Today, I want to talk about a tool,
or more specifically a subscription service
I use all the time.
The service I’m talking about is Envato Elements,
and in this video, we’ll take a look at how you can use Envato Elements
to make better videos.
Hey guys, whats up.
My name is Serge, and welcome back to my channel.
If you make online video,
especially if you’re just starting out,
Envato Elements can really help you improve
the quality of your videos.
It’s an all in one subscription service,
and includes stock video,
royalty free audio and sound effects,
graphic templates,
video templates, add ons and so much more.
In this video, we’ll focus mainly on the advantages
of Envato Elements for video creators,
but that’s barely scratching the surface.
This service can also be a great tools for graphic designers,
photographers, marketing and more.
But like I said, this video will focus
mainly on video creators, especially, YouTubers.
First, let’s talk about stock video.
If you’re not using it, you should be.
Stock video can save you a ton of time,
make your video more interesting.
and in some cases, even save your project.
The most common way of using stock video is for B-Roll,
especially for talking head or interview videos.
If you’re talking about something in your video,
it makes it much more interesting to your viewers,
if you cut away to a shot of whatever you’re talking about.
The ideal way of doing this
is to just go out and film the B-Roll yourself,
but sometimes thats not practical, or even possible.
This is where stock video can save the day.
And, with over 1 million stock video clips,
chances are, you’ll find whatever you need on Envato Elements.
Whether you need footage of thunder storms and lightning,
a cinematic drone shot,
or even a clip of some cute puppies,
if you can’t film it yourself, stock footage can be just as good,
or sometimes even better.
Another asset you can use to improve your videos,
is background music and sound effects.
The right background music
can help you set the pace and mood of your video,
and really help your overall production.
Envato Elements includes over 60000 royalty free audio tracks
you can use in your project.
To help you find exactly what you need,
you can filter these by genre,
mood, tempo, length and more.
Preview the music track right in your web browser,
and with unlimited downloads, you can try as many of these
as you need to find something that perfectly suits your project.
And, once you find the music track that perfectly compliments your video,
you just license that track to your project,
and, as long as you have an active subscription when you publish your project,
you’re good to go.
Another element, that’s subtle,
but can really improve your production quality is sound design.
Properly placed sound effects can really help
you draw your audience into the story you’re trying to tell.
A subscription to Envato Elements includes
over 400000 royalty free sound effects you can use in your project.
Just search for the sound you need,
download and license it to your project
and add it to your video.
And, same as everything else thats included with Envato Elements,
you’re free download to use as many sound effects as you want,
as long as your subscription is active.
One of my favourite parts of Envato Elements is video templates.
These include custom titles, transitions, generators and more.
Let’s just take a look at a few examples.
Select Video templates in Envato Elements,
and first, since we’re making YouTube videos,
let’s search for YouTube assets.
Type in YouTube in the search bar,
and filter the results out by your editing software.
Next, what I like to do, is sort my search results by popular,
this way, the best plugins show up on top.
You can now select any of these plugin packs,
and watch the preview video to see what’s included.
This one looks good, so I’ll download and install it.
Now, when I make my video,
I have all these cool youtube elements to use.
Let’s take a look at another, more specialized, video template.
Say we’re doing a promo video for a mobile app,
and want to a cool way to demonstrate it.
Instead of using a bunch of overlays,
and trying to fit our screen shots inside them,
we can just use a video template.
Let’s go back to Envato Elements,
select video templates, and search for Mobile.
We’ll filter our results by templates for Final Cut Pro,
and sort by Popular.
Select the template you want to use, download and install it.
Now all we need to do is add these templates to the timeline,
and add our own clips to the drop zones.
Nice and easy and look amazing.
Now, let’s briefly talk about licensing.
When you download an asset from Envato Elements,
you need to license it to a project, such as a YouTube video.
As long as your Envato Subscription is active when you publish that video,
your license is valid,
even if you cancel your subscription after publishing.
And if you want to use an asset on another project,
all you have to do is go back to My Downloads page,
and license it to your next project.
I’ll leave a couple links in the video description
that talk more about licensing assets from Envato Elements.
And last, let’s talk about pricing.
A subscription to Envato Elements, will cost you $33 USD per month.
Considering everything you get with this service,
this is an amazing price, but it gets better.
If this is something you see yourself using all the time,
and trust me, you will,
you can get an annual subscription for $198 USD.
Thats only $16 dollars and 50 cents per month
for unlimited downloads of stock video,
royalty free music and sound effects,
custom titles, transitions, graphic templates,
still images and so much more.
Try it out, you won’t regret it.
Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you back here next week.