Guides to editing Reels, TikToks, Shorts and clips
Start with the one that matches your video: the long guide to a talking-head take, or the guide to editing a clip. The shorter guides go into one job each, with the settings to start from.
How to edit a talking-head video
The seven jobs in editing a video of yourself talking, in the order to do them: pauses, filler words, sound, framing, captions, the hook and one accent.
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How to edit clips
Six jobs that turn a clip from a stream, a podcast or a long video into a vertical short: trim, reframe, tighten, caption, fix the sound, title it.
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How to put text behind you in a video
How the text-behind-person effect works, how to build it by hand in any editor with layers, and how to get it automatically. No green screen needed.
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How to remove silences from a video automatically
How automatic silence removal works, the three numbers that control it, what goes wrong, and the settings to start with for a talking video.
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How to make a horizontal video vertical
Two ways to turn a 16:9 video into a 9:16 one, what each loses, and which to pick for a talking shot, a screen recording, gameplay or two people.
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The best caption style for Reels
How to choose captions for a short talking video: ten styles and what each suits, where to place them, and how many words to show at once.
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How to remove ums and filler words from a video
How automatic filler-word removal works, which sounds are safe to cut, which words to leave alone, and how to do it in English, German, Spanish or French.
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How to write a hook for a talking-head video
What a hook is in a talking video, four patterns that work, how to put it on screen as a title for the first seconds, and when to leave the title off.
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