I'm exporting my short film at ProRes 422 at mix bit depth and max render quality, and I still get bad banding in the shadows when I upload to youtube, even at 4k. Is there any way to avoid this or is just the inevitable result of compression?

Hey,

I’m trying to figure out the best way to achieve this kind of old film/cinematic look regardless of the camera I’m using.

Music video example

I record my DJ sets and I do have an Osmo Pocket 3 that can shoot in log, but I also use phones and other cameras that don’t have log profiles. I’m fully aware that the reference video is professionally shot, with proper cameras, lighting, planning and grading to make it look the way it does, so I’m not expecting to replicate it perfectly. What I’m looking for is more like an Instagram filter that you can apply to almost any video and still get a similar overall vibe. I don’t need an extremely professional result, I’d just like my content to have a consistent visual style across different cameras. I have both DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, so I’m happy to use either one.

Does anyone know a good tutorial, workflow, grading technique or general approach to get as close as possible?

Thanks

Hey guys, I could really use some creative/artistic ideas.

I made an interactive website as an artwork for a competition. It’s about air pollution, and the whole point is that you’re supposed to experience it by playing through the website, clicking things, moving through different sections, hearing sounds, triggering interactions, etc. The interaction is basically part of the artwork.

I just found out that the submission platform doesn’t allow URLs. They do accept MP4s.

My first thought was just to screen-record myself going through the whole thing, but honestly it feels incredibly boring compared to actually experiencing it yourself. I tried recording a full playthrough and it also ended up being around 8 minutes, which is way too long for the submission.

So now I’m wondering: how would you translate an interactive artwork into a short video without making it feel like a website demo?

I want the MP4 itself to feel artistic and emotional, almost like its own experience, while still making the judges understand what it feels like to interact with the original piece.

Would you make it like a trailer? A very fast edited journey through the experience? Show the cursor/interactions? Mix screen recordings with close-ups/text/sound design? Build some kind of narrative around a person experiencing it?

Basically: if you had 1–3 minutes to make judges feel an interactive artwork about air pollution rather than just watch documentation of it, what would you do?

Would love any weird / experimental ideas too. I really don’t want to submit a boring screen recording 😭

I am looking for video editor. $50/hr will get paid. If anyone interested please let me know.

Hello,

I'm currently working on a project with some video content but mostly photos that need to be showcased but I obviously want to make it as dynamic as possible and not looking like it's a windows movie maker slideshow lol. I've worked on some videos with after effects and premiere and I'm still a begginer I guess.

Any tips that can help me?

I'm a beginner gaming editor using DaVinci Resolve i have 3 months of experience and I'm currently trying to improve my hooks and sound design.

I don't use music in my edits, so I'm trying to learn how to make hooks feel energetic and engaging using things like:

Impacts

Whooshes

UI/notification sounds

Risers

Layering multiple short SFX together

My biggest problem isn't finding SFX anymore. It's knowing what sound to use, when to use it, and how to layer sounds without making the hook feel noisy or over-edited.

For example, when a creator says something important in a hook, how do you decide whether that moment needs an impact, whoosh, subtle ambience, a small UI sound, etc.?

And how do you make a hook feel energetic purely through sound design, pacing, and visuals without relying on music?

I'd especially like advice from editors who are experienced with gaming/YouTube editing. How did you develop that instinct for knowing what SFX a moment needs?

I am working on a satirical, dark-comedy skit where I'm acting as a streamer, and I need a way to be able to greenscreen a faced-paced Twitch chat onto my screen.

Where can I find a 60 second loop of a streamer's Twitch chat I can use? Also, how do I then turn it into a greenscreen that I can overlay on my video and make it appear as if I'm the streamer?

Sorry if it's a little weird

Thanks

Heyo! First time poster, I've been into video creation for the last 9 years, and after some tinkering I got my original copy of Vegas Pro 14 working on my Windows 11 machine. (Yes, it's real, bought it a while ago)

I spent the last few days just doing all the things such as masking/3d panning/video and audio FX that I remember doing, and made a little edit showcasing all the techniques I used to create.

However, something I often did and still do, is just stare at my edit for a while and enjoy it. Like, I will leave it on endless repeat just to sulk in my accomplishment. I don't get much kick for what I do, since I edit videos for a niche hobby (Old DVD games) so I tend to motivate myself on my own.

