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Aaron, having been a nature and wildlife still photographer for over 50 years I have literally 10`s of thousands of images. Now before the Cloud flew in, my storage was on HD drives. The one thing that brought me to reality was that storing everything at home was risky. The solid-state HDs came along with more storage in a smaller space. I made copies and used my free bank safe deposit box in which to safely store my backups. A short version, a Western photographer stored everything in hard folders next to his computer. He went on a trip and came back 2 weeks later to find his log cabin had burnt to the ground with a total loss of everything he had done for the last 20 years. So I hope that you have taken steps to safely ensure all of your hard-earned work, in the event of a total loss of any kind. Love the behind the scenes stuff, and most of all I wish you and Madaline all the best in the coming weeks of your marriage.
Yes i do! I store all originals, rough cuts, thumbnails and audio in label folders and store them on two separate external hard drives. In different places, one kept here in my safe which has a 2 hour fire rating
I lost thousands of images, from my first images taken in photography to years into it. All due to poor file Managment and trusting a SSD too much. Dumb of me, never want anybody to go through that pain. Years of work gone!
You are correct. I realized shortly after starting a channel this would be an issue. With the low cost of external storage the safety deposit box is a great addition
what an AWESOME incredibly interesting video. I have often wondered what this process and equipment looks like for RU-vidrs. I would have guessed that you all use Adobe After Effects. thanks for sharing.
Great video! I love the fact that you’re showing them how much work it takes to make 20 plus minutes of entertainment!! Woot woot can’t wait to see you! Much love!!
Hi Aaron, Thank you for sharing the behind the scenes. I thought I would share my backup process that has been helpful for me over the years of post production work. 1. Set up the project (iMovie, FCP, Premiere) in the Dropbox folder on my Mac 2. Edit everything within this folder (exclude renders since they take space but can be rebuilt anytime) 3. This automatically backs up to Dropbox and includes versioning 4. Once completed you change the folder to "Make Online-Only" and it clears the space from your computer The advantages are: 1. Versioning 2. Direct download links to video and assets for clients 3. Use of Dropbox's tagging to classify clips and dates for better tracking 4. Easy cloud searchability from anywhere 5. Restore deleted files for up to 30 days Cons: Generally the pricing of storage, can be an issue, but 3TB for online storage for $216 isn't too bad. Technically, while not redundant, it can be used as a backup since it is stored in Dropbox's Cloud and deleted files are kept for 30 days.
Thanks Aaron, that was great! I created a channel this past July, still learning so much, but 90% of it comes from you, in the spearfishing/free-diving side and everything that surrounds it. This past weekend, I created a video, and I mentioned your channel, I hope this is ok. I said that all I am doing and still learning I am learning from you and I mentioned your channel, I hope this is ok and if you are, please let me know so I may add your channel link on the description. The reason I do that, is to thank you for all you have thought me. I am a 53 yo man, from Brazil came to US 34 years ago,…….used to Spearfish back in the 80s, surf, etc, back in Rio De Janeiro and always wanted to do that here, but life has up until now prevented me from it, kids, “ex wives” lol, but when I saw your channel and the way you face life, that re-ignited that passion and thanks to you, I was able to start doing. I do only shore dives for now, hopefully in a couple years to get my own boat. So really, from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU, my wife is loving it and so do my kids. God may keep blessing you two and also us with your videos.
of course its okay! can't thank you enough for taking the time to share this, we are doing our best to enjoy life as it comes. and be grateful for everyday, even though some days suck haha! I wish you nothing but the best! 🙏
I was surprised when you said you use iMovie - it made me happy 😊😊. It’s the one I use for my little channel just because it was free and I am only getting started. I figured someday when I get “serious” I would have to invest in some high powered program but I love your stuff so now I am set! I love your content and just your vide - looking forward to seeing your content as you transition into the next chapter of your journey. Thanks for sharing and stay safe and healthy!
Thank you for taking the time to share these details. As a small channel starting out it’s very helpful to see how a successful channel does it and what gear you use. You’ve been an inspiration in our RU-vid journey, and sounds like we’re fishing just south of your hometown. Keep up the awesome adventures, I appreciate the realism you provide!
Aaron this was a great video. I subscribe to you and about 30 other channels to watch regularly and I always hear them on Instagram and what not talking about editing will be out soon and never really knew what it entailed. Thanks for the behind the scenes fill in on what it all entails
Aaron thank you for putting this out it was very helpful. I do bonsai RU-vid and this will help me. I love watching you and your friends dive and fish.
Love your content! Thank your for putting this video out there. It was literally my last ingredient to starting my own spearfishing youtube channel yesterday!
There are many hours of work that goes into editing a video. The part I hate is going through every video to see what is useable. It is tedious work especially when you use multiple cameras. I never knew you could edit the "Ad" popups. I'll have to start checking that. I don't do a lot of voice overs but there are times where it is needed. I ordered the microphone that you use to try it out. Great video Aaron! Thanks for the tips!
Highly recommend switching to Davinci Resolve (free or studio version) and buying their speed editor. I was using FCP and Premiere and then switched to DR and it is WAY faster, especially with the speed editor. You will save HOURS, especially with the amount of content you put out dude!
Love your channel. And I appreciate that you infuse cooking your catch into your videos. As I love harvesting and cooking my catch also. And appreciate some of the recipes to try for myself.
