How I use AI for My video Creation
I used to be chained to my editing software. Seriously. For every single minute of video I put out, I was spending five minutes manually chopping out every ‘um,’ every awkward pause, every bad take. It was a total grind, and it was crushing my will to create. Then, I found a new way of working—using a few AI tools—that cut my editing time by 80%. In this video, I’m going to show you exactly how I did it, so you can stop editing your life away and get back to actually creating.
Section 1: The Problem: The “Editing Treadmill”
Okay, before we get into the solution, let’s just be real for a second. The dream of being a creator is all about the ideas, the filming, the sharing. But the reality? It’s hours and hours staring at a timeline, slicing away all the dead air and mess-ups. You know what I’m talking about. It’s grunt work, and it’s the biggest bottleneck between having a great idea and actually hitting that publish button.
My old process was the perfect example of this nightmare. I’d finish filming, feeling all hyped and creative, and then just… sink. I’d slump into my chair for an eight-hour editing session that felt more like doing taxes than making art. I would manually scrub through everything, find every little pause and mistake, and ripple delete them one… by one… by one. And since my audio was never perfect, I’d waste another hour messing with equalizers and noise reduction. By the end of it, my creative battery was completely dead. The thought of doing it all again in a few days was just exhausting. It’s a treadmill, and it’s the fastest way to burn out.
Section 2: The Turning Point: Letting AI Do the Grunt Work
The big change for me wasn’t some magic button. It was a complete shift in how I thought about editing. Instead of seeing it as this one giant, awful task, I started thinking of my workflow as an “AI-assisted assembly line.” The goal isn’t to “fix it in post” anymore. The goal is to have the video 90% done before I even open software to create the video final..
This whole system is built around a “script-first, audio-first” idea. By using a couple of AI tools in a very specific order, I automate the most boring, repetitive parts of the job. This means the brainstorming, the scripting, and even the voiceover are mostly handled for me, leaving me to focus on the fun part: the final creative assembly. This is where you save a ton of time. I went from being a manual editor to more of a creative director, guiding the whole process instead of getting stuck in the weeds.
Section 3: The Transformation: My 3-Step AI Workflow
So, what does this actually look like? Let me break down the three main steps of my new workflow.
First, the script. I kick things off with vidIQ to just throw ideas around and get a solid outline for a video script.. Once I have a structure I like, I take that concept over to a tool called ElevenLabs. eleven labs is awesome because it helps me turn that script made specifically for YouTube. It suggests SEO-friendly keywords and structures the whole thing with a hook, talking points, and a call-to-action designed to keep people watching. This step alone completely kills writer’s block and makes sure my video has a strong backbone.
Second, the voice. Okay, this is where it feels like actual magic. Instead of recording the narration myself—which means doing a million takes, making mistakes, and then cleaning up the audio—I now use the AI voice generator called ElevenLabs. I just copy my final script from vidIQ, paste it into ElevenLabs, pick my voice that fits the vibe of the video, and it spits out a studio-quality voiceover in minutes. The realism is honestly kind of shocking; it has natural-sounding pauses and inflections that are almost impossible to tell from a real person. This one step completely gets rid of the recording and audio-fixing nightmare.
Finally, the assembly. By the time I actually open my video editor, ScreenPal all the hard work is done. I have a tight, clean script and a perfect audio track ready to go. My job is now just to put the puzzle together. I lay down the AI narration and just sync up my images to what’s being said. Since the script is already tight, there are no “ums” or long pauses to cut. My editing time is now 100% focused on the creative stuff: adding B-roll, putting in some graphics, and getting the pacing right. It’s a super “light” editing process that feels more like playing with building blocks than performing open-heart surgery.
So if this workflow is starting to make sense and you can see how it could save you a ton of time, do me a quick favor and hit that like button. And drop a comment below letting me know: what’s the one thing that takes up the most time in your editing process?
Getting Your Creative Energy Back
Switching to this AI-powered system has cut my total production time by about 80%. Those soul-crushing eight-hour editing days? Gone. What used to take a full day now takes a couple of hours, tops. But the biggest win isn’t just the time I’ve saved; it’s the creative energy I’ve gotten back. I can post more content, try out new ideas without dreading the edit, and most importantly, I get to spend my time on the parts of creating that I actually love. AI isn’t here to replace our creativity; it’s here to do the boring stuff so we have more time to actually be creative.
