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0:00I make a lot of talking head video
0:01content and I mean a lot of content so
0:04in this video I want to walk you through
0:05my entire process from camera microphone
0:07and software plus some AI tools to speed
0:09up the process and why using Riverside
0:12can actually make the whole process way
0:13easier so let me actually Swap this
0:15around and I'll show you what I'm
0:17looking at every time I record first up
0:19is the camera I record all my content
0:20with a Sony a74 mirrorless camera with a
0:23sigma 35mm lens f1.4 I usually keep it
0:27around f1.6 or 1.8 I'm recording
0:30directly to the SD card on that camera
0:32but I also have a video HDMI output
0:34going to my Blackmagic A10 mini pro
0:36switcher this way I can preview the
0:38video right here on a monitor on this
0:40monitor I also have my Boll camera or
0:42top down shot so if I need to preview
0:44that I could see it all right here plus
0:46I have a secondary display for my Mac
0:47going over here which is really helpful
0:49for like webinars or if I want to screen
0:51share something directly from my
0:52switcher audio wise my audio is actually
0:54being recorded into this roadter Pro 2
0:57but the microphone is actually a
0:59Sennheiser
1:00mk416 that's the shotgun microphone
1:02right here it's an industry standard and
1:05that microphone is connected to that
1:07roadter Pro 2 over there I'm recording
1:10the audio separately directly into audio
1:12hijack on my computer you can see it
1:14running right now I'm recording the
1:16audio it's a simple little recording I
1:18could record it into the camera or to
1:19the roadter I like recording my audio
1:21separately I match it up later in a
1:23multicam clip and I also run some
1:25filters through it using isotope rx10
1:27I'll show you that in a second as far as
1:29a b camera this is my Sony a6400 camera
1:33with another Sigma lens a 24 to70 I like
1:35a zoom lens on that if I need to get
1:37close to something like an iPhone and
1:39that's mounted to the wall using this
1:40newer arm again that HDMI cable and
1:43constant power is running down the wall
1:45and both of my cameras are going into
1:47that ATM mini pro and yeah I got a
1:49couple podcast microphones over here if
1:51I need as well also I'm doing a screen
1:53recording right now and the tool I use
1:54for that is clean shot X I'll put a link
1:56to all the tools I'm using in the video
1:58description but you can actually see it
1:59running down here on the Monitor and I
2:01like it because it actually captures
2:02Mouse clicks and puts a little nice
2:04circle around it and if I do any
2:05keyboard shortcuts like command and then
2:07a space bar you'll see those keyboard
2:09shortcuts right there at the bottom so
2:10if I was done recording I would hit stop
2:12on audio hijack stop clean shot X stop
2:14my b-roll camera and then hit the stop
2:17button on my Sony a74 let me show you
2:19what happens after that now I edit my
2:21talking head video content in Final Cut
2:23and as you can see I have two SD cards
2:25this is from my a-roll camera or my Sony
2:27a74 and my b roll camera I start with
2:30the a roll I actually run that video
2:31first through an AI tool and I'll show
2:33you that in a second Final Cut brings up
2:35that import window and actually already
2:36have two videos recorded on this SD card
2:39so I'm going to add these to some
2:40specific events this one is about a new
2:42Top Secret Riverside feature so I'll put
2:43that into the Riverside features I don't
2:46want this window to close because I'm
2:47actually going to import both of these
2:48video files at once and this other video
2:50is all about podcast tips the difference
2:52between apple podcast and Spotify and
2:54what your show looks like in each so
2:56I'll click that video import and now
2:58both of those videos are being imported
2:59ort it now I actually had some screen
3:01recordings from both of these videos and
3:03you'll see here in Final Cut I favored
3:04all the folders that I quickly
3:06referenced using cleanshot X all my
3:08screen recordings are saved to this
3:09folder and you'll see I have these two
3:11right here this one was about Apple
3:13podcast vers Spotify so I'll import that
3:15into my podcast tips event here in Final
3:17Cut and this one is about the Top Secret
3:19Riverside features and then I'll add
3:21that to a different event here now once
3:22the a-roll finishes importing I'll
3:24import The Boll but while all that's
3:25copying let me work on the audio so like
3:27I mentioned I record all my audio to a
3:29separate wave file and here's my folder
3:31where all that's saved let's start out
3:32with this podcast and every app audio
3:34the difference between apple podcast and
3:36Spotify I've said every wave file to
3:38open up automatically into isotope rx10
3:40this is what the editor looks like and
3:42while I don't edit the audio
3:43specifically I do run a couple filters
