Editing MISTAKES YouTubers MAKE That Viewers HATE!
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0.00 - Editing MISTAKES CZcamsrs MAKE That Viewers HATE!
0:32 - Inconsistent Audio Levels
2:18 - Being Too Greedy
3:13 - Unsuitable Music
5:04 - Messy and Tactless Transitions
6:02 - Dead Air
8:06 - Color Grading
9:24 - Branding Consistency
10:18 - Varying Shots
11:06 - Video Render Specs
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We recently discovered that most of our viewers leave within the first 30 seconds of our videos. We decided to ditch a drawn out intro, and on some videos. Added a highlight reel. This has worked wonders. Thanks vidiq!
To the person who is reading this, don't give up on your channel. Keep going, Its going to be better. 💯
Thanks..
Ditto above, thanks 👍
I give up
@@DarellND but why
Thanks ❤
What annoys me is that some youtubers will just talk for a really long time saying why and how their video is going to help you/be entertaining, but they havent actually gotten to that stuff, they simply just are talking about it. They essentially just made a really bad intro. Whats worse is when the same youtuber says the exact same things about saying how good their video is in EVERY video.
To fix this just keep it simple and short. Deliver the value right away instead of wasting time saying how your video is going to educate/entertain. Yes you can do that but dont make it longer than it needs to be. Like look at what vidiq just did right in this very video, they didnt waste time and got straight to the point.
We learned our lesson. We ditched intros and taking 5 seconds to ask viewers to "hit the like button" because both had terrible dips
Just watch your latest video…you should definitely get rid of the car wreck scene…I count that as intro. You should just get straight to the countdown of how many car wrecks there are a every second idk 🤷🏾♂️
@@ThisiscoolGAMES Yep. We learned our lesson, stopped intros, and then we went right back to messing up by adding this intro. lol
@@MatthewHarrisLawPLLC y’all are silly and I just subscribed bc of that sense of humor 👍🏾
@@ThisiscoolGAMES Awesome! I'm glad someone enjoys my terrible dad jokes. lol
@Dark Blade well, let me tell you. When we were doing that on our videos, we'd see a 5% drop just during those 3 seconds, and then more drop in the few seconds after.
Top tip : to balance your audio, get a compressor vst for your editing software, i recommend tdr Molotok, a quick CZcams tutorial will show you how to use that apply that to your Audio and it'll sound balanced
If you want more flamboyance you can get a dynamic eq and a tonal eq, I recommend tdr nova and ignite amps pteqx-1
Ps: I'm an audio engineer and all these vsts are free :)
Edit: you can also get renegate to remove background noise
Thanks for suggesting some free tools.
For me, the most maddening aspect of beginner CZcamsr "advice" videos is they are not at the beginner level.
For instance, I started out with VideoPad because all of the "advice" gurus said it was the easiest to learn and use. Well, easy doesn't mean good. A good example of this is where you talk about listening to your video for audio quality. In VideoPad, I can barely hear myself over the background music (on sound level 2) but after it is exported the music is barely noticeable. On sound level 7, after exporting, I can barely hear myself over the music. So, the video software is crap.
The same is true for cuts, B rolls , etc. The software I have doesn't allow that.
The trouble is, whenever I have listened to the "gurus," their advice has backfired. I even have a saying on my channel, "CZcamsrs lie." It is meant to alert them that CZcams content can't be trusted and to be weary.
We small channels need to know the best equipment and software systems for the money. With that said, you expert gurus that we're turning to also need to realize we are not getting paid, we don't have much money to put into equipment/software, and we don't have the skill set (or possibly the equipment) to know what a B roll is or how to use it, camera angles, etc.
So true bro. Just in case you're still looking for a free video editor, use VN editor on mobile for ease of use, or if you want a good, yet free editor use Davinci Resolve.. the learning curve is insane, but once you master it, nothing beats davinci. It's a Hollywood level editor for sure
Yeah. Always start with better stuff and accept the learning curve that goes with it. For editing, I started with Lightworks because Davinci scared me. Let me just say Lightworks is "ok." With a "light" background in music and audio, I knew what I wanted in both the video and audio. But, I couldn't get it. After about a year of fighting various issues and I switched. Still ticked at myself for not starting on Davinci.
I find that the thing that annoys me the most is when the music overpowers the commentary, when the music doesn't even match the scenario, and when the person spends way too much time on the intro.
It is funny to listen to a live where people in their....I'm guessing 40s are talking at length about the intros they created. I can see how for some a business card, or a printed t-shirt, or these intros makes them feel like these are necessary elements because they grew up on TV. Speed is the key....grabbing attention rapidly without the viewer feeling it.
