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Posted: 10/9/2015 1:55:46 AM EDT
Found out tonight that my (almost 11 year old) daughter has a YouTube channel and has been posting videos online for about a month now.
She has been making video with her cell phone camera for several months now and she's been asking me if she can post them on YouTube. Apparently she figured out how to do it herself. They are mostly short 5 to 10 minute long skits using her My Little Ponies or Littlest Pet Shop toys, or reviews of the new toys that she has bought, and a couple of cat videos. A few of them are pretty creative, she even used her mom and grandma's phones to shoot B and C-roll footage to use as a news broadcast in the main video. 
I know that she has been interested in making short movies for a while and has been asking me to get her a video editing program. She needs a new laptop to run it though. I guess I'll have to get on that. Not sure how I feel about this whole uploading stuff to YouTube without my permission though. 
And no, I'm not posting any links to her channel for you pervs. 
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Posted: 10/9/2015 1:58:03 AM EDT
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Tattoos are next.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 1:58:16 AM EDT
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Personally I much prefer Premiere Pro to FCP.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 1:59:43 AM EDT
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In before your daughter becomes the lead breadwinner.
That ex-pornstar makes millions reviewing kids toys and she is never on camera aside from her hands. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:00:42 AM EDT
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Personally I much prefer Premiere Pro to FCP. Not going to buy a subscription only piece of software. And not going to buy her a $2,000 laptop to run Final Cut. I'm a Protools user. But Avid is pissing me off lately. Just downloaded the free version of HitFilm 3 to start checking it out. It kind of bogs down on my Protools machine.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:01:05 AM EDT
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Maybe it would be safer if you let her make her films, but only upload them to your computer for the family and close friends to view. There are a lot of sick people in the world. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:04:20 AM EDT
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If you didn't specifically tell her not to, she really didn't do anything wrong. As far as she would have known, the only think keeping her off youtube was not knowing how to upload. It's high time for a talk about persec, though. And it's time to start monitoring all her communications. Assume that some adult is going to target her, and just be there over her shoulder when he does. Point him out to her so she knows what she's dealing with and how to ferret them out. Warn her about other girls too. Teach her to lie and to break off communication abruptly. All her life she's been told to be honest and considerate of others feelings, now you need to undo all that so she can handle herself in this context. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:07:41 AM EDT
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Found out tonight that my (almost 11 year old) daughter has a YouTube channel and has been posting videos online for about a month now. She has been making video with her cell phone camera for several months now and she's been asking me if she can post them on YouTube. Apparently she figured out how to do it herself. They are mostly short 5 to 10 minute long skits using her My Little Ponies or Littlest Pet Shop toys, or reviews of the new toys that she has bought, and a couple of cat videos. A few of them are pretty creative, she even used her mom and grandma's phones to shoot B and C-roll footage to use as a news broadcast in the main video.
I know that she has been interested in making short movies for a while and has been asking me to get her a video editing program. She needs a new laptop to run it though. I guess I'll have to get on that. Not sure how I feel about this whole uploading stuff to YouTube without my permission though.
And no, I'm not posting any links to her channel for you pervs. If I were you I would be monitoring the FUCK out of that. For the simple reason (in red) above. There are ALOT of freaks out there! |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:10:50 AM EDT
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If I were you I would be monitoring the FUCK out of that. For the simple reason (in red) above. There are ALOT of freaks out there! Luckily, so far all of her videos only have a few views and comments and they all appear to be other kids at this point. Anybody know if YouTube has some sort of setting to track or control this kind of stuff? |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:18:25 AM EDT
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It sounds like she has found a hobby that she enjoys that will give her some solid life skills for the future, it could even turn into a career. I would support her but I would also set some boundaries. Make sure she isn't uploading anything without your approval first. If you forbid it there is a good chance she'll do it anyway and not come to you with anything else in the future.
Could be a solid bonding experience. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:24:05 AM EDT
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I’d encourage her, and keep a close watch, if she was my daughter. Nothing bad will happen if you/wife are involved. It could be great for her.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:28:40 AM EDT
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What a world. At 11 I was playing minibike tag (basically demo derby on 50cc bikes) and lighting shit on fire.
