Watching videos or making your own videos, in today’s busy lifestyle we all want everything instantly with best results isn’t it?, We have been seeing short videos ,films or any clip since beginning. The main thing you have to take into consideration when making a video is to have the right tools. Perhaps this sounds expensive, but if you search correctly, you can find a free movie maker that fulfills all your editing needs without a problem. The best of all is that you don’t need to be a video design expert. Just import your files, add titles, transitions, effects, and that’s it!
We all love the idea of editing and making relevant videos to connect more to our audience but wait, are you actually aware about the editing techniques?
If no, you should first because if you are interested in making your own videos regardless of what topic it is you have to aware yourself about the basic editing techniques depending upon using PC or mobile.
Once you got to know about all the video editing techniques you can master your videos and show your creative side that will go to reflect in your projects. To make your projects more entertaining first you learn about the editing techniques.
Essentials:
To make videos and for uploading you will need your mobile phone or laptop, a good internet connection ,useful hardware, proper lighting and others depending upon your video type.
Note-The most recent version, Final cut pro X 10.4.6 runs on intel based mac computers used widely.
Here are some basic video editing applications that video production services can use on their mobile phones to do efficient editing:
- Filmora Go
- Video Show
- Viva Video
- Kinemaster
Why we are talking these apps only is that because these are the most basic editing apps and are very easy to use, obviously depending upon your project and presentation. Here are 5 video editing techniques that you should know:
Selecting The Right Tool
It is very important to start editing with using the right tool ,once the person starts watching your video and finds inappropriate ,he/she is going to end up right there and dive into some another one.
Any video editing app you are using, make sure you are selecting right tools that you actually require for your video to make it interesting and entertaining but not monotonous.
Personalize Your Own Shortcuts
As we know video editing is a time consuming job so it is very important again to master in keyboard shortcuts depending upon which app or software you are using.
Some will offer you shortcuts like playback shortcuts, timeline shortcuts, management shortcuts and many others while some offer to personalize your own shortcuts. It is recommended to use if you have repetitive content to save your time and to make efficient content.
Good Story Teller
Know your audience and be a good story teller. Be dynamic when you are conveying your message to your audience, it should look like that you are connecting the dots and not just showcasing random shots.
Just imagine if we are seeing a video but not feel connected to the story or the person who is telling the story doesn’t know about it, so it is important to edit in a logical way.
Making To The Point Video
Making to the point video is something that brings your audience stick to it. Eliminate unnecessary moments like “um” or “uh” to show more professional as no one like to see lame content. There are many tools that you can use to avoid gap between your videos.
Vary The Shots
Use more than one camera to make it more fascinating, you can use different camera angles to break the monotony and add relevant music to it if required.
Conclusion
Above are the most basic video editing techniques that you should know and are very useful if you are a beginner. Hope these tips and tricks are useful to you and obviously if you want to edit like a pro you need to have more knowledge about editing, by doing so you can make extraordinary videos.
