It depends on the video. There are some I get right in the first shot (no 'ummmmm...' til I shut off the camera or swearing at myself for tripping up) and then I just edit everything together add titles, and upload. There are others I've done easily 15-20 versions of and then edit three times as long anyway. It can depend on the lighting, how the camera is behaving that day, how noisy the toy is, how much I hate my voice that particular day... I'd say on average an hour but there are a few that have taken MUCH longer. less

I am wondering how long most videos take for Eden contributors to do.

This includes prep work, setting up, recording and re-recording, putting together the video, choosing and ripping the music (if any) editing and final run over?

Do you let it sit overnight to review, or do you upload it as soon as you are happy with it

I'm a perfectionist (although the videos don't always look like it, because I am not good at working the "edit" function of my Movie Maker) so I do and re-do, almost obsessively.

I know people with more experience with technology will probably take less time with the tech issues with the video, while those of us with less experience may take a little longer. But, the tech stuff I think, usually is about only 10% of the time, at least for my videos. (Unless I have to edit and get lost, like I did yesterday.) It also takes me less time if I have been doing more videos in the past week or so and am used to what I am doing. less

It used to take me a long time and multiple takes, but now I often am happy with the first take. Editing is usually quick unless I'm piecing together clips from multiple takes. I do like to let them marinate overnight and review them again before uploading them, just like with reviews.

Tori Rebel, you can edit out the 'um's. I do. Its a pet peeve of mine that others leave them in. Who wants to hear that? Videos are far more authoritative and convincing without pauses and ums. less

It used to take me a long time and multiple takes, but now I often am happy with the first take. Editing is usually quick unless I'm piecing together clips from multiple takes. I do like to let them marinate overnight and review them again before uploading them, just like with reviews.

Tori Rebel, you can edit out the 'um's. I do. Its a pet peeve of mine that others leave them in. Who wants to hear that? Videos are far more authoritative and convincing without pauses and ums. less

I am one of those techies (getting there anyways) that can just slap a video together in 5, maybe 10 mins flat.

So it takes me usually around 5 mins to record, 5 or 10 mins to edit (depending on what I feel like doing with it), and 10 mins tops to have it uploaded.

A lot of the time I will have to do it in chunks though, because I can't even sit down for the 20 mins or so to do it all when my son is up. (obviously not going to make a video on vibrators in front of a toddler).

If I have it recorded and I am already happy with the resulting video, I can slap it together and upload it, as long as I can keep him from toddling over to my computer and pushing all the buttons, resulting in a video labeled : fhcePIWLMKW S-= {)
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Forgot to check the "I upload it as soon as I am finished". I spend more time editing that recording. Mine always end up four or five min. long, so I have to shorten them down. I don't really worry about them being perfect, cuz thats just not me. As long as I get the info about the toy in there the rest is all good. Plus I get some of my personality in there.

I have only had one that I waited for the next day, that was my Halloween video. That one took the longest to film, edit and adding music. I think that one was like five hours all in. less