3:45number one is breath control I don't
3:47particularly like hearing my breaths in
3:48the videos so I have a preset set for my
3:50microphone and I render the entire audio
3:53clip so it removes any breads does a
3:55really good job at this I love this tool
3:56in isotope there's obviously a bunch of
3:58other tools here another big one is DS I
4:01use their podcast interview DS and so
4:03any s's or sibilance I can render that
4:06out of the audio and that'll just make
4:08it sound way cleaner these are really
4:10the only two filters I typically use in
4:12isotope again there are a bunch of other
4:13tools like noise remover EQ but actually
4:16apply some of those directly in Final
4:18Cut once I've run these two filters the
4:20dser and my breath remover then I'll
4:22export a different version of this video
4:24file I export it as a wave file the
4:27highest quality I can and I typically
4:28put at the end of the file name just the
4:30word fix in all caps this way I can tell
4:32the difference between the audio files
4:33I've processed and the ones I've not now
4:36you'll see here I have podcast in every
4:37app. wve and podcast and every apppp
4:40fix. wve yes very scientific I know now
4:42going back to Final Cut this is in my
4:44podcast tips event and so now I'll open
4:46the import window again with command I I
4:49have Riverside audio as another favorite
4:51folder here in Final Cut and I'll do the
4:53podcast in every app fix this is what I
4:54just ran through isotope rx10 and I'll
4:57import this audio directly now it's
4:59still import recording from the SD card
5:00and other media so I'll give that a few
5:02minutes and while I wait for that let me
5:03show you how much easier this would be
5:04if I just recorded in Riverside and yes
5:06even recording solo video content or
5:08talking head content you have so many
5:10more benefits When you record directly
5:12to the Riverside platform for instance
5:13let's say I want to record a solo video
5:15about a new Riverside feature I'll jump
5:17into my studio I can select my
5:18Blackmagic A10 mini pro so I get the
5:20same video shot that I'm recording to
5:22the local SD card and I can still choose
5:24my roadter Pro as my microphone input
5:27and while I'm not wearing headphones I'm
5:28the only one recording here in the
5:29studio so I don't have to worry about
5:30noise bleed or echo or anything like
5:32that I'll join the studio I can make
5:34this Frame full screen by clicking the
5:35expand frame option here and now I've
5:37eliminated a need for a preview monitor
5:39while I have my multiv view over here I
5:41can also just use Riverside to see the
5:42camera shot and I can preview it and say
5:44yeah looks great and I'll title the
5:46recording new Riverside feature you can
5:48see I have the audio levels here so I
5:49can monitor that and Riverside records
5:51locally so your audio is going to be
5:53uncompressed wave video is high quality
5:55and I don't have to worry about
5:56importing or SD cards or anything I'm
5:58going to record directly to to the
5:59Riverside platform not only that but
6:01Riverside can now act as your
6:02teleprompter I can actually paste a
6:04script right here I put some Latin
6:06filler text and then turn on the
6:07teleprompter feature and now the script
6:09can automatically scroll while I'm
6:11recording the content and I can use this
6:13as my teleprompter so Riverside is now
6:15your preview monitor and your
6:16teleprompter and your SD card and pretty
6:19much everything else of course I can
6:20decrease the text size increase it
6:22change the timing or speed of the scroll
6:24and more and let me hit record and just
6:26to give you an idea this is actually the
6:28video recorded in River side using my
6:30audio using the same camera I typically
6:32use and I can record in up to 4K if I
6:34have a 4K capture device and so you can
6:36record that solo video content right
6:38here on Riverside and you get lots of
6:39benefits after you're done recording as
6:41well let me show you that I can see that
6:43my content's been fully uploaded and now
6:44I can leave the studio so here's a solo
6:46recording I did in Riverside now of
6:48course I can download my raw video high
6:50quality video file right here and my
6:52uncompressed wave file so I can download
6:54those and still edit it in Final Cut
6:55like I normally would rather than
6:57importing from the SD card I just
6:58download it here but but because I
6:59recorded in Riverside now I have access
7:01to the magic clips feature so I can hit
7:03Riverside generate multiple vertical
7:05Clips ready to share to social media
7:06using AI basically does that for me or I
7:08can jump into the Riverside editor and
7:10using the Riverside editor in my content
7:12I also get a transcript from my
7:14recording automatically I didn't have to
7:16do anything to get an additional
7:17transcript I can edit the content by