Damn I feel old.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:33:46 AM EDT
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What a world. At 11 I was playing minibike tag (basically demo derby on 50cc bikes) and lighting shit on fire. Damn I feel old.
I know. I didn't buy my own Nintendo until I was 12 (with money from a paper route). Now she has a cell phone and laptop, is saving up money to buy her own video camera and wants a non-linear editing program. When we got her cell phone phone wee were worried about her talking and texting all the time. She spends most of her time using the video camera function. She uses her desk as a set for her video, and has improvised a mount for her cell phone, uses her mother's cell phone to play soundtrack music and make B-roll footage, and even uses her desk lamp as a lighting rig.
The next few years are going to be expensive for me. 
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:37:51 AM EDT
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It sounds like she has found a hobby that she enjoys that will give her some solid life skills for the future, it could even turn into a career. I would support her but I would also set some boundaries. Make sure she isn't uploading anything without your approval first. If you forbid it there is a good chance she'll do it anyway and not come to you with anything else in the future. Could be a solid bonding experience. As the Father of a seventeen year old daughter (with her own YouTube channel) I agree. Grendel, I would make it clear that you have to vet all of her content before it is uploaded. Make sure there is no personally identifiable information (the school she attends, the name of your town, uniquely identifiable features of your home/neighborhood etc). That was the deal with my daughter when she began years ago - either myself or my wife had to see the videos before they were uploaded. Clear boundaries are crucial here, with clear expectations of what will happen to her Internet/phone/social privileges if she attempts to circumvent the rules. There are some very, very unhealthy people out there, as you know. At one point a disturbed young man began stalking her channel, and he pestered her for private information. He became very belligerent when she refused to give him what he wanted, and it took a phone call from her police chief Grandfather before he got the message that stalking her wasn't a healthy idea. She was thirteen or fourteen at the time
By the way, my daughter has become quite adept at video editing and wants to pursue a career in broadcasting. Her interest in that field was piqued by her creating and editing her own content. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:40:33 AM EDT
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She sounds creative and smart. Subtle bragging thread by op. I'd be interested in seeing some of her work but I guess that makes me a perv or whatever so that's out.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:42:59 AM EDT
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there's some free video editing software out there. I remember using something with Vegas in the name.
Also Gimp is a good free image editing program like Photoshop. Useful for making splash screens and other still images which are useful in film. How old is her current computer? You might not need a new one... but if it's your 10 year old hand-me-down... yeah get a new one. Might have been this: http://sony-vegas.en.softonic.com/ I can not vouch for this... download at your own risk. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:50:00 AM EDT
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there's some free video editing software out there. I remember using something with Vegas in the name. Also Gimp is a good free image editing program like Photoshop. Useful for making splash screens and other still images which are useful in film. How old is her current computer? You might not need a new one... but if it's your 10 year old hand-me-down... yeah get a new one. Might have been this: http://sony-vegas.en.softonic.com/ I can not vouch for this... download at your own risk. You might even be able to use the gopro video editor but it's not much. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:55:40 AM EDT
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Also you might consider talking to some people who do this type of stuff for a living.
These people: http://loadingreadyrun.com/ make comedy videos online for a living. They're very down to Earth and personable people. Email Graham and I'm sure he'd give advice on how to start on the cheap. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 2:56:09 AM EDT
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It's not that big for a deal IMO. Just need to monitor it.
Just be sure to teach her the #1 thing to never say to bronies. - "Hello." Saw that a huge amount of the "grown man" minecraft youtube content creators are all pedos and they keep getting exposed. Go figure. Obviously making kiddie videos and drawing in that audience is a lot different than just playing the game. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 3:00:44 AM EDT
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I dont have any kids. Got some YouTube channels. I would disable all comments and make sure she is not communicating with anyone through messages on YouTube or Google+ cause if you got a YouTube channel you got a Goggle+ account. YouTube comments sections if not managed can become a cess pool. I dont think an 11 year old needs to worry about interacting with viewers.
