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Why captions matter for church and creator videos, the ways to add them on YouTube, what to check in automatic captions, and when to burn them in.

Which licences a UK church needs to stream worship: the Church Copyright Licence, Streaming or Streaming Plus, PRS for Zoom and websites, and OneLicense.

Yes. Why a music video needs an ISRC separate from the audio, why each version needs its own code, and how UK artists get ISRCs through PPL.

The CAA rules behind drone shots in a UK music video: Flyer and Operator IDs, height, distance from people, crowds, airports and location permission.

How long an event highlight video should be, what you need before putting music over it, and when Aligned Vision delivers the edit after your event.

Aligned Vision’s three event filming packages: what £450, £850 and £1500 include, which events each suits, plus delivery, usage rights and deposit.

What to prepare before your church conference is filmed: running order, speaker permissions, venue details, sound feed, internet and filming notices.

When you need permission to film a music video in London: small crews on streets, tripods, red routes, Royal Parks, churches and private venues.

Why dark worship nights and concerts are hard to film, how Aligned Vision shoots them without camera lights, and what organisers can do to help.

Using title templates and Adobe Fonts on client videos: what the AV Store FAQ and Adobe’s font FAQ allow, and when a client needs their own licence.

What changes the price of a music video, what Aligned Vision’s £750 Signature package includes, and which costs, such as location fees, sit outside it.

Edit the text in a Photoshop title template, fix missing fonts, update Smart Objects and colours, then export a transparent PNG for your video.

Pick a format, record clear sound on a multi-camera set, publish the episodes as a YouTube podcast and cut short clips from each one.

What Top Up, Cornerstone, Livestyle and The Upper Room are for, the steps on each page, what the forms ask for and how to prepare a strong submission.

A step-by-step way to pick, cut, caption and post sermon clips for Reels, Shorts and TikTok, plus the consent and music checks churches often miss.

What a music video treatment is, what to put in one, a simple layout to copy, and how Aligned Vision turns it into a shot list and a shoot.

What a UK church should agree before streaming services: door notices, off-camera seats, children, preachers and how long recordings stay online.

Turn your music video title design into a YouTube thumbnail and a Shorts cover, using the sizes, formats and file limits YouTube recommends.

What goes on a music video title card, how to match it to the thumbnail and YouTube title, and where to place it so it’s easy to read.

The difference between a music video, a visualiser and a lyric video, when each one suits a release, and how to plan them around a single or EP.

When a Christian creator’s post counts as an ad under UK rules, which labels the ASA and CMA accept, and how to plan the label into a shoot.

How YouTube Premieres work and their limits for music videos, and what an independent gospel artist needs to request an Official Artist Channel.

PRS pays songwriters. PPL pays performers and recording owners. What each costs, how to join, and why the worship waiver doesn’t cover streaming.

What to ask any videographer about deliverables, crew, revisions, footage rights, deposits and cancellations, with Aligned Vision’s published answers.

What YouTube, Facebook and TikTok require before a church can go live, why an encoder helps, and how streaming to several platforms works.

YouTube’s recommended upload settings for music videos, when to choose 4K or 1080p, and the thumbnail and caption steps to sort before release day.

Import a layered PSD title into Premiere Pro with the right import option, or export a transparent PNG to place over footage in any editor.

Aspect ratios, length limits, upload settings and thumbnail sizes for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and YouTube, plus the format we deliver for TikTok.

The parts of a good church live stream, from cameras and switching to audio, internet and crew, and what our £500, £1000 and £3000 packages include.

YouTube scans every live stream for copyrighted content. Why licensed churches still get warnings, and the steps that cut interruptions to services.