Patrik Key

Last year, November. I was making $2,000/month editing on CapCut. So I bought a one way ticket to Thailand, and I thought... Let's record a video! I wrote down a quick script, hit record, and never touched that footage again… until yesterday. Here’s the Before vs After. I combined story telling with elegant captions Filled empty spaces with b rolls Created a clean animations Used a music that fits just right Final touch ups using sound effects Here is a bit of a story behind this video: 2023 I lived in California and owned a cleaning company while I worked for insurance companies, then I moved to Canada and worked as a cabinet installer + I was delivering food for Uber Eats, I said no more and I quit and everything changed.... What you guys think ?

@IanHunterMedia Shortcuts are king in editing

@Patrik_Key Keyboard shortcuts and muscle memory. Scrolling thru footage using JKL. Marking IN and OUT point with I&O, which are just above JKL. Easy 3-point editing with one hand.

Video Editors? What is #1 that helps you to edit faster?

@samtwtss I’m excited to get more

@Patrik_Key Honestly good

AI generated this thumbnail Thoughts?

@theboibashh12 30 reels

@Patrik_Key Like how many videos in a month?

Rocket way to get clients in 2026. Short-Form content And niched the f$$k down This is literally money printer... Snce more creators are into social media.

@theboibashh12 100%

@Patrik_Key That's some solid stuff bro

@david_fisara $10

How much did you get paid for your first video? I'll start. I got 1$.

@marcedts Just about to export...

🥲POV: your schedule as a video editor 🧐Which editor are you? 💀Be honest

@boluvisuals In average this thumbnail would cost me around $3 to make... if they keep up with developing AI, I'm sure it will happen soon

@Patrik_Key Thumbnails designers in trouble 😂

@BiditSarkar1 It's worthy

@Patrik_Key Thank goodness I have it I'll give it a try. Thanks.

@theboibashh12 If clients needs a video the following day it's clients problem not mine. I work only with clients where they upload entire month of footage, we proceed with editing upload for approval and our clients have 5 business days to approve them. Then repeat

@Patrik_Key It takes me long to actually finish a video so I take breaks What of in cases where the other client also needs a video the following day or something

@byjoni_ True

@Patrik_Key I think you need balance

"The X payout is awesome" I felt like I'm missing out when I started seeing creators farm engagement for money. But it just didn't feel right. I don't want people to look at my brand and think "That's the guy who posts memes about video editing". I want to provide value and I guess that means not cashing out in the short-term.

Another AI thumbnail. Rate?

@theboibashh12 Edit client 1 on one time line so you can have entire month of content done in few hours

@Patrik_Key How do you balance 2 to 3 clients if they all post consistently

@BiditSarkar1 Nano banana pro

@Patrik_Key Which AI did you use exactly?

@theboibashh12 Straight value, that phone is a must, needs to be locked in other room

@Patrik_Key Keyboard shortcuts Get rid of your phone😂 Getting all the assets you need at once

@fitnasar You're right brother

@Patrik_Key yeah, it's better you do it manually than spending hours arguing with AI😀

@PrismoCreate True, when you try to explain AI that it needs to move one widget lower it sucks.

@Patrik_Key actually finishes on time and doesn't need 47 prompts to stop giving people 6 fingers

@david_fisara short-form, cuz I can deliver high volume of content but also I enjoy editing long form since it gives me a bit more room to work on.

Honest question for editors. Do you prefer editing long-form or short-form content? And why?

@fitnasar Exactly, but just so we don't give all the points to AI, I honestly hate when you trying to explain to move one widget a bit lower and you can't control that haha

@Patrik_Key it takes another 5 for patrick to spice it up a bit👌