Question 1

How to use ContentFries Trimmer to repurpose your Pillar Content

Accepted Answer

Your Facebook Live, a webinar, an interview you recorded earlier, a tutorial, or any other long video will have multiple content pieces in it.

That's why we created the ContentFries Trimmer. It can help you repurpose your content efficiently, so that you can make tens of content pieces with ease.

How do you get the most out of it?

|| TIP: Upload an .mp4 file, so you don't have to wait until your video is transcoded.

Upload your Pillar Content

STEP 1: Click the "Start a wizard" button located on your dashboard. Trimmer 1

STEP 2: Click the "Start ContentFries Trimmer Wizard" button. Trimmer 2

STEP 3 a) Upload your Pillar Content piece you want to repurpose into different content pieces.

Pillar Content upload #1

Don't forget to select the right language if you plan to use the auto-transcription tool.

Pillar Content upload #2

Finish the wizard and proceed to the trimmer interface.

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Question 2

How to export part of a content piece

Accepted Answer

Do you need to repurpose your content piece to a story, TikTok video, or an Instagram feed? Perhaps you need just one part of your content piece to be used as a teaser?

Whatever the reason may be, you can do that in no time. Follow this tutorial to learn how to make simple cuts in the context editor.

| (Optional) To keep things organised, make sure you are in the correct context of your content piece. Use the context switcher if you need to switch it. Click HERE to see how to switch your context.

Don't worry if your context is locked. To make any adjustments before you export it, click the "Unlink current context" text. Feel free to watch this video to get a better understanding of linked contexts. https://youtu.be/q9NLWyK5csM?t=798

How to export part of a content piece by creating export areas

To export a part of a content piece, click on "Toggle Layers/Trimmer" button.

Afterwards, drag & drop on the audio timeline in the layers section at the bottom to select the region you want to export.

| You can create as many export areas as you need. If there are none, your content piece will be exported in full length.

Click the "Play" button to preview what will be exported.

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Question 3

Linked contexts - what they are and how to use them

Accepted Answer

ContentFries was built from the ground up to follow the strategies of the best content creators.

ContentFries was inspired by the Content Multiplier Formula by Peng Joon, the Gary Vee Content Model, and primarily by building our Slovak brand, Andy Winson.

By using the ContentFries Trimmer and the Linked Contexts feature, you can repurpose your webinar, Facebook Live, an interview, or any other pillar content piece to tens or even 100+ video content pieces for your social media accounts in one or two afternoons.

Linked contexts can help you multiply and repurpose your content piece while keeping contextuality in mind.

Every content piece has context groups.

Every context group has contextual content pieces.

CONTENT PIECE

The only thing that is linked to the content piece is the transcript.

CONTEXT GROUP

Context groups have contextual content pieces. The first item in your context group is your primary item. All the other linked pieces will share its visuals automatically.

Therefore, you don't need to modify every contextual content piece from scratch or keep selecting a template again and again.

Instead, if you need to make any adjustments, you can UNLINK any contextual content piece with just one click. Any further modificatio

Question 4

ContentFries Transcription Speech-to-text Best Practices

Accepted Answer

Our auto-transcription mechanism uses one of the most advanced speech-to-text technologies provided by Google.

|| Automated captions are NOT a replacement for captions created by a human.

The use of our transcription mechanism is optional. You can skip this step and import your .srt into the context editor.

The auto-transcription mechanism can save you a HUGE amount of time on captions timing and rewriting every spoken word, if you don't have an .srt at hand.

To get the most out of it and to achieve a high level of precision, follow this best-practices checklist:

Transcription Best Practices

| We follow Google's text-to-speech best practices on our end. Follow the below steps to get the most precise transcription:

Capture the audio with a sampling rate of 16,000 Hz or higher.
Avoid resampling of your audio.
The audio should be as clean as possible.
Don't use any noise reduction as it reduces recognition accuracy.
Position the microphone as close to the person speaking as possible.
Don't use automatic gain control.
Avoid multiple people talking at the same time.
All speakers should speak at a similar volume level.

In most cases, you shouldn't have to think about these requirements.

Just remember to upload a video where audio is not resampled. Provided that your audio is in good quality, it should be transcripted with a high level of confidence.

My transcription is NOT as precise

Question 5

How to add an image or watermark to your video

Accepted Answer

Would you like to make your video look more special or unique? Perhaps you would like to add your beautiful logo as a watermark for branding purposes? No problem!

Follow these steps to do just that.

Select the "Uploads" section in the toolbar, then go to the "Upload" tab.

Uploads section

Upload your image, logo, or watermark.
Click the "Images" tab and select the image you want to insert into the scene.

The width and height of your image will be set to default. To make the image bigger or smaller, change the width and height in the settings panel.

Image settings

| TIP: If you would like to make your image transparent, drag the "Opacity" slider in the settings panel.

Question 6

How to add an Intro, Outro or CTA

Accepted Answer

You probably know by now that you can create tens of content pieces out of your pillar content very fast by simply dragging on the audio. If you would like to know how to get the most out of the ContentFries Trimmer, follow this guide: How to use ContentFries Trimmer to repurpose your Pillar Content

Good news is you can also add an intro and an outro in just few clicks.

The optional, but recommended requirement is that your intro, outro or CTA should have the same aspect ratio as your pillar content video. In case it doesn't meet this requirement, these video injections will be automatically resized with added black padding.

How to add an intro or an outro to all content pieces in the trimmer

You can set your intro by clicking on the "Intro" tool in the panel on the right hand side.

Next, select your intro from your library (2.a), or upload a new video (2.b).

Set global intro / outro

Once done, your intro will be automatically injected at the start of every new content piece.

| If you would like to add an outro, follow the same steps using the "Outro" tool in the panel on the right hand side.

If everything is done correctly, you will see a green dot right next to the Intro / Outro label. This shows you that you have an active Intro / Outro in place and that it wil

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