- If you're new to making videos for YouTube,
it's important to know that there are techniques
and special things that we do
when we're putting videos together
that help make people enjoy them more.
And it's a lot more complex than just cutting a clip.
So, I'm gonna share some of those techniques with you
and I'm not just gonna tell you,
I'm gonna show you how to quickly and easily do it
inside of video editing software so you can follow along.
And for this, the concepts
that I'm gonna be sharing with you
can be replicated across different niches of contents
and in almost all video editing software and apps.
But for this video, I'll be using Camtasia
because it's extremely easy when it comes to video editing
and they were also cool enough to sponsor this video,
so shout out to team Camtasia.
And of course you can find a link with a discount attached
down on the description of this video right now
if you're looking for an easy to use video editing
and industry leading screen recording software.
So, when it comes to making videos for YouTube,
you're gonna be using everything
that I'm talking about here eventually.
But first, we're gonna talk about a few of the cuts
that you are going to be extremely likely to use
here on YouTube, as well as some other tips
for your video editing.
But the cuts are, jump cut, the L-cut, the J-cut,
and of course, the good old fashion, zoom cut.
First, we're gonna start with the jump cut
because this one is extremely popular on YouTube
and there's a chance
that you might even be using this one already.
The jump cut is defined as an abrupt transition
from one scene to another.
On YouTube it can be used for that specifically
or it can simply be just cutting the space out between words
where you're jumping through time.
And yes, on YouTube you can absolutely use this
to jump in between scenes
but if you're not in the film making space,
you're not making, you know, film type of content,
in that case, you're most likely gonna be using it
to cut out silence or space between words.
So let me give an example,
this is the difference that jump cuts can make
in your YouTube videos.
What I'm getting ready to show you
is an uncut segment, here we go.
So I was walking down the street and this guy came up to me
and he asked me, hey, why are you walking down the street?
And I said, hey, man, I'm looking for some lemonade,
do you know anywhere in this area
that I could possibly find some lemonade?
And the guy said, yeah, you can actually find some,
there's some people selling some lemonade
right down the street, if you go down here to the corner
you're gonna find some lemonade down there.
That's the uncut version.
This next version that you're getting ready to see
is what it feels like after you do the jump cuts.
So I was walking down the street
and this guy came up to me and he asked me,
hey, why are you walking down the street?
And I said, hey, man, I'm looking for some lemonade,
do you know anywhere in this area
that I could possibly find some lemonade?
And the guy said, yeah, you can actually find some,
there's some people selling some lemonade
right down the street, if you go down here to the corner,
you're gonna find some lemonade down there.
I'm sure you can clearly see in that example
the difference that jump cuts can make
when it comes to how your viewers
are experiencing your content.
And another example I wanna give you
when it comes to jump cuts is something that I used to do
with the way that I made my videos on a regular basis.
And basically what I would do
is I would hop from one side of the screen to the other,
sometimes I would be in the middle and things like that.
It would look like this.
I'm gonna show you an example of what a jump cut looks like,
when you do it in kind of an extreme kind of way
to where it's a little bit more
than just cutting the silence out of your videos.
You can see how I'm jumping around the screen
but my audio stays consistent
as I'm making these jumps around the screen.
I love that video style by the way
and I'm not really sure why I stopped making videos
in that way because it's fun too,
it's almost like I can't stop now that I've started,
but we have to 'cause we gotta keep this video going,
so let's go.
So how do you make a jump cut?
This is what you do.
In your video editing software,
all you have to do is find where you stop speaking.
In this example, like I mentioned before,
I'm using Camtasia where I can show you where it is,
but I typically use the audio wave file
that you can see right here on the bottom
to help me do this faster because I can clearly see
where it is that I'm speaking and where it is that I'm not.
So I find right where I stop speaking, I cut,
and then I move the clips together like you see here.
It's really easy to do
and once you get used to doing it on a regular basis,
you'll start figuring out where there's enough space
of silence in terms of after you finish saying something
to where it is that you start something else and so on.
But for now just focus on trying to get those jump cuts
worked out to where it feels like a natural flow,
but just at a much faster pace.
The next cut on our list is the J-cut.
