Video Editing Skill Test: Are You (actually) Good?

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[@CinecomCrew]

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[@DirectorBTG]

Hey 👋 man I really do like ur tutorial...but there is just one prob I think ur video description are faster and ur speech also couldn't understand I have to repeat this same video over And over

[@TheJeffChase]

I have a friend who worked with me as a video editor then left to work for Canada Post. He went from working in POST, to working in POST. We call him "The Postman"!!!

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

......Newman.......

[@kdsajidvlogs89]

I need works

[@filhanislamictv8712]

Awesome 😂post production

[@lLithe]

Postman alone in Canada

[@RyanxWest]

I'm self taught on adobe premiere and I'm still young. you literally just saved my life with that audio gain trick. consistent audio levels were my biggest troubles. only a minute in the video and i learned so much already

[@airplanemode101]

"literally just saved my life" I've never head a larger overstatement.

[@RyanxWest]

@@airplanemode101 not a overstatement haha, if these tricks save me from spending more time then I need to. then it is literally saving my life. because I'm saving time

[@airplanemode101]

@@RyanxWest what a great way to put it 😂

[@cornelius9836]

@@MrVikas07 I'm learning davinci in film school it's pretty good but better to know both imo

[@trevorwilliams2797]

@@airplanemode101 Dudes comeback was Hard AF lol he needa chill 😂

[@JakeGlobox]

Okay.. i've been editing for years, and I will admit I learnt a lot in the first few minutes. You really do learn something new everyday on YT

[@AlexMatty]

same

[@pirhannayt6423]

Bruh I'm a professional and I learnt a few things at the noob stage 😂

[@finzar]

Turns out, I'm a beginner 🥴

[@cut_the_freakin_steak_or_else]

holy craph

[@Thebigpiigg]

If your a beginner idk what I must be

[@slashshorts]

Don't worry dude one day you will edit as better as me💀

[@rambathmarak1453]

Big fan

[@IronA_FN]

Impossebly

[@backlightfilms]

i think editing is so much more than just knowing your software. If you don´t know why you do what you do, this technical skills won´t help much. They are helpfull for sure but If you have no clue about pacing, eye tracing, timing, building tension or what information you want to show at which point of your edit you can master your software of choice as much as you want. Your Edit will probalbly have a lot more room for improvements that you think. Great tips though ;-)

[@jaridwatson]

In fairness, he's speaking specifically to the speed of the editing process. But I absolutely made the initial same assumption. I think what we could categorize the point you are making as "storytelling through your edit," or something like that. Hope that makes sense. Super nuanced, I know. I can't help myself sometimes. Cheers!

[@backlightfilms]

@@jaridwatson you are absolutely right! i think my point is that you have to master your tools to a level so the tools are not in your creative way. at least that what i want. I really liked the video because there are always things i don´t know (and i like the entertaining way the cinecom team is teaching) and i love to learn but it says what makes a pro editor - and mastering a software alone doesn´t make you pro in my opinion. pretty sure there are pros out there that could make a masterpiece in movie maker ;-)

[@alimog9347]

100%, the hardest part of editing is pacing, timing, eye tracing and so much more concepts of editing, the technicals are easy to learn over time, but concepts needs creativity, involving feelings, and so much brain effort.

[@nsen93]

So true, people have started putting pictures of timelines where they have 15-20 video layers and 30-40 audio layers and all of it just to potray a cool looking timeline. But it reality it is a very unorganized timeline cause if you are a film editor and once you're done with the edit and its time to forward to for online and grade... that editor will be cursed for having a timeline like that

[@mr.2minutes161]

this video is like "how good are you at using brushes" with the title of "how good are you at painting"

[@TheBrysonRobbins]

I've been editing for a few years now and i didnt even know half of these tips. Thank you guys so much!!! (Double clicking on effects!? Mindblowing)

[@rexify3342]

Lmao same 🤣💀

[@RemedieX]

Yeah, same boat here despite years of editing and working on films. It only saves like 1 second, but it's def a nice QoL to know

[@SantaKask]

I haven't watched your videos in a while and I have stopped appreciating what a charismatic and cool teacher you are! Years ago I finished your Skillshare courses too and now I remember why I did it. You are great and your team is great too :)

[@Curriation]

Thank for all your videos and the work you guys put into them. They are truly appreciated for a beginner like me.

[@yuber999]

NGL that normalize peak was very helpful, been editing for years and sometimes you just ignore some things and continue doing the same things that you're used to. Thanks for this video!

