Got a bit of a different one for you this week, wanted to really start to tackle the real problems I see creators having, and look to solve them in a real way. Back next week with another episode of nerd plays sonic and talks philosophy
I really really dislike those high speed high energy videos. Those that cut away natural pauses in vocals etc. I never manage tp watch them. It triggers my anger and makes me close it asap.
@@JoesKnowledge regarding the vocal part of it I like natural speaking. With pauses and a calm way of speaking/presenting. A bit oversimplified: but I prefer the british style of shows (as I find the American style stressfull and yelling). For reference: I am norwegian. So the yelling and fast speaking/cutting away pauses etc is a cultural shock perhaps.
How do I put Peter in a tv that zooms out into another Peter tv that implodes into the shape of a peter that flips around and transitions to my clip of peter
I've seen alot of people who don't edit their videos at all and just state their opinion or do something. It's interesting to watch even if there's no intro or cuts. I'd love to watch someone draw art for an hour even if it's not edited.
I'm a Freelance Video Editor and I Agree so much. It is not always about editing the most important thing is the message you want to convey. Too much editing can burn your audience's brains if the topic is so boring and no life.
I realized that the best way to make a good video is to basically video edit less. Meaning, just get straight to the point, make it appealing enough for the audience, and have fun. Especially have fun because when you have fun, the energy is there in the editing process and the video becomes better.
speaking as a long-time dungeon master the whole "it doesn't matter how complicated or how much work goes into a think only what the audience sees" is soooooooooo true
i never get bored just exhausted. all my worst videos are the ones where i was just obsessed with getting it done in one day. i had a 60 second trailer take me about 5 hours to fully edit one day and thought, yeah im never doing this in one day again no matter how motivated i am. once i did that i started sitting on projects for a couple days and going back and i notice all sorts of stuff i didnt before. never underestimate the fact that actually making decisions and thinking burns energy just like exercising does; its only natural that you have a finite amount of useful bandwidth per day. once you get to that point, sometimes even walking away for a bit isnt enough. put it down, think of something else, wind down for the day, then take a fresh look tomorrow. also, learn as many hotkeys as possible and try not to use a mouse too much. using hotkeys will make you feel more efficient if nothing else but it also WILL make you faster. setup the custom keyboard to what you think is comfortable i have no idea what BMD was thinking when they made some of these key combos so make your own keyboard layout! lastly, practice doesnt make perfect, perfect practice does. this means that if you wanna learn lets say the pEmitter node, dont throw that into an existing project and try to figure it out. no, make a practice composition so you can mess it up all day and it wont matter. my dashboard is FULL of mostly practice projects and i title them as such so i can easily go back and practice when i inevitably forget how to do something.
With my very limited video making experience, i always thought i was "taking shortcuts" by just trimming and adding BG music- And i tried to improve by adding all these bells and whistles and flashy visuals- And now i know that editing isn't about a meta. Your video "You should Be a UA-camr" completely changed my view on creative projects, and gave me a burst of motivation, or more so courage to create, i hadn't felt for years. Thanks alot, Neat.
I just started taking UA-cam seriously and editing has been really fun for me and I usually listen to music during it, music helps me do anything easier
This is the type of video that I'll be revisiting when I burnt out in video editing. Thank you so much for creating this video Neat, it felt like therapy session for us Video Editors. p.s. I love your hand gestures while you articulate your thoughts.
I think my biggest issue with reaching "flow" in editing is that I'm constantly leaving the editing software to go find assets/clips/sfx to throw into the video at any given time. I don't mean importing from my files, I mean I leave the software entirely and go to youtube or google to find what I need. If I didn't do this for every single video I edit, I wouldn't feel unmotivated when thinking about editing
I feel you! Something I started doing for my more complicated videos is reading the script or listening back to the voice-over and then visualizing the edit in my mind as I went. I'd then write down at the end of the script document every meme or video clip I needed to grab before starting, and I'd batch download them all using Shutter Encoder. If I hadn't started doing it that way, my Superstars review would have taken months/probs would never be finished
As one of the 255K views on the big video, I remember listening to most of it while getting a project done - it was what you were saying (and the way you cut out the dead space) that kept me hooked. The gameplay was a nice human touch that made it feel like a friend was just chatting/ranting/encouraging me while playing video games. I think I cheered when you said “F that - art IS society.” Was one of the pivot points to get me to actually start posting again and sending things to my friends and family. So thank you! (Oh - and as a Premiere user who switched to Resolve last summer (and now uses both depending on the project) I totally second your Resolve recommendation. Especially since it’s free. Very free. Thanks for putting together that cheatsheet too!)
Someone's been learning from Dr. K ;) As an undiagnosed ADHD person until last year at almost 29 years old, I relate to this a lot. And going too hard on the fancy edits after realising how much potential you have? Yup, that's me too. Though, the fancy editing phase also helped me learn what was possible and how to splash in some cool tricks whenever I feel like being stylish, so it ain't all bad, either! One very underrated factor though, is definitely the mental side of things. Maybe even the MOST important. No matter how much I tried to learn or got good at editing/content creation, I was basically paralyzed until not only diagnosing the ADHD, but understanding MYSSELF better. That stuff is so crucial to anything in life, including making videos. Also, as some "feedback" to potentially be of help - I almost clicked off the video when you began talking about DaVinci Resolve. Not in a rude way - I just thought the entire video may have been about an editor I don't even use, but I'm glad I stuck around for the rest of it! Just something I wanted to share incase that info can be helpful to you in some way. Love your content! You're telling people a lot of things they really need to hear, which is great!