7:19selecting and deleting words I still
7:20have my timeline which I can zoom in and
7:22zoom out just like I was editing and
7:24Final Cut I can split parts of the clips
7:26select the region remove it and now I'm
7:28editing my video content basically like
7:30I'm in Final Cut plus I can do things
7:32like add captions quickly automatically
7:34change the layout and format with just
7:36the click of a button you would have to
7:37create multiple projects to do that in
7:39Final Cut and I can just do it with a
7:40click right here in Riverside I can use
7:42some of our magic tools like remove all
7:43silences from the recording add a little
7:45rounded corners and maybe some color or
7:47border around the image then I can just
7:49export that video when I'm done
7:50recording it right here from Riverside
7:52so whatever your workflow try recording
7:54directly in Riverside and you get access
7:55to all of these features like magic
7:56clips editing via the transcript remove
7:58silences and a ton more if you want to
8:00learn more about the Riverside editor
8:01I'll put a link to that down in the
8:02description or you can click it above
8:04all right my a roll has finished
8:05importing and so I'll eject that SD card
8:08and then put in my Boll and I'll be
8:09making a multicam clip from that here's
8:11my Boll I'm adding to my podcast tips
8:14event and I'll import it here now my
8:16next step is actually taking my a-roll
8:17video which I imported right here and
8:19I'm going to run this through an AI tool
8:21called gling doai I pulled up the
8:23original file here and I'm going to open
8:25gling gling is a powerful AI tool I
8:28basically import my video file I'm going
8:29to title this project and hit continue
8:32what gling does is remove any silences
8:34and it can recognize bad takes so if I
8:36was going to say something and I started
8:37over and over so if I was going to say
8:39something and I start it over and over
8:40and then I continue typically the last
8:42take is the best one and the one I
8:44normally want to keep well gling knows
8:46that and it will automatically remove
8:47all those bad takes and silences so this
8:49way my a-roll video is almost ready to
8:51go once it's run through gling AI I'll
8:54show you what that looks like in a
8:54moment and how I import that into Final
8:56Cut for finishing the edit and here in
8:58the transcript you can cut or uncut
9:00anything you'd like as you can see I had
9:02multiple starts to this video and it
9:04kept the last one where I actually
9:05finished the start of the video and
9:07continued same thing here multiple takes
9:09and it only kept the last one it does a
9:11pretty good job doing this automatically
9:13I'll typically go in and change a few
9:15things and then when I'm ready I can
9:17export this file and because I record my
9:19audio separately and Boll I actually do
9:22a Final Cut Pro multicam clip again you
9:24can do this with da Vinci resolve or
9:26Adobe Premiere and so I'm going to do a
9:28final cut XML file that XML file
9:30downloads to my computer and now if I go
9:32back into Final Cut I can import that
9:34XML file here in my downloads folder you
9:37see it here and when I import it it's
9:39going to create a new event and a new
9:41project you'll see the project name and
9:42gling but I can actually drag this
9:45project to that other event which was my
9:47podcast tips event and then I'm going to
9:49delete the event that gling
9:50automatically created when I imported
9:52that XML file when I do that I still
9:54have the project created by gling and I
9:56might delete this just because I like my
9:58titles to be clean and the multicam clip
10:00generated in that project is still here
10:02now if I go to the project that was
10:04created by that XML file import you'll
10:06see here all the cuts are now made to my
10:09video all the silences are removed and
10:11only the best takes are kept but I still
10:14need to adjust the multicam clip file so
10:16if I double click the multicam clip
10:18you'll see here's my a roll now I want
10:20to add my b roll so I'm going to add an
10:22angle I'll add my b roll shot here sync
10:25selection to monitoring angle and now
10:27I'll keep everything in sync I'll add
10:29another angle this is going to be my
10:30screen grab this is from cleanshot now I
10:33record the audio for my screen grab
10:35specifically so I can sync it here in a
10:38final cut multicam clip and I'll add one
10:40more angle which was actually the audio
10:42that I ran through isotope rx10 here's
10:44my fixed audio and again I will sync
10:47that selection to the monitoring angle
10:48as well I like to name all my angles
10:50just for organization and quickly being
10:52able to refer to everything and when it
10:54comes to my audio track I do like to add
10:56a little loudness here in the Final Cut
10:58audio effect effect panel just brings
11:00that volume up a little bit without
11:01distorting it now that I've added all my
