Editing too slow? My top 5 tips for SPEED

[@JoshuaSutlive]

Wow, to think the q and w hot keys have been right there under my nose this whole time. As an incredibly slow editor, I really needed this video. Great job!

[@StandardStoryCo]

The day I discovered Q/W... I'll never forget the feeling of joy followed immediately by annoyance at how many hours of my life I had wasted.

[@DLHMedia]

Q & W !!

[@whoimran]

Same

[@TheVRhub_]

+1 lmao, im gonna have so much more time now

[@FlightPatternProductions]

The Q and W shortcut just saved my marriage, holy shit. I had no idea.

[@scott_stevenson]

"CRANK OUT THAT 1:1 9:16 4:5 AND MAKE A 15 SECOND CUT DOWN THAT WOULD BE GREAT" I had this same interaction on the phone with a client last night. OMG so relatable. Keep up the amazing work and love your new office setup.

[@livi_bridge]

I used to edit my own KZbin videos when I was in HS and I absolutely loved it. I wanted to do this for a living but thought it wouldn’t compensate well so I always put it on the back burner ever since I was a kid. I decided it was time to dive back into it and I’m incredibly excited. I have a client lined up to work with already (free of course since I’m just getting back into it) thank you for these videos!

[@SwadyPortfolio]

Hey it's a month later. How is it going?

[@SonoranSpaceProgram]

I literally spent HOURS yesterday on just an initial rough because I was hunting and pecking controls and editing by cut -> select -> delete -> right click -> ripple delete. jeesh! I recently moved from Final Cut Pro X over to Premier Pro and couldn't figure out how to do top/bottom edit in one action like the default ripple of FCPX. Retraining myself in a new editor has been sucking the life and enjoyment out of my project. This is gonna save me so much time, and I actually feel invigorated to begin my editing session again today. How serendipitous that you uploaded this today, total life saver!

[@FowlPlayPresents]

This has been my first year where I've been able to make somewhat consistent money as an assistant Editor and was immediately taught the exact same methods of how you're editing here. It's awesome to see I'm on the right track here.

[@JenniferPerez-no7ih]

hello, im learning to be a video editor, but was wondering is it hard to get a job as a assistant video editor?

[@HotCherry]

You're the injection of humour I needed in my tutorial videos and I cannot thank you enough for providing that!

[@teacherofteachers1239]

Always useful stuff in this series, and Q & W are life changing. I'm new to this, but one thing I have found helpful is making regular use of the label function to assign colors to clips and sequences so I can see at a glance (for example) the gap between Greg talking (yellow) and Marsha talking (green), where I want to drop some B-roll clip (red).

[@StandardStoryCo]

Yes! Love coloring clips. Also good for narrative projects to see how long each scene is and get a sense of pacing at a glance.

[@J.Livermore]

the detail/creativity in all your videos shows your true talent, hats off!!!

[@StandardStoryCo]

Thank you!

[@smolcof]

I have been video editing for about 3 years now and it usually took me about 3-4 hours to edit a 2 hour piece of footage, I really appreciate these tips and now It only takes me an hour to push out a great vid. Thanks a lot, one day my projects will be seen by everybody :)

[@DhrumitMehta]

I can confirm the Template and "Q and W" tips are LIFE SAVERS!!

[@humadi2001]

This is the second time I dig for this video to refresh my editing skills, truly underrated.

[@erickheyl8293]

Needed this video!! I am working my day job a lot and have a newborn so super hard to even find time to edit. Some of these tips I’ve seen but you present them in such a way it seems easy to follow and try out. Thanks!! 🙏🏻

[@failedfilmmaker]

The great thing about Excalibur is you can combine a bunch of things into one keystroke. If you find yourself doing the same thing on every cut then add those to one giant keystroke. Saves an insane amount of time.

[@StandardStoryCo]

Yes! Didn't have time to get into all the features but creating custom macros makes it such a powerful tool for Premiere.

[@failedfilmmaker]

@@StandardStoryCo like you said though, premiere should have a tool like this built in

[@NLENinjaEffects]

Do that daily with so many macros. Some macros I need Keyboard Maestro for but most times I run stuff through Excalibur

[@being_evolved]

I'm not the type to care usually but I gotta say... that cracking of the red bull was the crispiest, yet simple sound design... dang yumm!

[@brandonj80]

Could you go into a video of how to setup your workflow. Like your sequences, what screens you have pulled up, etc.

[@borntrillbaby]

best advice video i've watched to date, especially the assembly line thinking, timesaver!

[@Will_4560]

The sponsor section was so perfectly integrated into your video, never seen it that seamless before

[@poppinyourtart]

Thank you thank you thank you! I have a project with WAYYYY more footage then I'm used to and had no clue where to even start

[@Aroynt]

This might be one of the most helpful and entertaining videos I’ve seen about editing

[@purehoops22]

This should have 1 million views man. Thank you so much.