This is a really insightful video and I appreciate you making it. I'd definitely fallen into the trap of trying to overedit my videos, trying to cram every other second with some sort of new visual or joke, always trying to keep the audience engaged. Now, don't get me wrong, I do ENJOY editing like this! It's fun for me to do and a lot of the time, just cutting clips together is so boring. But it does catch up to you eventually... so I'm trying to cut back and find a good balance. Keeping enough interesting edits in there to satisfy myself while not overworking myself to hell and back. We'll see how it goes!
Omg, I was looking for this EXACT video but YT kept giving me garbage and I was ready to give up... glad the algorithm finally delivered! This is what I needed to hear.
What really helps me with editing is to look at it as a puzzle. Chose a simple easy to use free editor and have an image of what the video might look like. Then you try to work with what you have and trying to achieve your image. If it doesn't look how good you thought it would look, no problem! Now you gained experience of what works and what doesn't. The key is to not be overly ambitious in your thinking of what your content should or might look like. Something that could help out with not getting burned out is by having friends or just people you can share what you create with. Just the positive reaction from one person drove me to try to make more. It really does help. Enjoy the process!
Been making videos for a while now, and as cliche as it may sound bigger is not always better. Overediting with Retention edits won’t work for everyone especially if you can’t match that energy. Not everyone needs to be a MrBeast clone in terms of editing. Some people just enjoy the chill person, who’s making the videos. And that’s you ;)
Kinda wish I saw this 8 months ago when I immediately got overwhelmed and burnt out as a Freelance Editor especially the section about over-editing to try to prove one's self as an editor, as I'm definitely stuck in that hole at the moment. Thank you for this advice it is wonderful.
Real, grounded, constructive ideas here. After two years I know the pitfalls of aiming for higher views, and the joy and success that comes from just making the content I really am inspired to make. Still way below 1000 subs, but seriously, who cares about a number, its all about the comments and the process.
As an editor for other UA-camrs and an editor for myself, I can agree sometimes less is good. We don't need to make quick flashy edits. I also spent hours on my gaming videos trying to be flashy (sometimes not even being that good of an edit) and get less views but literally just a simple cut of highlights would rack a greater amount than I would have expected. Great video and great takes. I came from the "Do youtube now" video and I am absolutely hooked on your vids.
This is the concept I try to implement into my channel too because if you build an audience out of flashy edits, they are only going to watch for the flashy edits and not for you. I try to keep my editing simple and as effective as possible to actually build somewhat of a connection with the viewer. I feel like it’s somewhat working considering I barely have any videos and getting way more views than subs.
Man thanks for this I get overwhelmed easily with putting too much pressure on myself to be great at things that I am a novice at video editing has been my most recent and fun passion. Editing is a wonderful creative outlet and I even found someone I can work for and get paid, so I’m extremely motivated to do well and this gives me a lot of perspective
very very helpful and sound advice. thank you for making this. i've been dealing with the inability to edit the things i want to make for myself, not even the endgoal of garnering an audience, yet every time i open the project and do about two things and come upon the inevitable "idk how to do exactly what im seeing in my head" i get struck by so many feelings of inadequacy and sadness that i close it and go indulge myself in something else like games or videos. but the few times i have sat down and been able to do things just to DO things, i've never felt better. it truly is just about DOING IT. just sit down and do it, and if you cant do what you want, do something that fits there anyway and move on because how are you ever going to make progress otherwise? thank you again. i actually saw this video after coming to open youtube right after i expericned this editing burnout so im going to go back to it now. saving your recommended for later.
At the moment I am stuck in a brutal state of burnout. I have several clients that are depending on my skillset, but man is it intense. Thanks for helping putting things into perspective, admittedly distractions and my PS5 are both my de-stressors all while adding guilt and more stress. I think I'm gonna relocate my game system and try to get this flow state going. great video!
I think the weirdest thing I do when editing is listen to UA-cam videos in the background. But I also switch between drawing and editing while I'm in the sketch stage, so it's harder for me to get bored of either one and I can see what my final product might look like. I'm usually just too lazy to pause the video when I switch over, especially since I've heard the audio so many times by that point that I can recall it perfectly from memory. Editing like that is less like trudging through the same well-worn path and more like putting together a moving puzzle. I also take a few shortcuts, though they probably won't help anyone that isn't making animations. A good chunk of my editing is already done before I even start drawing. When I'm planning a video, I make a "timed script" that's just descriptions using the text generator. It blocks out where I want sections to begin and end so that I don't have to figure it out later... which helps when I'm too lazy to pause the video I was listening to while I was drawing. XD As a current Vegas user, I was surprised by the mention. I got it back when it was much cheaper but at some point MAGIX discontinued the affordable tiers (which were technically considered a separate product? apparently?) to encourage people to buy MAGIX Movie Studio instead. Up until they removed those, it was totally worth it because I used version 15 from 2018 to late 2023 without trouble. You definitely don't need the latest software to edit videos, but that doesn't save you from bad corporate decisions. Unfortunately, I'm locked in because I need a very specific set of features to make videos the way I do. :')
I used to listen to youtube while id do schoolwork so i understand where your coming from. Kinda keeps the boredom out of your mind if you can multitask.
