- As a new YouTuber,
you are going to be editing a ton of content.
And because of that,
you need something that can help you make great videos.
And of course you want it to be easy to use
so you can spend your time making the content,
instead of trying to figure out
how to use the editing software.
And look the software that I'm getting ready to show you
is going to help you easily make videos.
It's gonna help you easily record your screen
and make them dynamic and interesting
so people will watch them longer
and it will help you make your voice sound better.
So over the course of this video,
I'm gonna show you how you can bring in the footage,
I'm gonna show you how you can edit the footage,
I'm gonna show you how you can bring in additional footage,
how to record your screen,
and even how to bring in and customize
subscribe graphics like this
so you can easily remind your viewers
to subscribe to your YouTube channel,
and you can also use the same functionality
to add a lot more fun and interest to your videos.
And look, you can use this on all different types of videos.
It doesn't matter what type of videos you make.
If you need to edit them,
this software is gonna help you do it.
And I'm gonna show you how easy it is to use.
And we're starting right now.
This is the interface of software called Camtasia.
There's a link in the description
where you can try it out for free,
but if you choose to upgrade, you'll save 10%
if you use the coupon code
next to the link in the description.
Once you open the software,
step one is to pull your video onto the editing area.
This is called the timeline.
You can do this by clicking import media
and finding the files on your computer
or you can drag files directly from the folder
that contains your footage.
Once you have all the footage or video files imported
that you're gonna start using, now you can start editing.
To edit, once you start pulling your videos
onto the timeline, all you have to do is
find where you wanna cut your clip and grab this.
It's called a play head
and move it to where you wanna cut your clip.
From there, click on your clip
to make sure that it's outlined in yellow,
that will let you know that it's actually active
and that's the clip that you're working with.
Then press S on your keyboard to split the track.
And here's a pro tip.
If you're somebody that is speaking in your videos,
if you are on camera like I am,
or if you're just doing voiceovers and that sort of thing.
If you edit by looking at your audio file,
it can actually make the entire process way faster.
All you have to do is zoom into the parts
where you stopped talking.
Cut, zoom into the part where you start talking again,
cut, right click, ripple, delete
and you're ready to move on.
Then you repeat that process over and over again,
until you're done with the initial cuts of the video.
Now let's bring in some additional footage.
For this all you have to do is grab the additional footage,
which is also known as B roll
and pull it into your timeline above your main footage.
Move it into position and grab the edges to trim it down
and you're done.
If you add more clips, graphics or screen recordings
you can edit the tracks on top,
just like you do the main track.
Now you know how you always see in YouTube videos
subscribe animations like this,
popping up during the videos to remind viewers to subscribe?
This is how you add that sort of thing.
I go to my library to find it.
Here's one that I made for Camtasia,
and we have more on the way by the way.
Pull it in, change the name by double clicking,
change the tagline by double clicking
and updating the media to update the pick.
And you're done.
Give me a thumbs up
if you think this is pretty easy so far.
In addition to the subscribe animation,
Camtasia has a ton of pre-made graphics, transitions,
footage and even music you can use in your videos.
And of course, we're working together
to make some really cool YouTube specific things
like more subscribe buttons, in screens and so on.
So you'll wanna keep an eye out for those.
Okay, now as a YouTuber, it's part of the gig.
You know, we all like to have fun with our videos
from time to time.
For that Camtasia also has things like device frames.
So you can put your footage on devices,
some color filters and things like that
to help you add some fun elements to your videos
when you decide to.
When using these for anything else in the library panel
they also have motion backgrounds, icons, intros,
lower thirds and more that you can use absolutely free.
To use them you simply open your library,
dig around for the things that you wanna use
and pull them into your timeline
just like we do the video footage.
And keep in mind,
you can customize a lot of these library assets.
Also, if you wanna expand your library,
they have a marketplace
where you can download more free things
or purchase some things that are a little bit more high-end.
Next, let's talk about screen recording.
How to actually do the screen recording,
how to pull it into your videos
and how to make them look cool.
But in addition to that, once we're done a screen recording,
we're also going to talk about
how to make your voice sound better.
To record the screen
all you have to do is click the record button
in the top left of the screen.
The box is gonna show up with settings.
All you do is choose your webcam if you wanna be onscreen,
turn on your microphone and choose your region
and then hit record.
From there, do your thing of course
and when you're done click on the option to stop recording
and Camtasia will automatically import the screen recording
into the media area of your project.
Then drag your screen recording into your video timeline.
This is where it gets cool.
Just like your video footage
you can zoom in and out using the animations area,
highlight areas, spotlight areas
and more with screen recordings in the annotations area
to make them a lot more dynamic and interesting to watch.
They even have some cursor follow options
to make sure that you can focus the viewer's attention
on the things that you want them to focus on.
You'll see this in my screen recordings all the time.
Okay, now I'm sure you see videos all the time
where one clip transitions into another clip
in a really interesting way, like this.
This is called a transition
and this is called a popcorn, say hi.
- Hello. - In Camtasia,
they have a nice list of transitions you can use.
These are great for transitioning from inside to outside,
place to place or even from footage of you talking
to your screen recording and back.
As a pro tip, don't get carried away with these.
Of course, there's all types of transitions
that you can do that are really interesting
in terms of in-camera transitions
but when it comes to things like this,
you wanna use them lightly.
You don't want to overwhelm your viewer
with a bunch of crazy things going on
in terms of transitions
between clip to clip to clip to clip.
The best way to do it is to use them
during parts of your videos,
where there's a major transition from one thing to another.
Now let's talk about audio.
When it comes to audio,
of course, the best way to get the best quality audio
is to get the microphone as close to you as possible
when you are talking to the camera
or if you're doing a voiceover or something like that,
you want to get the microphone relatively close to you
so that it can pick up you mostly
without having a bunch of sound bouncing all over the room.
The better the quality have to work with
the better the end quality usually is,
but Camtasia is going to help you take it even further.
You'll see inside of Camtasia
that they also have some audio effects,
things like compression
that will help you level out your audio,
noise removal can remove background noise
from air conditioners, fans and that sort of thing.
They even have an emphasize option
that helps your voice stand out from the background audio,
which is something a lot of YouTubers struggle with,
especially when it comes to music in the background.
But check this out,
let's say that while you're making your video,
you thought that you said something one way,
but actually you said it another way.
Don't sweat it we all do this, happens to us all the time,
but check this out.
Camtasia has this option under the voice narration
where you can talk directly into Camtasia to voice over
or record new audio if you need to while you're editing.
So you're not gonna have to worry
about that kind of stuff anymore.
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that you can use for your YouTube channel,
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Thank you so much for watching, I'll see you next.