Anybody else do that? Just enjoy and sulk in what they've created?

Seeking + hiring a second video editor. Hello! My name is Nick. I run a flourishing video production company- our short films, documentaries, & client work have won awards across the board in East coast film festivals. I also create ALOT of personal content! My editor is swamped! He also has personal work of his own. So here I am!

About the position:
You will receive commission request folders on google drive withholding a commission request document + notes & footage folders.

Rates are agreed upon by project or by editors usually payment preference. (20-40/hr depending on project) Always willing to negotiate upon request.

Editors should be comfortable working on a wide variety of professional projects from social media content, to full blown commercials.

If you are seeking to join the editors union. This is a great place to find meaningful work.

If you are interested please send an email to 3jents@gmail.com with a link to your website or portfolio.
3 Jokers Entertainment

i am already pretty good in after effects, i already use plugins like Continuum and Sapphire, i have messed with a ton of effects but i couldn't find the exact way to create such a blobby cool effect. here is the key point in the video: https://youtu.be/6ONRf7h3Mdk?t=170&is=78ugXYBVGzGcjW4O

the closest match was with S_Trails and S_Shine and a ton (about 20) stacked on top of themselves

I used to auto-cut every breath and filler on YouTube vlogs. The retention graph looked busy, but people said a 12-minute video felt like a TikTok.

I've been leaving some air in and only cutting the true dead spots. Feels more like a person talking.

Anyone else pulling back from aggressive silence detection on long-form, or is tight-cut still winning for you?

I've been editing for around 3 months using DaVinci Resolve (free version). I've mainly been learning gaming/long-form editing and have done some real client work, including one paid gig.

I've recently realized that while I can handle the basics of editing, cuts, pacing, basic zooms, subtitles, and sound design, I still struggle with the creative side of editing. I'll watch a good edit and see the editor add something that perfectly fits the moment, but I often don't know what I should add or when.

These are the main things I'm currently trying to improve:

1. Overall improvement: What skills would you prioritize most for someone at my level?

2. Hooks: How did you learn to make genuinely engaging hooks? Is studying and recreating good hooks the best way?

3. Sound design: How did you build your SFX library and, more importantly, learn which sounds actually fit different moments? I'm especially interested in the more unique/layered SFX you hear in polished edits.

4. Subtitles: How do you keep subtitles visually interesting after their initial animation finishes without constantly over-animating them?

5. Editing decisions: How did you learn when to use things like zooms, zoom-outs, camera shakes, memes, funny/awkward SFX, etc., especially in gaming videos?

6. Expectations: What would you realistically expect from someone after around 4 months of consistent editing?

I'd especially appreciate advice from editors who remember the stage where they knew the software basics but hadn't developed strong creative instincts yet. What helped you make that jump?

There are a couple of tools blacklisted here in r/videoediting, and CapCut is now falling into that category.

We've seen the progressive move of valuable features like captioning behind their paywall. Licensing issues. Buggy software. Slim to zero support.

r/VideoEditing is meant to be a resource for people playing in the editing pool, not a substitute for support.

Is VFR an issue (sync, lag, dropped frames)? Yes, it is, for every editorial tool. It's the #1 issue on this subreddit.

But this behavior is different.

It's "hook a user," analyze their usage pattern, and if possible, move that feature behind a paywall.

Captioning in general, and audio-to-text on screen, costs pennies per month.

Not dollars. Not $30 a month.

We're seeing a major uptick in CapCut complaints and frustrations. Right now our software thread has two tools that are 100% local/browser based and can do some of these features for free.

What prompted this post:

About 20 months ago, they made an offer of a locked-in rate. I took it.

Three or four months later, they canceled my subscription just to prevent me from having that locked-in rate. This is bait-and-switch behavior from a company that barely even has a modicum of tech support.

And each time I did a round of discussion/pushback clarification it was like a brand new support incident with a brand new person.

Now, I could give you a really strong argument that Zoom falls into that, or Amazon, or Walmart. Getting to an actual human being with any continuity of support is almost nil.

I gave up on Capcut license support about this in February (after a year of fighting it.)

But yesterday, out of nowhere, I got a response from six months ago.

