Transitioning from amateur to pro.
What is going to help you transition from amateur to pro?
Well, got a few tips for you.
Of course, again, as a reminder,
we are in the business of saving time, saving energy,
giving you what you really need to know in order to
start getting jaws and getting paid as menu editor.
However, if you really wanted to
stand apart from the competition,
there are just a couple of things I
want to either reiterate
or tell you about in case you didn't already know,
that can help really significantly
improve your overall video editing quality.
I said it before and I'll say it again.
I firmly believe that cutting with
the waveform in Premiere in
the timeline is better than cutting in the source window.
Of course, if you are pulling
B-roll or if you are editing
a narrative cutting in
the source window can be very advantageous.
But if you were coming for YouTube,
there is more than likely a pretty specific style that
works well when cutting in the timeline.
When you're cutting with the waveform,
I don't even need to see, I put,
but I don't even need to
see what's happening in the video.
I can simply play the audio.
Do I have skills?
Yes. Am I the best editor and go to the end of the clip.
But what I better skills than me in certain areas,
but what I do have engagement.
I am there.
Online engagement.
I am very present on LinkedIn and
I can cut according to the audio.
I do not really need to see the video in cases like this,
this is also helpful if you don't
have a very fast computer,
you can just toggle on and off
the video and you don't need to worry
about seeing the video which will ultimately make
your speed faster when you are doing this rough edit.
Now I do have a good bit of experience in sound editing,
so I also am very comfortable
analyzing when I come across things like OMS,
which I don't really have too many of here.
But in some of my clients,
I literally know what the OMB waveform looks
like because after
just so much experience editing with them,
you just know it when you see it.
And so if you can get
comfortable working with the waveform,
it makes editing very easy.
And so as I'm editing again,
I've got my left hand on the keyboard.
On the left side, I've got
my hands scrolling on the mouse and then I'm
alternating between C for the razor V to select,
go back to the play high-income over here.
So at this point, head and hit Q and I'm just
doing that consistently through the entirety.
Of course, I'm playing it as well to
confirm what the audio is saying.
If I'm keeping any mistakes when I shouldn't be.
But besides all that,
that is how I can get through
a rough edit such as this relatively quickly.
One small thing has to do with graphics,
and I may have mentioned this,
but when you are making maybe a Zoom in effect.
Sure.
Just a friendly reminder or if you didn't know already is
that this is fine and maybe this is the right choice,
but there is also the option of selecting these keyframes
coming down and temporal interpolation and going to,
you can either click busier or you can click ease in.
And you can select these ys out.
And now the zoom-in is just a little bit softer.
This is super-helpful when it comes
to editing graphics specifically,
or if they're just looking a little robot.
It's something to consider that this is
a very easy thing that you can
do to all of your keyframes.
You can also do it if you are fading in and out.
That's super helpful thing to do.
He's in, we're easing in to the picture.
We're easing out from black and we're
easing into the picture just adds a little extra finesse.
Now another thing I do want to mention
is that you are working in Premiere
versus Final Cut or abbot
or anything else in Premier has a lot of perks to it.
And so I encourage you to explore
those perks and to take advantage of them when necessary.
For example, one I brought up before
was the libraries window in Premiere,
in which you can preset all of your clients colors.
For example, this is mine.
And so say you have this here.
It makes it very easy to,
when you're creating graphics,
like say I need to create a background,
it makes it very easy for me to
just hit the eyedropper
and hit the color that I want to work with.
A lot easier than needing to
go find the hex code, paste it in.
Now another thing that would be worth
exploring is the essential sound panel.
This is not something that I personally use.
I prefer to use the audio track mixer
and then add in all of my effects manually.
But Premiere is all about making things easier for you.
And so it would be worth
exploring the essential sound panel,
especially because it is a relatively
new addition into Premiere.
Just like the essential graphics panel,
it would be worth it to
explore that and to see if that would help you
create better sound quality in
your videos in a relatively easy way.
One of the biggest tips I can give you to help you
transition from amateur video editor to probe anyway,
editor understanding the importance of consistency,
you've got to get consistent video editing work
to practice and build these habits for yourself.
Education is one thing,
but experience is so important
here as a video editor because it gives you a variety
of different clients to work with
and different kinds of projects to
diversify your skills and ultimately grow
your experience as a video editor at a much faster rate.
Now if you are looking for
more help to get your first job as a video editor,
be sure to check out my Skillshare profile
where I have my other class,
how to get your first job as
a video editor that can help you
transition to a working video editor once and for all.