[@benjaminparker_]

Might be my new favourite channel

[@EditsByAustin]

To me, separating clips solely by track feels like such a waste of vertical space. Changing the label color can not only distinguish what’s a throw away, a maybe, or a definite, it can then be used during the more precise editing as a clear visual indicator of where one scene begins and another starts. This makes adding transitions and sound design faster. But depending on the project, the ways of saving time will be drastically different, because a mrbeast style video is a completely different timeline compared to an Apple commercial or a show on Netflix

[@JackDice]

amazing video, i need to start working on one task genre at a time like you mentioned. i tend to make a cut, think of the editing and just start it and it slows down my whole work flow. amazing tips, this genuinely is going to help loads

[@BrentButler]

The man’s a gotdang genius. Thank you for this!

[@Quintopia1]

thank you, seeing your project template folder helped me create mine

[@arbabraiyan8200]

kent, I have been following you for some time now. your tips and tricks regarding filmmaking helped me, thank you. can you make a video about how the approach will be when we got all the footage and now have to get best parts of all the takes of a scene of given angle?

[@claudiorecenti]

Unfortunately I can’t use shortcuts because of my disability, I can use mouse only but this video help me a lot with templates and I have understand the importance and power of organizations. You are always top notch

[@crewscotton]

You should get a mouse with a bunch of buttons on it and assign the shortcuts to the mouse buttons!

[@claudiorecenti]

@@crewscotton I control the mouse from my wheelchair with Bluetooth so I can’t, but thanks for your advice

[@crewscotton]

@@claudiorecenti sorry to hear about that! Hopefully there is something out there to help ❤️

[@robertulrich3964]

you could also look into autohotkey which can turn a bunch of combo keyboard modifiers into a single keystroke or mouseclick. you could also look into mouse gesture software.

[@claudiorecenti]

@@robertulrich3964 I will. Thanks

[@audio2u]

Dude, I want to laugh at the client bursting in over and over again.... except it's so f***ing true! They are just like that. Except in my line of work, it wasn't clients, it was sales reps. Same breed, different smell. Great video, as always! :)

[@MrDawidson818]

Love all your Tipps! Best advice video so far on KZbin...love the Excalibur Tool, will buy it directly. The guy sells even more great tools for Premiere

[@kadudzinski]

The Excalibur is dope! Thanks for letting us know about it!

[@maxie_boi1029]

Love how u can use this for almost all editing programs

[@jasonsmithy8472]

this is EXACTLY the video I needed, bravo

[@shimondaniel]

Your video just make things so clear, I just want to thankyou for clearing things out for us brother!

[@NLENinjaEffects]

Have watched plenty of your vids in the past but this one turned me into subscriber. Agree with all your tips especially number 3 on shortcuts and Excalibur. Also like how our workspace is similar in some areas

[@gc3video]

Dope, very helpful! Reduce the options part with the tiers is saving my butt right now

[@RobertEricJenkins]

Standard Story Company, I’d love to see a how to on color grading/correction. Thanks!

[@effex3168]

You are a very good person, and you're inspiring me so much, thanks! ❤️

[@nas_1st]

lots of respect for you brother , You gave me a Golden tips

[@tief1975]

Great ideas for the clip selection, thanks

[@ahmadali-ik5nb]

Returning here 2 years after I first saw the video, I realised just now how much I have learnt. I am so grateful for your channel, everytNice tutorialng

[@johnsilver228]

best video ive seen regarding editing, thank you sir very very smart way of using the software.

[@CounterCultureCinemas]

Q and W are a game changer! Thank you!

[@IgraineDraco]

Well the video is 13 mins so you both got fired I guess But fr thank you so much for these tips, especially the rough cut based on hierarchy, I've never seen it before And Excalibur is such a time saver for most editors. You still need to master the essential shortcuts of Premiere tho, cuz most basic function doesn't include in the plugin, and it's also doesn't make sense to be in it (E.g. the add edit). I recommend waiting for a sale if you guys wanna buy it, especially if it's your first plugin cuz $75 is not expensive nor cheap. One more tip that I found to save time in Premiere Pro: When doing every action/ sequence of actions in Premiere Pro, whether it be cutting clips, organizing files, adding effects, or anything, ask yourself: Is there a way to make it faster? Is there a way I can automate this? Most of the time the answer is yes and most of the solution that I found is a plugin or a shortcut.

[@halvorsrensen610]

WOW, i did not know this powerful tool of MOTION ARRAY!!! THIS WILL CHANGE MY LIFE.

[@AlexAbsolute]

Wow that Excalibur pluggin looks ace , kinda like fx console for AE

[@edum8139]

The easter egg website is........ idk didn't figure that out, I'm still a new subscriber :)

[@pablorojonavarro3711]

The title is very insulting but it´s actually true, so can´t complain haha very helpful! I am starting to apply your workflow of several sequences for selection, edit, etc. I find it very clean and useful. I have a question btw. In the 1:23 you are using a keyboard command to drag the clip selected from track 1 to track 2. What´s that command? Thanks a lot!

