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what’s your content creation setup like?

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Cece Xie
Jan 27, 2023
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Can you go over your equipment and software that you use for content creation? Specifically your camera and editing software for YouTube, but also your other gear!

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Content creation, particularly for YouTube, can get real expensive real fast. I think it makes sense to buy equipment and software in stages, depending on how you’re feeling about creating content and the monetary returns at every point.

  1. Stage 1: Minimum viable product.

    1. Video. Start with your phone. You’d be surprised at how many established YouTubers just use their iPhone Pro* to record, even for their longform content (just beware of phone storage capacity). I really liked starting out with shortform videos, because they take less time to make and videography matters less, but start with whatever form and genre inspires you.

    2. Audio. I didn’t pay that much attention to audio so would just use the built-in mic, but I know the best practice even in the early stages is to use any sort of external mic, even just your nor…

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