YES everything you just said
I personally hate jump cuts, like you had at the beginning of this video. A crop (also known as a zoom) cut is much easier on the eye.
Whaat, I absolutely love jump cuts. A well done jump cut can be like art in it self.
Agreed. Hate jump cuts
I imagine the Jump Cut will date videos of this era. It will be like watching an old black & white movie but not with a nostalgic feel...but rather a knee jerk reaction to turn and run.
Jump Cuts will be like looking back on embarrassing music we actually liked as kids.
@@Dancing_Alone_wRentals agree 100%, we just made a short about this called Podcast Host “Destroys” Audience - also making fun of the destroy trend. Unfortunately you have to give the people what they want sometimes
Easy on the eye? Lol what? Does it hurt your eyes or something? How.
Help a lot, thanks! Still a beginner, my vid is still bad tho, not gonna lie..
You'll only get better from here.
I’ve made over 40 videos and they are still bad, but it takes time. Keep going man!
i do struggle to find the balance with "dead space" and pauses, cos people keep saying cut it all out, then as you say, it has an unnatural flow, some types of vid can do that fast past thing, but i think going forward for me, i will try leave some natural pauses in, not all, cos y'know know! too much is too much!
it is definitely tricky to find the balance...
i do find some channels with their transitions - the zoom in and out fast - and all those things, send me dizzy, i don't enjoy that experience as a watcher, so i would not do that as a creator.
admittedly some sort of something would work for me to create, but not shouty fast paced and loud!
that is never gonna be me.
What an awesome video, i really enjoyed how you brought this to our attention. thank you for taking time to give us some interesting ideas and tips, things to look into.
See you tomorrow (in stream)
Agree. (Yeah...I didn't think I would get away with just that. Cut to explanation....or better yet...cut to coffee brewing, cut to skate board sounds, cut to silly grin, cut to sitting down to talk to camera.....oh and don't forget to take your hand and cover the lens when you are done).
I think I would rather watch a Calvin The Unfindable video. Pauses are good. I paused in my last video a few times. I noticed that I do it on purpose. But I do cut exactly after giving you only a split second to see what or why I paused.
I've practiced speaking faster even if I stumble over the words a bit....Good enough.
......and tHanks for the comment!
You are so right about audio and music. I am filming aesthetic vlogs and music has to be low, in my opinion. And at some point non existent, unintentional ASMR is so good. On the other hand when I film budgeting videos I use no music so I emphasize on my voice. Thanks for sharing 💕
Why is this unlisted?
8:30 Thanks for bringing this up because I find color stuff in editing to be overly underrated! People often forget to use this and I personally find it lazy when a video isn’t color corrected.
Yo! I make entertaining videos. I know I am not the best rn but give me an opportunity,and I won’t fail to put a smile on your face! I appreciate you thanks❣️
9 days ago???
@@SpiiderPlayz it’s from being a member or Patrion I think you get to see the vids early
@@SpiiderPlayz I found the video when it was unlisted.
I always put a hard limiter on my ‘Talking’ audio channel and ‘Background Music’ audio channel. This way I’m sure all spikes are pretty solid, and I can boost the individual clips a bit to be sure all audio levels are pretty consistent.
Great tip. Going to give that a try
For anyone in the struggle right now understand it will not get better unless you start getting aggressive with your goals and disciplining yourself. I know its hard to see long term but you have to learn to play strategically and tactically. Better days will come.
@Funny Animals Good luck to you as well
Thanks for that!
@@thelifeedge 🙏
You gotta want it. 👍
I am still learning by each video I make. I made terrible mistakes in the past about audio balancing. Nowadays , I pay more attention. Thanks guys.
Question around branding consistency. I have different Let’s Play series going at one time. I would assume it is good / acceptable to have different styles for each series to make it easier for viewers to quickly differentiate the series.
Well, use playlists to group the Lets Plays, but keep font and colour scheme consistent between ALL your thumbnails
I think this is one video I need to watch over and over again. Probably anytime I'm about to edit.
Upgrading the Audio was one of the cheapest upgrades i made but had an exponentially positive effect on my videos and my channel 💯 🔥
Took me a year to understand whether peaking was coming from my pc input settings, my audio mixer or OBS lol, it's fixed now, you live and learn....and quality improves gradually.
Echoey audio is my kryptonite.
Something that makes as a viewer to leave a video right away is when it is shaky. If the camera is moving way too much, I’m out. Makes my head hurt.
