Video Editing Tips

Video editing can be a pretty time-consuming process but with the right strategies and tools you can significantly reduce your editing time without compromising quality.To put it bluntly editing can be a lot of faffing around and become a little tedious due to the inherent repetitive nature of the activity.Whether you're aiming to be a content creator, a professional … [Read more...] about 6 Tips to Speed Up Your Video Editing Workflow

Creating videos these days often involves using jump cuts which are those sudden transitions that can occur when you are cutting out a mistake or pauses in the dialogue.Originally in filmmaking a jump cut was either a complete mistake or intentionally used to progress a character or scene quickly to show time passing.With the emergence of YouTube and home edited videos … [Read more...] about How to Hide Jump Cuts in Your Videos

As you move into video editing the use of cuts and transitions comes up pretty early for a couple of reasons.The first of these is that the marketing of video editing software pushes transitions as this "must have" feature that makes it seems important.The second is that as you work on your first projects you very quickly hit that first point when you realize you have … [Read more...] about Cuts and Transitions for New Video Editors

Editing is more than just piecing together footage; it’s a process by which you can transform a collection of shots into a cohesive narrative.As a rule editing is invisible to the audience if it is done well and is serving its purpose becuase that audience is too busy watching your video!In this guide, we’ll dive into the essentials of editing and hopefully sharpening … [Read more...] about Video Editing Basics: How to Edit a Scene

These days I engage in quite a bit of interaction with readers of this website and on a few of the forums I participate in.As a result of that I end up covering… and re-covering, a wide range of general tips for video editing so here's a few that come up frequently.I have found that it really doesn't matter whether you're cutting a short video, a YouTube vlog or a … [Read more...] about Some General Video Editing Tips