That's funny you mentioned Davinci Resolve. When I started, I was using the Fusion Standalone because Davinci Resolve didn't work on my machine. However, as I started to care less about making videos and more about having fun while making videos, I decided to buy the Studio version. Now I have it for about 3 years and just now, I managed to actually find something I like doing (reference to your most watched video) and start creating again. Let's see what you talk about talent :D
You're quickly turning into one of my favorite channels. I can tell this is all from the heart because I too am challenged by this stuff (More of a Switch/PS5 guy than a Steam guy though) Hopefully I'll be able to make something of myself in due time!
Spot on. My channel is in a rather unfortunate situation where the minimum required editing is higher than most channels, and I don't even do anything super fancy (I don't bother with Fusion). Like you said, it depends on what you need to get your point across. I instead have to cut down on the scripts themselves, which is what I'm doing now. So fingers crossed!
This video is incredidible! It talks about everything im going through Using davinci, time management with adhd, editing slog, and my motovation! Completing games!!!! :D
I’m really stuck because i love video games and the way well edited videos with the right music and quotes can make people feel such emotion from simple clips. but i don’t even know where to begin. i just want to create videos long or short form that can draw emotions out of people.
Hey, you're that guy that made that video with the Sonic footage. It's funny that this video popped up in the list, because I'm currently struggling with a massive video editing project. I thought it would take a week. It took two weeks just to get ~25% done. It looks like the video is going to be around four hours long. 🙀
That part of changing the perspective of what a reward is for the creator hit me hard. Was pretty short though, I would love u make a video going even deeper about rewards and stress as you said
Great video! Sometimes, we all need to remember "less = more" when it comes to editing, especially when you've gone through a phase of throwing in every trick in the book to keep the imaginary "target audience" engaged. Also, can we just take a minute to appreciate the work that went into the cheat sheets, guidebook, AND plugins? 😵 Keep it up Neat, and thank you!
I struggle with everything 🙈 The script, the voiceover, the painting (actual content) and the editing. But somehow I still want to do it, it's meaningful and interesting.
When I first started my channel I was so bad at editing but I feel like you can only learn from making actual videos not just watching tutorials and never actually loading up vids in your software to make
All about the flow state. I love video editing as it is very fast to get into the flow state. I often get it with audio and music. But yeah. Freaking love editing and would love to do it more. I use davinci resolve studio.
gonna put my own little tid bit here i like to seperate "editing" and "motion graphics" most people call motion graphics editing but that's just not true imo editing is the art of cutting up footage and splicing it back together in a way that makes the story told more engaging and enjoyable to watch. motion graphics is all the fancy stuff. the moving images and whatnot. you should be able to make an excellent video using ONLY cutting, without relying on motion graphics to keep someone engaged. anyways good video. solid advice here
You yourself distinguished "cutting" from "editing", I'd say "editing" generally covers the span of the post-production process, including the addition of graphics and the audio processing etc. But I agree! The cut is the core of the edit
1:46 Earned you my sub. Well done! I've always hated the monotonous advice to do "flashy" overstimulating editing so everything changes ever 8 seconds. I can't even stand watch videos that are like that and I have ADHD. I've been wanting to learn how to edit better and not have to resort to that. So glad UA-cam recommended this video. Also, I'm one of the ones that watched video C.😂
I really enjoy watching your editing ideas. I can't tell a story, I can't stay on topic, I can't eat rice pudding......but I love the study of editing. ( I skip the get more views videos....I just want to make better edits on my videos ) Sony Vegas Pro 15 here....
I love the bit about finding your own motivation for doing what you're doing. Great video, Neat! But if I can make one suggestion? Please, start adding closed captioning. It's an important accessibility feature that's totally transparent to those who don't need it, and really helpful for people who are deaf or have auditory processing issues. (I personally take in info better when I can read and hear it at the same time.)
I've been meaning to go in and add them after the fact, but they're a massive undertaking even with a script written and/or Resolve's auto-captions, so it's just a matter of finding the time
I swear it's like you know. I'm really struggling right now with not getting discouraged with my latest video that took me weeks getting no views. This is what I need. Work smarter, not harder. Thank you
I have abandoned over 4 youtube channels because I felt like i was wasting my time. As you said, it's a lot of time with little to no reward. A positive takeaway for me is that i learned what i dont like doing because if i did, the views would not bother me to that extent. Plus, i learned how to use Davince resolve and edit videos. So i try to look at the positive. But yeah, its very difficult to get views. I feel like i have tackled the problem at every single angle, and nothing seems to change...at least so far. Im not giving up. At this point, im trying to figure out what i like doing instead of what could get views. Because at least then, i won't abandon the channel.
its not really the editing for me, its more the recording process, as you cant fully use your potential when you have bad footage. I know that the point of editting is making a video better, so this contridicts itself, but you should know what i mean.
I have more issues with Resolve than I do with Premiere these days. It didn’t used to be that way. With each update Resolve gets more and more broken while Premiere is surprisingly getting better. I’m close to bailing on DaVinci altogether.
