r/VideoEditing Mar 01 '19

IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, stop and read this thread. DO NOT POST without reading it. Software, hardware, and the appropriate places to post your video are found inside!

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We're a hobby subreddit. If you're a professional, you want r/editors (you make your living doing this.)

While aspirational questions are fine, aspiring professional questions should go in the "Ask a Pro" thread on r/editors***.***

Make sure you search the subreddit, as many common questions have been answered before.

At the top of the sub is an image that looks like this:

https://imgur.com/a/85SR4ij

YOU MAY HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THIS THREAD

Here is this month's feedback/software/hardware links:

Hardware, software, and Feedback questions? We have dedicated threads for these. We will remove posts in the main part. of the sub. Reply there, not create your own post.

THESE MEGATHREADS RECYCLE MONTHLY.

  1. What software should I use?
  2. What hardware should I buy/upgrade?
  3. I'd like to post my video for feedback

Our Rules

Also

Free footage here

and

There is a wiki full of common answers/learning/needs here


r/VideoEditing 3d ago

Announcement Friday Free for All Weekly thread! General collection/discussion for things that don't fit elsewhere! (ask anything!)

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Greetings /r/videoediting!

This thread is 100% for the other stuff you might want to talk about.

A number of other reddits have a free for all thread - where you might find a regular discussion - not specific to a post.

Think of it as a bar with a bunch of friends.

Some suggestions:

  • Strategy on a project you want to talk about how to best promote?
  • Upgrading something and you want opinions?
  • How does your website look?
  • Local/virtual Meetups?
  • Looking for a collaborator (no "I'm a creator and I'm looking for an editor" posts)

Things that shouldn't go here: Feedback/What tool should I use to edit/Which system to buy? There are dedicated threads for this, please use them!

And in this regular Friday thread, while our general rules are still in place (no piracy, be civil, no links w/referrer codes), the following topics relaxed :

  • Great tutorials you found/you created.
  • Trying to do this as a side hustle (although generally, websites like Fiverr mean you'll be shooting for the basement/working for free and we hate that someone would exploit you like that)
  • A great piece of software/hardware/service you found
  • Great free music libraries/media you found.
  • How much to charge? What is your time worth? Estimate 2-3x the time you think it'll take to edit as how much time to quote.

Our mod team is watching this thread and we'll tweak these as they develop!


r/VideoEditing 38m ago

Hiring Hiring Beginner/Amateur Video Editors (Rate per hour: $15-40/hour)

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Hey Guys,

I'm John, one of the co-founders and owners of creatorXchange.

creatorXchange is a start-up tech company that specializes in providing content distribution and clipping services for celebrities, artists, online creators, and entrepreneurs.

We're looking to bring on video editors, regardless of experience, to work directly on these projects on a full-time basis.

If you are accepted, it would include a 1-2 week clipping & editing training, as well as the opportunity to earn anywhere between $2,000-$15,000 per month, and the rate per hour will vary.

Here are the details:

How to Apply:

Click the link below and just answer a few simple questions for us. We'll approve or deny your application within 24 hours and you will be able to access the training and paid campaigns immediately:

https://whop.com/creatorxchange/

Job Description:

  • Hours: Up to you. You can put in as many or as little hours as you want, but the more effort you put in, the more you will be rewarded.
  • Your job will depend on the client & project you are working on, but you will essentially be clipping and editing content that we give you & distribute it across accounts on social media platforms (Tiktok, Instagram, Youtube, X)
  • We are also looking for UGC creators for specialized projects (DM me if you are a UGC creator looking for work)

Payment Structure:

  • You can earn on a per-view basis, meaning you will receive a fixed rate per 1,000 views you generate from your videos
  • You can earn on a sales commission basis, meaning if your content drives sales for our client, you can receive a piece of that sale
  • You can also earn on a per hour basis, meaning the amount of work you put in will drive the amount you make. We have multiple different campaigns available to our team

r/VideoEditing 50m ago

Hiring Editing issue

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I would like to ask for your help with a video editing issue. I made a video in davinci resolve. The aspect ratio was set to 16:9. My monitor is very old, but according to the windows screen settings it has a resolution of 1920x1080 and is also 16:9. But apparently this monitor is narrower than those of this size and this is also visible in the video. I was hoping that after rendering it would be of normal size on normal monitors, but it didn't work. On a modern TV, the whole video is completely stretched sideways and unenjoyable. Could you help me with this? "Rate per hour"


r/VideoEditing 3h ago

How did they do that? how are effects like this arcane magic spell look usually made

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Hey everyone.

