We’ve all done it. We’re eager to start working with our footage and cutting together a scene, promo, music video or whatever. So, we dive right into the cut, dropping our favorite shots, lines, sound effects and music into the timeline. We add a few extra video and audio tracks to accom

The 50 video editing tips that follow are a product of many years of video editing, many hours of research and learning from countless mistakes. I hope that you will be able to apply these tips to your own editing projects to improve the quality of your work and increase your speed and efficiency. I

Music editing is a challenging craft that many editors tend to neglect. Historically, editors have had the luxury of worrying only about editing temp music and leaving the real scoring work to a professional composer or music editor. However, with the increase in opportunities to create lower-budget

The amount of video being produced and made available online and through other channels is increasing exponentially – and a lot of it is terrible. For those of us who take pride in putting out quality content and film, it is becoming increasingly crucial to separate yourself from the mountains

Almost any major film we watch uses many 1000’s of carefully-chosen sound effects and foley. And we barely even notice. In fact, it really isn’t until these elements of a film are missing that we notice their existence…via their absence. In this article, we’re going to talk a

Who doesn’t love a good car chase, right? They’re fun to watch and even more fun to edit, but they CAN be a bit challenging. The Basics The video we’re about to show you comes from the team over at the [former] BBC Top Gear headquarters. It’s a fascinating breakdown of some o

Many experienced trailer editors will tell you that the single most important choice you can make when creating a trailer is what song to use. Music is the biggest single contributing factor to making the audience feel your movie. Often, when all is said and done, weeks after seeing it, people won’t

This quick edit tip is about video effects. As a working editor, if your transition between shots is an expanding heart shape…or a page curl…or your go-to is a picture-in-picture effect…you’re communicating something to your audience. And what you’re communicating probably isn’t good. Do

I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but Adobe is offering a pretty great discount on their subscription during all of this COVID-19 craziness. Basically, you can choose one of the following: Get the next 2 months of Adobe CC subscription free (a savings of $105.98) Swap your plan from $52.99/

When you want your music, or, for that matter, any sound, to live inside the environment of your piece, use a combination of EQ and reverb. In this post, we’ve got some some quick and easy suggestions to blend it seamlessly. Watch the video or check out the tutorial below! So what does it mea

Sometimes when you’re editing, you’ll find that the footage doesn’t necessarily need a full score of melodic music to serve the story and the emotion. That might be too much. Sometimes it would be better served with a more understated ambiance, which you can usually create with a combination of tone

If you want a powerful way to manipulate your audience’s emotions, time your music editing for maximum impact. Music activates every known part of the brain, and you can leverage this to control the pacing and intensity of any edited project. Watch the video or read the transcript below to find out

What’s a great way to create smooth transitions between scenes? By using audio to bridge them! Watch the video to find out how or read the transcript below for a quick refresher on these editing techniques 👇👇👇 If you want to make smoother, more elegant transitions between scenes there is a

This quick edit tip will create a solid foundation for your edit. Watch the video (or read the transcript below) and find out how to determine which element on your timeline will drive the cut and how it serves as the backbone of your piece! There are five different types of edit drivers. 1. Dialog

This quick edit tip will make you a more efficient editor. Make it a habit to save commonly used effects and plugin settings. These could be time warps, picture zooms, transitions, audio effects…really anything that comes up regularly in the type of editing you usually do. By automating repetitive,

All editors work in four dimensions. The 3D visual space of the footage…and the 4th dimension of time. As we all know, to improve the pace of the edit and keep the run-time reasonable, films will skip through periods of time by cutting unimportant events. Editors can get away with this because

Welcome to another Film Editing Pro tutorial! In this post, our trainer, Leon, is going to dive deep into the topic of Aspect Ratios. What are the different types of aspect ratios that you can use for a film? Why might you use one over another to tell a story? How have aspect ratios changed over tim

Wondering what MP4 is and how to open MP4 files on your computer? This article is dedicated to this file extension and the different ways of working with it on your computer. We will also explain how to convert other video formats to MP4 in case you want to play some less-common fil

  Not sure what type of video-encoding software you need? Don’t worry, we got you covered! Read on to learn what exactly video-encoding is and the type of software you need.  What Is It for?  Video-encoding software, or video transcoding software enables you to convert a raw v

What makes a good video? Interesting and unique content, good sound and a perfectly synchronized soundtrack, great color correction… and, of course, precise and thoughtful editing. Sure, you could just put your clips together on the timeline and be done. But video editing can be so much