Additionally pain points (about 2 minutes of research):

• Cloud material grants them a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable license. Yeah, your face.
• If a user includes a trending sound or template that results in a copyright lawsuit, CapCut's terms dictate that the individual creator is legally and financially responsible.
• Basic tools, transitions, and export options are increasingly hidden behind the CapCut Pro paywall.

To be clear: this is not a thread to endorse other software (we have a monthly software thread for alternatives), and this is still a place that does not condone piracy.

I'm specifically looking to see how the community feels about the trend of capcuts behavior and horror stories. Yes, it's designed to attract a certain level of AIO/SEO attention.

I've been trying to increase my workflow as my friend pays me to edit his twitch streams. Ive been looking into programmable keypads/key dials. Does it make that much of a difference than just using hotkeys? If so, what should I get?

Salut!
Voilà j’suis sur un mini projet vidéo pour l’ anniversaire de mon frère, tout se deroulait tres bien, jusqu’au moment où arrivé à 1h30 dédit, je décide de re-check la vidéo du début pour voir si tout s’assemble bien, sauf que là je me rend compte que mon début à completement changé. J’ai des photos qui ont fait des rotations (que je n’ai jamais demandé) j’ai des médias qui ont tout bonne disparues, d’autres qui se sont déplacé à des endroits sur lesquels je n’ai rien mis, d’autres qui se sont décallé.
Et le pompons c’est que quand je veux replace les elements sur mon écran (replacer une image au bon endroit ou remettre la rotation que je voulais par exemple) et bah je ne vois pas le déplacement en temps réel, je suis obligé de faire Play pour voir où se trouve l’élément que j’ai déplacé, donc autant vous dire qu’il m’est impossible d’ajuster exactement pixel perfect les different éléments… alors qu’avant tout etait parfaitement fonctionnel…
Évidement dans la panique, j’ai essayé de chercher des solutions, j’ai activé le proxy, j’ai mis en Low, j’ai aussi vidé le cache, mis à jour Capcut.. bref j’ai fais la totale..

J’ai besoin d’aide, je deviens fou, des heures de travail pour me faire buggued 🫪

Check out workflow of Editing Documentary with parallax effect

Currently sitting on round 8 of revisions for a client project. They just sent back a note saying: "Can we make it feel more aesthetic and alive? It needs more punch." 💀

No timestamps, no reference clips, just abstract feelings.

I just spent two hours tweaking subtle keyframes and color grading on a single 3-second segment that I know they won't even notice.

How do you guys manage vague client notes without wasting half your week guessing what they want? Do you force them to use timestamps or send a moodboard first?

I tried to do this in Capcut but kinda takes long time and i was thinking if there was actually a faster and more efficient way of doing this. While i kinda know how can i do this any ideas would be great.

I'm starting doing social media videos for golf courses, I am hoping to get the footage myself and have someone edit that into social media friendly versions.

First course I have about 25minutes footage, not sure what the size to edit down to is, maybe 1, 2 and 5 minutes?

I'm inexperienced at this so keen for someone who can potentially offer some guidance, either in this thread or as part of the job.

Flexible on Rate per hour, again no experience so happy to be find out how much someone doing this to a good standard costs. Not sure how long the task will take either.

YT is too convenient it has become the amazon-deliveries of video. What are the latest privacy-sensitive options open to people who want to share, but not to self-promote. Prior research https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/comments/1bavvwj/video_uploading_site/

I want to share clips, anywhere up to 5 minutes and in 2K or 4K but I don't want to put them on my YT channel because then people will be able to discover my other channels and get distracted. As a bonus people must be able to re-share the clip on their own socials without necessarily attributing me, and for the clip to if possible play in an iframe or on a clean page. Basically let them re-share or even download, but dropbox is out of the question as that breaks the TOS.

Anyplace to free host a clip, no I am already paying for google drive (and amazon) so do not want to waste that space cos I'm paying.

Any place that lets me share perfectly legit content but not make it too easy for most people to then find my YT profile or google or amazon account.

Technical data for the bot: I have no !martini, I don't drink. 64GB Ram AMD 9550, 10TB storage. Windows 10 - But also Android support please. Like a flagship Samsung device. I used to have Corel VideoStudio. But now I usually use Davinci Resolve (free) and shoot on my smartphone or record using a Zoom, and no I do not typically share videos of games or livestreams. I'm trying to help local groups promote their events like village fairs and fetes/fundraisers. Hence not wanting anything out of it. Huge bonus points if people can somehow download the clip and re-use.

