The Future of this Channel - Channel Update

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00:00 - What is this channel?
01:01 - My Reasoning
01:43 - The Decision
02:51 - Shameless Plug
03:04 - My Personal Perspective
04:16 - New Thumbnail Aesthetic
04:28 - Back to My Thoughts
05:05 - Goodbye (Vlogs) and plans for the future

[iamericlenz]

Hey everyone! Please let me know what you think about the new thumbnail aesthetic! Have a lovely weekend! 👊

[GarrettBM]

I appreciate your decision, direction and elucidation, thank you. AND thank you for your wilingness to share your expertise. (Great shirt).

[horhe]

Discovering your channel was pivotal for me. I have never been this excited to learn color grading again. I’m using most of your plugins and they are life changing. Thank you for producing such great contents. 🙏

[PaulStephenson]

Let's just say, Yes! Your reasoning and decision makes a lot of sense, Eric, and many of us can relate.I'll be reaching out for training as I get through your color course. Thx again for bringing important clarity to your business for you and the rest of us.

[ThisisDigitalden]

Well done Eric, for seeing the light and your way forward. Follow your creative dreams and desires. The thumbnails are super cool. You should produce what YOU want and not what you think the audience would want ! Staying true to that concept is the best way to move forward honorably IMO… good luck 👍

[kmt]

This channel is truly the first channel that taught me how color grading in FCP actually works. I've watched countless tutorials and only stopped searching for more after finding this channel. Truly an underrated gem for me! However you continue next is up to you. I'll keep supporting!

[osmarolionvacay]

Hey Eric, I found your channel today and I want to say, that I am already a huge fan of your content. I have already downloaded your free pdf-file from your website and I've read it through. I have no idea of what I am doing in color grading and I am thankful, that I found you. I like to encourage you to stay focused and do your thing. Because like a German Sprichwort says: " Qualität setzt sich am Ende immer durch." And you have so much of quality, as a YouTuber and I think also as a person. Good luck. See you soon! Grüße nach Leipzig!

[bitbrother]

Appreciate the thoughtfulness and integrity by which you have arrived at your destination. Can’t wait to see what you do next! 🙌🙌🙌

[EugenBrinzoiu]

Thank you for everything and I wish you good luck ❤

[JaroslavBengl]

Thanks a lot for sharing, Eric ✨I really appreciate your principled approach 🥇 Subscribed to the other channel as well 😀⭐👍🏻

[blakely]

Totally respect your direction, decisions and desire. Well done.

[ProfKlaus]

Very honourable. I don't we will mind if you do the occasional Ad to promote a tool you use though. So don't feel badly if you do them occasionally down the road. It can help pay for coffee, lights and microphones 😉.

I like the thumbnail style very much!

[ProduktFilm]

I think both strategies (collaborating with brands or not) can work very well as long as one is honest with the audience. Good luck and can’t wait for more cool content 🍀🍀🍀

[lastyrsman]

I appreciate that your goal isn't to become an influencer, but man. *I* want you to be one.

[RicanStudio]

Make videos for sponsors; keep it super clear it's a sponsored video, but (yeah) don't accept sponsors related to FCP plugins, and other things that are the core of your reputation. I like having a source that can provide objective feedback about plugins, etc. Keep in mind: your videos are good not only because of the content and your subject matter authority, but also because of your personality and the form they take. Sponsors that want to reach your audience can pay you to make a video in your form for them for your audience. There is nothing wrong with that. If Gerald Undone did a video on a microwave I'd watch it because I'd find it interesting and I like him and the way he does videos.

[seecraig]

Fun thought. Might you be the first person on YouTube to start a channel and pass over 1000 subscribers without posting a single video to it?

[videowien]

I totally get it but at the same time this just sounds like overthinking and overcomplicating from a small creator. Update videos like this usually get almost no views and the watch time is horrible so almost non of your subscribers will even know about the termination of the contracts and all your reasonings behind it. Also the new thumbnails dont seem like the most clickable but if you enjoy making them it might be worth a try no matter what. In any case I will be here for the tutorials :)

[thomasbenstem]

I love this! 👍🙏❤️ Hope many others will follow your example!
Lost respect for most fcp-tubers when motionvfx switched to subscripion and all the sponsored tubers promoted it and defended the subscripion plan!