So I would like to make a music video like this. Is there like a music video generator? Also I would like to add lyrics. https://youtu.be/QfoRibOW5Ck?si=t4HyqiYD-PA-lyOx

I have 5 videos I want to make a comparison with, but they're out of sync. How do I remove the right amount of frames from each video until they're in sync using NLE tools?

I have some movie that are in Danish language and without subtitle. I want to take that speech and want it to a subtitle file.

Anyone know if this is possible for free?

Hi! So I am a video editor for almost 3 years now, and I feel like my skills are not progressing as the time goes by. I want to level up my skills and I'm talking about 2d animations like stickman fighting or such or things like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r7B\_OqDIlM&ab\_channel=Juny. I'm confused on where should I start first? what kind of software do you guys use? Can you give me some advice when diving to this kind of field. Thanks guys!

I've searched the world wide web, and found nothing, does anybody know a free video quality enhancing app or website?

So I wanted to start making YouTube videos about a certain mobile game and I wanted to edit those on a mobile app, but I had issues that matched the VFR vs CFR issue on the faq of this subreddit

The problem is that the built-in video recorder on my phone cannot record in CFR for some reason and I don't want to upload the recordings on Google Drive, reencode them on my computer and upload them again to download them on my phone each time I want to make a video so I would like to know if there's any possibility to do that on a mobile device with android?

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This is your monthly guide for hardware recommendations.

• We aim to make you self-reliant with enough info.
• We focus on finding answers rather than brand debates.
• 📑 Skim the TL;DR at the bottom if you're in a hurry.
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• Important components: 🔑 CPU, RAM, GPU.
• 💰 We don't cover sub-$1K laptops. Consider used models for budget-conscious choices.
• You're not going to see us recommend a tool at less than $1k.

Hardware 101 🛠️

For DIY enthusiasts, check r/buildapcvideoediting

General Guidelines 📝

• Desktops outperform laptops 💪
• Start with an i7 or better 🎯
• Minimum 16 GB RAM 💾
• Video card with 4+ GB VRam 🎥
• SSD of 512GB is a must 💽
• 🚫 Steer clear of ultralights/tablets.
• Want a Mac? Here's your guide
• nVidia has a great set of systems from different vendors that you can pick from (keeping in mind the above suggestions)

Experiencing lag or system issues? 😓

🧐 Use Speecy to find out your system's specs.

⚠️ Footage Type Matters: Some footage may need workflow changes or proxies/transcoding.

Resources:

• 📘 Why h264/5 is hard to edit
• 📘 Proxy editing
• 📘 Variable Frame Rate

What about my GPU?

In most cases, GPUs don't significantly impact codec decode/encode.

Specific Hardware Inquiry?

Links aren't enough. Please share:

• CPU + Model
• RAM
• GPU + VRam
• SSD size

📋 System specs for popular video editing software

Editing Details 🎬

Describing footage as "from my phone" isn't enough.

📊 Check your media type with Media Info

Monitor Queries 🖥️?

• Type: OLED > IPS > LED
• Size: Around 32" UHD is recommended.
• Color: Aim for 100% sRGB coverage 🌈

Professional color grading? See /r/colorists.

Quick Summary/TLDR 🚀

1. Desktops > laptops for intensive editing 💪
2. Prioritize Intel i7, avoid ultralights 🎯
3. Use proxies if supported by your editing software 📹
4. Provide CPU, GPU, RAM, and SSD details for inquiries 🧐
5. Footage from action cams, mobiles, and screen recordings may need extra steps.

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I tested a bunch a few months ago and arcads was clearly the best, but I know things move fast. Is there anything better than arcads currently? One of my main issues with them is that I have to add text on a separate app, and videos are really expensive if I want to generate a bunch.

Ideally want something that can generate a "hook" as well, which would basically just be an attention grabbing AI animated image/video before the video for 2-3s, with a different voiceover. I can easily do this separately though, so not a big deal.

🎬 Looking for Video Editing Software? You've Hit the Jackpot! 🎬

This post solves 98% of "What software do I use" questions. It's meant to be *self-serve and answer the most common questions/needs.

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TL;DR: We recommend DaVinci Resolve - full-featured, Capcut - easiest but owned by china, Hitfilm Express - sorta After Effects like - much behind paywall, Olive Editor - open-source/Kdenlive open source wider development, ClipChamp - Microsoft - for all your video editing needs.

