How to make a talking head video look professional

Upload the recording, pick a house style, and Clypmint returns a finished edit. It cuts the dead air, writes captions that land on the word you say, and adds the motion graphics that style calls for. You do not open a timeline unless you want to. A talking head recorded in one take is the footage every house style was measured from, so this is the job Clypmint does best.

Why this is hard

You filmed yourself in one take and it is 8 minutes of you saying "um".
Plain subtitles do not fix it. The video is still one static shot.
Real editors cost more per video than most people make from the video.

How to do it, step by step

Upload the take. Drop in the file. One long recording is fine. Clypmint transcribes it and finds where the good takes are.
Pick a style. Choose a house style. Each one is a full editing grammar measured from a real edit, not a filter.
Let it cut. Clypmint removes the dead air, cuts on your own word boundaries, writes the captions, and lays in the graphics that style uses.
Change what you want. Tell the Director what to change in a sentence, or open the timeline and move it yourself.
Export and post. Download the finished file. On a paid plan there is no mark on it.

Which styles suit this

Crimson Card Explainer
A warm talking head, white captions with one crimson italic line in four, and numbered cards that flash in behind your hands.
Sky Caption Minimal
Restraint, then a shout: tiny centred captions, a teal jump-cut picture, and one huge gold figure about every ten seconds.
Mono Scatter Caption
A crushed black-and-white talking head where cream captions scatter either side of your face and the payoff word slams in behind you.
Hotel Warm Callout
A dim, lamp-lit talking head with captions on the beat and an orange staircase that lights up when you name the steps.

What Clypmint will not do here

It needs your voice in the recording. A talking head with no usable audio has no transcript, and every style cuts on the words.

Questions

Does it work on a video with no cutaway footage?

Yes. Most house styles are built for a single locked take. They carry the edit with type and authored graphics rather than with b-roll you do not have.

How long can the recording be?

It depends on the plan and the style. Styles state the footage length they are built for, and each plan states the longest single file it accepts.

Can I keep the same look on every video?

Yes. Pick the same house style each time. Every video you make with it follows the same grammar.

What it costs to try

Starter is free for 3 days. A card is required. You pay $0 today. You get 3 Instant videos and 1 Director edit. Trial downloads carry a small Clypmint mark. Cancel in 3 days and pay nothing.

Other jobs

Start the free trial. Card required.