When I’m making videos, audio for me is tricky - I film in my yard so I battle outdoor noises like loud neighbors, traffic, the AC running, planes overhead, other dogs barking, etc.
I've embraced the loud noises. The little red button on my camera controls the weather...specifically the wind. There was a video of mine 100th...I intentionally wanted the wind. Since that time the wind never went away....but that is okay. People don't watch my videos...so they don't even know the wind is there.
I do have the shaky camera often, however that is something I would eliminate if I could. Practice...practice and more practice.
Great stuff as usual. I come from the audio world (film audio, musician, recording engineer) and find that audio mixing is an area often left out in many videos - and my #1 skip a video reason. It should be fairly easy to get a limiter and/or compressor for the audio and do some audio edits if needed.
Thanks for your insight!
Good starting point template i use for audio, is the main track with voice is at -5, and music track is set to -12. Adjust from there.
Hey VidIQ, I have a question that's somewhat opinion based, but I still hope for an answer. Do you think it matters the time of day when a video is posted?
What's too much B-Roll? About branding, it also helps you in editing as the decision is made as to what style you are using, so it becomes quicker to add text, graphics, etc as the work is already done (decision making) and ready to insert.
Sometimes the Audio must be fixed.
Sorry to say that but there is no really stopping from someone for that- some people hear bad.
And that’s why I have Very loud Volume in my videos otherwise I don’t think they would hear it quite good.
A lot of great points here. Especially the "killing your darlings." They use that in novel writing too. Anyway, I had a video that was over an hour long, which I knew no one would watch. I wanted it to be 20 minutes or less. There was a lot of detail in it. At the end was a 10 minute recap on the whole video. That, plus a few needed points was the final product. It's about 11 minutes long, and covers all that is necessary.
Makes me wonder how much I could cut from this comment.
I'm starting to get results using these techniques and it's taking about a hour to edit each minute of my videos. It's getting easier with practice and I try to learn something new each week. Thanks for the tips.🙂
Editing, primarily, is what you really want to watch- cut anything you hate and trim down everything for you to love 😍💙💛❤️
Rob, audio is way harder for me than I'd like. I just want a plug and play lapel mic that works longer than 2 months that's under $50. Apparently that is a very tall order. There are expensive mics that are rated as "crap" in the reviews so there is no guarantee that expensive is better. It's really frustrating for low budget channels. But... (long pause for dramatic effect) I shall endeavor to press on. The Storm Trooper missing his target is definitely an example of GOOD continuity!😂🤣
I recently bought a "blue yeti mic" was £100. Similarly to you i kept buying the little clip on's but never last long. I'm still learning but the yeti was well worth the money. YT it, its very good mic. Hope that helps. Keep going your doin great 👍
@@fourwaller9087 thank you for your input, I really appreciate it and I will look into it. I'm just going to have to save up for the better mic, it'll be worth it!☺️
@@TheBereangirl Hahaha Thats exactly what i did. I was spending £30 to 40 every other month. So done some research on YT (as you do) n found the Yeti. You might find a different one that suits you better but definitely worth saving for. 😊
I agree with @FourWaller** - I upgraded to the Blue Yeti mic too and have absolutely loved it - total game changer! Highly recommend
@@thecuriocat thank you for the confirmation!☺️
I do want to cut outside sounds from my recordings. It doesn't help that I live next to a busy intersection.
I use Davinci Resolve to edit and I really struggle with music,color grading and sound effects the most. I'm still finding new things whenever I edit, it just takes getting used to practice.
@Funny Animals bruh stop spamming
Lots of great tips. I’d love to have a Thumbnail Full Time designer as I reckon I could really improve them. My camera does 4K footage but I’ve yet to upload anything in 4K. It’s all in 1080p but no one has ever moaned about it.
More great tips 😁 I've definitely been guilty of editing too fast, to the point where I was getting frequent comments telling me I was speaking too fast, I wasn't, I was just editing it way too tightly 😅
My thumbnails does have a certain style, but the colors is all over the place, and lately doing a lot more shorts while being away from home, I don't have made proper thumbnails on them as YT just decide on the phone.
But definitely going to update the thumbnails when I get home, which is going to be a lot of work. But in the end, making thumbnails are fun, the hard part is as you say, consistency. Gotta check up on that one🤠
I want to see every creator watch your channel. The intros, the pauses, the crazy amount of dead air is real. It's like people say to themselves "I am going to be a creator on CZcams, and I'm not going to learn anything before I start, I'll just make a video like the first one I saw in 2005, and go!" Ridiculous!