The J-cut is where you overlap the video from the first clip
on top of the audio of the second clip.
Here's an example of a J-cut.
The first clip would be something like this
where I'm just sitting here talking like I am right now.
And then the second clip
is where you just heard my audio coming in
even though there wasn't anything happening
at the end of that particular video clip.
As a creative, you can use this in a lot of different ways,
it's also really good for transitioning
in and out of B-roll.
But the idea is to where you start hearing the audio
of that second clip before the finish of the first clip.
And to make this one just a little bit more clear,
I'm going to actually move around the screen a little bit
so you can exactly where the cut happens
in case you missed it on the last example.
So here we go.
This right here is what it would be like
if I was communicating here in clip number one.
And for clip number two you actually hear me coming in
and talking before you actually see me on screen
like you do right now.
But as you can see it creates just kind of an interesting
kind of vibe when you make a cut like that.
To do this, all you have to do in your editing software
is to start bringing in the audio of the second clip
as the first clip is coming to an end
and you'll see an overlap that looks like this.
Next we have the L-cut,
which is pretty much the J-cut in reverse.
Let me show you an example.
This is clip number one where you hear me talking
and I'm saying the things that I'm saying here
right here during this clip.
And the really cool part about this is you can see
where the audio picking up on the first clip
as I was walking up to the camera here on this second clip,
so you can use that just to create,
you know, just kind of like a vibe
or just something interesting that goes along with the cut
however you decide to use it.
Just like the J-cut,
the L-cut can be used in a ton of creative ways
but let me show you how to do it.
Like I mentioned before, it's the same as the J-cut
but you're doing it in reverse.
So if you're doing it in your editing software,
like we're doing in Camtasia right now,
your overlap should look something like this.
And just like the J-cut,
this is another one that you can also use
to help you transition in and out of B-roll
if you use additional footage in your videos.
The next cut on our list is the zoom cut,
you see us using the zoom cut constantly in my videos
if you watch my videos on a regular basis.
To use the zoom cut all you have to think about
is this is exactly like the jump cut
with the exception of I'm zooming in on the second clip.
And then of course, you would zoom back out
on the third clip.
And then you rinse and repeat that process
over and over through your video
as you're using that particular cut.
To do this, since we're using Camtasia,
we're gonna use their animation area here
and we zoom in from there on this next clip.
So our first clip looks like this,
and the second clip after that's applied looks like this.
A really cool thing about the zoom cut
is depending on the level of zoom that you do,
it can also kind of give the feeling
like you're using an extra camera
which can also kind of increase the perceived value
of what it is that you're doing
where it just makes it seem like there's just more going on
than what really is within your recording process.
Now, another thing that's really important
when it comes to your video editing is editing your audio,
because audio is half of the video experience.
If your audio sucks,
people are not going to be very tolerant of your videos
and they're gonna end up leaving your videos,
whereas if your video is okay but your audio is great,
then people are gonna stick around for your video
because that's going to increase the perception
in terms of the value, like we just talked about,
of your video because it's going to sound great
even though the quality might not be perfect.
It's also to note
that when it comes to the audio in your videos,
your audio includes your voice,
it includes anything that you're showing on screen
if you're on gaming videos or something like that,
any audio that's coming from the game,
it includes music, it includes sound effects,
all of it is important when it comes
to how you're editing your videos.
And it can also add a lot to the viewer experience.
In fact in most cases,
you do not wanna use the audio directly out of the camera,
you do want to do some post-processing to it
in order to make it sound fuller,
in order to make it sound more rich,
and even to remove some of that background fuzzy noise
type of stuff that you get when you're recording videos,
you can remove that stuff
and it'll make your videos seem like they're better quality.
And really they will be better quality
because you'll be put in this extra effort
to make them better for the people
that are gonna be experiencing your content.
But regardless of what software or apps that you're using,
it's really important to make sure
that you are taking this extra step
because it can really make a big difference.
Another thing that's really important
when it comes to your editing process
is recording with the edits in mind,
basically recording knowing
that you're going to be editing the footage
and recording it in a way
that's going to make the edit a lot easier on you.
Click here to see how I record my videos
in a way that makes it easy for us to edit them quickly.
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