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0:00In this video, I'm going to show you how
0:01you can edit viral podcast reels like
0:03these using only AI. Even if you've
0:05never edited anything with AI before,
0:07don't worry. This tutorial is a complete
0:10A-Z guide. I'll show you how to take a
0:11raw podcast like this one that was made
0:13by Chris Williamson and turn it into
0:15this viral Instagram reel using the
0:17five-phase podcast reel workflow. Phase
0:19one, Claude will watch through our
0:21podcast and extract high-quality
0:23short-form clips. Phase two, we'll use
0:24Submagic to create high-quality captions
0:26for our video. Phase three, Claude will
0:28analyze the script and plan out amazing
0:30animations. Phase four, Claude will then
0:32prompt Hicksfield to create stunning
0:33designs like these for all the clips.
0:35And finally, phase five, Claude will
0:36turn all these designs into high-quality
0:38animations using Hicksfield. At the end
0:40of the video, I'll even show you how
0:42long this edit took and how much it
0:43cost. But first, it all starts with
0:45phase one, clipping.
0:49First, it all starts here, with this raw
0:51podcast. The first thing we need to do
0:52is clip a high-quality short-form clip
0:54out of this long-form video. And
0:56traditionally, this means watching
0:57through the entire video to find the
0:59best hook, then placing clips
1:01sequentially to formulate a story out of
1:02that hook. But with Claude, we no longer
1:04need to do that. Here's how it does the
1:06clipping for us. First, Claude needs to
1:08be able to watch our podcast. So, we
1:10feed it a timestamp transcript. Head
1:12over to ElevenLabs, click on
1:13speech-to-text, and then transcribe
1:15files. And since my podcast is on
1:16YouTube, I'll just copy the link and
1:18paste it here. ElevenLabs generates a
1:19transcript of the full podcast, but this
1:21doesn't have the timestamps. So, click
1:23on this plus sign and generate subtitles
1:25for the video. Now, you've got
1:26timestamps. Finally, click on export and
1:28export as a JSON. A JSON file just shows
1:31what is being said in our video and when
1:32it is being said. Remember that because
1:34those timestamps are really about to
1:36matter. Now, I pull up Claude, upload
1:37this file into the prompt, and tell it
1:39to load up a skill called the short-form
1:41clipper skill, and use it to extract
1:42five high-quality premium short-form
1:44clips from the script. [music] While
1:46it's running, let me take 20 seconds to
1:47explain how this skill actually works.
1:49And Ultimate Editors, we have courses on
1:51clipping, where I explain how to clip
1:52videos [music] like these out of
1:54long-form podcasts. So, we uploaded them
1:56to Claude and trained it on clipping. On
1:57top of this, I clipped out multiple
1:59clips from a podcast myself and gave
2:01Claude a detailed breakdown of why I
2:03chose those clips and why I structured
2:05each clip that way. Claude studied
2:06exactly how I clip and turned it all
2:08into the short-form clipper skill. And
2:10just in case you want these skills for
2:11yourself, we're putting all of them
2:13inside the AI editing fundamentals
2:14masterclass in Ultimate Editors, where
2:16you're going to get to learn how to edit
2:17viral videos with AI and get access to
2:1912 high-quality video editing skills for
2:21Claude. The link is down below. Now that
2:23Claude has finished processing, it gives
2:24us five high-quality clips out of this
2:26transcript. I read through all of them
2:28and my favorite was clip three. It uses
2:29a relatable topic as a hook with an
2:31unexpected reframe. Then it tells a
2:33story, jumps in time to an example, and
2:35wraps up with an outcome. This was
2:37perfect. Now to cut it out, I just
2:38uploaded my podcast over to Claude and
2:40told it to trim this clip out of the
2:42video. It lines up the timestamps on our
2:44script with the timestamps of our video
2:46and cuts [music] our clip out of the
2:47main podcast. And now we end up with a
2:49high-quality short-form clip that
2:51actually works well, which brings us to
2:52the next phase.
2:55Next up is phase two, generating the
2:56captions. Once you have a clean
2:58high-quality clip, it's time to generate
3:00the captions. There are many tools that
3:01could generate high-quality captions for
3:03you. Descript, Submagic, Opus. In this
3:05case, I'm going to be using Submagic.
3:07So, head over to your browser of choice
3:08and load up Submagic. Click on the
3:10create project in the top right and then
3:11click on upload from computer and upload
3:13the clip that we just [music] made. Give
3:15it a second to load and then you're
3:16going to see this. Here, click on style
3:18and select the style of the subtitles.