Isn't there an AI that does this or that feature?

Nope, not really there yet. REALLY. If there was, we'd mention it.

But stick around; you'll want to!

📌 Need-to-Know: Before Asking Questions

Hold up! Before you ask, "Which software should I use?", you've gotta know these:

1. Footage Type: Compression types like h264/5 could mess you up.
2. Hardware Specs: We need details. "Great for gaming" isn't enough.

🖥 How do I know my Footage & Hardware: The Dynamic Duo

Footage:

Different footage types will affect playback. E.g., Action cam, mobile, and screen recordings can slow down your system.

• Check your footage with MediaInfo.
• Want more info? See our wiki on Codecs/containers.

Common issues:

• Footage going out of sync? It's most likely a Variable Frame Rate issue.
• Need better performance? It's usually your system, not the software. Consider using temporary proxy files. Read about Proxies here.

Hardware:

• Minimum Requirements: Recent i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 4+ GB GPU RAM, SSD for cache.
• Check your system with Speccy.
• We ONLY need: CPU + Model, RAM, GPU + GPU RAM.

🛠 Actual Recommendations

^(That doesn't mean you should have skipped the above!)

Want a Free Ride?

• DaVinci Resolve - All around 99% free tool - an excellent choice if your hardware can support it.
• Hit Film - good tool - more freemium offerings - owned by Artlist.

Easy but Limited?

• CapCut - Flexible, easy tool, the companion to TikTok - but obviously owned by China.
• ClipChamp - Microsoft free tool with minimal "extras" at a cost.

Professional Tools?

• Adobe Premiere Pro - right now the #1 professional tool
• Avid Media Composer - the #1 tool used by Film & TV
• DaVinci Resolve - The full Studio version ($299) has more features.
• Apple Final Cut Pro - A subscription-less tool with outstanding performance on Mac Hardware. 90 trial (no watermark) from Apple's site.

Open Source. Open source tools are free - but usually lack great UI.

• Olive Editor - we like this interface the best.
• **OpenShot
• Kdenlive
• ShotCut
• Avidemux - hardest, but has widest plugins/adaptablity.

Special Effects:

• Resolve - The Fusion Module.
• Calvary - A very functional Apple Motion-like tool with fewer keyframes.
• Hit Film - Sorta like Adobe After Effects.

Web Tools:

• VidMix - NEW A free Web based editor. It uses your local resources. Nothing is uploaded/downloaded off your machine - but be warned, if you have a potato system, it'll still be…a potato system.
• PikaMov. NEW A free WEB BASED Tool that does some keyframe-based animations. We're watching it. No masking (sadly) yet. It's a bit rudimentary, but can animate objects (like Adobe After Effects) and is processed on your local hardware - without you having to download anything.
• PhotoPea Web based Photoshop Replacement
• RunwayMLj. Also, does background removal (green screen)/rotoscope? Not free, but loads of AI tools, including captions.

Compression Tools:

• Shutter Encoder - Swiss Army knife of compression. Can do anything from creating media in older/newer codecs (VP9, WMV, HEVC), handling HDR, AI upscaling, downloading media, and building DVDs/BluRay
• Lossless Cut - Can cut H264/HEVC media at I frames and multiple clips from a large file.

Mobile Editors:

• iMovie - free
• LumaFusion - best for IOS
• Capcut - Free everywhere
• Kinemaster - pay, but most track/features for android

Screen Recorders

• OBS - Open Broadcaster Project is the most common free fully capable recording tool. Tons of capabilities - but not "easy" - nor does it have a built-in editor. Secret tip: Record in an MKV, rewrap (in OBS!) to MP4 for edito.

Isn't there an AI that does this or that feature?

Nope, not really there yet. REALLY. If there was, we'd mention it.

📅 Updates

Oct 2024: Added VidMix and mentioned a little more details about other tools. Added OBS out of neglect (on our part).

New tools we're evaluating

• Smart Media Cutter - does silence cutdowns for free - as long as it's not vertical video
• Free Upscaler - Only advantage is that we think it's using cloud computing
• Whisper-GUI - free subtitle tool for windows (using OpenAI's whisper)
• MacWhisper a mostly free excellent Mac Subtitle tool (using OpenAI's whisper)
• Offdocs - lets you have some free cloud storage (10gb) where you can remotely use Openshot. Neat if you're on a chromebook.

