You know you need to do reels.
I know you need to do reels, and I'm happy to share that I figured out
the easiest way to put them together.
If you are not feeling particularly creative or lack the resources
to create high quality original reels, it all starts with a tweet.
Head to Twitter and find a tweet you like.
This can be yours or someone else's, though I do recommend
asking for permission.
If you're going to quote someone else now, take a screenshot of it on your phone
and size it to you however you'd like it.
Next, I like to go in and remove those little menu dots in the
corner by clicking markup and coloring over them with a white pen.
Now go over to Instagram.
Click create real.
And choose a background video.
Now I like to have a running list of B-roll videos available
in a folder on my iPhone.
This can be anything from a fun landscape shot to videos of me working
on my computer, anything that's just an aesthetically pleasing shot.
For this one, I'm gonna use some ocean footage that I took on a work trip and
stay tuned till the end of this video.
If you wanna see how to get B roll without actually taking it your.
Click add once you found a clip that you like, and then go back to your
tweet screenshot and click on the little upload button in the bottom left.
Then select copy photo.
Now go back to IG where you'll click the text icon and paste.
Then readjust the sizing as needed, and be sure to follow the grid lines
to keep your tweet in the center if that's the look that you're going for.
From there, you can select the music icon and choose a song that goes along with
the video, and it's up to you whether or not you want just music or a mix
of the ambient B roll sounds as well.
For this one, I'm leaving the ocean sounds on.
You can hear how it actually sounds mixed with the music over on my Instagram
at the Latasha James, if you want.
And boom, you've now got a cute little reel that tells a story, shares a
message, and it took all of what.
Five minutes if that.
Okay.
Now, if you're like me and you prefer to batch out reels on a computer, here's
how I make the same reel using Canva.
But before we get into this half of the tutorial, if you don't mind
dropping a like or comment down below, if this has been helpful
so far, I'd greatly appreciate it.
That tiny action helps enabled me to create more videos, so
I appreciate it in advance.
Okay, so go over to canva.com, click create, Design, and Search for.
Air drop or email your video file to yourself and upload it into Canva.
And while that's uploading, head to Twitter to take a
screenshot of your tweet.
I like to make my screen a little bit smaller so that the text is
more compressed, but you can play around with the formatting and
find what works best for you.
So upload that screenshot into can.
And then drag your video into the canvas,
resize it is needed, and then click on the tweet image to place it in the center.
Just like the Instagram reel's editor, Canva will show you
where the center point is.
So just be sure to be mindful of that.
You can press play at any time to get a preview of how
it looks and then export it.
You can upload the video file into reels and use Instagram's music,
or if you'd like to get it all done in Canva, just go to the YouTube
audio library to choose a free song.
Then drop it into the Canva.
Okay, and if you don't have B roll already shot, click on videos
in the left hand canvas menu and search to your heart's desire.
I'm just gonna type in ocean and look at all of the options that pop up.
Drag one of the videos over top of your canvas, and there you go.
A simple B roll reel with very little original creation required.
So whenever you're happy with your creation, click
on Share and then download.
Then Airdrop or email it back to yourself for publishing.
Or you can even click on Share on Social to schedule it through Canva.
You'll need to follow a few important steps like connecting your Facebook
account to your Canva account, which I personally haven't done, but it is
pretty easy if you just follow the instructions that they've linked.
Here, and that's it.
I hope this was helpful.
Do you plan on creating a real like this soon?
Let me know the comments and I will see you in my next video.