If you have trouble maintaining an editing habit, it’s likely not because you’re lazy. It’s more likely because your routine requires too much. You fire up the application with the best of intentions, you look at all the clips you’ve shot, you trim a few frames here and there, but you don’t really achieve anything concrete. You repeat the same…
When you show an edit to someone, it can be a bit disheartening if the feedback is too general. “It’s great” doesn’t tell you anything. “I don’t know, it just doesn’t quite feel right” can leave you even more in the dark. When you’re just starting out, feedback is only useful when it’s attached to something tangible in the edit.…
You know the point in your editing process when you start to think, “Hmm, this could be an actual show or video. I don’t feel like I need to turn it off after 20 seconds.”? Pacing is the first thing to start making this happen. Most people think pacing is just cutting faster. It’s not about speed; it’s about control.…
When you just drag a bunch of clips into a timeline, add some music, and then just kinda “trim a few things” you’re basically practicing nothing. It’s not that it takes a long time, it’s just you’re not targeting anything. Video editing can be really clear when you have one single task per editing session. So instead of trying to…