Author
Sulan Zhang
Sulan Zhang is a co-founder of Vyra and a painter who posts at @sulansart. She writes the guides on this site from her own footage.
Sulan builds Vyra in San Francisco and posts painting videos, vlogs, and talking heads to @sulansart. Most of them are cut in Vyra. The guides here use them as examples.
Guides with her examples
All-nighter painting vlog: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
An all-nighter painting vlog packs one overnight session into a short that follows the clock, from setup to the finished piece at dawn.
App walkthrough video: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
An app walkthrough is a screen recording of a real task in an app, with your face in a corner or split frame talking through each step.
Art supplies review video: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
An art supplies review tests one product on camera, shows the result next to what you usually use, and gives a verdict in under a minute.
Art timelapse video: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
An art timelapse is a locked-off recording of a piece being made, played at one steady high speed with no cuts.
Beat-synced edit: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
A beat-synced edit is a sequence where every cut, zoom, or flash lands exactly on a beat of the music.
Before and after transformation video: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
A before and after video shows the starting state, speeds through the process, and holds on the result.
Commission reveal video: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
A commission reveal holds the finished piece back behind the brief, the process, and the packing, then shows it in full for the first time at the end.
Day in the life story video: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
A day in the life story is a chronological vlog cut to under 90 seconds with a voiceover that gives the day a point.