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• We need to know your footage type (camera? Screen record), container (MOV/MKV/MP4), codec (H264, HEVC), and frame rate.

Hello! video editor here, been editing for quite some time now but I really suck at creating video ads from just scripts/voice overs! how do you guys even do it properly and more efficient? when I do that it takes me quite a long time to finish since it's not easy for me to find the correct footages to use! And I saw a client with a decent pay (per video) but only gives out scripts for his ads and needs to edit tons of ads weekly, I can do it if the videos/materials are given, but I see it as impossible if I will be looking for stock footages for every ad I make!

Does anyone know what effect was used in this film that gives it an old-timey vibe? Because the video is in 1080p, but the quality is old, it's so nostalgic, it's hard for me to name it and I would also like to achieve this effect in photos or videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqsQI2Di2xY

hello yall! I wanna create a pause effect where after the video freezes there's a super slow mo zoom (Very Slow but should be visible) and also when the video pauses there's like a dip effect which initiates the zoom (like gta loading screen if that helps?) I'll explain it like this for better understanding

1. Video freezes with a Distort or a Fast Zoom in to the center followed by the super slow zoom.
2. The zoom should be super slow but also visible to create a more cinematic background vibe while I display the other things on the foreground.

Please help! thanks!!

Hey guys is there any video editing programs/software or any helpful YouTube channels for beginners you guys recommend ? Id be working off my macbook air and filming with iphone and go pro.

Looking to make videos of my moms recipes but also just want to learn something new in the process for when i travel with family hopefully make a cool video of our adventures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTg9l3GZYc4&t=661s I really like the small round frame on his video. How can I achieve this on Davinci Resolve ? Is there something I can download ?

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I would love to learn how to make car edits for youtube shorts and reels but its been super hard finding car footage shot vertically. How could i go about this? (I use the free version of capcut)

How do i do the audio overlay thing at 0:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUPsuMA7S28&ab_channel=LucidBeats

Hi, I love to do cinema edits and use DaVinci on my Gigabyte Aero 15. It has an amazing 4k OLED Screen so I am always searching for the best of the best quality clips.

I have used the 4k Video Downloader+ and for some reason I am never satisfied with the quality of the downloads. I usually go for 4k Youtube Uploads of Movie Scenes.

The edits I see online probably do a lot of upscaling and sharpening in post. I have tried to also do that but the few "free trials" for upscalers also didnt satisfy me..

Could someone help me out who maybe had similar wishes and found a good workflow? I basically want to get the sharpest downloads and/or a good upscaler.

Thank you <3

Hi!

I’m editing my clients yt videos and apparently i’m having issues with downloading the videos bc every clip size is 3-5gb just making a one yt video. I find it very heavy and time consuming to download them one by one.

How do u guys store and edit the videos? Client offered to reimbursing me to buy an external SSD tho, but the thought of downloading clips for 1 yt video that is around 30-50vids (3-5gb per clip) is time consuming and frustrating.

Help me out 🥲

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izMUUfGnso

ok i just need to know how does he do the writing effect on the link the first five seconds

I've been searching for this specific font for months, but I haven't found it yet.

Does someone know which is it? Thanks in advance. Lyric Video

a 30 second clip. The audio is completely unnecessary and needs to be removed.

Windows 11
Intel Core i5 @ 2.70GHz
16gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Free disk space 277 Gb
Complete name : D:\Helminth\pouring.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 20.8 MiB
Duration : 24 s 443 ms
Overall bit rate : 7 131 kb/s
Frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Writing application : https://clipchamp.com
Comment : Create videos with https://clipchamp.com/en/video-editor - free online video editor, video compressor, video converter.

I'm looking for a program that can extract subtitles from a video to srt format.

The subtitles from the video are not selectable from vlc or any player, but they still appear. I'm not sure what format they are, but maybe they're burned it? I tried mkvtoolnix and it didn't work. Any help would be appreciated.

