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What is a proper video editing process or what do I create first; the audio or the doodle/video or how do I streamline my video editing process?

49. What is a proper video editing process or what do I create first; the audio or the doodle/video or how do I streamline my video editing process?

Everyone has their own method of creating videos. I find that this question as 3 answers depending on what type of project or video is being created. Both answers below require using tools outside of Doodly.

Video created using only Doodly

A doodle that is created only using Doodly, it is best to:

  1. Write your voiceover script.

  2. Use Adobe Audition or another audio editing software to record your voiceover and edit your script. Get a good external microphone.

  3. Edit your voiceover with Adobe Audition removing heavy breathing, lip smacks, microphone noise, background noise, crackles and anything else that is out of place.

  4. Import that voiceover into Doodly and then make your doodle around it. That is the fastest method of creating the video. There is no magic method to syncing up the audio. It’s done by trial and error by playing the audio multiple times and looking at the basic audio timeline provided as well as the play head and using the duration and delay sections of an asset that is being drawn on the screen.

Screen Recording

  1. Record your screen.

  2. Watch your recording while writing your voiceover.

  3. Record your voiceover.

  4. Sync up the audio to the video. There is no magic method for this process. It takes a very long time and is very tedious.

Repetitive or Templated Projects

These are projects which will use the same theme with different content. This highly depends on whether there will be a voiceover. If there is and the voiceover will be different refer back to the voiceover instructions above in the first example.

  1. Create the base of the doodle without the content. Anything that will be the same from project to project.

  2. Duplicate your project multiple times renaming the project each time.

  3. Use the different projects to add the content that will be different in each project when required. Keep in mind the duration and delay settings will likely need to be adjusted when adding the content.

Read our Creation Process written tutorial.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to the most common questions regarding this topic.

For a standard Doodly project, it is highly recommended to write your script, record your voiceover, edit the audio, and import it into Doodly first. You can then build and sync your video around the completed audio track.

Start by writing your voiceover script, record it using external software like Adobe Audition, edit out background noise and breaths, import the clean audio into Doodly, and finally, animate your scenes to match the audio timing.

There is no automatic synchronization tool in Doodly. Syncing is done through trial and error by playing the audio, watching the playhead, and manually adjusting the duration and delay settings of each drawn asset.

First, record your screen capturing the action. Next, watch the recording while writing your voiceover script to match the timing. Record the voiceover, and finally, manually sync the audio track to the screen recording.

Create a base Doodly project containing all the standard assets, intros, and outtros that remain the same. Duplicate this base project, rename it, and then simply insert the unique content and adjust the timing for each new client or topic.

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