Um Out Ambassador Program
The Um Out ambassador program is a founding-member program for editors who cut in Premiere Pro. You earn a free lifetime licence with your first video and keep it while you stay in the program, alongside early access to new tools and a real say in what gets built next. There is no money in it in either direction.
Um Out is early, which is the whole reason this exists. The people who edit every day are better at deciding what to build next than we are on our own.
One person reads every application and replies, including the ones that are a no.
What you get.
Five things, and the one exception stated plainly rather than buried in a footnote.
- A lifetime licence, freeEvery editing tool that runs on your own machine: silence removal on the full controls, filler cleanup, captions, and every update we ship to them. No renewal date, two computers, the same $49 licence everyone else buys.
- Hosted AI is the exceptionUm Bot running through our gateway costs us money on every request, so it stays on the paid plan. You can still use the assistant on your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini key, which your licence covers. You pay the provider, not us.
- A 10% code for your audienceYour own code, so the people who watch you get 10% off. You earn nothing when it is used, on purpose: nobody watching should have to wonder whether you recommended it for the cut.
- New tools before anyone elseYou get them while they are still rough, which is the point. Early access is only worth something if you tell us what is wrong with them.
- Direct input on the roadmapYou get asked what to build next while it is still a question, rather than shown a changelog after it is decided. Nothing here is a vote, but the people who edit every day are the ones we ask first.
- A direct line to the developerNot a ticket queue. One person builds Um Out, and you can message them when something breaks or you need something that is not there.
What we ask.
Make videos about it.
That is the real requirement. A review, a tutorial, an editing workflow video, a “how I cut this in an afternoon” video, whatever actually fits your channel. We do not write the script, we do not choose the format, and we do not get approval over your edit.
Say what you actually think, including the parts where it got something wrong. Honest beats promotional here, every time. A review nobody could disagree with is a review nobody believes, and we would rather hear that something is broken in a video than find out from a refund.
- Use it on real workNot a demo project. The feedback worth having comes from footage you were going to cut anyway.
- Keep the unreleased things quietAnything you see before it ships stays between us until it does. That is the trade for seeing it early, and it is the only way we can show you a half-finished tool at all.
- Mention it when it fitsNo quota and no posting schedule. If it comes up naturally in something you were making anyway, say so.
- Tell us when it breaksOr when it is missing something obvious. That is most of what we actually want out of this.
- Disclose the partnershipSay it exists when you promote it. FTC rules require it and we would ask anyway. We will never ask you to hide it.
Who this is for.
Four things, and only one of them is a number.
- You make video contentAny platform. YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, a course, a channel that is six months old.
- You edit in Premiere ProThe one hard requirement, because that is where Um Out lives. It is a panel inside Premiere, not a separate app.
- You have 300 followers somewhere, and you postThree hundred on any one platform is the floor, and it is low on purpose: three hundred people who edit are worth more to us than thirty thousand scrolling past. The part that matters more is that you were already posting before this programme existed. Starting a channel to qualify for it is not the same thing.
- You will make a dedicated video and really use itBoth halves matter. A video from somebody who never opened it twice is obvious to everyone watching.
The terms, in full.
Short enough to read, so there is nothing to discover later.
How the licence works.
The licence is earned when your first dedicated video goes live. There is no renewal date and no recurring fee: it runs on two computers and it does not expire on a calendar. How you get access to make that first video is the first thing we sort out once you are accepted.
What keeps it running is staying in the program. Your licence, your discount code, early access, roadmap input and your ambassador credit all depend on being active, which after the first video means roughly one piece of content a month featuring Um Out. If you stop posting for an extended period we may end the partnership and the licence with it, and we will normally reach out before that happens. Join and never deliver that first video, or misrepresent what the tool does, and access can be revoked.
- There is a short agreementAccepted ambassadors sign one before they get access, so nothing in it is a surprise later. It is two pages, and it says what this page says.
- What counts as the first videoPublic, left up, and a real piece of content about Um Out rather than a ten second clip posted to tick a box. If you would put it on your channel anyway, it counts.
- The licence is yours, not your team’sIt is issued to you by name and runs on your own two machines. It is not for sharing, lending or reselling, and that includes account details.
- Your discount code is yoursIt is not transferable, and it is not for resale or coupon aggregator sites.
- No paid ads on our nameDo not bid on Um Out branded search terms in paid advertising. Buying ads against our own name takes traffic that was already on its way here.
- No misleading claimsDo not say it does something it does not do. If you are unsure whether a claim is accurate, ask, and you will get a straight answer.
- Either side can end it, and we speak firstIf someone goes quiet for a long stretch or misrepresents the product we may end the partnership, and the licence goes with it. You will hear from us before that happens, and you will be told why. You can walk away whenever you like, without explaining yourself.
You do not have to wait to read it. The ambassador agreement is public. Read the ambassador agreement.
Before you write in.
How big does my audience have to be?
At least 300 followers on any one platform, which is deliberately a low bar. What counts for more is the track record: we are looking for people who were already posting before this programme was announced, not people who started a channel because of it. Three hundred people who actually edit beat thirty thousand scrolling past.
Do I get paid for this?
No, and neither do we pretend otherwise. There is no commission, no revenue share and no per-signup payment, and you earn nothing when somebody uses your discount code. The licence and the access are the whole offer. If you are looking for a percentage of each sale, this is not that, and we would rather you knew before you wrote in.
What exactly does the free licence cover?
Every editing tool that runs on your own computer, on two machines, with no renewal date: silence removal on the full controls, filler cleanup and captions, plus every update we ship to them. Hosted Um Bot is the part that is not included, because each of those requests costs us money to answer. You can still use the assistant on your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini key, which your licence covers.
How many videos do I have to make?
One dedicated video to start. After that we ask for roughly one piece of content a month that features Um Out. It can be a full video, a short, or a segment inside something you were already making. It does not have to be big, it just has to be real. Treat one a month as the floor rather than the target: the ambassadors who get the most out of this post more than that. We are not going to nitpick timing, but this is a program for creators who are actively using the tool and talking about it. Make one video and disappear and the ongoing perks go away.
Do you approve what I say?
No. We do not write the script, choose the format, or see the edit before it goes up. If you get a fact wrong about what the tool does we will tell you, and that is the extent of it. A review you cannot criticise is not a review.
What if I use it and do not like it?
Say so in the video. We would rather hear that something is broken from you, in public, than find out from a refund. Nothing about this program is conditional on the video being positive.
When do I actually get the licence?
When your first dedicated video goes live. That is the moment it is earned, and from then it runs on two computers with no renewal date and no recurring fee, for as long as you stay active in the program. Getting you set up to make that first video is the first thing we handle once you are accepted, so you are never asked to review something you have not used.
What happens to my licence if I stop posting?
Your licence stays active as long as you stay active in the program. If you stop posting about Um Out for an extended period we may end the partnership, and the licence along with it. We will normally reach out before that happens.
How long does a decision take?
Usually two working days. One person reads every application and replies either way, including the ones that are a no, and a no comes with the reason, because a vague no is no use to you.
Send one email.
Three things: a link to your channel, what you edit in, and one sentence on what you would make. That is the whole application.
A person reads it and replies either way, usually within two working days.