@@NeatOnTheRocks da Vinci resolve can get little frustrating at first but man.. being consistent and not giving up on your dreams is what keep motivation on point! Davinci is my fav editor software even tho I broke my mind several times
I love editing so much! after making 3 Videos invested in a better PC because it surely would be more fun if it´s not lagging and crashing all the time xD My biggest problem is starting with editing. Once i started i can´t even stop. (ironically it´s 01:13AM right now and im working on a Thumbnail, wich i also love to do!)
Something that keeps me from starting is fear that my equipment isn’t good enough. I have a regular laptop that I don’t believe can handle editing gaming footage
Proxies my friend. You can downgrade the video quality in the preview window as you playback the footage. So you can edit in a quarter of the video resolution. But then render it in the full resolution. One thing I do when my computer starts chugging is render what I have already done. Then add that to a new timeline and continue from there. I also render in chunks then all the clips together to make editing the whole video much easier.
Awesome video dude, that's good motivational content right there. I also have one video with 220k views with almost no editing and it took only 14 years to get there, haha.
Just found your channel, i had no idea you were a freelance editor! I was wondering how you found your first clients? Editing has been my passion for a while but after losing my youtuber contacts on twitter after getting banned, i'm having trouble finding new clients. I dont have a lot of portfolio work other than my own videos, so YT Jobs doesn't seem to be working very well.
Literally all of my clientele came from making friends that later needed an editor, or knew someone who needed an editor. YTJobs hasn't gotten me any work on its own, but it's an easy way to show off my portfolio
You do know that Vegas Pro isn't owned by Sony since version 14, right? Anyway, I still use Vegas Pro because it responds faster to ripple editing than Resolve ever did.
how do you make videos look really well on youtube ive been having so much trouble. like exporting videos look crappy juss tryna have clearer gaming content like the big yt yfm!
What do the timeline have to do with the UA-cam views? It does not make any sense. The UA-cam views are based in many factors but the timeline... Nice video idea though
Got a bit of a different one for you this week, wanted to really start to tackle the real problems I see creators having, and look to solve them in a real way.
Back next week with another episode of nerd plays sonic and talks philosophy
@anshbagiyal7683 become your own client
I've been really enjoying these types of videos that you have been releasing. So you do what you want to do man!
@@RocketstarShorts I appreciate that!
I really needed this, I took the week off to rethink my strategy and finally I think I'm ready to get back at it. Thank you
Well it depends on what you are editing but most of the times, yes
giving the video the edits it NEEDS not the edits you CAN DO is such a good take away and philosphy
Unless you're Maxor. 😂
I really really dislike those high speed high energy videos. Those that cut away natural pauses in vocals etc. I never manage tp watch them. It triggers my anger and makes me close it asap.
What do you like in videos?
@@JoesKnowledge regarding the vocal part of it I like natural speaking. With pauses and a calm way of speaking/presenting. A bit oversimplified: but I prefer the british style of shows (as I find the American style stressfull and yelling).
For reference: I am norwegian. So the yelling and fast speaking/cutting away pauses etc is a cultural shock perhaps.
As a professional editor I can tell you: 90% of editing is just the simple straight cut.
How do I put Peter in a tv that zooms out into another Peter tv that implodes into the shape of a peter that flips around and transitions to my clip of peter
@@ilovecapybaraanimals9411 LOL, IDK, you've got me there!
@@EnterTranscend but peetah
I second this
Well said!
sometimes I make an edit that just sends me straight into the floor laughing, that's what's keeping me going rn
The reward shouldn't be more views, like you said, the reward should be making better videos each time, that's satisfying to me. Great video btw.
I've seen alot of people who don't edit their videos at all and just state their opinion or do something. It's interesting to watch even if there's no intro or cuts. I'd love to watch someone draw art for an hour even if it's not edited.
Thank you for this! I'm about to edit a digital drawing video I made and this confirmed that I need to only make light edits!
@@RansburgMakesArt I look forward to it!
I'm a Freelance Video Editor and I Agree so much. It is not always about editing the most important thing is the message you want to convey. Too much editing can burn your audience's brains if the topic is so boring and no life.
I realized that the best way to make a good video is to basically video edit less. Meaning, just get straight to the point, make it appealing enough for the audience, and have fun. Especially have fun because when you have fun, the energy is there in the editing process and the video becomes better.
speaking as a long-time dungeon master the whole "it doesn't matter how complicated or how much work goes into a think only what the audience sees" is soooooooooo true
I actually learned this lesson as a DM first as well!
i never get bored just exhausted. all my worst videos are the ones where i was just obsessed with getting it done in one day. i had a 60 second trailer take me about 5 hours to fully edit one day and thought, yeah im never doing this in one day again no matter how motivated i am. once i did that i started sitting on projects for a couple days and going back and i notice all sorts of stuff i didnt before.
never underestimate the fact that actually making decisions and thinking burns energy just like exercising does; its only natural that you have a finite amount of useful bandwidth per day. once you get to that point, sometimes even walking away for a bit isnt enough. put it down, think of something else, wind down for the day, then take a fresh look tomorrow.
also, learn as many hotkeys as possible and try not to use a mouse too much. using hotkeys will make you feel more efficient if nothing else but it also WILL make you faster. setup the custom keyboard to what you think is comfortable i have no idea what BMD was thinking when they made some of these key combos so make your own keyboard layout!
lastly, practice doesnt make perfect, perfect practice does. this means that if you wanna learn lets say the pEmitter node, dont throw that into an existing project and try to figure it out. no, make a practice composition so you can mess it up all day and it wont matter. my dashboard is FULL of mostly practice projects and i title them as such so i can easily go back and practice when i inevitably forget how to do something.