How are effects like the magic VFX layer in this YouTube video usually made, especially the glowing, painted, liquid look that feels like magic or a spell? Is it mostly done with After Effects plugins, or will you use something like Unreal Engine? If you wanted to recreate this style yourself, what software or plugins would you pick? If using After Effects for example, what third party plugins or native tools would you use to get a similar result? I am mostly talking about the blue haze and the particles coming out of it, like a magic aura.


r/VideoEditing 3h ago

How did they do that? How to make videos & photos look like they were taken in 2010s

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How do I make my photos look like they were taken by an iphone 4s / 5 or so? Even better if there is an iphone app that does this

Reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-WzHqb2Jc&list=RDvH4MwJ5KDhE&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TZ4zbX0fzs

(Please dont tell me to buy an old phone, because I want to convert photos and videos taken with various cameras into such a unified texture.)


r/VideoEditing 4h ago

How did they do that? How to replicate red light effect

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https://youtu.be/H2GihtqrS5A?si=Ph373MGew3A7rIFR

Hello, I am not very good at editing so this may be a basic question but how do I replicate the red neon light effect that oscillates throughough the video? Is there a specific name for it? thanks


r/VideoEditing 8h ago

Feedback Last polish and effects editing of Music Video.

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I'm doing last polish (effects and transitions) for my first music video. I'm used to "narrative editing" - not "effects editing" - and would love some input. What can I improve in effects, transitions and polish? What currently looks the most dodgy? How to make it more fresh and strong?

https://vimeo.com/1072500418/7cc1a3f8e2


r/VideoEditing 4h ago

Free Stuff Suggestions needed: what are the best background music for videos?

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Hey everyone! I hope it's okay to post here. Tried posting in another sub but it was removed. :(

My partner and I are planning to start a YT channel about our running journey. As of the moment, we're thinking of starting with just YT shorts mostly focused on a couple of races we recently joined as well as some of our training sesh. Problem is, I'm not sure about what background music to use and where to get them. Any suggestions? We're thinking something that sounds like hyping up a crowd of runners at the beginning of a race or something similar. Thanks in advance!


r/VideoEditing 19h ago

Other (requires mod approval) I feel stagnant with my editing skills

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The title says it all. I've been editing professionally for a youtuber in the VTuber niche for a while now, but recently I feel that I'm not improving stylistically and creatively. My boss and peers say that my edits are good enough, but at this point, I'm not satisfied with good enough after seeing what others in my niche could reach. I know comparing yourself to others is stupid, and perfection doesn't exist. It's just soul crushing whenever I review my edits, and I don't feel the same enjoyment I did with my past edits. I have the drive to improve. I want to be better.

How do you guys get out of this slump? How do you improve your edits?


r/VideoEditing 8h ago

Tech Support YouCut stuck on a loading loop

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My YouCut app won’t open anything I made last month, and I cleared the cache and offloaded and redownloaded the app but everytime i try to open something it wont stop loading. Not sure why this is and I don’t want to delete the app and delete my progress. Any fixes

I am on iPhone 18.3


r/VideoEditing 12h ago

How did they do that? DaVinci resolve beginner questions

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zZpt21jAprM <-- How do I add a filter like this on Davinci resolve? I can't pinpoint what it is but it definitely is edited somehow.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HkE1q1KrxVQ <-- I know it is basic, but with the drop that happens near the end, how do I add a fast screen shake effect the same way it is done on the video?

Any advice will help, thank you


r/VideoEditing 12h ago

Software Starting a YouTube channel but I want to know how to add icon (a face or an object) next to subtitles indicating who is speaking in a video

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I will have multiple people speaking and I want this feature to be something I use alot when creating the subtitles in the video.


r/VideoEditing 13h ago

Hardware Slow computer for video editing.

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I have started making some videos, mostly about our travels, I tried to edit it in the free version of Da Vinci Resolve, it was so slow and laggy, especially when you try to play it, I know this is because my PC is way behind now with its specs. So I've tried Capcut, there is an option there that you can make proxies of your raw files for smooth playbacks but then still in good quality after exporting. I am wondering, does the Da Vinci Resolve have this feature or should I just keep using Capcut? I am just thinking, if I want to pursue my video making hobby into a career, would Capcut be enough? I am not capable for now to upgrade my PC, unfortunately.


r/VideoEditing 14h ago

Tech Support Add a happy birthday or fireworks image on video

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I'm an absolute novice when it comes to videos and i was hoping someone could help me. I have a video of myself where i'd like to add fireworks or "happy birthday" to cover up a certain part of a video (my nose), from the 1 to 2 second part of video. If anyone could help or point me to an easy to use app for this, i'd appreciate it. If not, have a great day regardless :))


r/VideoEditing 15h ago

Software Upscaling Software

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Hi! I made about videos reviewing questions for tests such as ACT, SAT and LSAT. The problem is, they are blurring. You can read the words but they are not as clear or sharp as I’d like. In our last videos we upscaled the images and fixed in pre. But now we have a lot of videos we’d like to fix without re-recording.

I have tried a few different softwares.

Topaz - Crashes immediately Early Version Topaz - Works ok but don’t want to pay the $299 for this

Nero AI - Doesn’t fix the word makes the colors look weird

AVC - Good not great 2x was fine but would like to have better quality.

Also I tried CapCut and Davinci Pro.

