Have you ever wanted to trim the beginning, middle, or end of a video on YouTube after
you've uploaded it and not lose the comments, views, and rankings? Now you can with the
new YouTube Video Editor. I'm going to show you how to do it in this video.
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Here are the main benefits of using the new YouTube Video Editor.
Number one, ability to trim an existing video on YouTube. You no longer have to delete the
video or download the video to cut out the unwanted section in your video editing software.
Number two, views, comments, and rankings remain unchanged. After you've edited your
existing video on YouTube, the views, comments, and rankings remain the same.
Number three, increase watch time. Your viewers will be more inclined to watch a long video
if you've trimmed out the parts where you are rambling. This comes a really handy for
live streams. Here are the steps to trim an existing video
on YouTube using the new YouTube Video Editor. You need to use the YouTube studio beta. Go
to your YouTube manager. Click on YouTube studio beta. Select the video that you wish
to trim. I'm going to select this one. Notice the editor is in the left-hand column. Click
editor. I haven't used this. It says, editing just got easier, our new editor makes it faster
than ever to adjust and enhance your videos, all within a single consolidated timeline.
We're still adding features, so you can expect to see more appearing in the coming months.
Make sure to check back regularly. Get started. Here's my video clip. At the
top, you've got undo changes, redo the changes. On the right, you got discard changes and
save the changes. You can save the changes to the existing video. Over here, click on
the three buttons. We got keyboard shortcuts. I can zoom in, zoom out. I can fast forward
10 seconds. When focused on the timecode, you can increase the value, decrease the value.
This comes in handy when focused on the player. Seek backwards by five seconds, so use the
arrow keys. Seek forwards by five seconds, and increase the volume by 5%, decrease the
volume by 5%. On the video itself, we've got the play button,
skip back to 10 seconds, skip forward to 10 seconds, adjust the audio. Over here, you
got the speed settings, so you can do a slower speed or faster speed. Then you can also do
the full screen. Underneath the video, you've got the time,
like seconds and frames, you've got trim, a blue outline goes around the timeline, you've
got the video at the top of timeline, then the audio under that, and then the end screen,
it says, end screens can only be added to videos that are at least 25 seconds long.
You can also extend the timeline if you move the slider, so you can see more details.
Now we're going to trim a part of the video. Slide the playhead to where I want to trim
the video. Let's trim it at five second mark. Click split. Then, I just move playhead down
to like maybe 10 seconds, so it's going to cut out that middle section. If I hover over
the X, it says, undo split, if I want to undo it. If I want to remove another section, just
moves the playhead to where I want to split it. Click split. Don't grab the top of it
because it doesn't do anything. You have to grab the middle of it, somewhere on the timeline
itself. Find out how far you want to go to remove
that section. Now, I've got two sections that I want to remove, but I can remove even more
sections if you want. Then after you've done that, you can just save the changes. If I
X it, I can undo the split. I can go up to the top and click undo and it will split again.
After you're satisfied with all your changes, click preview and just play it, see if everything
works out. Yes, it works. Click save, to save the changes. It says, save the changes to
existing video. Saving these changes will cause your existing video to be updated. This
action is irreversible and it may take up to a few hours to process these changes. During
that time, viewers will see the current version of the video, and you will be unable to make
additional changes. While the video is being processed, you are free to leave this feature
and edit your other videos. Down in the bottom here, it says, video is
being processed. Please check back later. Now, if I go over to create a studio classic,
I get a banner across my video that says, edit in progress. Now, I have to wait a few
hours for the video to finish processing. How can you use the new YouTube Video Editor?
Number one, trim the end of an old video, then add an end screen.
Number two, trim out the "ums" and "ahs" you missed during the video editing process.
Number three. Cut out any unwanted sections of your live stream.
Number four. Use it anywhere you have an internet connection and a computer.
Let me ask you an important question. What features would you like to see added to the
YouTube Video Editor? Post your answer in the comments below. I'd love to read them,
and I'm sure others would too. If you need help, go on YouTube channel, click
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I'll see you in the next video.