With my very limited video making experience, i always thought i was "taking shortcuts" by just trimming and adding BG music- And i tried to improve by adding all these bells and whistles and flashy visuals- And now i know that editing isn't about a meta.
Your video "You should Be a UA-camr" completely changed my view on creative projects, and gave me a burst of motivation, or more so courage to create, i hadn't felt for years. Thanks alot, Neat.
Same i just finished watching it I’m a 41 yo stay at home dad I don’t know what I’m going to make but I feel like I need to make something
I just started taking UA-cam seriously and editing has been really fun for me and I usually listen to music during it, music helps me do anything easier
I do as well, especially when doing the motion graphics and such, as the dialogue can be hard to hear over the music
MASSIVE TIP TO ALL EDITORS!!! Act like you are making a tutorial on everything you are doing, it helps me reach flow insanely fast!
This is the type of video that I'll be revisiting when I burnt out in video editing. Thank you so much for creating this video Neat, it felt like therapy session for us Video Editors.
p.s. I love your hand gestures while you articulate your thoughts.
Thanks Shenobi, you partly inspired it 😉 sorry I didn't get to incorporate Ikigai in this one, but I'm cookin on that one for a future video still
I keep my editing simple as well. There really is no need for jumbled messes in the process, as long as the content is there clear as crystal.
I think my biggest issue with reaching "flow" in editing is that I'm constantly leaving the editing software to go find assets/clips/sfx to throw into the video at any given time. I don't mean importing from my files, I mean I leave the software entirely and go to youtube or google to find what I need. If I didn't do this for every single video I edit, I wouldn't feel unmotivated when thinking about editing
I feel you! Something I started doing for my more complicated videos is reading the script or listening back to the voice-over and then visualizing the edit in my mind as I went. I'd then write down at the end of the script document every meme or video clip I needed to grab before starting, and I'd batch download them all using Shutter Encoder. If I hadn't started doing it that way, my Superstars review would have taken months/probs would never be finished
As one of the 255K views on the big video, I remember listening to most of it while getting a project done - it was what you were saying (and the way you cut out the dead space) that kept me hooked. The gameplay was a nice human touch that made it feel like a friend was just chatting/ranting/encouraging me while playing video games. I think I cheered when you said “F that - art IS society.” Was one of the pivot points to get me to actually start posting again and sending things to my friends and family. So thank you!
(Oh - and as a Premiere user who switched to Resolve last summer (and now uses both depending on the project) I totally second your Resolve recommendation. Especially since it’s free. Very free. Thanks for putting together that cheatsheet too!)
You're welcome! Thanks for watching 😄
Someone's been learning from Dr. K ;)
As an undiagnosed ADHD person until last year at almost 29 years old, I relate to this a lot. And going too hard on the fancy edits after realising how much potential you have? Yup, that's me too. Though, the fancy editing phase also helped me learn what was possible and how to splash in some cool tricks whenever I feel like being stylish, so it ain't all bad, either!
One very underrated factor though, is definitely the mental side of things. Maybe even the MOST important. No matter how much I tried to learn or got good at editing/content creation, I was basically paralyzed until not only diagnosing the ADHD, but understanding MYSSELF better. That stuff is so crucial to anything in life, including making videos.
Also, as some "feedback" to potentially be of help - I almost clicked off the video when you began talking about DaVinci Resolve. Not in a rude way - I just thought the entire video may have been about an editor I don't even use, but I'm glad I stuck around for the rest of it!
Just something I wanted to share incase that info can be helpful to you in some way. Love your content! You're telling people a lot of things they really need to hear, which is great!
Glad it resonated with you, thanks for the feedback
the sonic branding really catched me actually
BRO THAT’S WHY IM HERE TOO
@@thabreez456 ikr it's like two of my favourite things combined
This is a really insightful video and I appreciate you making it. I'd definitely fallen into the trap of trying to overedit my videos, trying to cram every other second with some sort of new visual or joke, always trying to keep the audience engaged. Now, don't get me wrong, I do ENJOY editing like this! It's fun for me to do and a lot of the time, just cutting clips together is so boring. But it does catch up to you eventually... so I'm trying to cut back and find a good balance. Keeping enough interesting edits in there to satisfy myself while not overworking myself to hell and back. We'll see how it goes!
Omg, I was looking for this EXACT video but YT kept giving me garbage and I was ready to give up... glad the algorithm finally delivered! This is what I needed to hear.
10:34 Wow, that analogy hit me so hard. It was exactlly what I needed to hear. Thank you!
Your videos are so much better than anything think media has made
HAHAHAHAHA You said it, not me!! 😅 Thank you
What really helps me with editing is to look at it as a puzzle.
Chose a simple easy to use free editor and have an image of what the video might look like. Then you try to work with what you have and trying to achieve your image. If it doesn't look how good you thought it would look, no problem! Now you gained experience of what works and what doesn't.
