Editing Technique Articles and Videos - Videomaker

6 exercises to become a better editor

Luis Maymi Lopez — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000

So, you want to become a better editor? We have six helpful exercises to help you hone your editing skills and become better at the craft.

Kyle Alsberry — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:48:31 +0000

Do you need to learn how to crop a video? In this article, we’ll let you know how you can crop video on iOS, Android, PC and Mac.

Ricky Anderson II — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:22:15 +0000

Do you want to become faster at video editing? These six exercises will help you speed up your workflow in the editing room.

Stephen Mandel Joseph — Wed, 03 May 2023 00:08:16 +0000

If you can’t reshoot your shaky footage, you will have to try to fix it in editing. Here are a few apps you can use to fix your shaky footage.

Peter Zunitch — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:15:10 +0000

Continuity is an essential concept to cinema as it establishes composition rules that help guide the video's narrative in the editing room.

Stephen Mandel Joseph — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:39:29 +0000

Video editors use transitions to combine two separate scenes or shots These six transitions are often go-tos for professionals.

Peter Zunitch — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Every professional editor knows what parallel editing is and knows when to employ it. Here's what you need to know about it.

Jordan Maison — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:32:10 +0000

The J cut is an essential editing tool that dates all the way to the early days of filmmaking. Here's how and when to use it properly.

Nicole LaJeunesse — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Match cuts are a critical shot that every video editor should be able to identify and execute. Let's go over what you need to know.

Pete Tomkies — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The L cut is one of the simplest — as well as one of the most powerful and gripping — cuts a video editor can make.