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1️⃣ (Video) How to Film Your First YouTube Video
2️⃣ (Video) How to Craft a GREAT Video Hook!
https:// youtu.be/iXq3Rmjd43s
3️⃣ (Video) How to Shoot & Edit B Roll
https:// youtu.be/83lrpsKcbqQ
4️⃣ (Video) How to Make a YouTube End Card (FREE & EASY Tutorial)
https:// youtu.be/T41WUJRWQko
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In this video, Nolan teaches you how to edit a youtube video for beginners. This tutorial is great for new youtubers and teaches the best tips and tricks for editing YouTube videos.
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you’re ready to edit your first youtube
video but you’re probably overwhelmed
scared you’re not sure where to start
and you might be dreading it a little
bit trust me i know the feeling i’ve
been there but i’ve been editing videos
for over 10 years now and so i really
want to help you out now i actually made
a video on how to film your first
youtube video if you haven’t watched
that yet i’ll leave a link in the
description check that out and then come
back to this video but today we’re
talking about editing so assuming you
have your footage all good to go these
are going to be your 10 easy steps to
edit your first youtube video you got to
just press record hey guys my name is
noel mult with think media step number
one is you want to get all of your
footage that you filmed into folders
onto your computer so if you film on
your phone you can airdrop them to your
computer that’s going to go to your
downloads you can drag them into a
specific folder make sure to keep
everything organized so the folder
should be named the title of your video
and then inside of there you’re going to
want to make some folders for video
assets for music and sound effects stuff
like that keep everything organized and
this is going to save you a massive
headache down the road step number two
is to import your footage into your
editing program so you’re going to want
to open up your editing program i’m
going to be using imovie for this
demonstration but you could use your
phone you could use windows movie maker
imovie is just free i personally use
final cut pro but imovie is free on any
mac computer so that’s what i’m using
today but don’t leave yet if you use
something else because all of these tips
are going to apply to you no matter what
editing software you use so now with
your editing program open and your
footage on your computer you’re gonna
drag that footage into your editing
program once your footage is in there
we’re gonna take all the talking pieces
and we’re gonna throw all of those in
order onto our timeline and step number
three is to cut it down so if you’re
filming a video like this we’re going to
take all the talking head pieces we’re
going to trim the beginning we’re going
to trim the end if i mess up and i have
to restart i’m going to cut all that
part out and just start doing that over
and over again until what’s left is all
of the good stuff and no mess-ups now do
not worry about any effects or music any
of that stuff yet first what we want to
do is just trim all the fat and get all
the good parts on our timeline all right
step number four this one is very very
important and this is to watch your
video as a viewer and during this step
we are looking for pieces that we can
cut out see if we can trim the fat just
a little bit more as you start watching
the video as a viewer start to think to
yourself you know is this a little bit
slow am i repeating myself do i actually
need to say that and go into detail on
that if the answer is no just take it
out now doing this step is going to put
you ahead of so many youtubers because a
lot of people just throw all of their
footage on their timeline and that is
their youtube video now if you’re down
there already typing out a comment and
you’re asking how long should my video
be don’t worry about that because every
single video is going to be completely
different if you filmed a long tutorial
video it could end up being 10 15 30
minutes long if you’re filming a vlog
and maybe it’s 10 minutes long you could
probably get that thing down to like
eight minutes long and of course there’s
a lot shorter videos on youtube too so
it depends on the content that you’re
making and really just focus on cutting
out the stuff that doesn’t need to be
there or stuff that is boring or too
slow don’t spend as much time trying to
figure out the exact time that it should
be just focus on making a good video i
hope that makes a little bit of sense
step five is to edit in your hook now
i’ll explain this and actually what i
recommend people do is before they shoot
their video you can do this at the end
of your video but at some point you want
to film and look at the camera and tell
people the hook and why they should stay
and watch your video and what you’re
going to teach them or what’s going to
happen during the video i actually have
a video entirely explaining this entire
process and so i’ll leave that in the
link in the description check that out
that’s going to be a very good video for
you to watch but basically an easy way
for you to do this is grab some of the
best moments from your video if it’s a
vlog if it is a before and after grab
that before grab that after clip and