For me it's definitely "to long videos" and I don't mean long videos in general. The worst thing is if there is to much rambling going on especially when it's an educational video. I have one channel in mind that I really want to like. The footage is great, the b-roll is good and not to much but this guy is going on tangents all the time and doesn't cut them out. I can feel that he has a rough idea what he wants to say but has no script and nothing or not enough gets cut. They could be easily half as long and often I can't watch them because of that. He is well connected in his niche and I'm not sure why nobody told him but maybe it's just me.
Can you make a video on a mobile Android phone and critique it! I currently do not have a computer but saving up for one! FAMILY needs come first but in time I'll have one! I'm limited and would like to see the apps you would use & recommend, compared to what I'm currently using! Knowledge is key & all your knowledge about editing clips has been so helpful as it is! Thank you VIDIQ!
I'm by no means a Pro. One thing I do on the music front is I go to my preferred audio source website and just start listening to music as I'm doing my rough edit or script writing. I find that if I'm in the middle of doing these things and a song catches my ears it is one that suits the mood I am going for for the particular video I'm making or sometimes I just add it to the list for another project. Usually by the end of the rough edit I find I have 3 or 4 songs that I've already determined will go into the video. Thats just what works for me so far. Thank you for all the great content/advice. I have seen great growth recently as I have been implementing tactics I've learned from the channel!
Great video! I took a film class on college, and when it comes to color grading, they say “less is more” !
Thank you for another great video, you guys are so easy to watch and listen to!
I would like to add what drives _me_ crazy: when the video is recorded in selfie mode (such as for shorts and reels) without flipping the image. If there are any objects with text on them in the show, it's quite disturbing to see them mirror-imaged.
i definitely made one of these mistakes and hope to know how to fix it from this.
My tip for small spaces (possibly any space): I use 3 different camera locations in my studio room and cut from on to another. All preset (though I still struggle with lighting). I record behind the desk, in front of the desk, and in an arm chair across the room. It requires recording stuff a couple times, occasionally 3 times. Now, It can be kind of a pain in tedium. But, it's not hard to adopt to, and it's worth it. Side note: I don't do a lot of on camera work. But, even if I did, I think I still would use this approach, just do it differently.
Nice tips. I don't think I'll ever get into the color grading or the 8k. Right now I'm in 4k and it's mostly by accident 🙃 I think I'm doing good just figuring out the broll and a roll jumps and such.
How was it by accident?
@@thelifeedge I saw uhd 30 in my phone settings and thought, that seems better than HD , since it had 3 letters
@@asugarholicslife hahaha, more letters is always better.🤣🤣
@@thelifeedge I'll keep that in mind in the future too!
All good points.. With Audio I use a feature called ducking on Fillmora .. Works pretty good ..
Being partially color blind specifically in the red spectrum I use auto edit because it's going to do better than anything I do I promise. My walls have suffered more than once due to my inability to see red fully. Maybe some tips for people who have color blindness as it is more pervasive then most people think.
Totally agree with these and I'm sure I still fall foul occasionally of some. But I have spent a lot of hours learning Davinci Resolve to nail the main ones - audio, dead air, colour, rendering. By no means an expert but getting better with each and every video that I put out. I cut an extra minute of waffle out of my latest coaching video (even after the main edit took 13 minutes down to 6) - it didn't add to the story - so it went in the bin. You have to be brutal sometimes!
You're correct about bad audio. Too loud or very low are irritating. Also the bait and switch some creators do is something I don't like. All your points are excellent.
You have to appreciate the irony when discussing the importance of good audio, to have a B-Roll of someone pointing a Blue Yeti towards him when this mic is a side address.
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I’m starting to grasp editing more and more. After nearly 100 videos (including my shorts) I think it’s coming together now. I just started to dispense using transitions and for my last few videos I’m just using short clips with jump cuts. I think I will also quit using an intro clip and just get to it. My goal is to create shorts no longer than 40 seconds and longer videos no longer than 8 - 12 minutes. I have a myriad of things to learn but I’m grasping the concepts quicker these days.
Havent edited anything yet. About to try. Learned a lot. Was fun to watch. Great video
Bad audio mixing is definitely the thing that makes me run. Either too low audio that makes me pump up the volume on a device, or too high volume that peaks repeatedly, or the worst sin of them all - a combination of too low voice-over volume and too high music volume so no matter where your volume slider is at, the listening experience is not ideal.
