True, sad reality is since I have to edit and produce a lot of stuff for peoples social media I need to throw my ambitions overboard. I cant stand all those transitions anymore you can see on every second clip on instagram...but clients want it that way. I started doing some video editing because I adore it in good movies, series etc...but now instead of improving it feels like I am dumbed down to some clown having to use the same flashy animations and transitions over and over and OVER again. Luckily this is not the major part of my occupation, but it gives me a glimpse of what some editors must go through these days. "Hey here is our footage." "yeah looks great so far." "yeah yeah now do you see those instagram videos with rolling transitions every 2 seconds? edit it exactly like this." "...:"
Lmao true but that could mean that you are in niche you don't want to be in. If you hate that try documentary style videos or something else. But money is money, I understand.
I haven't watched this video yet, it looks very well made. But I'd like to add an input that I'm guessing isn't touched upon. Most people use transitions because they look cool or interesting, but very few non classically trained editors understand WHY they should be using transitions. The fade to black transition doesn't exist because someone thought it would look cool, it exists because storytellers needed a non intrusive way to indicate a passage of time to the viewer without the viewer actively noticing it. This is the same with almost ALL transitions, just throwing them on randomly achieves nothing but making your work look amateurish.
this video is the cry of my soul. For many years I watched my colleagues compete to see who could make the coolest video by cramming a lot of transitions into it. I did not understand this desire to use all these effects, since this is more of an advertising demonstration of the ability to make transitions than a demonstration of you as a professional editor. And every year I become even more convinced that there is nothing better than straight cut.
Really nice and smooth video with great tips. As an editor myself I try to avoid preset transitions. My clients want them more and more which I can understand, bc they´re used to this trend. A bit of planning is necessary for in cam transitions but it´s worth the extra work.
I'm learning how to use DaVinci and when you look for tutorials the vast majority of videos are about "how to edit/make your transitions like x creator" and while it's true that having role models is excellent in everything in life because success leaves clues, when it comes to creativity I think it's ok to follow some techniques and principles that are proven, but it the end you got to give it your twist, your style. The base, the formula, can be the same since the idea is not to try to reinvent the wheel, but put your essence in your creations, otherwise what will happen (we already can see it) is a bunch of new youtubers that have potential, yes, but they all look pratically identical, or look like famous youtubers wannabes
OMG dont even get me started. I was literally thinking about this right now, then your video popped up. We live in a world nowadays that every single edit has to HAVE some FLASHY transition or must be edited to a beat or something KOLD-er-like. Video editing is really boring when all we're trying to go for is flash, and not substance. Peoples who's edit's I enjoy is someone like Gawx, who puts thought and effort into his edit and video, and as well as Philip Bloom, who does a lot of technical things on his channel, but still focus on proper shot composition and framing, and just focusing on that, rather than a transition in between.
@@JacoxNovak True, his 'Gawx Art' channel does rely heavily on the transitions, but his normal 'Gawx' channel, where he uploads clips that he didn't use for his main edit, where its mostly stills, blended with some calm music, helps me appreciate the quality of the shots he gets. More refreshing, more film-like. Though thats just my take 🤷♂
The only transitions that I think are absolutely necessary are the L cut and the J cut, they are straight cuts but the audio is slightly moved to make the cut less noticeable, used a lot in movies. I probably explained that quite poorly.
I like your approach, but I would have liked to see a little more video showing the use of tape. The one clip was so brief I wasn’t sure what I was looking at.
hmm maybe, but if you want to know that I'm using as my most common setup: BMPCC4K LAOWA 17 mm f/1,7 MFT - no speed booster, MFT lenses are super cheap (and it is pretty much a 35 mm Full Frame equivalent) T5 SSD + 3D printed holder (see my shorts "I printed money") ru-vid.comD_a636qzTvI Smallrig Cage Smallrig Nato rail top handle Feelworld 5" Monitor Rode GO lav mics All in all a super cheap setup :)
Wow, what a great video! A very pleasant experience to watch, not only because of the story :) but also because of the light and how you put it together! Great work!
"Transitions should enhance the story not become the story". I don't film anything for my videos but this resonates a lot, and something I feel similar creators rely on. I'm going to try and be more conscious of this, thank you.
Exactly. The point is knowing all the techniques before you dismiss them. Sometimes a project might call for a lot of transitions, the point is not to use them when you shouldn't. I hate transitions that are trying and failing to make the video better and are distracting.
I've answered it in a different video in depth. But if you're just starting, I'd go for Resolve. No subscription fees and will be better in the long run. I only stick to Premiere for certain things because I've been working in it for over 10 years.