So I'm making some YT shorts for my fiancé to promote her twitch and we wanted to add a free graphic that had a link to her Twitch channel in the graphic. In this graphic, link below, we both like it but I'm unsure of how to reveal the link text as the purple box makes a second pass towards the left end of the graphic. I've thought about doing masking, but I also thought of trying to have the text slide in with a bit of motion blur. Any advice on how to do revealing text like that on this graphic and to make it look good would be super appreciated. Thank you in advance!

https://www.vecteezy.com/video/11433994-simple-animated-twitch-lower-third-banner-with-follow-green-screen-free-video

I am currently making a video on premiere and I am almoust done with it

But I really do feel that would be cool with the subtitles have that text-highlight we see in tiktok videos

I could do it in cap-cut or use any other method but I already have the substitles ready with every line checked and corrected and AS FAR AS I KNOW if I use any of this softwares they will just create a new subtitle and I'll have to correct everything again

Do u have any tips? Is it possible to import just the subtitles file I already have? It would be better just accept an re-correct the text?

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YRso2g/

23 seconds in on the beat drop

Like the white blink/warps. I’d like to know the name so I could find a tutorial on how to do it. Or maybe ideas on how to recreate it in DaVinci Resolve.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS6cGT81y/

I came across this video game edit montage from Dabdz4 on TikTok.

I'd like to know your opinion on how you can replicate the screen shake thing at 00:17 of the clip where the clip goes into a slow-mo, and then there's a screen shake that leads to another clip.

I had just begun editing a video when, suddenly, Premiere decided to be a goof. I can no longer drag audio in my timeline. Not to my timeline, in my timeline, I can add new media to it just fine. Whenever I try it, it opens up a box as if I'm trying to select multiple videos. I can't click on the audio either, neither the left or the right click work. The only way of selecting is dragging to select multiple audios. This isn't happening only with one file. If I add video paired with audio, I can drag them, but when I unlink them the audio is no longer draggable.

I'm a beginner, so I'm not sure whether this is a glitch or a configuration I accidentally turned on. I recorded video of it to make what's going on clearer.

I've already tried resetting my PC and my Premiere settings, none of this worked.

1- System specs

• CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz 2.30 GHz
• GPU + RAM: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, 8GB

2- Editing Software

• Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 23.2.0

3- Footage specs

• This happens to all footage

https://youtu.be/NkaC5DGpshw?si=ZxxI-fTllzPsCS5V

i kinda have an idea of how to make the animations but what i wanna know is how to make the image constantly shake like that haha and where can i get those type of graphic elements? causa i've seen them a lot

Hi there,

This will be quite a big post, I'll try to include as much context as possible.

I'm in the process of designing a network storage and configuration upgrade for a small video production studio I previously worked at. The upgrade is for a large 12-month project. This will be an archive documentary where new archive and general material will be coming in all the time in various batches across the production timeframe. This is not a case of all media will be present before the edit begins.

Budget for hardware: ~ USD$7.5k but flexible (team is Australia based)

Key Information:

Main Software and codecs:

• FCPX exclusively for editing (N.B no media or caches ever stored inside Libraries)
• Resolve for occasional tasks (transcoding, conforming, special uses)
• ProRes Proxy for editing, mix of FHD-6K footage (lo res Archive footage will be mostly upresed to at least 1080 I imagine. )
• delivery will likely be 4K 24fps but TBD.
• there will be some 422 and 4444 media being utilised during production, with DPX scans of film and other media coming in, but I will try to enforce all editing to be taken down to Proxy.
• some original or hi quality media will be accessed for some in-house post-production

Users:

• 3-4 simultaneous editors at any one time
• 5-6 maximum full bandwidth needing users at any one time - but rarely

Existing Hardware and configs:

• 4 x M1 Ultra base model Mac Studios (10GbE ports) [Main Editing machines]
• 2 x other Macs (10GbE adaptors) [for anciliary tasks]
• 1 Mac Pro 2013 (10GbE adaptor) [Central hub for LTO, managing the network, Postgres Server, looping in a Thunderbolt RAID storage drive, remote management access machine, etc
• Synology DS1817+ (2 x 10GbE in 20Gb aggregation) [Previous main editing and media NAS, thinking of using it as the larger original media + archive NAS in new setup]
• Netgear xs708t 8 port 10GbE switch (2 x 10Gb SFP+
• 1Gb Internet line connected to switch (to provide wired internet to all devices)
• UPS

Existing NAS history:

Synology DS1817+ current setup:

• 8 x 10TB HDDs RAID6
• 2GB RAM
• latest DSM 7

Experience:

Note: I inherited the whole network and NAS setup when I joined the team.

This NAS served us just about ok on the last big project 6 years ago. We were mostly editing and veiwing ProRes LT @ 1080p-2K and when 4 editors were all accessing various edits and rendering, we did occasionally expience some choppiness. But on the whole it held up ok.