[@SirSmoldham]

I've been editing since the days of film, tape and moviolas. Moving from video to avid to adobe has been fun and given the editor so much more control. I love it and welcome all tips that make my chosen obsession even sweeter.

[@ZavalaFX]

This was so informative and I love the way you guys structure your videos, can you guys make a behind the scenes video on the whole process of making this content?

[@CinecomCrew]

Thank you! That could be a great idea yeah :-)

[@gustafonseca2]

Great video!! I loved the double-click to add effects to clips! Just a few reminders: the 'Normalize Max Peak to' is far from being perfect and you can still have noticeable changes in audio volume when jumping from one clip to another. Why does it happen? Well, Premiere gets the peak and stretches it to 0 dB, so, if your peak is at -36 dB on one clip and -11 dB on another, you will notice a huge change between the two clips. Another thing, the Gamma issue happens when exporting and dealing with MOV and ProRes. TBH, it is a whole advanced topic to cover, especially applying this LUT correction to your final colour. It is kind of an 'easy fix' but you can run into some issues if you need to be very specific on your final render colour! (Maybe a new video on that would be great)

[@cookeez7010]

The double click can be nice except for when youre not highlighting the desired clip. There is many times in which I remember I needed to add an effect on a prior clip in the timeline, and rather than scrolling to it, clicking on it, then double clicking the effect, simply dragging and dropping is much faster

[@nochillnala]

you shared so many great tips to know!!! most importantly, I think ppl have to remember that being creative and having a vision is JUST AS IMPORTANT as knowing your software!

[@LaurierLachance]

This was super valuable and entertaining! I edit on Premiere all the time and was surprised at how much I didn’t know I didn’t know 😅🤙

[@vaibhavguptawho]

Dude I love you, even just the double click to add an effect is a huge thing for me. Now on to watching the rest of the video.

[@JoshBrahmERI]

The Transform shutter angle effect made this video worth watching by itself! Definitely going to be watching more of your Premiere Pro videos.

[@mougly811]

this guy is crazy good!

[@hourvoyses3522]

These tips are dope! Had a little bit from every category, but learned a ton too

[@shubhamkaushik5231]

apart from the collab features i knew all of them apart from the audio effects panel feature.. but it’s a great thing to watch what we can still work on.. thank you guys

[@3ATIVE]

Another Tip: 😎Instead of using the Motion Controls... Select the Clip/Element in the Timeline, then the Double-Clip the Program Monitor. You'll get Handles to drag/scale/etc.

[@PetrieMatt]

One of the best videos i have seen for quick useful tips. Quick and to the point and bombarding you with tips. Thank you.

[@joshuaspruett]

These are actually some really nice tips. I work in Premiere every day and still learned a lot from some of the more obscure things like the shutter angle motion blur.

[@user-ex2ge2su4k]

How long did it take you to get good using Premiere Pro u have CapCut on my Desktop more budgeted price, and has a lot of effects but not I’m newer to editing and there’s a lot to take in

[@joshuaspruett]

@@user-ex2ge2su4k Furthermore, I think the irony is that I would say 90% of the new things I learn don't even come from videos like this, or tutorials. They come from watching videos of people just doing stuff in a software for entertainment purposes or something, and then they'll do something I didn't know you could, or never thought of.

[@user-ex2ge2su4k]

@@joshuaspruett thx for tip can u give any examples I should watch

[@editorshishir]

As always your tips are useful. I am using these tips in my projects. Keep bringing these types of useful information thanks

[@rulesofthesuccess5003]

Great video to evaluate our skills. Love it!

[@danstrick3314]

Needed that! Thank you

[@gabriel101x]

If you're uploading to KZbin then Adobe recommends not to use the display color management option. It is designed to emulate a rec 709 monitor so only useful if you're delivering for tv broadcast as web uses srgb. When using the default settings in Premiere if your colours look different when exported and viewed on the same srgb monitor then likely it's a problem with your video playback app (most of them aren't colour managed properly) Try re-importing renders into Premiere to check if they match your timeline there.

[@iamnimish]

missed only the last one. possible due to you guys. Great work with lots of fun. Thank you.

[@JinBlades]

I don't have any formal education in anything, I've just learned from doing and watching a handful of youtube videos. (Like this one) I made it to intermediate, honestly surprised as I thought I was a noob. Thanks Jordy, so grateful for this channel!

