r/VideoEditingTips

I want to learn editing to earn money but very confused how and where to start

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And I think I can edit better on capcut.

Somebody help me out! 😭

Have you watched Predator - the movie ? How to create Invisible Effect in Davinci Resolve 21 is live now. I am glad I helped :)

Hey, i lead Marketing at a fintech company. We have been asked for an 60-80 second video for an award ceremony where all finalists will provide one. The whole public will then vote for winner based on those videos that will be displayed during the gala. Basically, we have that time to explain why we should win the award/s. The problem is time, the video needs to be submitted in 4 days (Tuesday July 7th). I've spoken with multiple videographers and producers and all have told me the deadline is undoable. We currently don't have an explainer video. We have the narrative done and it will 100% need voiceover which we already have recorded. Problem is what we fill the video with. We do not have an editor, videographer or motion graphics designer in house.

Any out of the box ideas for something that will look decent and not cringe?

If you make travel vlogs or need to show the location you are making content for. Enjoy it 😀

Hey! I am BRAND NEW to editing videos in general so PLZ be nice about me not knowing the right terms and stuff… But basically: I’m a dance videographer and I’m trying to get better with actually editing videos. In the past, I’ve just sent my raw camera vids to the dance teacher I work for. But now, we’ve run into an issue. I used to just film on my iPhone, which was great so i could use cinematic mode and blur out the dancers in the background. But now, I’ve upgraded to a real camera for better video quality. Biggest issue is: my camera doesn’t have cinematic mode.

So, I found Davinci Resolve in my search of an editing platform to blur the background of my vids after actually recording them. I currently have the free version downloaded to my laptop. This way, I’m able to use the lasso(?) tool to draw a rough outline around the main focus/dancer in my vid and then apply gausean blur to the background. I used the “auto track” tool, but unfortunately it doesn’t follow the dancers moving limbs correctly. So now I have to go frame by frame and move the little dots so that the outline stays on the dancer and keeps her in focus.

The best example I can give is if you took a side profile vid of someone matching in place while also doing dumbbell curls. Aka their legs/arms are moving independently in different motions/directions. I read that the paid version has better AI tracking for this stuff. Does anyone know if the paid version would be able to detect the dancers limbs moving, but not get confused with other dancers in the background? It takes me HOURS to finish like one minute of footage, so clearly i need a better way than this. But i don’t want to spend hundreds on the paid version of Davinci if it still isn’t going to work for this specific task cause that’s the only reason i’d pay for it.

Does this exist? It's such a simple ask, yet I've been unable to find one that can do this. For clarity: my video will have a number of "slides" aka stills (like a slideshow). I simply want to place a text layer on top of some of these that number them. I don't want to have to number them manually, I want the program to do this cause there's a lot. They should retain the same positioning and format for all the slides that have this.

I've tried Clipchamp and CapCut, and neither have this feature. Is there a free software that does? Or if not, a cheap software that's a one-time lifetime licence? I refuse to pay a subscription.

I've also tried Google Slides, and while it does have a sequential-numbering system, it always forces the slide number to be the displayed number. In other words, I can't have slide #4 display 1, slide #1 will always be 1. This is a problem, cause I don't want the first slide to be the first slide numbered. I could possibly make multiple Google Slides then mash em together, but I'm hoping to not have to resort to this inelegant solution.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

I ran into this kinda insta360 looking, smooth zoom in zoom out effect with face tracking footage. It seems like the creator of the video took the video with an iPhone or something and put the effects afterwards.
Someone said it’s after effects. Do you know what effects or software that can do that kind of stuff? I saw black fisheye looking circle when he zoomed out.
Let me know if you know something about that 😭
Any advice would be appreciated!
(Not insta360, I already checked.)

A few months ago I thought Opus Clip would completely solve my content workflow. Upload video. Get clips. Post everywhere. Done. Reality was a little different lol.

Some clips were great. Others completely missed the point I was trying to make. Then there was the cost. As a solo creator I don't have a team budget, so every subscription matters.

I tested Vizard after seeing people mention it here. Not bad at all. But I still felt like I was spending extra time sorting through clips that weren't quite right.

The tool that's been working better for me recently is WayinVideo. Instead of waiting for the ai to guess what's important, I can search for specific topics inside my content and create clips from those moments. For educational content and podcast interviews that's been a huge time saver.

Another thing I liked was getting enough free credits to actually test the workflow before committing. No card needed either which was refreshing.

Anyone else here running a one-person content operation? What tool are you sticking with in 2026 and why?

I have multiple great video ideas but i new to the editing thing so I need to know a free and good editing software to use so I can pursue youtube as a job.

Hi, so ,I'm in the process of editing a ton of videos, but I was wondering if any of you knew of a software that could overlay a logo or some typed word onto a video, that would also have lossless results?

Something interesting I've noticed:

Most beginner editors spend around 80% of their time working on effects.

Most professional editors spend around 80% of their time thinking about storytelling.

At first, that sounds backwards.

Shouldn't professionals use more advanced effects?

Not necessarily.

The best editors understand that effects are only tools.

If the story isn't engaging, no amount of motion graphics, transitions, or VFX will keep people watching.

A viewer doesn't finish a video because the effects looked cool.

They finish because they want to know what happens next.

The biggest improvement in my editing came when I stopped asking:

"How can I make this look cooler?"

And started asking:

"How can I make this more engaging?"

That shift changed everything.

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