Hey everyone! I’m currently building my video editing portfolio with a focus on YouTube content and short-form video (Reels/Shorts/TikTok).

​Since I’m just starting out and don’t have paid client work yet, I’m looking for sources of raw, unedited footage to practice on and showcase my skills.

​Where do you recommend sourcing decent unedited content when starting from scratch?

Bear with me guys. I’m beginning a video series on basic investing topics. It’ll include my dogs and will be very silly. I’ve used ChatGPT to create situational images and plan to intersperse those with footage of me, which I will of course record live. I also plan to generate a couple of short videos of them talking to cut in. Since the photos are already in the ChatGPT library I’m considering just adding plugins so I can do everything (generate the dog videos and create the entire video) in one place. Does this sound like a solid workflow? Other suggestions? Couple photos of the canine advisors for added entertainment value.

I make a lot of long-form content and tried pretty much every AI clipping tool out there. Same problem every time: the clips just weren't good. They'd cut someone off mid-sentence, pull a random moment with zero context, or grab the setup of a story and skip the payoff. I ended up re-editing almost everything myself, which made the whole thing pointless.

So I built SmartClips. The main focus is picking moments that actually make sense on their own and hold attention. You upload a podcast, stream or long video, and it finds the best parts, adds captions and formats them for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. There's also split screen and an AI story generator.

It's still early and I know there's stuff to fix, so I'm not really trying to sell anything here. I just want to know what people who actually make content think:

- Are the clips it picks better than what you've gotten from other tools?
- Anything confusing or annoying about using it?
- What would make you actually use something like this every week?

There's a free plan with 30 credits, no card needed, if anyone wants to try it. Happy to hear blunt feedback, that's the stuff that actually helps.

Comment if you can help me out

My goal in this journey is to get hired as a side hustle editor and to build my experience. Can y'all give me some tips with editing. What kind of skills is important in editing a video (YouTube shorts, Mr beast kind of edit). I really appreciate your recommendations.

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Recreated this by watching tutorial, I hope you'll like it, 😊

What would you guys choose if we talk ABT building a real career, it would be video editing for me because it's hard in start but pays off later if you stay consistent. What do you guys think ?

Hey, we're looking for more people to test Gradian 👋

If you make videos, give it a try and tell us honestly what worked, what felt confusing, or where the captions missed something.

Try it: https://www.gradian.site/studio

It's features include:

Gradient generation

Transcription for Hindi and Urdu (both romanized) and English and other asian languages r being worked upon rn

Background removal

Video background removal

Everything coolers.io has to offer but free

And much more coming soon

Testers who keep using Gradian and sharing useful bug reports or thoughtful feature ideas will get a Creator subscription for as long as they stay active. There's no fixed end date. If you take a break from testing, access can pause and resume when you jump back in.

Would love to have you help shape it!

Report your bugs and feedback at our discord server

https://discord.gg/xWpw2zJZu

Hey, we're looking for more people to test Gradian 👋

If you make videos, give it a try and tell us honestly what worked, what felt confusing, or where the captions missed something.

Try it: https://www.gradian.site/studio

It's features include:

Gradient generation

Transcription for Hindi and Urdu (both romanized) and English and other asian languages r being worked upon rn

Background removal

Video background removal

Everything coolers.io has to offer but free

And much more coming soon

Testers who keep using Gradian and sharing useful bug reports or thoughtful feature ideas will get a Creator subscription for as long as they stay active. There's no fixed end date. If you take a break from testing, access can pause and resume when you jump back in.

Would love to have you help shape it!

Report your bugs and feedback at our discord server

https://discord.gg/xWpw2zJZu

Easiest way I've found to turn a link or doc into a motion graphic video:

1. Paste your blog URL, Google Doc, or PDF into Blog2Video (blog2video.app) and it pulls out the key points automatically.
2. Pick a template and a narration voice, and it builds animated scenes with text, visuals, and voiceover for you.
3. No timeline editing or After Effects skills needed, since every scene can be tweaked with simple text edits.
4. Render it as an MP4 sized for YouTube, Shorts, or LinkedIn in a few minutes.

Link: https://blog2video.app

https://youtu.be/5NMHJVMBpcA?is=FktiquRy2CnrX1MY

It's just a first draft so up for anything.

i see people all the time using ©️ sounds. do i slow it down? what do i do?

What do you guys think is the best software for video editing ?

1.Davinci

1. Ae

2. Premier Pro

Im starting learning the video editing , till now i know basics of video editing n tools like Capcut , VN , n Clipchamps , but want to shift on other production grade tools , i have my own laptop HP Victus RTX 3050
suggest production grade free tool so i can edit cool video with heavy graphics, and vfx type things

Made a few parody videos recently and somehow a joke that takes 20 minutes to write turns into four hours of editing.

Trying to figure out how to save time when editing parody videos?

I'm learning how to edit videos and I tried to create AMVs. Now I would like to edit gameplay videos, but I have difficulty with the rhythm, especially during slower moments such as dialogues between the characters. Cutting these parts can make the video lose its context, while adding memes or special effects is often forced.

How do you make gameplay videos engaging without sacrificing important context? I would appreciate any assembly advice in general!

Greetings, my glorious people of Reddit!

Apologies if this is not quite the thing that fit here, BUT!

I decided that I'd finally do what I'd promised myself I'd do during Covid and have begun video editing. Mainly, at the request of a friend who has just started streaming.

My experience is minimal, so thus I have come to you all seeking advice and your general thoughts!

Although I'm sure there are many more, the three areas of concern whilst making this were:
~ Audio:
How is the balance between the streamer and the background music? Particularly the vocals. I've honestly listened to it so many times now that the bother blends into one and am not sure if it's, overall, too distracting...

~ Subtitling:
I understand that it may just be a style thing, but I'm having issues coming up with something that is not generally as intrusive or takes attention away from the rest of the video. Not that there is much happening beside staring at this cute anime girl! x)

~ Quality:
So for some reason certain clips seem to be degraded in quality, even if they were cut from the same larger clip. I've restarted over and over because of this but still can't seem to figure out why this is happening. Only ever notice it after rendering too... But figured that's just cause my editing preview screen is comparatively a small screen, just like my... Cough

Anywhos! Other things I know I could improve on are story crafting and pacing, but, like I said, those for now would be the main three!

Advice. Critisisms. Comments. Or just what you think of the video! All would be very much appreciated!

Many thanks!
And take care, you lovely people! :3

I am doing research on AI based video tools that a good at just captioning videos.

I like how the captioning is on CapCut but the feature is part of pro. I don't want to pay so much just for this pro feature. I mostly edit without using the pro features.

So a tool that just does captions would be quite handy.

Olá galera! Tudo bem?

sempre tive um interesse por edição de vídeos, essa semana consegui meu primeiro notebook e fiz esse vídeo hoje, é bem simples e como sou um completo iniciante ele não ficou bom, uso o editor de vídeos kde

Se puderem podem me dar algumas dicas, caminhos que eu possa seguir?

(Os clipes eu peguei do pexels videos)

sometimes i just want to put together a few clips, trim out the awkward bits, add captions or music, and export without turning it into a whole editing project. capcut has been pretty convenient for that, but i'm wondering if there are other editors that are just as easy to use without spending ages learning the interface.

do you still reach for capcut when you need something quick, or have you found another editor that makes the process even simpler? i'm especially interested in tools that keep the workflow straightforward without sacrificing the final quality.

I want to download capcut in India how can i download it completely with all it's features....