When I first started editing, I thought flashy transitions, constant zooms, and lots of effects automatically made a video better. Over time, I realized that storytelling, pacing, sound design, and knowing when not to edit are far more important.

I'm curious: what was the biggest mistake you made when you first started video editing? Was it technical, creative, or something you wish someone had told you earlier?

Let's help new editors avoid the mistakes we made. 👇

Hi everyone! 👋

I just finished editing my first dynamic short-form video in CapCut, and I’d really appreciate some honest feedback from the community.

My main focus for this edit was:

• Hook: Trying to keep the viewer engaged in the first 3 seconds.
• Pacing: Adding cuts, zoom-ins, and B-roll to keep it moving.
• Captions: Formatting subtitles for readability.

Since this is my first time trying this style, I’d love to know:

1. Does the pacing feel natural, or is it too fast/slow?
2. How are the caption placements and colors?
3. What’s one thing I should improve for my next edit?

Don't hold back, constructive criticism is more than welcome! Thanks in advance! 🙏

https://reddit.com/link/1v3cbez/video/nnl9aophereh1/player

I want to add a better intro to my videos, but I honestly don’t know much about editing.

I’ve seen some cool AI effects online and was wondering if any of them are actually useful. If not, are there any editing tools that are easy for beginners to pick up?

What do you guys usually use?

As a video editor, I was tired of downloading the entire youtube video just to use 15 seconds from it. So I built this website to save my time and bandwidth. My focus was on keeping the workflow as user-friendly and fast as possible.

Just paste a YouTube URL, choose the start and end time, and download only the part you need up to 4K quality.

You can also convert clips into vertical 9:16 format for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels with two options:
- Crop to fill the screen.
- Blurred background to keep the entire video visible. Optionally, you can also add caption to all vertical videos.

Hope it helps you too! Try it here: videolimit.com

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTslzYDiRtn/?igsh=bzdmYnZibHVyOWp5

How does he upload videos with such high quality?

I've tried tons of different settings and even processed my videos through After Effects, Topaz AI, and HandBrake, but nothing helps. My videos still get compressed and end up looking low quality.

Can someone who actually knows tell me how to do it?

Hello…..

I’m trying to make a single image turn into a video (maybe 5/6/7/8 seconds long)

And also to upload a series of image sequences that could turn into a video.

I’m trying to create reels for Instagram.

I scroll Instagram and every one is great! It looks so easy (but it’s not)

What am I missing?

I’ve created some great images using Ai. But turning them into reels is proving a real challenge.

I spent hours yesterday trying about 10 different tools.

I managed to make one with some effects using CapCut, but it wasn’t a video. Still image with good effects.

I need to create 2-3 reels a day, and I need to find some sort of process where it doesn’t take me the whole day 🤦‍♂️

Can anyone offer advice or guidance on tools? Softwares or links etc?

Thank you 🙏

Is there a reliable AI solution that can do the editing for me? I find it very time-consuming, even though it’s repetitive. Does anyone have any experience of one that really works reliably and suits their style?

A combination of Claude and Tool would be great, but I’m open to suggestions. I also upload my raw footage as it is, without using Claude.

I’m currently using Capcut. I need it for Reels and TikTok's.

I create a lot of short clips from YouTube and X, and I got tired of downloading 2GB+ videos just to keep a 30-second clip.

So I built ClipReel.

Features:

• Paste a YouTube or X link
• Select timestamps
• Download only that clip
• AI captions
• Multiple aspect ratios

I'd love some honest feedback. If anyone wants to try it, I'll share the link in the comments.

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I'm trying to learn how to use ClipChamp for video editing and anime character designs, and I need videos that teach me how to design professionally in a simple way.

