Video Related Tips and Articles

5 Tips to Help You Establish a Lighting Fast Editing Workflow

If you desire to be an editor, it is best to hone in your skills to differentiate yourself from others.

Five of the hottest tips from the most successful and famous professionals include organizing yourself and your editing timeline, using the audio track mixer, cleaning up your audio for messy spots, organizing selects, and pancaking timelines.

Using these tips and tricks will not only help you become a professional, but also save you costly time in the long run.

Key Takeaways:

  • The faster you are as an editor, the more jobs that you can do and this also allows you to charge more for projects.
  • Being organized will allow you to edit quicker as you will know exactly where every tool is on your editing software.
  • Group audio and video assets together on certain layers to make them easier to find and spend time scrubbing and adjusting videos if there are problems.

“However, while there is a myriad of skills you can and should hone as you step into the pro-level ring, there’s one aspect of editing that you’ll want to make sure you establish before you do: your workflow.”

Read more: https://nofilmschool.com/tips-lighting-fast-editing-workflow

Lance Carr

Lance is a fully qualified video editing tragic and renowned techno-struggler. He has put in the hard yards working out all manner of things technical... so you don't have to!

The Friday Roundup – Beginner Composition & A.I. Models

Film Composition for Beginners Shot composition is another of those seemingly "unseen" factors that determines…

1 hour

The Friday Roundup – Bad Color Results and A.I. Storytelling

Your Color Grading Looks Wrong… Here's Why A while back now my wife started doing…

1 week

The Friday Roundup – Gear Envy and Speed Ramping Tips

Amateur Camera Gear Not Worth The Money in 2026 Although the title of the video…

2 weeks

The Friday Roundup – Doin’ the Gimbal Walk & Essential Sound FX

How to Walk with a Gimbal for Smooth Footage Over the past few years there…

3 weeks

The Friday Roundup – Keeping it Simple & A.I. Motion Graphics

Why You Should Stop Making "Fancy" Videos Almost every time I add a video from…

4 weeks

The Friday Roundup – Exactly How to Cut and Cinematic Tips

Why Your Edits Feel Choppy (and how to fix it) I would suggest that this…

1 month