New to youtube, any advice?

"pepper090889;c-16220554" wrote:
Hi, @Kyliesswartz !! I checked out your channel and subscribed ...and followed you on Twitter. Aside from what has already been said I did watch one of your speed builds and a CAS video. The quality isn't bad at all.

For CAS videos, I would suggest getting a mod called "blob remover". It just gets rid of the shadow under the sims in CAS. It's great if you plan on taking any full body photos in CAS and it looks better with the custom CAS background because it doesn't have a choppy blob at the Sims feet .

I also noticed in your speed build that the music stopped for the last few minutes of the video. It probably wouldn't bother too many people, but it's just something I noticed. I wasn't sure if it was an accident or something, but I thought I'd point it out. Also, for speed builds I like to add screenshots of the build at the end of the video. Some people do video tours before or after the speed build and I think it usually helps to see the full build. Especially as a viewer. Sometimes the speed build part goes a bit too quickly and you can't notice too many of the details. In the beginning I did get comments about including a top down screenshot of the layout of each floor too.

And, as @aricarai suggested, Twitter is great for meeting other Sims YouTubers and making friends in the community. Pretty much everyone I've come into contact with are very supportive and friendly and it's a great place to find others to collab with and get creative feedback and advice. If you go to your About tab on YouTube you can add your twitter and other social links to your banner and about page. I couldn't actually find you when I searched your name on my first couple of tries, but that could just be because I'm incompetent. But I know for me, when I find a new channel, I usually don't check the description for social links, I typically look at the banner for those things.

I wouldn't worry so much about not doing voice overs right now. I didn't do my first voice over for almost a year after I started my channel.

Overall, I think you're doing a great job. Especially for only starting a few days ago. It's a learning process and the more you keep up your channel and the more interaction you have with subscribers and others in the community you'll learn and try new things. The important thing is to just have fun with it. :)

Thank you so much for your feedback! I added a blob remover so in my next CAS it should look better. I did know that the music ended early, it was the end of the video and I didn't feel the need to add more music (Thanks for telling me though!) and I will be adding screen shots at the end of my speedbuilds now (good idea!). I added my twitter account onto my banner so people can find it now! Also, do you have any suggestions on who on twitter to reach out to? Thanks!