The key is to not be overly ambitious in your thinking of what your content should or might look like.
Something that could help out with not getting burned out is by having friends or just people you can share what you create with. Just the positive reaction from one person drove me to try to make more. It really does help.
Enjoy the process!
Been making videos for a while now, and as cliche as it may sound bigger is not always better. Overediting with Retention edits won’t work for everyone especially if you can’t match that energy. Not everyone needs to be a MrBeast clone in terms of editing. Some people just enjoy the chill person, who’s making the videos. And that’s you ;)
Kinda wish I saw this 8 months ago when I immediately got overwhelmed and burnt out as a Freelance Editor especially the section about over-editing to try to prove one's self as an editor, as I'm definitely stuck in that hole at the moment. Thank you for this advice it is wonderful.
Dude, I found this channel and I freaking love it! Thank you for the liability and integrity!
Real, grounded, constructive ideas here. After two years I know the pitfalls of aiming for higher views, and the joy and success that comes from just making the content I really am inspired to make. Still way below 1000 subs, but seriously, who cares about a number, its all about the comments and the process.
As an editor for other UA-camrs and an editor for myself, I can agree sometimes less is good. We don't need to make quick flashy edits. I also spent hours on my gaming videos trying to be flashy (sometimes not even being that good of an edit) and get less views but literally just a simple cut of highlights would rack a greater amount than I would have expected.
Great video and great takes. I came from the "Do youtube now" video and I am absolutely hooked on your vids.
This is the concept I try to implement into my channel too because if you build an audience out of flashy edits, they are only going to watch for the flashy edits and not for you. I try to keep my editing simple and as effective as possible to actually build somewhat of a connection with the viewer. I feel like it’s somewhat working considering I barely have any videos and getting way more views than subs.
Man thanks for this I get overwhelmed easily with putting too much pressure on myself to be great at things that I am a novice at video editing has been my most recent and fun passion. Editing is a wonderful creative outlet and I even found someone I can work for and get paid, so I’m extremely motivated to do well and this gives me a lot of perspective
very very helpful and sound advice. thank you for making this. i've been dealing with the inability to edit the things i want to make for myself, not even the endgoal of garnering an audience, yet every time i open the project and do about two things and come upon the inevitable "idk how to do exactly what im seeing in my head" i get struck by so many feelings of inadequacy and sadness that i close it and go indulge myself in something else like games or videos. but the few times i have sat down and been able to do things just to DO things, i've never felt better. it truly is just about DOING IT. just sit down and do it, and if you cant do what you want, do something that fits there anyway and move on because how are you ever going to make progress otherwise? thank you again. i actually saw this video after coming to open youtube right after i expericned this editing burnout so im going to go back to it now. saving your recommended for later.
Please continue to make videos on these topics… it came to me at the right time!
Alright, I think I will! Thank you 😄
At the moment I am stuck in a brutal state of burnout. I have several clients that are depending on my skillset, but man is it intense. Thanks for helping putting things into perspective, admittedly distractions and my PS5 are both my de-stressors all while adding guilt and more stress. I think I'm gonna relocate my game system and try to get this flow state going. great video!
I think the weirdest thing I do when editing is listen to UA-cam videos in the background. But I also switch between drawing and editing while I'm in the sketch stage, so it's harder for me to get bored of either one and I can see what my final product might look like. I'm usually just too lazy to pause the video when I switch over, especially since I've heard the audio so many times by that point that I can recall it perfectly from memory. Editing like that is less like trudging through the same well-worn path and more like putting together a moving puzzle.
I also take a few shortcuts, though they probably won't help anyone that isn't making animations. A good chunk of my editing is already done before I even start drawing. When I'm planning a video, I make a "timed script" that's just descriptions using the text generator. It blocks out where I want sections to begin and end so that I don't have to figure it out later... which helps when I'm too lazy to pause the video I was listening to while I was drawing. XD
As a current Vegas user, I was surprised by the mention. I got it back when it was much cheaper but at some point MAGIX discontinued the affordable tiers (which were technically considered a separate product? apparently?) to encourage people to buy MAGIX Movie Studio instead. Up until they removed those, it was totally worth it because I used version 15 from 2018 to late 2023 without trouble. You definitely don't need the latest software to edit videos, but that doesn't save you from bad corporate decisions. Unfortunately, I'm locked in because I need a very specific set of features to make videos the way I do. :')
I'm sorry to hear that, I would not wish Vegas on my worst enemy
I used to listen to youtube while id do schoolwork so i understand where your coming from. Kinda keeps the boredom out of your mind if you can multitask.
That's funny you mentioned Davinci Resolve. When I started, I was using the Fusion Standalone because Davinci Resolve didn't work on my machine. However, as I started to care less about making videos and more about having fun while making videos, I decided to buy the Studio version. Now I have it for about 3 years and just now, I managed to actually find something I like doing (reference to your most watched video) and start creating again. Let's see what you talk about talent :D
You're quickly turning into one of my favorite channels. I can tell this is all from the heart because I too am challenged by this stuff (More of a Switch/PS5 guy than a Steam guy though) Hopefully I'll be able to make something of myself in due time!