3:19This is entirely up to you, but I
3:21personally always recommend that you go
3:22with something clean [music] and
3:23minimal, especially for these kinds of
3:25edits. I love the Kelly three style, so
3:27I'm going to click on it, but I'm also
3:28going to make some changes. First, I
3:29change the font type here to Poppins and
3:31choose the light font weight. Then I
3:33scale it down to 30 and finally I move
3:35it down to the lower thirds of the
3:37screen. Now once your captions look good
3:38and you're satisfied, click on export
3:40and download the video. Now we've got a
3:42high-quality clip subtitled in no time,
3:44which brings us to phase number three.
3:47The next phase in our workflow is
3:48planning out the edit. We need to plan
3:50out what needs to be shown on screen in
3:52order to make this video go viral. To do
3:54this, I'm going to pull up Claude and
3:55prompt it this. I want you to now plan
3:57this full edit for optimal virality and
3:59viewer retention. To do this, use the
4:00podcast clip planner skills that you've
4:02been taught and I'll let it run. And of
4:04course, while it's running, I'll take
4:05the next 20 seconds to explain how this
4:07podcast planner skill works. We have
4:08multiple courses in Ultimate Editors
4:10that break down how I plan animations
4:12for videos. So, we fed all of those to
4:14Claude and told it to study them. Then,
4:15I fed it 10 full scripts and the exact
4:17animations that we planned for each
4:19sentence. That's thousands of sentences
4:21and thousands of animations planned for
4:22them, which was more than enough for
4:24Claude to study how planning edits work.
4:26Using all this, I prompted Claude to
4:27extract the content psychology behind
4:29how we planned our edits and what we
4:31need to show on screen. And it created
4:32the editor brain skill that we're using
4:34here. Again, if you guys want access to
4:36all these skills, they're all inside the
4:38AI Editing Fundamentals course in
4:39Ultimate [music] Editors. The link's
4:40down below. But now that it's done, take
4:42a look at this. For the hook, this is
4:44what Chris says. What often looks like
4:46discipline today is just the echo of
4:49someone's past obsessions. Claude
4:51planned to keep this as A-roll to help
4:52the viewer connect to the speaker. In
4:54the next clip, Chris says this. I
4:56started going to the gym when I was 18
4:58because I was obsessed with gaining
4:59muscle. So, Claude planned a scene
5:01focused on a dumbbell design. The clip
5:02after this was this. Skipped nights out
5:05partying to stay in my bedroom and read
5:07the misc forums on bodybuilding.com. And
5:09Claude planned a form and a TV scene to
5:11show what he's talking about. And the
5:12section after that was a time jump.
5:14Claude planned to leave this as A-roll
5:16to give the viewer some rest. The next
5:17section starts with this clip and Claude
5:19planned a fossilized scene for this
5:20part. Then, in this clip, Claude planned
5:22an orbit scene with all these subjects.
5:24After that, Chris says this. What once
5:26obsessed me has now just simply become
5:29me. And Claude chose to put a conclusive
5:31scene like this. For the section after
5:33it, Claude decided to leave it as A-roll
5:35to give the viewer some rest again. And
5:37then, Chris comes back with this final
5:38statement to which Claude finishes the
5:40video with this as the last animation.
5:42As you can see, this edit is planned out
5:44like a professional video editor would.
5:46And if we follow this plan, you can bet
5:48the video is going to turn out so high
5:49quality that it keeps our viewer hooked
5:51all throughout. And now that we have the
5:53raw clip and captions and a plan on what
5:55needs to be created, it's time to create
5:57it, moving us straight into phase four.
6:00Phase four is the design phase. In this
6:02phase, we're going to be turning our
6:03plan into high-quality designs. To do
6:05this, I prompt Claude, create
6:07high-quality scene designs based on the
6:08plan you just created. Use the podcast
6:10designer skill for this and follow a
6:12white and orange color theme. Create the
6:13designs for every scene in Higgsfield
6:15using GPT image 2 at 2K resolution. And
6:17then, I let it run. The real secret to
6:19getting good designs is the podcast
6:21designer skill. What we did here is we
6:22went over to Pinterest and gathered
6:24hundreds of inspiration of good white
6:26vertical designs. All kinds of different
6:28styles and colors. Then, I uploaded all
6:29of this to Claude and told it that this
6:31is what I want the designs for the
6:33short-form podcast animations to be
6:34like. I told it to study the colors, the
6:36design patterns, the psychology of the
6:38layout, and everything. At the end, it
6:39created the podcast edit designer skill,
6:41a skill capable of generating
6:43high-quality designs for the vertical
6:45style in all kinds of different colors.