I think its great that a kid is interested in creating videos that young. I do video/photography/design and the like for a living and did not get into it until my early 30's. I wish I would of found it early in life. I think its great you are being supportive. I would be very aggressive with managing the content and interaction with anyone online while still letting her have the outlet to post her work. Lots of ways to go about and I'm sure you have thought of most them already. As for editing tools I use Adobe stuff so I cant help there. Just wanted to say good luck and that I think its cool to see kids being creative. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 3:04:31 AM EDT
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If it were me, I would consider getting a decent PC, installing some flavor of Linux, and installing one of these programs: Link
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Posted: 10/9/2015 4:22:34 AM EDT
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My son has been playing games, recording them, and uploading them. He's been inspired by EthanTV or something like that. I review what he uploads. I've also made sure to teach him what is acceptable and unacceptable to post online, such as no PII.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 5:37:50 AM EDT
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If you didn't specifically tell her not to, she really didn't do anything wrong. As far as she would have known, the only think keeping her off youtube was not knowing how to upload. It's high time for a talk about persec, though. And it's time to start monitoring all her communications. Assume that some adult is going to target her, and just be there over her shoulder when he does. Point him out to her so she knows what she's dealing with and how to ferret them out. Warn her about other girls too. Teach her to lie and to break off communication abruptly. All her life she's been told to be honest and considerate of others feelings, now you need to undo all that so she can handle herself in this context. Yeah. The Internet is a dangerous place to post videos of oneself or of one's surroundings. Innocent slips, such as accidentally getting some sort of location identifying/personal item in frame, tend to bring out the creeps. Subscribe, watch everything, read all comments, etc. I have always said that raising a boy is better than raising a girl because there is only one dick to worry about. God, not without a sense of humor, has seen fit to give me a girl for my first born due February 2016. Good luck op. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 5:44:55 AM EDT
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there's some free video editing software out there. I remember using something with Vegas in the name. Also Gimp is a good free image editing program like Photoshop. Useful for making splash screens and other still images which are useful in film. How old is her current computer? You might not need a new one... but if it's your 10 year old hand-me-down... yeah get a new one. Might have been this: http://sony-vegas.en.softonic.com/ I can not vouch for this... download at your own risk. Sony Vegas is a great editing software but isn't free I applaud your daughter for doing such a creative and healthy thing. I'm in for 25$ if you ever decide to buy her an editing software ! |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:04:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:18:42 AM EDT
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Welcome to the party, pal!
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:19:28 AM EDT
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Quoted: Found out tonight that my (almost 11 year old) daughter has a YouTube channel and has been posting videos online for about a month now. She has been making video with her cell phone camera for several months now and she's been asking me if she can post them on YouTube. Apparently she figured out how to do it herself. They are mostly short 5 to 10 minute long skits using her My Little Ponies or Littlest Pet Shop toys, or reviews of the new toys that she has bought, and a couple of cat videos. A few of them are pretty creative, she even used her mom and grandma's phones to shoot B and C-roll footage to use as a news broadcast in the main video. I know that she has been interested in making short movies for a while and has been asking me to get her a video editing program. She needs a new laptop to run it though. I guess I'll have to get on that. Not sure how I feel about this whole uploading stuff to YouTube without my permission though. And no, I'm not posting any links to her channel for you pervs. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:19:50 AM EDT
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Go with the creative cloud. Teach her premiere pro. Get her a panasonic Gh3 they are on sale now.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:24:46 AM EDT
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If you didn't specifically tell her not to, she really didn't do anything wrong. As far as she would have known, the only think keeping her off youtube was not knowing how to upload. It's high time for a talk about persec, though. And it's time to start monitoring all her communications. Assume that some adult is going to target her, and just be there over her shoulder when he does. Point him out to her so she knows what she's dealing with and how to ferret them out. Warn her about other girls too. Teach her to lie and to break off communication abruptly. All her life she's been told to be honest and considerate of others feelings, now you need to undo all that so she can handle herself in this context. This, become involved. Never stifle a child's creative side. Be VERY involved in an encouraging way. My son is a total geek, Whovian type. He wants to teach himself some martial arts, American Ninja warrior stuff and the likes. Not my thing at all (being 50, yet still damn fit ANW would put in in the doctor's office, my joints would kill me). My point, I support his geek side and encourage him making stuff, drawing and writing even though they aren't my thing. He has no interest in hunting or shooting and I don't force it. Get a used iMac and use iMovie which is free or if she has an iPhone use iMovie for iOS. I have made a few movies using my GoPro, iPhone and iMacs and the iMovie app is pretty intuitive. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:29:43 AM EDT
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In before your daughter becomes the lead breadwinner.
