My workflow for making videos with Obsidian
I've been making videos with Obsidian for about three years now, and I thought I'd share what I've learned. Here's how I plan, outline, and edit my videos, as well as how I process them back into my notes. The first 500 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/nicolevanderhoeven12231
// RESOURCES MENTIONED
Canva, which I use for creating thumbnails: https://www.canva.com/join/ttv-mhj-zgx
TubeBuddy, which I use for keywords and thumbnails: https://tubebuddy.com/freetrial?a=nic...
Frame.io, for reviewing videos from my editor: https://frame.io
Rev.com, for human-generated captions: http://try.rev.com/6cP3lQ
Zsolt's visual video database: https://excalidraw-obsidian.online/Ho...
My note on this video: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/...
// TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:51 Coming up with ideas for a video
02:01 Using a video template
03:27 Creating a thumbnail
04:09 Choosing a title
05:32 Structuring a video for filming
06:52 Editing a video
08:30 Post-production
11:46 Project management for videos
17:37 Creating a content calendar in Obsidian
20:20 Maintaining a video database with Dataview
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// ABOUT ME
Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com
Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole
Videos for my work at Grafana Labs: • My work at Grafana Labs
Adobo & Avocados (with Marie Drake), a channel about intersectionality in tech: / @adoboandavocados
Beyond the Character Sheet (with Leah Ferguson), a channel about TTRPGs: / @beyondthecharactersheet
// APPS I USE
Obsidian: https://obsidian.md
Readwise: https://readwise.io/nicole
Shortform: https://shortform.com/nicole
Reclaim: https://go.reclaim.ai/eg0tgbamp7cb
Snipd: https://link.snipd.com/Cx7S/nicole
Napkin: https://napkin.one/?via=nicole
// GEAR
https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/gear/
// WANT TO SUPPORT ME?
❤️ Join my Patreon and get my sample vault with templates: / nicolevdh
☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/nicolevdh
⭐ Buy Obsidian for Everyone, my beginner course on Obsidian: https://courses.nicolevanderhoeven.co...
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