6:46Look, if you're new to video editing and
6:48you're finding it hard to keep up with
6:49all this stuff, the new editing styles,
6:51the complex programs, and now AI video
6:53editing, don't worry. This is completely
6:55normal. This is exactly why we decided
6:57to build the ultimate editors 2.0
6:59program. This step-by-step program to
7:00teach beginner editors the editing
7:02programs, the viral editing styles, AI
7:03video editing, and how to make $2,000 a
7:06month as a video editor. Inside, you're
7:07going to get access to the Premiere Pro
7:08and After Effects masterclasses. You'll
7:10also get access to the viral editing
7:11style breakdowns, where we'll teach you
7:13how to create the minimal animation
7:14style, the SaaS motion design
7:15animations, and even the viral talking
7:17head style from scratch. On top of all
7:19of this, we just released the AI editing
7:20fundamentals course, where we'll teach
7:22you how to create animations like Iman
7:23Gadzhi and Vox from scratch using only
7:26AI. And you'll even get access to the 12
7:28high-quality video editing skills that
7:29we spent 2 months creating for Claude.
7:32After all of this, you'll even get
7:33access to the $2,000 per month editor
7:35blueprint, where I'll show you the
7:36secrets to making $2,000 a month as a
7:38video editor in 2026. Editors have been
7:41killing it with our program. They join
7:42as complete beginners, learn to create
7:44stunning animations, and they've been
7:45making thousands of dollars every month
7:47with video editing. If that sounds
7:48interesting, click the link down below
7:50and join Ultimate Editors. We're going
7:51to be raising the price soon, so make
7:53sure to join while it's still $97 a
7:54month. Now, after around 10 minutes of
7:56processing, Claude had created all of
7:58the designs. So, let's walk through each
8:00one and confirm that it looks good. For
8:02the hook, we left it as arrow, so it's
8:04all good. For the first section, it
8:05created this dumbbell and text
8:06animation, which looks awesome. For the
8:08clip after it, it generated this TVC.
8:10The section after that was left as
8:11arrow, so no need to worry about it.
8:13Then for the part after that, Claude
8:14created a fossilized dumbbell design,
8:16which was super cool. For the section
8:18after that, Claude generated the orbit
8:19design with all the subjects. It looks
8:21great. For the belief section, Claude
8:22created this carved design, which looks
8:24awesome. And finally, Claude chose to
8:26end this video with this conclusive
8:27scene, which just looks perfect. These
8:29designs were awesome. It all followed
8:31the color palette, and everything looks
8:32premium. Now, this brings us to our
8:33final phase, phase five, generating the
8:36animations.
8:38This is where we bring these designs to
8:40life by turning them into high-quality
8:42animations. This is where I prompted
8:43Claude, "Now, using the podcast
8:44animation skill, I want you to animate
8:46all of these designs into high-quality
8:48short-form minimal animations for my
8:49podcast edits. Use the animation logic
8:51from the podcast animation skill, and
8:53generate them using Cedance 2.0 at 1080p
8:55with no music and just sound effects."
8:57And of course, while this is running,
8:58I'll finally break down the podcast
9:00animation skill that's responsible for
9:02generating these stunning animations for
9:03our video. Before creating the video, I
9:05ran the design skill to make sure
9:06everything is working. When I generated
9:08the designs, I brought them into
9:09Hicksfield in Cedance 2.0, and prompted
9:11it this. The animation starts with just
9:13a white background. In second one, the
9:15object slides in in a realistic stone.
