How to improve editing skills in short videos? What editing tools do beginners use?

The food short videos shot by the aunt next door have become popular. She can earn a few hundred dollars every day by live streaming. Are you tempted too? Everyone has a mentality of doing something for themselves. If he can make money, I should try it too. This is why more and more people are joining the short video live broadcast. It is easy to be moved and take action. Some people are stuck on technology. How to improve the editing level of short videos? What editing tools do beginners use?

Short video editing is actually an art of addition and subtraction. To sum it up, it is very simple. First, remove the redundant parts, and then add some interesting and useful materials and special effects music to make the video more vivid and attractive. At this point, a video is completed.

So, how do we improve our editing skills?

First of all, you need to understand and become familiar with the functions and operations of editing tools, and then learn some related knowledge, learn editing thinking, practice editing rhythm, and understand audio-visual language and lens language!

This is also the reason why your cut of the same material is different from others!

What should a beginner do?

I suggest that beginners start with mobile phone editing software, because smartphones are a must-have for everyone nowadays, mobile phone editing does not cost anything and is also very easy to operate.

All major short video platforms have launched their own mobile video editing software. Take Kuaishou as an example. Kuaishou platform launched Kwai Video, which is not only easy to use, but also has various editing tutorials for beginners who are completely unfamiliar with it, teaching you how to add special effects and music, etc.

Let's talk about it briefly here. First, open QuickMovie, import the recorded material, use the split key to cut off the excess parts, then use picture-in-picture to add material, add some special effects, and then add subtitles and music, and a video is complete.

We will tell you how to improve your short video editing skills and what editing tools beginners should use. Go and try it now!