That ex-pornstar makes millions reviewing kids toys and she is never on camera aside from her hands. FunToyzCollector gets ~300 million views a month. You don't need to get much per view to make that lucrative.... |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:31:09 AM EDT
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Shit, you would be way better off posting the link here. Plenty of YouTube subscribers here to up her view counts and you know if anything weird gets posted they'll blow your IM a box up all QRF like.
I hope she does well. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:36:19 AM EDT
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So many children are engaged in frivolous pursuits these days. You should be proud. Your daughter has shown that she has ambition, creativity, and tenacity to pursue something very technical for her age. Some of my friends, in their 30's, haven't even managed to do something like that lol. Their interests consist of watching sports, drinking beer, and generally wasting their time until they have to go to work. Pursuing an in depth, creative, constructive hobby can offer tons of fulfillment in life. It can also do wonders for self-esteem and self-worth, which is a huge issue with girls/women these days.
Of course monitor the situation and watch out for creeps. She is probably super excited about doing it but she's naive to the evils of the world and you MUST watch out for her. Congrats, you have a bright kid. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:39:55 AM EDT
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If you didn't specifically tell her not to, she really didn't do anything wrong. As far as she would have known, the only think keeping her off youtube was not knowing how to upload. It's high time for a talk about persec, though. And it's time to start monitoring all her communications. Assume that some adult is going to target her, and just be there over her shoulder when he does. Point him out to her so she knows what she's dealing with and how to ferret them out. Warn her about other girls too. Teach her to lie and to break off communication abruptly. All her life she's been told to be honest and considerate of others feelings, now you need to undo all that so she can handle herself in this context. Standard anti-phishing content is directly relevant if you can get her to think about it. One of the youngest girls in my office (very pretty) got an offer of modelling work for a company that makes ankle bracelets. Really excited. So I had her show me the emails. Yahoo email address for the company director. Not on linkedin, business name not registered anywhere, no domain name, no website. The real clincher? He offered to pay her travel expenses or carry out "online photo shoots". So - it's almost certainly just some perv that likes ankles and saw her facebook pics (on her public profile). She had been through anti-phishing training a few weeks before this...
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:41:49 AM EDT
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My daughter and I have a youtube channel together. It's not my little pony or anything like that. Heck my daughter probably watches your daughters videos lol anyhow just monitor it and let her have fun. Some of those videos have millions of views. Consider monitizing it!
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:43:43 AM EDT
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Get her the gear and a better camera...she might make millions.
The highest grossing "independent" YTer is an anonymous lady who does just what your daughter is doing: toy "unboxing". How does $5M (yes, that's "M" with an illion) sound? And if $5M doesn't sound like a lot, that's yearly. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 6:55:03 AM EDT
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Subscribe to her channel. Watch the comments, get her password so you can edit them. Have multiple talks about persec as mentioned and human behavior when it comes to internet bully's, tough guys, perverts and all around sickos. My son has been reviewing video games since he was 8, tons of kids do it. I supported him and encouraged and have only had to explain really bad shit twice. The world is a disgusting place sometimes and people are animals when they are a anonymous, better that I taught him about the crazy's than he finds out on his own.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:01:34 AM EDT
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Why don't you embrace it and help her instead of bitching about her being creative here.
You might learn something together and improve your relationship. You didn't tell her not to be on YouTube did you? If not, she's done nothing wrong. Wow |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:26:40 AM EDT
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Go with the creative cloud. Teach her premiere pro. Get her a panasonic Gh3 they are on sale now. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile One caveat with Premiere, well maybe a few. PRemiere is a processor hungry program, not GPU. So her machine needs a fast, multi core, 64 bit processor and only a decent GpU. The lates versions can't be bought, you have subscribe.
On the good side, you can buy a lite version, Premiere Elements, on Amazon for under a hundred bucks and it comes bundled with Photoshop Elements, another lite version. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:33:09 AM EDT
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shut it down pops.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:33:24 AM EDT
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One caveat with Premiere, well maybe a few. PRemiere is a processor hungry program, not GPU. So her machine needs a fast, multi core, 64 bit processor and only a decent GpU. The lates versions can't be bought, you have subscribe.