[@RoyBeatty]

Don't drag your effects! *drags transform property into clip immediately after* But honestly i never knew about that double click function, that's so helpful lol. Great video

[@CinecomCrew]

What skill level are you at? 🤔

[@JosepBautista]

After watching your video, Beginner lv -10. I mean, I thought i knew stuff, I was wrong 😅

[@diegoatlas]

Yeeey, i'ma pro!!!!

[@marvel477]

am a intermediate level

[@NarwalMan1]

i'm a noob but love your vids anyway :D

[@titanvision.studio413]

I use Davinci :D

[@PattyBlogs]

The audio gain tip is SO helpful thank you!! 🙌

[@damonharris-brennan5810]

New pretty much all of these except for the custom meta fields and colour management fix at the end, super good tips!!

[@just.do.something]

Always something new to learn. Thanks for another great vid!

[@ouaisjsuisbelgeetquoi]

I like your energy, please NEVER change it!

[@Mister_Olumpia]

I'm a super noob! Thank you for this video! I'm saving it for future (this afternoon) reference. Great video and very helpful.

[@marykirmo]

So helpful! There are so many ways to do things in Premiere. I’m always interested to see what other people do. Def gonna take that Ae tip! And the gain tip! (And finally someone else talking about color coding clips!! Which has been my go to for a long time especially on edits with multiple talking heads)

[@PatrickNanEdits]

Well damn, I never noticed the small gamma shift and the compensation LUT. Very useful indeed.

[@jblackoutfilms]

Love the energy in this mate :D G'day from DOWNUNDER - I would say I am in-between Noob and Pro definitely until more research/resources are at hand. Thank you

[@bible.animations]

i actually learnt alot thanks so much

[@WillieFungo]

This guy thought me everything I know about editing. The best on KZbin.

[@dylannabeth]

ive been a youtuber for almost 10 years and just recently switched to premiere. these tips are awesome and im glad i switched

[@valentinadannunzio]

Wow, I love all these tips and I love your energy and enthusiasm! Thank you so much, I thought I was already good but apparently there is always so much to learn every day!!! Thank you!

[@alexportik614]

Great tips! The QuickTime Gamma correction LUT should only be used if your final deliverable is ONLY being viewed on Mac OS Color Managed devices.

[@luke_and_listen]

Really Appreciated this awesome content ! Thank you

[@tobiaszgottfriedstudio4090]

The last color tip! I was always anoyed with that. Thx!

[@johnbaikiefilm]

Thank you, this is such a help!

[@Confuzatron]

I enjoyed the video!! I was somewhere between Noob and "okey" haha! I've learned many things from your videos and I look forward to more useful content from you. Thanks again!!

[@HahaHub123]

Thank you for that LUT!

[@DuncanCustomAirbrush]

Love the makeshift neck tie, lol

[@MaestraJager]

Thank you for this video and tips! Even though there were some that I didn't use or know about (now I do c: ) This video made me realize that I do know way more than I thought I did. Thank you! Boosted my confidence a lot really ♥

[@nyfbie]

Been editing for about 6 years but only knew 1 from the pro tips! Also learned few from the intermediate level so I guess that's about where I'm at right now. Thanks for the tips!

[@Mr_Kenneth]

The trick to editng is not about fancy stuff, its how you can convey your story or message to the screen. Butt-edits and simple dissolves are just fine.

[@DesertCookie]

1:10 By placing the mic a little further down, where your first button is, for example, you'll have much more uniform audio levels. That's what you'd do with an inexpereienced speaker that doesn't know to not turn away his/her head too far from the mic.

[@jonasautovlog]

That track mixer & adding effects there will save me a sh*tload of audio tweaking time, good stuff guys! 🎉

[@river_byrd]

Love the teacher set up! and definitely valuable tips. Thank you so much! 💚

[@777AscendingDragonsCrypto]

Ty I needed this 🙂

[@ZaykaIndiaKaa]

Very informative video thanks mate

[@purplealchemistofficial]

I love the fun energy this has. Man, I wish you guys were my film professors. Edit: I don't like how the tips are very quickly shown in not very good detail. I'm trying to get the hang of one of them and I've had to reply the video five times.

[@Lukas_Wilhelm_Medien]

this video was very helpful. thank you guys

[@thetimetour]

So helpful! Thank you very much.

[@fermunguia]

This video is very informative and entertaining, awesome job right there!

[@abonabosques]

This video is literally fire. Wish someone told me some of this tricks when I started editing.

