Video editing is the hardest part of creating a YouTube video and takes the most time,
especially if you're a beginner, but it's also the most important part. If you can't
seamlessly weave your shots together and add important elements to keep your viewers watching,
your video will seem unpolished and disengage your viewers. In this beginners guide,
you'll learn the steps to easily edit YouTube videos with simple online video editing software
even if you've never edited videos before. Step one, create a folder on your computer
for all your video files. I name my file Castle Trail because that's a trail where
I shot all the video clips while bicycling. If I click on the folder, you'll see all the video
clips that I've dragged and dropped into the folder. You can also rename each video file to
identify the scene where you shot the video. Step two, sign up for the free online video
editor at invideo.io. I'll place a link to it in the description below this video.
Use the promo code HD25 to get 25% discount. It comes packed with 5,000 customizable templates,
a stock video library with more than 10 million assets like Shutterstock and iStock,
music library, filters, transitions, and no download is required. You also get 24/7 live
chat support and a video community of 20,000 marketing experts and creators to help you out.
Step three, make your video. After you've logged into your account, you can select
from 5,000 pre-made templates or you can choose a blank canvas. I'm going to choose a blank canvas,
select wide or 16 by 9, then click make a video. On the left here you have templates,
uploads. You can select stock video footage. You can select stock images, stock music,
text. Add your logo here and select different colors. You can add stickers. You
can add overlays, shapes, masks, add a collage. Step four, upload your media. Click Upload media,
go to the folder containing your video clips, select all your video clips,
click Open. All your video clips will now appear in the left column. Step five, add and trim video
clips on the timeline. I'm going to select this video clip, click on the clip. Now I can trim my
video file. First I want to mute the background sound. I'm going to click the bell icon to mute
it. Then I'm going to select which part of my video clip that I want to add to the timeline.
Click the play button, grab the playhead at the end, then move it to where you want to
trim the video. Click play again. If you want to trim the end, just move the playhead to the end.
Then just drag the playhead to where you want to trim it. If you want to play the trim section
only, just click play. Now you can see the clip that you've trimmed. To add the video
to the timeline, click add. If you want to get rid of the logo, just click the X sign, remove
from all scenes, so just click From all scenes. Now, if you want to see the clip on the timeline,
you can just adjust this to see where the clip is. Then you can play it.
If you want to mute the background sound, just right-click on it and click mute. If I right-click
my mouse, I can delete the video clip. I can duplicate it, rename it, move it to the front,
move it to the back, ripple delete, unmute the sound, or split it. If I click split,
then I've split it into two different sections. If you want to undo that edit,
just click the arrow that says undo. I can also crop it,
fit type, fit with blur, fit with transparent, cropped screen, stretch to screen,
adjust the colors, trim it again if I wish. I can also speed it up in different speeds. I can loop
it if I wish, flip it so I can flip horizontal, I can flip vertical. Then I can also add effects
left, center, right, top, middle, bottom. I can also add animations,
and here I can adjust the volume. If I want to add another video clip,
just hover over the plus sign and click Blank Scene. If you want to get rid of this text,
just click on it and click the trash icon says delete. Now just drag and drop your video clip
on the timeline. Click Add. You can move it to the next video clip. There you can play it.
If you want to mute the background, just right-click your mouse,
click Mute. If you want to get rid of the logo, just click the X from all scenes. If I want to
trim this video, just click on the video clip and click trim. I can trim it up to the playhead,
and click add to add it to the timeline. Step six, add transitions. This helps
you make a smooth transition between video clips. To add a transition between the clips,
just go to this icon, click on it. Now you see a bunch of different
transitions that you can use. You've got slide left, fade, zoom in, wipe left,
flip right, rotation right. I'm going to use fade. Then we play the video and see how it fades in.
Step eight, add text. Perhaps you want to add a title or lower thirds to your video.
Move the slider from timeline to scenes. I've got my first scene here. I want to add a lower thirds
to it. Click text. I've got basic, artistic, media text boxes, classic. I'm going to click on context
and move it down to the bottom. I can also enlarge a text by just grabbing the handles and then just
moving it. I'm going to call this Michael Castle Trail. Enlarge it a little bit. Play the video.
Step nine, add background music. I'm going to move the playhead to the beginning
of my video. Click on music. I can select genres, mood, sound effects, or miscellaneous, or I can
search for a particular type of music. I'm going to go for mood. I'm going to go for inspiring,
beautiful place. [music]
Click the plus sign. Now I've got my music there,
so I'm going to play it. [music]
If I want to add more assets to my video, I can select stock-free video footage,
stock-free images, stock-free music, stickers, overlays, shapes, masks,
and collages. If you want to add more video clips to your timeline that you've shot,
just click on uploads, then drag and drop any of your video clips onto the timeline.
Step 10, export your video. After you finished editing your video, just click download.
Click Export, and now it's exporting my video. Now I can download the video,
share the video on social media sites, or I could convert to a square video or vertical video for
like Instagram or Facebook. Click download. Now, if I look on the finished products,
I can see that my video has finished rendering, so I can click download, edit the version or even
collaborate. This is a great way to invite team members to add time-based comments to your video.
I can copy the link or add team to collaborate, and I can tag colleagues using the @ and comment
right here. Here's the edited video. [music]
Click the link on description to begin editing videos for YouTube right away.
No download is required. Use promo code HD25 to get a 25% discount. I highly recommend
getting a business plan for $15 per month, so there's no watermark on your videos,
you get everything in the free plan, 10 iStock media per month, 1 million premium media,
60 video export per month, and a mobile app. You can also add unlimited members to
a single account. If you just want to take the software for a try run,
start with a free plan. You can also follow InVideo's official YouTube channel
so you can start making videos with ease. I'll place a link to it in the description
below this video. What if you want to convert any text to an engaging video?
Watch this video to convert text to video in three easy steps using InVideo video editor.