However since then, and possibly since upgrading to DSM 7, the sequential read speeds have been quiet variable. I believe we also transitioned from AFP to SMB since that time as per AFP's deprication. I do personally believe the MacOS's SMB implementation is more to blame than anything, and I've spent quite a while trying to optimise the NSMB.conf files on all client machines as well as the DSM SMB settings. If anyone has the most up to date knowledge on this then that would be incredible to know

Future Plans + Ideas:

New Software:

• PostLab for FCPX Library management (we've tested this and I think we're happy to implement)
• Last time around, we had major issues with how to share Libraries on the server without running into permissions issues (FCPX thinking they were still open when they weren't)

New Hardware and configs:

• New NAS for main Proxy/LT editing and general common access files. Current ideas:
• QNAP TVS-h874 with expansion cards:
• 10GbE x 2 [QXG-10G2T]
• m.2 NVMe x 2 [QNAP QM2-2P-384A]
• Asustor AS6804T Lockerstor 10 Gen 3
• Use the existing Synology NAS for all original media and archive material. Put giant HDDs in it.
• External NVMe SSDs for FCPX Cache attached to main edit machines
• Move Internet into a seperate 1GbE switch.
• Add an additional 10Gb switch via RJ45 or SFP+ DAC
• Turn on Jumbo frames acrross the 10GbE media network

New NAS config ideas:

QNAP TVS-h874 i7 32GB model + expansions: 10Gbe x2, m.2 x 2

• 2 x 2TB NVMe RAID1
• System OS
• Postlab
• Dropbox
• Write Cache?
• 2 x 4TB NVMe RAID0
• Read Cache / Auto-tierring?
• 8 x 12TB HDDs RAID6
• Proxy/LT media
• General storage

Even though it's over 2 years old now, this unit still seems like a decently future proof model. Especially with the PCIe lanes, though it would be great to have more built in NVMe slots. And it would be great if it came in a 10-12 bay version. However, my thinking for this one would be to ignore the Thunderbolt option and fill the expansions with the necassary 10Gb and also a dual m.2 card.

And then, fill the 8 bays with whatever capacity HDDs the companys willing to go with and try and do something clever with all the NVMe drives.

So I need some advice: I've read and heard mixed information on the value of SSD Read Caching or auto-tiering for the purposes of video editing (in a Team context). Personaly, I think anything that would occasionally improve random timeline seeking for mulitple editors while possibly freeling up some load on the HDD array for another editor sounds good. Generally the same section of material will be worked on over a few weeks by each editor — so if anyone has any experience with how long it takes auto-tierring or read caching to catch up to large video files in common use from week to week, please let me know.

In terms of Write Caching, my thinking is a portion of the 2TB RAID1 could be given to this so that editing is not disrupted too much when new material is being ingested in and/or transcoded to this NAS on any given day. This would occasionally be an issue on the old system. However, it's not crucial as I reckon the old Synology NAS could be used as the main ingestion unit.

Any thoughts or experience with this model and configuration tips for similar purposes would be much apprecaited!

Asustor AS6804T Lockerstor 10 Gen 3

• 2 x 2TB NVMe RAID1
• System OS
• Postlab
• Dropbox
• Write Cache?
• 2 x 4TB NVMe RAID0
• Read Cache / Auto-tierring?
• 10 x 12TB HDDs RAID6
• Proxy media
• General storage

Ok so the thinking with this one is a cost-benefit, ease of setup and convenience. Comes with 2 x Thunderbolt, 2 x 10Gb + more, and 4 built-in m.2 slots, Plus comes in a 10 and 12 bay version. We could go a lot crazier here with the storage capacities.

Downsides I can see are less future-proof expandabilty through PCIe upgrades or re-configs.

And the big questions from me really are, is ADSM good enough for our purposes and will the hardware be as reliable?

I can see in general that the CPU is likely not as powerful nor future-proof.

EDIT: I’ve just learned that the USB4/TB ports don’t even necessarily connect properly to Mac Thunderbolt as a TB-over-IP connection. Also I’m generally thinking this model just wouldn’t be up to snuff as something to depend on.

I'm sort of running out of steam here now, if I think of anything else to include I'll edit the post.

Thanks so much in advance for anyone's thoughts and advice.