious out of the way — if you need to generate a couple of ideas for your next video script, use ChatGPT. Studies have shown that less than half of people describe themselves as “creative.” Sure, sometimes we tend to be overly critical of ourselves, but other times, we find ourselves in creative slumps. At this time, you can just enter a broad theme or topic in ChatGPT and ask it to come up with something more straightforward and interesting.
Writing is the next obvious thing ChatGPT can help you with. It’s made to process information and generate responses, just like a human being. We’re living in a fast-paced age that requires you to create as much content as humanly possible at an alarming pace.
Well, sometimes, we need some help from a machine to keep pace with the rest. You can just provide the basic information, writing tone, and a couple of examples, and ChatGPT will create a script for you. In a matter of minutes.
Once you’re finished with the script, there’s usually room for improvement. Make corrections on your own, and then return to ChatGPT for a second opinion.
Ask for specific sequencing guidelines to help improve the script. See if there are any pacing issues that can be solved with a rewrite or two. That will help you streamline the entire video editing process and spend less time working on the video.
You’ve come up with an idea for a video. You write a script. And you record it. Your job is far from done – now’s where the party starts. People underestimate just how much effort and creativity goes into the editing process. Some days, you just don’t have any creative juices left. That’s when you get sloppy. You can just take your video material, transcribe it, and give it to ChatGPT to analyze. After going through the transcript, the tool will suggest how to streamline and better edit your video.
If you weren’t aware, ChatGPT now can interpret visual information. Moreover, the program can perceive objects, shapes, and colors within an image, detect patterns, and extract meaningful information from visual data. So, if you need any help color-correcting your video, you can upload some stills and ask for advice. For instance, If you’re trying to match the color between different shots, AI can provide strategies for achieving consistent color.
If you don’t have much experience with sound editing, ChatGPT is there to help. Although you can’t directly upload audio into ChatGPT, you can ask it to explain how to use a piece of sound editing software in detail and how to perform specific tasks with it. And if you encounter an error somewhere along the line, you can make corrections using ChatGPT. Simply describe the changes you’ve made and ask for feedback or suggestions for further improvement.
The thumbnail is usually responsible for the first impression of your video. People see it before they even click on it. That’s why it needs to capture the viewer’s attention. The great majority of popular YouTube videos contain titles and stills from the video.
So, how can ChatGPT help? As Jayant Padhi explains, all you need to do is feed basic information into ChatGPT — the title of the video, its main ideas, etc. — and it will give you as many ideas for thumbnails as you need. It may even give text and font ideas to attract more viewers.
If you want to reach a larger audience, you must add subtitles to your video in as many languages as possible. ChatGPT’s architecture was trained in more than 100 languages and can help you caption your video easily.
Now, if you plan on captioning your video in more than a dozen languages, consider using a CAT tool. These tools are designed to help translators work quickly at a high volume and will make your life a lot easier.
Many creators just write out their video description in a minute or two without giving it a second thought. Needless to say, this isn’t good. That’s because a well-written and optimized video description can boost your video in search rankings and land you recommended sections of millions of users.
Finally, you need to create some YouTube shorts to give your video more attention. On a daily basis, YouTube Shorts receive more than 3.5 billion views. If one of your shorts goes viral, it can send a ton of viewers to your channel.
You need to explain your target audience to ChatGPT and what types of users you aim to attract to your channel. Then, allow it to analyze your video and say what shorts to create. Ask for a proper length, captions, and hashtags too.
There you go. ChatGPT is a language model that can help with video editing by providing suggestions, generating captions, and helping with translations. It can make your videos more engaging with tips on using music in certain sections or using different camera angles.
Sure, there are limitations to using ChatGPT for video editing. But remember — it’s a tool meant to replace professional video editing software. It’s there to act as your editing assistant and supervisor. To make a good video, you must have advanced skills.