[@annie.motions]

8/10, didn't think to use the "Edit Original" feature when I work with dynamic link, although I knew it was there all along. I did replace the dynamic link with the rendered clip though haha. I wasn't aware of the last color tip also

[@andrewc7451]

Very interesting video and a great skill checklist for editing. I had transform, optical flow, and production option skills missing so I'm into using those now that I have a couple of edit assistants working with me. Also! I use Render and Replace for dynamic links and the Edit Original function works there too. Cheers!

[@starlingcas]

THANK YOU THIS HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL

[@10StudiosVevo]

In my editing skills! If I'm asked how I do it I recommend my friends to this channel. Thanks for all the effort

[@trevorhsmith]

Nice! I'm happy to say I knew most of these. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the transform effect. If not using After Effects with its beautiful motion blur toggle, I'd always have to add a directional blur to fake motion blur in Premiere. This one trick will save me so much time. Thank you for the knowledge!

[@Chemical-H]

wow some of these i had no idea, like losing past footage and getting it back to a sequence look is unreal!!!!! thats amazing AI

[@MarkusBlue]

THIS IS SO HELPFUL

[@TopCarsTV]

I didn't know I can add effect by double-clicking. Thanks!

[@abyshines]

Excellent video as usual, easy peasy... Kudos to you,love from india.

[@meWill08]

Thanks for the tips Jordy! I'm learning edit and speak english, but i'm not good yet. but I'm getting better

[@lunamagic8]

didn't know that last one! so freaking helpful, this is video is Great!

[@Ebdaamedia]

Amazing ... thanks

[@woowakgoods]

I knew all the Pro tips but didn't know some of the noob tips. This video was actually very helpful

[@Lombzi]

wow so I taught myself how to edit, going on 2 years now and I edit mostly video games. I knew about 1-2 points in each segment cause I have no need for most of the other stuff so I guess that would make me an intermediate level editor? But I just learned so much in this video that I'm going to use in the future such as the audio adjusting, the scene edit detection and exporting workaround so thank you so much for this !

[@olafour]

Awesome, love this

[@hapcheofficial]

Thanks Jordy. I'll put you on my CV

[@Kiladera]

Thanks Jordy!

[@PranMartialArts]

That chalk smash in the end😆, Jordy's on fire🔥 .

[@MrVikas07]

Its amazing, the next video suggested was of KOLD. He told benefits of Da-vinci resolve. Many of features told in this video, are already there in da-vinci. That video has made me switch to Da-Vinci today

[@Darakael]

This video is just god. Thanks a lot for the tips

[@zi_reviews]

thanks for these great ideas!!!👌👌🤩🤩

[@MrVicke]

Always stay creative !!😁✌

[@KushQrox]

This is so helpful. Thanks.

[@MarkusBlue]

THE BEST VIDEO IVE SEEN ON EDITING

[@dutchgirl2]

Onwijs bedankt, geweldige info

[@shelbydilorenzo4389]

I can say I am somewhere between the noob and okay stage but this is all info I didn't know so I'm happy to have learned some new stuff today and will implement that in my editing.

[@basdeblok2515]

Awesome video! Really helpful :)

[@alolohmus5305]

Damn actually good tips. Thanks

[@BillManStudiosGaming]

I did know all the first tips lol :) and all the 2nd tips!

[@Breadful1]

Got 9/15, but now with your guide I’ll be able to level up, thank you! ❤

[@Redd_Vision]

I had no idea premiere had audio tracks and effects from audition. I was doing all those effects inside audition 😅 really nice video!

[@TeMeister]

11/15! Those pro tips were super helpful!

[@ya_ne_beliy]

2 minutes of this video taught me much more than any other videos about editing before!11!

[@ChandlerElder-vq8sv]

Perfect, I knew everything in the pro level, half of the stuff in the noob level and barely anything in the "okay" level lol

[@dingleberry1242]

This became sort of a tips and tricks video for me whose been editing for a few years already lmao But great video btw! I got lots of shortcuts that could be useful

[@TheAzn18]

this video poppped up in my reccs and i'm so glad i watched it. i'm still a hella noob but i was able to learn so much. also the teacher is funny as hell. great vids and i appreciate the advice

[@SimonMac]

You are hilarious - I love it! Thanks for the tips :)

[@TheIdiotBoyz]

Thank you Jordy ❤️ I'll be more glad if you make the same video for after effects.