I find how you narrate your underwater segments very cool always wondered how people prefer to do that. My wife does something similar and it has to be so quiet bc you can hear every little thing. Appreciate you taking the time to show your way! 🍻
Just found your Channel. Great content and this was the best behind the scenes video I have run across. I feel like a I owe you a beer for answering a ton of questions I had. THANKS!!! 🍻
It’s very interesting how you process your videos and more impressive that you share your video production. Thanks for taking the time to show us how the process works and more importantly how it ends up on RU-vid. I’m always excited to watch your newest video so keep them coming, brother. 👍🤙
Thanks for showing me how that all goes. As always, it is a pleasure watching all of your videos. I am always learning and enjoying the content on your channel.
Hey Arron I don’t know if you have noticed that each micro SD card have classifications to them for speed ect. This might help you with off loading and loading times. Also did you max out your Random Access Memory (RAM) in your new Mac Pro Mini so it will process and run faster for you. Also did you max out your GPU card, and your CPU as well. These 3 things can make a big difference on cutting down your speed times for waiting long periods of time.
yea I bought the pro version of the new mini's and still upgraded the guts. wasn't cheap but don't notice a difference at all unfortunately. its brand new.
Final Cut for better performance and use all 12 cores of the gpu and cpu or luma fusion would be good for you to. You should invest in a second monitor for easier transferring files and helps productivity. Love your vids ❤❤
What frame rate do you shoot at underwater and above? Do you shoot at 1080 and upscale to 4k when rendering? Really like how you put everything together.
I have uploaded over 1 million photos to goggle photos that have been viewed by individuals. I appreciate the information about the gear. I am always looking for new and better cameras both for work and play. Thank you Aaron. PS Best of luck with your upcoming Marriage.
Awesome video man! Nice to see how you setup your videos and the whole process. I'm using davinci resolve for editing and it's great. It's free and lets you get a lot more in depth with the editing. I don't think imovie uses the full capacity of CPU and GPU, that might be why it's running slow, even on a good computer. Do you ever do any color grading to your underwater footage? Mine always turns out green, was wondering if that had something to do with the white balance or the editing. Anyways great video and keep em coming!
Honestly, thank you for showing "behind the scenes" stuff like this. There's a lot more to it than pointing a camera and presto, you're a youtuber. Thanks for keeping it real all the time. I think it's comical that you are actually laughing at yourself laughing in the video you're editing.....
I washed your video in the end, thank you for the information! I live in Key Largo, but I’m in Key West for fantasy fest. Hopefully I’ll see you around. My buddy
Very cool and educational. Based on how many adds you leave in or take out does it make a big difference on how much your videos make? And it would be awesome if you would make a breakdown video on how much your videos can make. Based on adds, views and old video income based on new videos and old videos. No one ever likes to discuss how much they make on RU-vid
Thanks for doing your best to make RU-vid awesome while RU-vid executives do their best to ruin RU-vid 😂 Your dedication to the craft is apparent in each and every video. That thumbnail of Maddy is hilarious, well done.
For people who are interested in getting involved with youtube videos, this information is golden... Waiting for your show on t v,,, you have to have Will, thou... TNX 4 VID LOL
Aaron, I know you are getting a lot of comments. But I want to buy a drone for videos on the water and don't know what to buy. So, what is the best out there for the money.
If you could have experienced the keys in the late sixties early seventies it would have blown your mind. There were very few people in the summer until late fall the fishing was incredible. Erin there were Cray's in roadside canals,nite fishing 2 or 3 lb mangos cut mullet,tackle busting snook at nite. Offshore small med. Dolphin by the boat load l truly feel bad about how many we kept. Wahoo nothing huge but plentiful,blackfin another one l feel bad about l mean literally knee deep we thought it would always be like that. My last trip in 1999 l could not believe it no fish no Cray's the keys were hurt. And I was part of it I don't like a lot of fishing regulations people they are a must.Hey guys and gals take a kid fishing tey won't forget it!!!!!
yea I've heard it was a different time for sure. there still are alot of fish and lobster to be had if you know where to look but I imagine its been hit pretty hard over the years, the mahi are struggling more than anything.
You should test your render times with davinci and a pc. We swapped to davinci and got a new laptop with a decent graphics card and the renders went from 1 hour to like 3 minutes.
As far as the ad suitability, have you ever had a video get demonetized due to someone reporting for violence or something like that? And also, have you ever got to the point where you're doing the final review on the big screen and you find something that you have to go in and re edit? Or is that a pretty rare occurrence
Thanks for the video. Do you take a still photo for your thumbnail or do you take a screen shot out of the video? How long start to finish does the typical video take to edit and upload to you tube?
@@KeyWestWaterman I get so overwhelmed and lost trying to figure out do I export or copy footage to a hard drive from camera and don’t know how I’m suppose to go from there. I guess I can try and find some how to videos but just haven’t been up to figuring it out. You did show me some pointers on how you number the footage…. Cool! Thanks again bro!
Laptop with a Nvidia rtx 30 or 40 series will cut your render times substantially from what I've heard. And prices have dropped drastically. Just a thought.
@KeyWestWaterman I don't like paying for it. But my card expired. I went 2 days before I subscribed for it again lol I watch alot of RU-vid and use youtube for music while working. Definitely worth it to me
This is not an airport. No need to announce your departure. That opener is for the kids that watch the channel, and apparently to bother the adults that act like one.
Literally just came to this video because i was wondering about the process and remembered you posted a video about it. Figured i could trust you to say the basics of it. Thank you sir 🫡