11:03angles I'll go back to the project that
11:04was created it still just looks like my
11:06multicam clip but I can select all the
11:08clips here in the timeline and then in
11:10the top right corner if I go over to the
11:12info tab I can actually select an active
11:15audio angle for all the clips at once
11:18you'll see here all the angles that I've
11:19renamed myself and if I click voice over
11:22now it's using the good audio file that
11:24I recorded across the entire project and
11:26if you didn't know that's where you can
11:28change all the Clips at once for
11:30instance you can just change the audio
11:31angle clip by clip here and if you
11:33select multiple and right click then you
11:35can't change the clips but you select
11:37multiple go over to the ey Tab and then
11:39select the audio angle you can change
11:41them in mass now when I did something
11:43like b-roll shot and screen grab I'll
11:46actually choose to set the angle for
11:47multiple clips now before I go into even
11:49deeper editing as you can see I'm
11:51definitely not looking at the camera
11:52right here so I don't want the a roll
11:54shot I'm probably doing something in the
11:56b roll shot so I'm going to scroll until
11:58I I see myself look back at the camera
12:01which is right about there and so I'll
12:02select all the Clips in that section
12:04where I'm looking down at the b-roll
12:06shot go over here to active video angle
12:08choose Boll and now I've automatically
12:11edit to that b-roll shot all the edits
12:13that gling made still preserve now you
12:15see I do need to crop this video a
12:17little bit and actually had to film off
12:18center because the light was reflecting
12:20in the display so if I double click and
12:21go into my multicam clip I'm going to
12:23change the monitoring angle just so I
12:25can preview it here I'll click the
12:26entire clip here in the multicam editor
12:29let me change the scale and positioning
12:31Center these phones and now that I've
12:33done it here in the multicam editor
12:35these changes will be made across the
12:37entire project whenever I use the b-roll
12:39shot probably need to adjust the
12:41rotation a little bit because it's a
12:42little offc Center but you can see all
12:43the edits are made and even though all
12:45the cuts have remained because I cropped
12:47the clip in the multicam editor those
12:49changes go across the project now I'll
12:51do a first pass editing this content
12:53changing all the angles to the b-roll as
12:55I need and if there's any edits that
12:56gling didn't catch I'll go and do all
12:58those after that it's adding some b-roll
13:00or overlays things like this quote if
13:02I'm making a point right here sometimes
13:04I'll take it from a previous project
13:06because it has my edits made like the
13:07color overlay and font these presets are
13:10actually from motion VFX this is from
13:12their M podcast pack so it allows you to
13:14put a little tip and text right there
13:16and a little nice animated in and out
13:18I'll put a link to this pack from motion
13:19VFX in the description another plug-in
13:21pack I use is the MKBHD plugins and one
13:24of my favorites is this zoom in feature
13:26which does a great job of just zooming
13:28in and then zooming back out and I can
13:30adjust where that Zoom is focusing on
13:32and how much it's zooming in and out
13:34very quickly and now I can create
13:36visually appealing zoom in and zoom out
13:38just by overlaying the zoom effect on
13:40the b-roll typically this is what a
13:41project will look like after I've added
13:43all those overlays and points maybe some
13:45additional b-roll from other video files
13:47I'll put the little subscribe and
13:49comment animation here at the very end
13:50of the video and then when I'm done I'll
13:52send this project to compressor to make
13:54an MP4 video file and upload it to
13:56YouTube so that's my entire talking head
13:58video Ed editing process from recording
14:00to the camera or using Riverside then
14:01using a tool like gling AI to quickly
14:03remove silences and bad takes all the
14:05way to adding overlays and multicam
14:07Clips in Final Cut if you have any
14:09questions on my process whether it's
14:11gear software apps equipment whatever
14:13leave a comment below this video I
14:14answer all of those personally I'd love
14:16to help you there and if you want to
14:17learn more about using Riverside for
14:19your solo recording content or video
14:21podcast we have great videos on the
14:22channel about that subscribe hit the
14:24like on this video and then check out
14:26this video up here if you want to learn
14:27more about the Riverside editor or if
14:29you need help talking about gear
14:30microphones and cameras this video right
14:32here is a great one to watch you should
14:34check it out thanks for tuning in I'll
14:35catch you in the next video

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