I Let AI Make My First Video—Then Realized It Didn't Feel Like Mine

At my college, first- and second-year AI students share the same computer lab.

I've often watched second-year students editing videos in CapCut—clips flying by, captions appearing, timelines moving around like they knew exactly what they were doing.

And I remember thinking:

“Wait... I have to learn that next year? Can I really do this?”

Then summer break came. Instead of waiting until next year, I opened CapCut.

My teacher? ChatGPT. 🤖

My goal? Turn one of my blog posts into my first real video.

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🎬 Wow. AI Actually Made a Video!

My first plan sounded wonderfully simple.

I already had the blog post. ChatGPT could help turn it into a video script, and CapCut could use that script to generate a video.

🌐 CapCut also offers AI tools that can turn a script into a video draft.

Perfect.

I gave it a try, and then...

A video appeared.

“Wow! It actually worked!”

For someone making a video for the first time, that was pretty exciting.

But the excitement didn't last long. I watched it again and thought:

“Hmm... this isn't what I wanted to show.”

The video looked polished enough.

But it didn't feel like my story.

That changed the whole experiment.

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🔄 Fine. Let's Change the Plan.

I went back to ChatGPT.

“Can I record the actual computer screen I'm using instead?”

Yes.

And then came another surprise.

I had been using the Windows Snipping Tool for screenshots all the time. What I hadn't noticed was that it could record my screen too.

Seriously? 😂

It had been sitting right there.

💡 Useful Windows Shortcuts

What I needed	Shortcut
📷 Screenshot	Windows + Shift + S
🎥Screen recording	Windows + Shift + R

🌐 Microsoft's official Snipping Tool guide explains both screen capture and screen recording.

So I recorded my actual screen instead.

And suddenly—

“Yes. That's what I wanted!”

📷 [IMAGE — My actual screen recording being edited in CapCut]

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✂️ Now It Started Feeling Like My Video

The workflow changed completely.

🤖 ChatGPT helped with the script.
🎬 CapCut helped with the editing.
💻 I brought in my own screen recordings.

Then came the less magical part.

Fix a caption. Adjust the timing. Play it again.

Nope.

Fix it again. Press a button I had never used before.

“What does this do?”

Try it. Undo it. 😂

Little by little, though, the pieces started coming together.

And eventually...

it was ready to upload.

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🎥 And Then I Uploaded It to YouTube

This was the part I hadn't really imagined when I first opened CapCut.

I wasn't just practicing anymore.

I had made my first YouTube Short.

🔗 The Short started with one of my existing AI study blog posts.

Was my first video perfect?

Absolutely not.

But that wasn't the exciting part.

A few days earlier, video editing had been something I watched second-year students doing across the computer lab.

Now I had actually done it myself.

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🌱 What My First Video Taught Me

I started this experiment thinking:

“If I explain what I want clearly enough, AI will probably make the video for me.”

Not quite. 😂

AI could make a video draft.

But the moment the video began to feel like my video was when I replaced generic visuals with something only I could provide:

my actual screen, showing my actual work.

That was the real lesson from my first video:

AI can help make the content.
But I still have to make it mine.

And now that the first one is finally on YouTube...

What should I turn into a video next? 🎬😄