On the good side, you can buy a lite version, Premiere Elements, on Amazon for under a hundred bucks and it comes bundled with Photoshop Elements, another lite version. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Go with the creative cloud. Teach her premiere pro. Get her a panasonic Gh3 they are on sale now. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile One caveat with Premiere, well maybe a few. PRemiere is a processor hungry program, not GPU. So her machine needs a fast, multi core, 64 bit processor and only a decent GpU. The lates versions can't be bought, you have subscribe.
On the good side, you can buy a lite version, Premiere Elements, on Amazon for under a hundred bucks and it comes bundled with Photoshop Elements, another lite version. As a father who has a daughter who likes to do the same thing this is good info. I'll have to check this out. Nowadays she doesn't have time for YouTube stuff because she is playing volleyball and in the marching band. Once those end she ends up in swimming until March. She'll have some free time to screw around with that stuff during the winter though. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:38:24 AM EDT
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Why don't you embrace it and help her instead of bitching about her being creative here. You might learn something together and improve your relationship. You didn't tell her not to be on YouTube did you? If not, she's done nothing wrong. Wow Who said I was bitching about her being creative? |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:44:58 AM EDT
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IIRC, Windows Movie Maker can still be downloaded for free. Granted, it's not the sophisticated editor that Premiere, Edius, etc are, but it does have both a time line and a storyboard mode.
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:46:46 AM EDT
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She sounds creative and smart. Subtle bragging thread by op. I'd be interested in seeing some of her work but I guess that makes me a perv or whatever so that's out. Definitely a perv
But I agree, she does sound creative. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:50:49 AM EDT
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Who said I was bitching about her being creative? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why don't you embrace it and help her instead of bitching about her being creative here. You might learn something together and improve your relationship. You didn't tell her not to be on YouTube did you? If not, she's done nothing wrong. Wow Who said I was bitching about her being creative? Your entire OP Found out tonight that my (almost 11 year old) daughter has a YouTube channel and has been posting videos online for about a month now.
She has been making video with her cell phone camera for several months now and she's been asking me if she can post them on YouTube. Apparently she figured out how to do it herself. They are mostly short 5 to 10 minute long skits using her My Little Ponies or Littlest Pet Shop toys, or reviews of the new toys that she has bought, and a couple of cat videos. A few of them are pretty creative, she even used her mom and grandma's phones to shoot B and C-roll footage to use as a news broadcast in the main video. I know that she has been interested in making short movies for a while and has been asking me to get her a video editing program. She needs a new laptop to run it though. I guess I'll have to get on that. Not sure how I feel about this whole uploading stuff to YouTube without my permission though. And no, I'm not posting any links to her channel for you pervs. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:51:49 AM EDT
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Your daughter is the reason my 4 year old wants to watch youtube.
"Can I watch how to do playdoh projects." "Can I watch Disney toys" Etc.... She is pretty hooked on "how it's made" though, so maybe there is hope. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:52:27 AM EDT
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This was at 12. I use his passion for what he does as a carrot to encourage good grades, kids a straight A student. Made him buy his own graphics card and do the build on his own. Now it's like having my own IT department. 
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Posted: 10/9/2015 7:55:19 AM EDT
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When she makes her first movie of your guns, ammo and survival gear post the link so we can see......
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Posted: 10/9/2015 8:19:50 AM EDT
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imovie works well
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Posted: 10/9/2015 8:24:54 AM EDT
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imovie works well Yeah, Mac's native apps can do a lot for her work. Of course, there is always Adobe if you want to spend some kizzle... |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 8:39:51 AM EDT
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Why does your 11 year old need a cell phone?
We didn't get my son one until he got a job. He's 16 and works at a pizzeria. He too makes YouTube videos but my wife and I just kind of let him do his thing. |
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Posted: 10/9/2015 8:44:47 AM EDT
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What a world. At 11 I was playing minibike tag (basically demo derby on 50cc bikes) and lighting shit on fire. Damn I feel old.
We used to play war. We would throw dirt hard chunks and dead 9v batteries at each other. You gave her a phone smart enough to load videos. She is smart enough to do this. BTW, if she has a YouTube, she also has an email and most likely a few social media accounts as well. And I'm not talking about the ones you know about. |
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