9:17In second two, the text has a pop-up
9:18blur fade-in animation that animates
9:20word by word. In second three, the
9:21designs around the edges of the graphics
9:23animate in. All animations are quick and
9:25smooth and seamless, not rigid and
9:27bouncy. I was able to create stunning
9:28animations using that prompt. So then, I
9:30did that to another three designs,
9:32giving it every detail it needs about
9:34the animation. With four high-quality
9:35animations created and their prompts
9:37available, I give it all to Claude to
9:38study and told it to study exactly how I
9:41prompt Higgsfield to generate
9:42high-quality animations like these. So,
9:43it studied them and it turned them into
9:45the podcast animator skill that
9:47understands how to animate high-quality
9:48designs like these. Now, after
9:50processing for 15 minutes, Claude was
9:52done creating all the animations using
9:54our podcast animation logic. So, let's
9:56take a look through them and make sure
9:57the quality is good. For the first
9:58scene, the dumbbell slides in and the
9:59text writes out. It all looks perfect
10:01and notice how the timing and flow is
10:02all on point. For the second scene, the
10:04TV slides in with a little bounce and
10:05the text all writes out. This all looked
10:07awesome. The third scene, the dumbbell
10:09drops into stone and the text writes out
10:11smoothly. This looks perfect. The fourth
10:13scene, we see a clean draw out of the
10:14lines and a pop-up animation for the
10:16icons. For the fifth scene, we see a
10:17smooth slide in and a write out which
10:19just looks clean. For the final scene,
10:21the stone slides in from the camera and
10:22the text writes out as the dumbbell
10:24drops, which all looks awesome. It's
10:26safe to say all the animations are on
10:27brand and complete. So, now to finalize
10:29everything, all we have to do is drag
10:31the animations into the edit and
10:33finalize it. Let's quickly do that.
10:34First, I launched Premiere Pro and then
10:36I dragged each animation into exactly
10:38where Claude planned for it to be. This
10:39was easy and simple. Finally, I wanted
10:41to add a final touch for myself. So, I
10:43spent 5 minutes doing some
10:44post-production to make this edit pop.
10:46First, I added an adjustment layer and
10:47created a zoom out animation at the
10:49beginning. Then, I added some risers and
10:50whooshes to hook the viewer in the first
10:525 seconds and I felt like this first
10:53section was a little slow, so I cut this
10:55part here and I tracked the subject to
10:56create a cool effect. Finally, I added a
10:58good song to the edit and everything
11:00came to life. Now, before I show you the
11:01final edit, remember at the beginning I
11:03promised to break down exactly how much
11:05this cost and how long it took. So, here
11:07we go. For the cost, this entire edit
11:08took eight images at seven credits each
11:10and eight animations at 55 credits each.
11:12That's just under 500 credits total. And
11:14Higgsfield has a plan where you can top
11:16up for 500 credits for around $26, which
11:18means this entire premium podcast reel
11:20cost around $25. As for the time, the
11:22clipping took 12 minutes, the captions
11:24took five, and the planning took eight.
11:26The design took 10 and the animations
11:28took around 16. And my final touches
11:29took around 15 more. This is all just
11:31over an hour in total, but most of that
11:33was cloud processing in the background
11:35while I did other things. The actual
11:36work I put in was around 15-20 minutes.
11:3820 minutes of real work and $25 for a
11:41viral podcast reel like this one. And
11:43this, ladies and gentlemen, after the
11:44five-phase workflow is the final edit
11:46that we end up with.
11:47>> What often looks like discipline today
11:49is just the echo of someone's past
11:52obsessions. I I started going to the gym
11:54when I was 18 because I was obsessed
11:56with gaining muscle and I researched
11:58protein shake formulations and jumped up
12:00going to Gold's Gym in LA and skipped
12:02nights out partying to stay in my
12:04bedroom and read the misc forums on
12:05bodybuilding.com.
12:07>> [music]
12:07>> The most autistic excuse for not going
12:09on a night out ever. Nearly 20 years
12:11later, I'm still training. Not because
12:13I'm that disciplined and motivated now,
12:15but just because an old obsession of
12:17mine fossilized into my identity. This
12:20is true for my meditation habit and my
12:22research for podcast guests and the
12:24productivity systems I've got and my
12:25desire to build businesses. What once
12:27obsessed me has now just simply become
12:30me. This is a quiet reframe that people
12:33basically never say out loud. Discipline
12:36sometimes isn't the starting point. It's
12:39just the residue.
12:40>> Ladies and gentlemen, thank you guys so
12:41much for watching all the way till the
12:42end of the video. If you guys enjoyed
12:44this, let me know your thoughts on AI
12:45video editing in the comments down
12:47below. Do you think it's too expensive?
12:48Do you think it was fast? And do you
12:50think this is the future of video
12:51editing? If you guys want to see more
12:52banger viral AI tutorials like this one,
12:54comment down below and like this video
12:56so you can see more of these. And in the
12:57meantime, feel free to check out one of
12:58these two videos over here. Hope you
13:00have an amazing day and we'll catch you
13:01in the next video.

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