Spot on. My channel is in a rather unfortunate situation where the minimum required editing is higher than most channels, and I don't even do anything super fancy (I don't bother with Fusion). Like you said, it depends on what you need to get your point across. I instead have to cut down on the scripts themselves, which is what I'm doing now. So fingers crossed!
This video is incredidible! It talks about everything im going through
Using davinci, time management with adhd, editing slog, and my motovation! Completing games!!!! :D
I say opacity transitions are op especially masked in a specific place with some camera movement to bring you over to wherever it’s placed
Shoutout to Vyvanse!
It's the GOAT.
Many good points. I especially like the discussion of sacrifice vs. reward.
I’m really stuck because i love video games and the way well edited videos with the right music and quotes can make people feel such emotion from simple clips. but i don’t even know where to begin. i just want to create videos long or short form that can draw emotions out of people.
i normally don’t comment on videos but i love your channel and i figured i would ask for help
You start by making the videos. The pulling emotions out of people comes later
Hey, you're that guy that made that video with the Sonic footage. It's funny that this video popped up in the list, because I'm currently struggling with a massive video editing project. I thought it would take a week. It took two weeks just to get ~25% done.
It looks like the video is going to be around four hours long. 🙀
That part of changing the perspective of what a reward is for the creator hit me hard. Was pretty short though, I would love u make a video going even deeper about rewards and stress as you said
I'm on it 🫡
Great video! Sometimes, we all need to remember "less = more" when it comes to editing, especially when you've gone through a phase of throwing in every trick in the book to keep the imaginary "target audience" engaged. Also, can we just take a minute to appreciate the work that went into the cheat sheets, guidebook, AND plugins? 😵 Keep it up Neat, and thank you!
Thank you 😅 I really believe in going above and beyond, especially if I'm gonna be asking for money
I struggle with everything 🙈 The script, the voiceover, the painting (actual content) and the editing. But somehow I still want to do it, it's meaningful and interesting.
When I first started my channel I was so bad at editing but I feel like you can only learn from making actual videos not just watching tutorials and never actually loading up vids in your software to make
All about the flow state. I love video editing as it is very fast to get into the flow state. I often get it with audio and music. But yeah. Freaking love editing and would love to do it more. I use davinci resolve studio.
gonna put my own little tid bit here
i like to seperate "editing" and "motion graphics"
most people call motion graphics editing but that's just not true imo
editing is the art of cutting up footage and splicing it back together in a way that makes the story told more engaging and enjoyable to watch.
motion graphics is all the fancy stuff. the moving images and whatnot.
you should be able to make an excellent video using ONLY cutting, without relying on motion graphics to keep someone engaged.
anyways good video. solid advice here
You yourself distinguished "cutting" from "editing", I'd say "editing" generally covers the span of the post-production process, including the addition of graphics and the audio processing etc. But I agree! The cut is the core of the edit
@@NeatOnTheRocks fair 👍
Loved the analysis. Loved your explanation for burnout. For sure.
1:46 Earned you my sub. Well done! I've always hated the monotonous advice to do "flashy" overstimulating editing so everything changes ever 8 seconds. I can't even stand watch videos that are like that and I have ADHD. I've been wanting to learn how to edit better and not have to resort to that. So glad UA-cam recommended this video. Also, I'm one of the ones that watched video C.😂
I really enjoy watching your editing ideas.
I can't tell a story, I can't stay on topic, I can't eat rice pudding......but I love the study of editing.
( I skip the get more views videos....I just want to make better edits on my videos ) Sony Vegas Pro 15 here....
really what takes most of my time
Is planning and replanning the shots
actually implementing them dont take me too much
I love the bit about finding your own motivation for doing what you're doing. Great video, Neat! But if I can make one suggestion? Please, start adding closed captioning. It's an important accessibility feature that's totally transparent to those who don't need it, and really helpful for people who are deaf or have auditory processing issues. (I personally take in info better when I can read and hear it at the same time.)
I've been meaning to go in and add them after the fact, but they're a massive undertaking even with a script written and/or Resolve's auto-captions, so it's just a matter of finding the time
I swear it's like you know. I'm really struggling right now with not getting discouraged with my latest video that took me weeks getting no views. This is what I need. Work smarter, not harder. Thank you
I don’t get that bc editing is my FAV PART!!❤
I have abandoned over 4 youtube channels because I felt like i was wasting my time. As you said, it's a lot of time with little to no reward.
A positive takeaway for me is that i learned what i dont like doing because if i did, the views would not bother me to that extent.
Plus, i learned how to use Davince resolve and edit videos. So i try to look at the positive. But yeah, its very difficult to get views.
I feel like i have tackled the problem at every single angle, and nothing seems to change...at least so far. Im not giving up. At this point, im trying to figure out what i like doing instead of what could get views.
Because at least then, i won't abandon the channel.
the script the main idea is the most important part of a video
Very good video , i am also struggling with DRS but advancing slowly..
I'm glad I clicked this video. Why? Because everything you said here is very inspirational. Thank you ❤
My videos aren't even edited, but I'm still proud of my channel. They may just be me talking during a slide show, but I'm fine with that.
Excellent video! So glad to see you getting more attention ever since the first popoff!
Same 😂 thank you!
its not really the editing for me, its more the recording process, as you cant fully use your potential when you have bad footage. I know that the point of editting is making a video better, so this contridicts itself, but you should know what i mean.
