Welcome back. Today, we're talking about five editing tips for YouTube
videos that are really easy and will make for way better videos.
I've actually got six different editing techniques that I'm going to demonstrate to you in this
video, and they're really simple, and I'm excited for you to be able to implement them. So, let's
dive into the first one. The first one is called a Jump Cut. Now, Jump Cuts are actually pretty
common on YouTube, and if you're not familiar with them. If you're not an avid YouTube watcher,
and you see a Jump Cut, you might think ah, that's a little jarring. That's feedback that I get from
people who aren't familiar with YouTube. But if you spend a lot of time on YouTube,
you'll see Jump Cuts all over the place, and we actually come to appreciate them. Because somebody
might be talking for a span of time. But if we cut this part out, and this slow-mo went out,
and this slow moment out, and it's shorter now. We get through it faster, and yeah, it jumped here,
and it jumped here, and it jumped here. But we appreciate it more. Because we feel like yeah,
they value our time and they sped it up just to get me to the good points. So,
let's say we're talking to the camera. We're delivering our content. We're sharing great value,
and then all of a sudden, we have to sneeze. Okay, that was embarrassing. Where was I? Oh yeah,
I'm delivering good content. Okay, so, now, I'm gonna have my editing team just crop that out and
you'll see a jump. But hopefully, it's a lot more smooth. It was hard for me to make up a mistake.
So, let's say we're talking to the camera. We're delivering our content. We're sharing great value,
and then all of a sudden, we have to sneeze. Oh yeah, I'm delivering good content. Okay, the
second technique that we're going to talk about is a Crop Edit. Now, Crop Edit is like a zoom,
but you don't have to zoom in on the camera. This is done in editing. A lot of times, I'll use it
when there's an um or an uh, or we say something that's redundant. So, let me demonstrate. You'll
see me just recording all the way through. But then I'll have my team do a Crop Edit and they'll
edit out the um, but they'll zoom in. And so, you won't even know that was edited out. Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers. uh, what comes next? A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper pick.
Okay, now, my team will do a Crop Edit where I paused for a moment. Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. Another editing technique that
you'll find in every video editing software. Because it's pretty simple is a Cross Fade
Transition. That's what I call it. Each software is going to call it something different. But it's
where you take one shot and another shot, and it kind of blurs them together. Both the audio and
the video, but it just fades one to the other. Okay, so, to demonstrate this. I'm going to just
make something up. Let's say I'm finishing up point number one, and I'm moving on to point
number two, okay? Alright, so, that's the final advice I have for you for this first point. Now,
for point number two, I'm giving you some really amazing advice. Alright, so,
that's the final advice I have for you for this first point. Now, for point number two, I'm giving
you some really amazing advice. Okay, hopefully, the way that we edited that made it clear what I
was trying to illustrate and teach about the Cross Fade Transition. So, I've got a few more things to
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to that book now. Now, a phrase that I use is I like to tighten things up. I probably did not make
that up. But when you go through and you're using Jump Cuts or you're using Crop Edits or whatnot,
or if you're just looking for things like you know what I kind of said the same thing twice,
and you're going to delete a scene or something like that. So, you might have a 15-minute episode,
and it's like you know what, I think we can tighten things up. Those edits are great for doing
that. You know, I might tell my editors. Let's see if we can tighten this up and get it down to 12
minutes, right? That might be a task. It's like okay, we can edit out an um or an uh there. But
do we really need that sentence? Or is it possible to really tighten it up that much? If you can make
things move, you'll have much higher engagement. You'll have a lot higher percentage of your video
that people will watch. Something that's fun that will really enhance the visual experience,
the quality of your video. The way that people enjoy watching your content is if you can bring
in B-Roll. So, what you need to do in your editing software is to create two layers. So,
you'll have one layer that will be the main video file that you're editing. But then on top of that,
you can insert another file, and you don't need to have audio with it. You can just talk through
it. And so, if I'm talking about when I was at island park at a cabin, and I was jumping off the
dock into the water, or I'm on my paddle board. My editing team as I was talking about those things.
They put those images on the screen, yet you're still hearing my voice. But you're seeing the
visuals of what I was describing. Anytime you have footage that you can refer to like that,
I recommend it. So, you'll just need to provide that to your editing team and say hey, here's
some B-Roll for this video. When I'm talking about being at the cabin, you can use this shot. Now,
in the beginning, it's important that you get your value out there on YouTube, and you want to
minimize the amount of work that you have to do so that you can get your videos out there sooner. So,
I recommend not worrying about text effects in the beginning. I recommend not filming in
raw so that you color grade in post. So that you have to do you know spend a lot more time
in editing. I recommend getting the settings on your camera and the color temperature and
everything just right so that it looks good on the screen. So then when you are editing,
you don't have to worry about any of that and it will save you steps, it'll save you time. Now,
we've got one more episode and you've completed this entire 22-module course. Tomorrow, we're
talking about uploading, getting your content ready to launch on YouTube. I'll see you there.