I create on my laptop with Windows Video Editor and Clipchamp (I can't handle the more technical stuff and my laptop can't run it!). When I do a ding or a pop etc, it sounds fine on my laptop but later I listen to it on my phone and it's much louder than anything else. No one has ever complained so maybe it's my phone audio settings, but I don' t know and I find it annoying.
Thank you 🙏. For me it is the sound. Getting it right is a nightmare. It gets tinny, practise makes perfect though and watching some more vids on sound….
Yup. That's trut for all new CZcamsrs. Quite frustrated for me to think about the music. Another problem will be copyright issue for those music without using resources from CZcams
This is fine and dandy but I have 0 clue how to do all that editing and I have 0 interest in learning how. I simply sit in front of my phone and record and when I finish I hit stop. lol.... Don't have the time nor the patience or the interest to learn all the editing. Editing is a full time job for someone. Easier just to keep pumping out content.
Oh my word, I was so bad with my audio in the past, but I'm getting better. I would turn down the volume in one section of the video, turn it up in another because I thought the difference would make sense and not "assault" my audience's ears. Well, it helps to play back what you record, so you can repair what you've done. I used to use the audio recorder in Windows (just starting out at the time). Then I went to a headset with detachable microphone. Finally, I went with a separate mic, but it catches "ambient" noises, so I'm waiting on a noise shield/windshield to help deaden that unwanted low "hiss". I suppose it's better late than never, and you really do have to experiment with what you are doing. I absolutely love your channel! RIBBIT!
Appreciate the advice sir but I'm an editor and sometimes... I make the music too low but now, I understand what I have to do. Thanks sir
Really helpful 👍
Over the past year I have watched a lot of your video's and this video was a nice recap. I think I have most of it somewhat down by now execpt color grading. So I guess that's the next thing I'm going to dive into😊 Thanks for another great video!
Love descript for jump cuts!
So the list to being a good editor
1. Edit as much as possible
2.Story is king find the story your video will attract some audience (book recommendations Save the Cat, Cut to the Monkey, and the Art of the Cut)
3. Make sure your audio is good if you want to know where it should be on CZcams it’s -14 LUFs that will make sure your viewer doesn’t have to turn you up and down all the time
4. Organize all your assets and files so you can edit faster
5. Don’t just put everything in a timeline and trim it down make a select reel first of all you favorite shots then use them to build a story
Gaming video's I don't colour grade and it's not always possible to B-roll it, but I do minorly move the voice audio around as long as the content was provided to me with multiple audio tracks (usually audio 1 is voice and audio 2 is gaming sounds) but not everyone shoots it that way.
Yeah I made an intro but stopped using it because I couldn't use it but then I realized that it is making my vids better and I might use it as a intro but like when it is getting to the point
Excellent recommendation, not to mention awesome vidIQ SEO score on this one (91.4%)??!!! WOW!! The best tips for me to were to edit down, don't overuse the transitions (I am an animator/video special effects specialist by day, so this hits home close to home), graphical consistency and the best tip is color grading!! I use Adobe After Effects (by day and for CZcams) to edit levels, hues and vignettes using Lumetri is invaluable for me! Thanks for the great tips and inspiration! X
I have definitely clicked off of videos for weird audio and
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Thank you do this video. I know I've worked on these myself, but still have room for improvement! Great to keep them top of mind!!
One thing I've noticed recently is the first 30 seconds of a few channels videos bombard you with text and graphics to emphasize the opening...but I find it to be cheesy and offputting.
Edit? Ummm... I just use ScreenCast to capture my Chromebook's screen. No edit, no color grading. Not even adjusting proper resolution.
I did get headphones + microphone combo, and recently developed a consistent Title screen using Slides.
Intros are basically 30 seconds speech, and no B roll videos whatsoever.
I hope that's not too bad. At least, I think the addition of puzzles in my daily chess videos gets better hits from search engines.
And, I need to say less "And" in my videos. Working on it!
One of the biggest hustle , one think I learn is you need to have patients when it comes to editing .🙌🏽
Focusing more of my efforts on sound in the last few months have massively improved my travel vlogs!
I keep forgetting to render in 4k. Other than that, I think I've refined my editing skills. Except maybe the music part. I was talking over some lyrics in the last video, but I tried to make them super quiet.
Again very helpful new tips or reminders. Thanks!