I know exactly what you mean. Rule Number 1 of post production is "get it right at the source!"
@@NeatOnTheRocks Yeah, you cant really fix it in post
Here you are, keeping me doing my crap! Thanks bro!!!
Loved this video! First time I saw your channel. I am on this path, this video helped. Much appreciated.
You know what makes editing hard? When one corrupted timeline crashes your software and stops you from opening the project again.
Sounds like you need Davinci Resolve homie 😅 sorry that happened
@@NeatOnTheRocks funny you should say that..
Haha, it happens! Unfortunately no software is perfect
I have more issues with Resolve than I do with Premiere these days. It didn’t used to be that way. With each update Resolve gets more and more broken while Premiere is surprisingly getting better. I’m close to bailing on DaVinci altogether.
@@NeatOnTheRocks da Vinci resolve can get little frustrating at first but man.. being consistent and not giving up on your dreams is what keep motivation on point! Davinci is my fav editor software even tho I broke my mind several times
As someone using Davinci and editing for 4 years now, editing doesn’t matter too much until you get people to click on your video.
I love editing so much! after making 3 Videos invested in a better PC because it surely would be more fun if it´s not lagging and crashing all the time xD
My biggest problem is starting with editing. Once i started i can´t even stop. (ironically it´s 01:13AM right now and im working on a Thumbnail, wich i also love to do!)
thanks, man I needed this you are really inspiring
Now this is a lit video🎉🎉 i love the idea of editing so sometimes i go above and beyond, nothing crazy but it is alot💯 Amazing Video
Something that keeps me from starting is fear that my equipment isn’t good enough. I have a regular laptop that I don’t believe can handle editing gaming footage
I get that. Took me a long time to get hardware capable enough. So that's a goal to work toward!
Proxies my friend.
You can downgrade the video quality in the preview window as you playback the footage. So you can edit in a quarter of the video resolution. But then render it in the full resolution.
One thing I do when my computer starts chugging is render what I have already done. Then add that to a new timeline and continue from there.
I also render in chunks then all the clips together to make editing the whole video much easier.
I'll help you edit too dog.
Another Neat Video sir! Thank you as always and see you next time!
0:54 nah the Sonic Frontiers speedrun guy (Emerldd) 💀
Em is a homie! Loved editing his videos :)
Great video! Up-and-comer myself here and it's nice to hear others' considerations when it comes to time management in the edit :D
Thanks for your video! Liked and Subscribed!
9:33 So True
11:14
mans hustle grinding in the good way
To editing I just do simple edits, nothing too extreme as all honesty over doing it can be a issue
Love this
you literally save me
Awesome video dude, that's good motivational content right there.
I also have one video with 220k views with almost no editing and it took only 14 years to get there, haha.
Just found your channel, i had no idea you were a freelance editor! I was wondering how you found your first clients? Editing has been my passion for a while but after losing my youtuber contacts on twitter after getting banned, i'm having trouble finding new clients. I dont have a lot of portfolio work other than my own videos, so YT Jobs doesn't seem to be working very well.
Literally all of my clientele came from making friends that later needed an editor, or knew someone who needed an editor. YTJobs hasn't gotten me any work on its own, but it's an easy way to show off my portfolio
@@NeatOnTheRocks oh, i guess since i lost contact with everyone im kinda screwed then
Thank you for making this man. I can fackin do this!!!
Yes you can!
Yeah.
It's funny to me that almost all of these tips apply to mixing audio or really anything
(That's the secret, captain!)
The video idea/content is 80% of the whole thing
No amount of editing would save a terrible video idea
this video deserve more view !!!!!!! !!
no body do it anymore
Editing is fun. I don't know why people don't like it.
It can be very time consuming and intimidating at first!
@@NeatOnTheRocks I suppose you're right. I learned twenty years ago so sometimes I forget!
I've had more problems with rendering than editing.
What problems are those?
@@NeatOnTheRocks They're most likely just related to the strength of my PC, it's pretty old and probably just can't keep up with my current style.
Da Vinci Resolve is the 🐐
What do you use to create thumbnails?
Affinity Photo and Glimpse
@@NeatOnTheRocks Thanks, I've been using gimp for a minute, I might stick to it because I support open source software, but I'll take a look at those
great vid
I use capcut
Can some or all of the tools provided in your cheat sheet be applied to premiere pro?
Mm, the tools are Resolve only, though *some* things in the book might translate
@@NeatOnTheRocks I see, would it be easy for me to transition from premiere to resolve do you think?
I think so!! Most people I know who have made the switch don't regret it.
@@NeatOnTheRocks ah sweet, thanks man you’re a big help :))
That sounds just like me
You do know that Vegas Pro isn't owned by Sony since version 14, right?
Anyway, I still use Vegas Pro because it responds faster to ripple editing than Resolve ever did.
No I hadn't heard that
@@NeatOnTheRocks I guess the name stuck even with MAGIX's acquisition.
how do you make videos look really well on youtube ive been having so much trouble. like exporting videos look crappy juss tryna have clearer gaming content like the big yt yfm!
Higher bitrate and "slower" render preset!
What do the timeline have to do with the UA-cam views? It does not make any sense.
The UA-cam views are based in many factors but the timeline... Nice video idea though
I don't think I understand your question
clicked cause of sonic