Production with AI
Articles in the “Production with AI” category of the Estudio de Canales blog.
Production with AIColour Palette for a YouTube Channel: How to Choose One
A channel palette works with three or four colours, each with its role: accent, dark, light and perhaps a secondary. How to choose them, check contrast against WCAG thresholds, pick typefaces and keep thumbnails, videos and channel consistent.
· 8 min read
Production with AIOnline teleprompter for recording your voice-over
A teleprompter shows the text you are going to read in large type. For a voice-over, an online one in the browser is enough; with a camera, the text has to sit next to the lens. How to prepare the text, how to record and what the Estudio de Canales teleprompter is like.
· 7 min read
Production with AIThe Ken Burns effect: what it is and how to use it in your videos
The Ken Burns effect gives movement to a still photo: you set the starting and ending frames and the software works out the path. How to choose between zooming in, zooming out or panning, how to do it in an editor or with FFmpeg's zoompan filter, and tips so it does not look obvious.
· 9 min read
Production with AIHow to Make YouTube Videos With AI, Step by Step
AI can help with research, scripting, voice, images and editing, but the decisions stay with you: what to say, which facts are true and whether the video deserves to be published. The full workflow, phase by phase, and what YouTube's policies say.
· 8 min read
Production with AIHow to Make a Video With Images and Voice-Over, Step by Step
A video with images and voice is made in this order: script, voice-over, scenes with one image each, syncing to the voice, movement, subtitles and export. The key is that each image lasts exactly as long as its piece of voice.
· 7 min read
Production with AIHow much does it cost to make a video with AI, and how to measure it
The cost of an AI video is the sum of text, voice, images and editing, which are paid for by use, plus your time and redos. How each item is charged with examples of official rates, how to measure it video by video and how to compare it with results.
· 8 min read
Production with AIYouTube Channel Without Showing Your Face: How to Do It Well
A faceless channel is sustained by narration, images and a distinct angle in every video. Which formats fit, how to choose the voice and the images, what YouTube's monetisation policy excludes and when you must disclose the use of AI.
· 8 min read
Production with AIAutomating a YouTube Channel with AI: What You Can and Cannot Automate
With AI you can automate ideas, script drafts, voice, images, editing and the publishing package. Fact-checking and approvals should stay in a person's hands, and YouTube's policies single out mass production of similar content.
· 8 min read
Production with AIAI voice-over or your own voice: how to choose for your channel
Your voice fits if the channel rests on your judgement and personality; an AI voice, if consistency matters most and you cannot record every week. In both cases, never imitate or clone another person's voice without their permission. Criteria, rights, YouTube and practical tips.
· 6 min read
Production with AICreating AI images for videos: format, scenes and style
AI images for a video need to come out in 16:9, with plenty of resolution so they can be moved, one per scene based on the narration and with a common style. Text goes in the edit, and if the result looks real, YouTube asks you to disclose it.
· 8 min read
Production with AIPrompts for AI images: template, guidelines and examples
A good image prompt describes the subject, the context and the style with concrete details. Google's guidelines for Gemini, a fill-in template, six examples of weak versus worked prompts and the mistakes that spoil the result.
· 7 min read
