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Shamar
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Do I need any expensive equipment to start Content Creation on Youtube or Can I start without any equipment?
Do I need a good working computer or do I not need anything at all?
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Flo L.
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Shamar, You don’t need a computer to start creating content on YouTube. If you have a smartphone with a good microphone and a well-lit space to shoot your video, that’s a simple and great start.
While I’ve never uploaded videos directly from my phone, it’s definitely an option if you don’t have a computer. Just be mindful of upload times—videos over 30 minutes can take a while to upload, depending on your Wi-Fi connection speed.
If your goal is to eventually earn money through the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), consistency is key. Uploading regularly (whether 2 or 4 times a week) will help you meet the YPP requirements: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours (for long-form videos, not shorts).
Consistency helps you build a community of followers who resonate with your content and will keep coming back to watch your videos.
Last but not least, resilience, dedication, and self-care are just as important—if not essential—parts of this journey.
While I’ve never uploaded videos directly from my phone, it’s definitely an option if you don’t have a computer. Just be mindful of upload times—videos over 30 minutes can take a while to upload, depending on your Wi-Fi connection speed.
If your goal is to eventually earn money through the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), consistency is key. Uploading regularly (whether 2 or 4 times a week) will help you meet the YPP requirements: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours (for long-form videos, not shorts).
Consistency helps you build a community of followers who resonate with your content and will keep coming back to watch your videos.
Last but not least, resilience, dedication, and self-care are just as important—if not essential—parts of this journey.
Lucas Guardia
Filmmaker, Cinematographer, camera operator, video editor, DOP, director, image and sound designer, photographer
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Hi Shamar! You don´t need an expensive equipment to start content creation. Today, all that you need it´s just a good cellphone and a good internet connection. If you increase the quality of your cellphone you reach better shoots for your content (i mean, more quality for your image -video and photo- and better sound, more storage and etc.). But a medium quality cellphone will be enough to start to make content. In the cellphone you have a camera and a microphone to make your shoots, although you can write your script there too or just record some random flash ideas with your voice to not forget and use then in the future and of course you can use a free version of some very good apps for editing, add subtitles and apps to make a couple of simple vfx, some templates that you can customize as you like, add some fx and corrections in order to modify the sound that you record. Plus this apps give you a lot of simple but amazing free libraries with stickers, typography, music, sound fxs etc etc etc. So, you don´t need anything more than that, you have everything in your cellphone. That tool is more than enough to make content. But, lets be clear and honest, you asked for "start making content creation".
As time goes by and you are more advanced, you may feel that you need to improve the quality of your content, perhaps you are looking to give a more professional approach to your activity and want to take it forward and increase the possibilities to give flight to your creativity and thus be able to create your new content, perhaps you need to invest in more expensive equipment and paid applications.
The only thing that maybe could be a little expensive its an external hard drive to storage your work. But over all the most important thing are ´the good ideas in order to make the content that you can make, I mean, try to don´t go beyond your technical possibilities and adapt your ideas to the tools your available, use your ideas and creativity to reach your goals.
As time goes by and you are more advanced, you may feel that you need to improve the quality of your content, perhaps you are looking to give a more professional approach to your activity and want to take it forward and increase the possibilities to give flight to your creativity and thus be able to create your new content, perhaps you need to invest in more expensive equipment and paid applications.
The only thing that maybe could be a little expensive its an external hard drive to storage your work. But over all the most important thing are ´the good ideas in order to make the content that you can make, I mean, try to don´t go beyond your technical possibilities and adapt your ideas to the tools your available, use your ideas and creativity to reach your goals.
Esther Atoi
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Esther’s Answer
You can start with your smartphone., a cool environment with good lightning