Any advice is appreciated we don’t need something super hardcore just to make the text in our videos look better.

My computer is pretty solid Rzyen 9gen 12 core I think 3060TI 32gb of ram. So it should be able to handle most.


r/VideoEditing 8h ago

How did they do that? How do I make this kind of AI voice?

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I'd really like to know how this guy in the video make it. Specifically on how did they get the character to speak from another video.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHLhJzcSizW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==


r/VideoEditing 15h ago

How did they do that? How to learn to animate videos like burdie on youtube

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Help im new


r/VideoEditing 16h ago

Tech Support Should I splice all of my clips into one single track before exporting?

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Hi guys!

Super new to editing- I am about to export a video and need some advice on the above.

Currently I have one long track, and above that track I have placed all of the clips that I want to to cut between in a second track. When I play this back on the CapCut player, my video appears as I want it to, playing the cut clips (on top) over the one continuous clip (underneath).

Technically I can export this project now, and it will look as I want it to. However, is it of any benefit to cut/arrange the clips into one single track? Will exporting the two tracks cause any unwanted delays/sync issues/weird overlap etc between the clips when exported?

Appreciate any advice on this one!

TLDR: Is it advisable to cut all of my clips into one single track, and export this one single track?


r/VideoEditing 19h ago

Tech Support Editing a 4k footage in HD timeline. How bad is this for quality? (DaVinci)

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I'm getting a conflicting advice on this workflow and recently I discovered that it's apparently a very bad practice. I saw this in some random YouTube tutorial

So the advice was to upload your 4k footage and don't change the timeline settings till the very end (it's set to HD in Davinci). At the end just change the timeline settings to 4k and export in 4k.

I always thought the app would just stretch the original footage back to 4k but as I discovered it throws pixels away from the 4k footage when I drop it to the HD timeline and ar the end just upscales from that point, it's no longer connected to the original 4k quality.

So the way to work with 4k footage is to start editing in 4k timeline right away and use proxies to make it easier to edit

Am I understanding it correctly?


r/VideoEditing 20h ago

Feedback A very important question

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How do I get less of back-and-forth with clients and way less revision because I experience a lot of frustrating back and forth


r/VideoEditing 1d ago

How did they do that? Embroidery Animation

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DEOExPkPObU/

I was curious how they would do this animation assuming the end results was the original picture.


r/VideoEditing 21h ago

Software Does CapCut ruin video quality at all?

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Long story short, I ripped some episodes from a show from my Blu Rays and I want to change the intro. I downloaded the alternative show intro from YouTube and I want to insert it into each episode so I'm going to use CapCut to edit it this way. When I actually export and download the video, will the footage diminish in quality AT ALL? Or will it remain completely as it was before. If it does destroy quality, then could anyone reccomend me a free video editor that doesn't?

Thanks.


r/VideoEditing 22h ago

Tech Support Transfering iphone vids to PC.

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Anyone struggle with this? I have the bottom tier iphone 12 mini. 12 gbs i think? I'm pulling vids from a shared folder. The way I have to do this is go to shared folder get about 40-50 vids and save them to my library. Then plug it in to my pc. Drag and drop. Go back to my phone delete the vids. Then go to recently deleted vids and delete all that. Repeat the process untill all the vids are transfered. Am I trippin or is there a better way to do this? Is there something through itunes or another program to speed this up?


r/VideoEditing 20h ago

How did they do that? Can someone please tell me which software or editor can be used to make such a trailer/video? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6VMunapjZpo

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Title says it all


r/VideoEditing 1d ago

How did they do that? How to do Timelapse with countdown effect in real time on screen

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Wanted to do a working day in the life video and use a similar countdown effect as the one in this video (GREAT watch btw!). What’s the best way to set this up so I can actively see the countdown clock while im working and pause if I need to (like deya seems to do in the video)?

https://youtu.be/F0gUyTIQad4?si=_CgWz6G1y3wIookp

I will probably use my DJI osmo pocket 3 for the main Timelapse footage and then another cam setup for any other shots I need to take.

In her video, deya seems to pause the Timelapse at points as well to share how she’s feeling etc. I would like to do something similar.

Let me know if you guys have an idea how I could achieve a similar effect to all these using my pocket 3, a mirrorless canon, and iPhone (if needed as third cam). I edit in Premiere Pro but am definitely more of a beginner, so if this overall effect is just way too complex I’m cool w just doing hourly countdowns flashing up on screen - or doing something like “hour 1”, “hour 2”, etc etc

TIA!!


r/VideoEditing 1d ago

Tech Support Google Drive and Devices won't Play file

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I am researching a playback issue. I have a professional video editing system, but I used ClipChamp to quick fix a few files (Sometimes Premiere Pro is too much for quick tasks). I rendered the file, but Google Drive reports it is an unsupported format, and no device can play the file. In VLC it is reported as " H264-MP4 AVC (part 10)(avc1)" . It IS an MP4 format, and it plays perfectly on my PC. Any advice as to how I can get this to play?