you’re gonna actually copy them not
delete them you’re just gonna copy them
and move those to the very beginning of
your video and then what you can do is
add some text on screen that says coming
up and so people when they first click
on the video they’re gonna see what to
expect in the video because a lot of
times people start their videos off way
too slow and people don’t really know
what’s coming up so they don’t stick
around to actually see what happens you
can have an amazing video but if it
starts off too slow and they don’t know
that it gets really good then they’ll
just click off and go to the next video
step six is we are going to add in some
b-roll this is basically all the other
footage that you can overlay on top of
you talking to showcase what you’re
talking about so if i filmed a video
about some of my favorite books as i’m
talking about these books and how cool
they are and why you should check them
out i’m gonna overlay this footage
showing you the books that i am talking
about you can literally just drag that
b-roll right on top of your a-roll and
this is gonna kind of cover it up so you
don’t have to detach the audio step
number seven is to add in your effects i
kind of like to call this adding in the
sauce but you don’t want to get lost in
the sauce let me explain this step
really isn’t the most important part of
your video the most important part is
the actual content what you’re talking
about the storytelling of the video
itself all of that is what i would call
the meat and then the sauce that goes on
top of it it makes it better and
actually brings out the flavors more
this is gonna be stuff like effects
transitions titles sound effects music
all that kind of stuff and i want to say
don’t get lost in the sauce because you
can waste tons of time trying to do this
like funny edit and then it just doesn’t
like turn out the way you thought it
would be so two of the things that i
really recommend that every youtube
video should just have a little bit of
would one be music and two is adding in
an end card i have a video i’ll leave in
the link in the description on how to
make an end card and how to add an end
card but basically you just want to take
that still image add it to the end of
your video for about eight seconds and
then later in you can add in those end
cards to your youtube video and the
second part that i definitely recommend
is adding in music this can really add
to the mood and the energy of your video
but you want to be careful here because
on youtube you can get a copyright
strike if you’re using just music from
justin bieber or whoever else you like
listening to music to if you add their
music into your videos you could get a
copyright strike or what will probably
just happen is you’re not able to
monetize that video and that is why i’m
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still get to keep those songs in those
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recommend going to their playlist
finding a good song and then you’re
gonna go ahead and download this make
sure that you save that music to your
folder though you want to keep
everything organized as you download
maybe pictures graphics music sound
effects keep those in the folders that
you created earlier now a major tip here
is when adding in your music to the
timeline you do not want it at full
blast full volume so what we’re gonna do
is turn down the music a lot and make
sure that it’s not overpowering your
video especially when you’re talking if
a montage or something happens where
you’re not talking at all you can bring
that volume up i still recommend not
going at a hundred percent maybe 80 to
90 at the max but if you are talking
make sure that it is super quiet play it
back listen and if it’s too loud turn it
down i always recommend and i always
tell people i would rather have my music
in the background be a little bit too
quiet than too loud because some people
will just click off if it’s annoying
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step number eight is gonna be color
correction i’m gonna be honest a lot of
you up front can just skip this step
entirely especially if you’re shooting
on a camera like an iphone or a zv1 you
have automatic settings and everything
just looks pretty good then you’re not
gonna have to mess with the colors but
if you accidentally shot something where
the white balance was way off and it’s
too warm or too cool you can adjust this
and this is where you’d go in and kind
of mess with those color settings to
just get everything looking a bit better
but again if this overwhelms you just
skip that don’t even mess with the
colors unless you want to have a little
bit of fun with it step number nine is
to now watch your video and take notes
watch it through make sure there’s no
misspellings make sure that the music
doesn’t get too loud there’s no glitches
nothing like that basically just making
sure everything is good to go before you
export it and throw it onto youtube and
that is tip number 10 which is to export
your youtube video and if you want the
best export settings for imovie then
click on the screen or if you want to
take my entire free imovie master class
then click on the screen and i’ll see
you guys in another video