[@StandardStoryCo]

Thanks! Alt (or option) + Up/down arrow

[@sofarsogod]

Thanks for the Q and W shortcuts. lml

[@alfredogarza290]

Great video! I was wondering if you can make a video that goes in depth with template ties. Im fairly new and would wonder how to do this. Like how can I take something from one project and be able to apply it to another project?

[@charliebrown555]

Brilliant. Thank you, Kent.

[@WallyJ2K]

Great stuff, as always! Thanks for all of your great videos!

[@Adriventure_rod]

thanks man . you helped me so much thank you again

[@RealSiddVivek]

You dude this was so educational and informative. Is it possible you could add your premiere pro template on a drive or something so we can able to download and use so as a basis.much love!

[@kumakick6038]

@5:13 literally me every project 😅😅😅😅

[@brianermino6788]

Wow thanks for this man!

[@OtisBlanch]

This was great man!

[@mannyjamz]

"We make a great team" serious Ahole xD he best be paying you top dollar.

[@calebfriendsproductions2583]

Great stuff man. Love your videos.

[@erico1739]

Awesome content. Spot on about the client too haha would love to see move tutorials on faster edting tips 👍

[@jasmindrace]

Fantastic tips! I knew about Q but didn’t know about W.

[@brandonodonoghue8023]

At 1:23 what is the hotkey to quickly move cuts to the track above it?

[@nimrakhan9718]

Came back to this one the third time in the last 2 months :)

[@bigguyjimmy3771]

A Finzar reference!? Thank you for the Tips!

[@mietogalvan628]

🤣🤣🤣 the beginning of the video killed me man, because that's so true.

[@acquirer495]

Thx for the information ℹ️

[@tombergeronca]

Any way you can share those audio settings you use on all videos ? :)

[@safronthinks]

Thanks for this video🎥🎥🎥🎥

[@penanzzz]

Great video man. The way I "whooo'd" when I saw the top edit shortcuts🤣

[@mariusz.andrzejewski]

you are great! thanks for what you doing

[@betofreitas1364]

SUBSCRIBED! Youre the best ❤

[@lucinematic]

Use L (tap 2 or 3 times) to speed up playing when you're looking on all your footage and doing selects

[@jordanchou]

Incredible video! Extremely helpful and well done!

[@ryonadcock]

I just love your videos and thanks for the wisdom!

[@ryonadcock]

As a side note, I would love to hear why you tackle your hardest project first. This is not the norm as most people tackle their easy projects first. Any more wisdom you have would be great.

[@yuryruban]

Thank you!

[@Slantedvids]

Awesome!!! i do have a similar workflow to that. 🔥🔥🔥

[@bobr_video]

wow, I took that picture with the black t-shirts🤩🤩🤩

[@ExecutiveAutomotiveSociety]

I came here to learn and it just confirmed I was doing everything right.

[@johantdoit6788]

Great Video. Wanted to see the hotkeys you used in doing these. Also im using windows so it hard to catch up

[@infinitemovements]

Epic. Where have you been all my life.

[@rounak8095]

Just a great Video! You've talked about everything possible...

[@mrphan529]

found actually helpful for people started from scratch

[@FiggFig]

So I'm gonna buy a plugin that I can use to search for a particular effect instead of just searching through the effects?

[@3xclusiveEntertainment]

Is that OBS that you are using to screen record for long periods of time? I use the quick movie screen recorder and it works for me, but it feels like it takes up a lot of storage, so I don't mind using something better if you don't mind sharing what you use.

[@letsgetsmall]

This was great. Thanks.

[@redgoesfaster5792]

Hey can you make a video about how you got into USC? That would be really helpful :)

[@StandardStoryCo]

Yeah! Planning on making a video soon about my college experience and multiple film school rejections 😅

[@rockrecordreport7136]

Cute! Oh and there were a couple of tips there.

[@mauwiks]

Can you share your template settings? Thanks man

[@its_deejay]

Thank You

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

That jawline cut me through the TV. Besides that I learned a lot, thank you.

[@ИвайлоАянов]

Is there a equivalent to option + C shortcut in windows? Thanks!

[@emileravenet]

thank you

[@cj.blackedits3289]

Anyone know the windows version of option C? not coming up on my keyboard shortcuts

[@JulieCastro]

SAME. I really was excited about that one

[@darkgriffinn]

what's the shortcut for windows to snap all the clips together when they are all spaced out ??????

[@bopheloaudio3822]

love the Tshirt 🙂

[@vamboo8918]

Any folders and sequence organising on premiere pro tips?

[@kochusscuts1028]

Can you give the shortcuts for adobe premiere pro

[@rhartanto1084]

How did you do the edit in the beginning when there was 2 of you?

[@johnclay7644]

useful content.

[@vishalsenapathi5116]

idk why but the option + C is not working for me