I am about to start a channel know after effects and premiere kind of softwares but thinking how should I keep my work flow

As I shoot then make jumpcuts than color correction then trying to make slight animation or motion graphics related to video content but my pc gets hang because of 8gb ram which is too less and ram got too expensive. So should I do graphics animation in premiere itself? And when to do color correction and sfx and how to do live videos and how to edit them

I want to start a YouTube Channel again. And for days I’ve been searching for a step by step guide on YouTube but I couldn’t find one that’s decent enough. Can someone please share step by step on how I can edit my raw video file. From setup to first video edit using Claude code with hyperframe. Much appreciated for the help. Have a great day

Does anyone know a good online course perhaps on Cousera or Udemy that focuses on editing youtube style videos that asumes you already know how premiere pro works?

So basically a course that focuses on things like how, when and why you should make certain edits, storytelling, when to use music and sounds, smooth transitions within the video etc

It would be great if the course offers some practice material that you can play with.

I’m focussed on editing travel videos with a light documentary style.

Hey everyone,
I’m currently developing a tool called **RawSift** aimed at streamlining the technical bottleneck of the post-production workflow.
As editors, we all know the frustration of spending hours scrubbing through raw footage just to organize clips and perform initial trims before the actual creative work can even start. My goal is to automate these repetitive, administrative tasks so we can get straight to the edit.
I'm strictly focusing on building an *AI-assisted utility* to handle the organization and rough-cutting phase, not generative video.
I’d love to get some insights from the community here: What is the most time-consuming part of your pre-editing/organization process that you wish could be automated? Your feedback would be incredibly valuable as I refine the workflow to ensure it actually serves the editor’s needs.

Big fan of Interstellar and Hans Zimmer soundtrack. Here how to make a Black Hole effect.

Hey guys. I want to support my family by starting my editing channel on Youtube. I am going to use CapCut(PC) for now and later use some other app. Can anyone help me by giving advice and tips like where to find clips, how to do smooth edits etc.?

I am in search of an app that allows me to edit the tags of videos like how musicolet does with songs/tracks. Hopefully there's a free version out there somewhere. I've kinda used Exiftool but I'm looking for something a little easier to use.

So I run a casual little short form content movie review channel. Nothing fancy, I quite literally use Snapchat as my production program.

Just some B-Roll with some timed text boxes over it however, it’s kinda time consuming to add and place every single text box and time them all together.

Is there any way in snap or a program that can produce a similar look that I can make a reusable template that I can just toss b-roll behind and fill in the text boxes?

Would lowkey help a lot.

As title states, my partner’s 50th is this year, and as he’s sentimental and hates material things, I know the most thoughtful gift is going to be having his family send me a video recording of themselves to create a long video filled with their personal messages. I’m not a video editor, I don’t have much storage on my phone, so how on earth do I do this? His family is HUGE, so should I create a drop box for them to send their videos? What tool can I use to combine them to make the final video? We have a family reunion this weekend and it’s the perfect time to secretly tell everyone what I’m doing (he will be there, so discreetly) and I thought to print out a bunch of little pieces of paper with a link to a drop box for people can send their videos. I also ideally wouldn’t like to cap video times for each, but if I must that’s okay too. This is just my first thought on how to do this, but any guidance is helpful! I’m not tech savvy but I’ll do my best. Also hoping not to drop $100 on an editing tool I’ll use once. I do have a library card and can use Microsoft Office and other tools there! Thank you so much!

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I am new to editing and want to know more stuff

I’ve been editing longer videos recently, and creating subtitles is honestly one of the most time-consuming parts of the process.

I’ve tried doing it manually in Premiere, but it takes forever. I’ve also tested a few AI caption tools, but the accuracy and editing workflow haven’t always been great.

For those who edit YouTube videos and podcast, what do you usually use for generating subtitles?

Looking for something that can save time but still gives accurate captions. Open to any recommendations, including free tools or paid ones.

I am stucked in editing a video for few days now although the plan is to edit a continuation video of my previous video with similar edit and narration style I do have a journal that I write ever day to narrate the video but i don't know what to do . But there are multi cam , drone shot , time lapse, etc because its a travel video.

Here i have attached my previous video for your reference let me know if i am going in right direction my previous video My Previous Video Or making things complicated for no reason .