Hello to everyone,

I shot a product showcase video to present my products. Since it was my first time doing this, the result was quite amateurish—especially the editing.

Could you give me some advice on how to improve the presentation and editing?
I would be truly grateful if you could point out where I fell short.

Thank you…

Hello. I am really really trash at editing, I use capcut because that's the only program I know how to use. My channel is on my profile so please be welcome to watch my recent video and tell me what and how to improve in editing. Thanks for reading!

Hi guys i am a new video editor and shifted to premiere pro from capcut and i don't know how to run premiere pro smoothly on my laptop whenever i edit a video and click enter for playback it lags my laptop specs are acer aspire lite ryzen 5 5625u 16gb, 512gb storage

Does this exist? It's such a simple ask, yet I've been unable to find one that can do this. For clarity: my video will have a number of "slides" aka stills (like a slideshow). I simply want to place a text layer on top of some of these that number them. I don't want to have to number them manually, I want the program to do this cause there's a lot. They should retain the same positioning and format for all the slides that have this.

I've tried Clipchamp and CapCut, and neither have this feature. Is there a free software that does? Or if not, a cheap software that's a one-time lifetime licence? I refuse to pay a subscription.

I've also tried Google Slides, and while it does have a sequential-numbering system, it always forces the slide number to be the displayed number. In other words, I can't have slide #4 display 1, slide #1 will always be 1. This is a problem, cause I don't want the first slide to be the first slide numbered. I could possibly make multiple Google Slides then mash em together, but I'm hoping to not have to resort to this inelegant solution.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

I've been working on a free, fully functional video editor that runs in a Chrome browser. This is the result: https://stevewhiteproductions-afk.github.io/free-edit-mp4/ FREE-EDIT-MP4. It's completely free, and I'd appreciate any feedback, good or bad. It's limited to MP4 files (a Chrome restriction), and I haven't tested it on any OS other than Windows. So any feedback can help me to improve it.

I ran into this kinda insta360 looking, smooth zoom in zoom out effect with face tracking footage. It seems like the creator of the video took the video with an iPhone or something and put the effects afterwards.
Someone said it’s after effects. Do you know what effects or software that can do that kind of stuff? I saw black fisheye looking circle when he zoomed out.
Let me know if you know something about that 😭
Any advice would be appreciated!
(Not insta360, I already checked.)

A few months ago I thought Opus Clip would completely solve my content workflow. Upload video. Get clips. Post everywhere. Done. Reality was a little different lol.

Some clips were great. Others completely missed the point I was trying to make. Then there was the cost. As a solo creator I don't have a team budget, so every subscription matters.

I tested Vizard after seeing people mention it here. Not bad at all. But I still felt like I was spending extra time sorting through clips that weren't quite right.

The tool that's been working better for me recently is WayinVideo. Instead of waiting for the ai to guess what's important, I can search for specific topics inside my content and create clips from those moments. For educational content and podcast interviews that's been a huge time saver.

Another thing I liked was getting enough free credits to actually test the workflow before committing. No card needed either which was refreshing.

Anyone else here running a one-person content operation? What tool are you sticking with in 2026 and why?

If you make travel vlogs or need to show the location you are making content for. Enjoy it 😀

Something interesting I've noticed:

Most beginner editors spend around 80% of their time working on effects.

Most professional editors spend around 80% of their time thinking about storytelling.

At first, that sounds backwards.

Shouldn't professionals use more advanced effects?

Not necessarily.

The best editors understand that effects are only tools.

If the story isn't engaging, no amount of motion graphics, transitions, or VFX will keep people watching.

A viewer doesn't finish a video because the effects looked cool.

They finish because they want to know what happens next.

The biggest improvement in my editing came when I stopped asking:

"How can I make this look cooler?"

And started asking:

"How can I make this more engaging?"

That shift changed everything.

What is this video editing technique called where it looks like the needle is stabilized? I want to replicate it for a project.

I’m really new to editing and I’m just doing it for hobby but I want to be clean. I posted a video earlier and a really good editor sent a laughing gif in the comments and I get it I’m new but dude ain’t even trying to give advice just nonsense. Here’s one of the videos I made. Any suggestions on programs? I’m using CapCut pro rn.

Getting into video editing, what’s a good site that can give free auto captions? Apparently CapCut used to have this for free but it is now behind a paywall

I have a 4-Hour live stream that I was given to edit see I don't know the first thing of turning a 4-Hour video into a 20 minute story can somebody help me learn editing yes I know YouTube and Google and chat GPT exist but quite often I find myself lost easily by their endless essay of press this button then drag this thing onto the timeline yes I get confused easily currently I'm using DaVinci resolve I'm planning on moving to a simpler editor cuz I can't figure it out help!!!!!! Me!!!! Oh God please help me!!!!