Will surely implement these to see what it does to the performance of my videos ✌️
Thanks for this VidIQ! This is definitely my biggest issue❤️🙈
@Funny Animals Thank you!!❤️❤️🥇🥇
I honestly hate how much the Mrbeast hyper editing has taken over CZcams
his specific type of hyper editing yeah is aimed at kids with short attention spans. Maxor or Ssethtzeentach do hyper edits but seem less aimed at kids if that makes sense.
vidlQ: "Editing MISTAKES CZcamsrs MAKE"
me: editing in Windows Movie Maker
This was so helpful for us start up content creators, thank you
Thanks for this video for reminding me of what should i improve as small you tuber,, thanks a lot and more power😊
Edit: Okay, I relate TOO MUCH to having to constantly adjust the audio in my videos. It’s so TEDIOUS AND ANNOYING AAAAAAA
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Vidiq I need some help I've been thinking about youtuber streaming daily, but I feel like I'm stuck, like I cannot take a brake, idk what to do.
Well I only recently started youtube so I am still at my baby steps, but I've taken a lot of insight and good advices from this video, and other vidIq videos, so, much appreciated.
Great tips! Thank you. I'm still figuring out the music aspect. It's interesting because sometimes I think my audience doesn't like music on my videos and then other times they do. Working on it...😸
@Funny Animals thank you! I am.
Is there any advice for me? I seem to edit an hours worth of footage to 3+ minutes and people have said my videos aren’t long enough 😢
Does adding chapters to the videos could harm viewer retention?
I appreciate your channel and all the advice you share. I'm still fairly new and learn something from each and every video. You guys are entertaining to watch.
Có thể gọi 2 anh là chuyên gia❤ cảm ơn bổ ích.
😊 Thanks for the info ~ I have made some of these as I am new with only 7 videos published. Loved the lesson. ❤Greetings from Sicily.
One thing I don't know about is that I hate ads, so do everyone so how do I add ads at the start of my vids. If I add skippable ads, everyone would just skip and I wouldn't earn any revenue but if I add non-skippable ads, people would just Click off. Any advice?
I was rewatching my vids and I have asked viewers to give thier input especially with my audio and people kept telling me my audio is fine (not on the vids I mean friends who check out my vids). One video of mine I had to turn the volume down but it didn't help because I realised I made the background music higher than my voice over. And in one vid you could hear the computer fan was as loud as my voice over and basically covering my background music. Audio editing is still a steep learning curve for me. And doesn't help my software is now problematic and can't find one that's as good so my channel is basically dead, just as I was learning more.
But the thing about trimming down your video timeline is as a CZcams partner channel I need my video to at least be 10 mins to get mid roll ads so maybe it’s different for everyone
Too bad about that midroll rule. I wish they would okay shorter videos for you. I look for 3 to 5 minute videos. If someone posts 12 minutes, I skip over it. Now if it is a how to video...or a channel that is building something etc, I'll watch that....but new to me channels...won't watch shorts or videos over 3 or 4 minutes.
This was so much better than your usual content!! months ago i got sick of your content thats directed at channels with 5 subs -__-
What about us creators with 5k subs that still wanna watch your stuff?
Thank you so much for your help 🙌 we grow a little faster these days so that means we make a more people laugh then only ourselves haha 😂 love it 💕
Oh my gosh, Speaking about dead air. There is an AI I use called TimeBolt, I use it to get rid of dead air. It saves me hours of editing time.
The "I missed!" at the end was great 😅😅
I’ve also seen a lot of people saying “right?” “Kay” “so” almost as a tick, they edit out silence but those are just as bad as Uhh and ummm stuff.
Thank you for sharing! This is very much helpful and I'm taking notes. I'm still working on my editing skills, and I will take note of these.
Thanks for this info. If the audio is bad, I exit out. Hard to concentrate
I find your videos also motivational! Good job for doing such a good work! I'm a creator that tries to get better and better and sometimes motivation decreases and yeah...not going to well. However, watching your videos, improving the knowledge of how things work or should work helps pushing things forward.
It Took some time to grasp the audio quality, I still need to get a different mic, I am an audio engineer and understand audio and plugins, it's just a matter of learning Premier to get a good balance
As for music I can generally get a good track that fits, and I have separated all my audio into their own things such as mic, music, game audio, and discord but I generally only use music in shorts
As the saying goes - A gentleman is a man who knows how to play the accordion (or bagpipes) and doesn't.
That same joke applies to the editor who just learned about transitions and effects and downloaded a new dub-step music pack to put in as many places in his videos as possible. ;)
This was just on time for me. I've been doing all this on a seat-of-my-pants basis in Canva in my first year out, and I'm just getting good enough to be want to get for-real good.
Color-grading, hmm..