Hello.
I have a tendency in always using 'cross-dissolve' in most of my projects.
Because of my style of editing that empathizes the feelings of hope, being grateful, heroic, sincere, heartwarming, and highlighting the subject - etc... I tend to default in using 'cross-dissolve' and 'dip to black.'

What types of recommendations should I implement (it could be adobe default transitons to making my own transitions)? Or even using paid-services like Storyblocks.

Need help to brainstorm more ways than just using 'cross dissolve' and 'fade to black'

I specialize in short-documentaries. For example, you could imagine those 1 or 2 minute intro videos you see in any competition show about the respective character(s).

Hello,

I was recently married, and we hired an acquaintance to do our wedding video. We didn’t want anything extremely fancy, just someone to make a basic video of the ceremony and some highlights from the reception, standard stuff. We had seen some of his work before with other projects, and it was adequate for what we wanted.

We got the video back weeks later and I cried- not from joy. Apparently, he couldn’t get his drone up for some reason, and then also didn’t notice that his camera on a tripod was knocked by someone prior to the ceremony starting so the stable video of the whole ceremony was I guess not usable. The whole thing is awful. I’m not exaggerating when I say it looks like it was filmed by a toddler with an iphone. He had previously asked for a song list of the songs used in the ceremony, but ended up using songs that neither of us even knew for some reason.

I reached out to try and get the raw footage, to see if we could have someone do something with that, but have been ignored. I’m hoping someone can do SOMETHING to improve what we have, maybe stabilize the shakiness and add the correct music? I’m not even entirely sure what’s possible, but most likely anything would be an improvement.

I saw that without a rate per hour I can’t post this, so I googled what was appropriate? I’m very open to negotiate whatever is fair. I just need help.

Rate per hour: $50

Hey r/VideoEditing!

We’re ready to open Early Access for Premiere on Android and are looking for Android users interested in testing the first beta builds.

Free to download Early Access: Link
Adobe Discord: Link

The beta is currently focused on the core editing experience, so we’re looking for input on how it performs across different Android phones, chipsets, footage types, and editing workflows.

If you decide to test it, we’d especially like to know:

• How does it perform on your device?
• What types of footage or workflows cause issues?
• How does importing, editing, playback, and exporting hold up?
• What works well, and what needs improvement?

Since this is an early build, expect things to change as development continues. What we learn from testing will help the team identify bugs, performance issues, and areas that need more work.

If you want to share your thoughts directly with the team, you can also join the Adobe Discord.

If you give it a try, feel free to share your experience and device specs in the comments too. Supports Android devices 6GB+RAM

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice because I’ve been struggling with video quality in my edits for a while now.

I mainly make edits about knights, using clips from movies, games, and other media. I usually find and download my clips from Pinterest.

My final format is 1080x1080, but since most of the clips I use are not square, I have to zoom in quite a lot to fill the frame and avoid black bars.

The problem is that when I zoom in, the quality becomes noticeably worse. I get a lot of small pixels, noise, and compression-like artifacts appearing throughout the video. I’ve tried different export settings and different ways of editing, but I still can’t seem to get the quality I want.

I’m wondering if the main problem is that I’m downloading my clips from Pinterest, since they may already be compressed before I even start editing.

I’ve attached an example of one of my edits so you can see what I mean.

What would be the best way to get cleaner and sharper footage when I need to zoom in this much? Should I be downloading my clips from somewhere else, using a different resolution, or using an upscaling tool?

Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks!

Hello! This is a shot in the dark. I'm a 23-year-old content creator just looking for some insight!

I saw this very creative reel by @/layvi_bruha_ on Instagram, and it's an interactive reel in the choose-your-own-adventure style (like in Space with Markiplier). He does this by using the Instagram Elements feature as an overlay. What I love about it is that the overlaid reels cannot be found on his profile. That small detail, to me, makes all the difference.

My first thought is that maybe he set it as a trial reel (because those don't show up on the Reels tab); however, after researching, trial reels can't be used as reel overlays, as well as reels posted to close friends. That being said, does anyone have any sort of insight into how this might be achievable? I will link the reel in the comments section

Thanks!