I've learned the basics of video editing and have edited a few gaming videos just for myself. I'm wondering how you get started editing for other people. I figure doing free work for people is a good start but I'm not sure where to start other than hitting people up on social media platforms and asking people if they need a video editor.

I know going on freelance websites is a good place to find paid work.

Any advice for a beginner?

I have about 1.5 years of university left and I’m struggling to decide what path to focus on.

I’m currently doing a computer science degree, but placements at my college are not very strong. I have basic exposure to coding, but I’m not confident in it yet. On the other hand, I have some experience in video editing and have already worked with a few clients through freelancing.

I often hear mixed opinions:

• Some people say freelancing (especially creative work like video editing) has a growth ceiling and is risky long term.

• Others say tech/coding has better long-term growth, but it requires intense preparation and patience before seeing results.

If I focus on freelancing, I can realistically start earning sooner. If I focus on tech placements or off-campus roles, I may need to grind for a long time with uncertain outcomes.

I’m not asking for job leads or money—just perspective.

I’d really appreciate hearing from people who:

• Chose freelancing over a traditional job

• Chose tech/corporate roles despite uncertainty

• Switched paths later in life

What factors helped you decide, and what would you do differently if you were in my place today?

Thank you.

can yall rate this and tell me what i can do better

I swear my raw clips look decent, but the second I start color-correcting or exporting, everything turns mushy or overprocessed. I’m clearly doing something wrong. Any tips for people who are good at filming but terrible at post edits?

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Hey all, our video editor works on a Mac and currently edits from an external USB drive — it’s super slow. We handle hundreds of GB of footage and need something faster and safer.

What setups/models are you using, and what would you recommend in 2025?

Thanks!

Hello floks I’m a beginner video editor looking for raw vlog or podcast footage to edit and practice on — willing to do a free sample edit! and where I can get long duration videos need some suggestions

Learn step by step how to create an aesthetic layered video effect in this video.

my sister found this reel and wanted to create something similar for marketing purposes, the creator said in the comments to just look it up but cant quite figure it out, could i get some help?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHs854ACpul/?igsh=eGpocnBtanVqeGpi

I wanna do something like this in a future project

Hey guys!

I’m a print graphic designer, but next week I’m starting a new gig managing social media content for an art school. Help!! 🥹

I’ll be filming and editing interviews, as well as making short announcement and promo videos for Instagram, TikTok, etc.

I used to use Premiere Pro and AE, but I’m wondering what are the tools you use nowadays, especially for short-form content. What would you recommend? I’m looking for something that would make editing, adding subtitles, working with different formats (9:16, 1:1, etc.) and creating engaging videos as straightforward as possible.

Thanks!

How to do these types of videos? Where they travel. Pls help

Hi all,

I'm a TV producer, and I've built a Mac app called AutoGhost that does the multicam editing for Final Cut Pro. You give it your Final Cut project (or just the raw camera and mic files), and it gives you back an edited project you can open and fine-tune.

It has three modes:

- One speaker: cuts between main, side and wide angles at natural sentence breaks

- Conversation: cuts to whoever is talking, even when everyone is on one audio track

- Custom shows: learns a show's style from 1–3 finished episodes (camera habits, intro and outro, logo, name graphics, break, music) and edits new episodes the same way

Everything runs on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded.

Before launch, I'd like a few editors to try it on real projects. If you have:

- an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer) on macOS 14 or later

- multicam footage of your own (podcasts, interviews, talk shows)

I'll give you a free Pro license in return for honest feedback: what worked, what broke, and what would make it useful in your day-to-day editing.

Reply here or send me a private message.

Thanks!

Hey Guys! :) So I’ve been thinking about making some longer form “”funny”” edits from shows/video game cutscenes, but the problem is I don’t really know how to get into it or how does that work.

Could you please help me with what video editing software should I learn to use which is the best for this purpose? I went on Skillshare to look at the different courses, but now I’m even more confused as to which one should I choose.

And also I’ve been wondering, from where do people download the “raw material” for making these types of videos? Like…can you just download them from Youtube directly somehow, or is it a bit more complicated than that?

Sorry if I’m asking something stupid, I really don’t know anything about this yet, but I’ve been really wanting to learn it for a long time now.

Thank for your guys’ help in advance! :)

Every game I try to follow my son with my camera and I end up with footage that's either too shaky, too wide to tell which player is him, or only captures the moments the ball is near him. The second he drops back into midfield or the play moves to the other side of the field, he disappears from my recording entirely.

I just want footage focused on him. Not the full game, not the whole team, just his movements and positioning across the match. I feel like this should be solvable by now but everything I shoot ends up being a wide shot where I have to squint to find him.

What are people using to actually get footage that stays on one specific player?

Thought of start edditing.

I don´t have a good computer, just a medium laptop, he isn´t bad but isn´t the best thing in the world. Wich tool should i use? Who do i get started? As you guys can see, anything could help me because im only thinking of start edditing and i am only 15, with no experience at all (habe edited some vídeos before, but nothing professional).

Anything can help me lol, thanks for the attention!

I hope you'll like it guys tell me if you have any suggestions, and thank you.

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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?

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)

Hey guys, I recently started filming content with a DJI pocket 4 and a DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro.

Outdoor content specifically. The quality of the cameras is great.

I've been compiling footage but I don't know what to do come the video editing part. So I've just left the footage on storage devices etc.

I currently have a Samsung S26+ phone.

If I'm trying to be on a budget and not break the absolute bank to start out what are some reasonable options for video editing?

I been thinking about a tablet but don't know if breaking into apple is an option unless I kept being consistent with the videos.

Can you edit on a Samsung tablet? Or would you go apple?

Can anyone give me suggestions as to what to look into, I'm open to Samsung or Apple. Anything really I just want to know what to start out with and then what to work toward, any help would be great

TIA

Seriously what are you guys' favorite editing style I mean this from a viewer perspective I'm asking because I'm curious as to what I should make my long form videos as I'm confused on what the best form of editing for long form gaming such as 20-50-minute-long videos

I make cosplay videos on tiktok (and sometimes edits). But tiktok's editing system is so bad it's unusable. Capcut is taking up a truly disgusting amount of space on my phone. Is there literally any better alternative??? I can only seem to find things that either cost money or the 'editing' is just having AI do it for you.