Have been editing for over 30 years and still rarely use transitions unless absolutely necessary. I agree that these days the art of cutting and telling a story is often diminished by the overuse of transitions. Your right on point.
You're completely right, the actual use of transitions is to help tell a story, not to look cool. The issue isn't transitions but the overuse of them - Golden rule of editing is "does this aid or advance the story?", if the answer is no then it has no place in the edit. This is from a conventional industry point of view and is the reason the editor has the least glamorous job in film/tv production, but most industry traits can be applied to hobbyist & smaller production 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.
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
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.
Worth the sub, man! I'm happy RU-vid recommends small channels now. Keep up the good work! Would be nice if you talk more about why you tryna avoid these in your work, but I can assume based on what you said. 😁
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!
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 🤷♂
You got me excited for a minute… I thought you were going to explain how stupid most video transitions are. You started out that way and then all of a sudden you started demonstrating transitions? For the most part the only transition you need is a cut. I’m not saying never to use the other ones but most of the time they’re ridiculous. A cut should be about the image you’re cutting to or from, not about the transition itself. How many times do you see a transition (other than a cut ) in a major movie… Very rarely.
George Lucas disagrees, he loves his wipe transitions, haha. Though all fun aside I am a firm believer you should know as many techniques as possible before you dismiss them, it's a choice to not use them, not an inability. And sometimes a project comes along where the transition really enhances the video and you can just pull a transition out of your "skill drawer" when you need it.
I love a good cut . I’ve made a few creed Vr videos where I cut together multiple matches for different perspectives, taken a few attempts and takes time to get the right cut for it to flow but works well when done right. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V6BAUzQjq_Y.htmlsi=lkplj4BiEgBfhucx
@@JacoxNovakGeorge Lucas focused on having the scene before and after the transition flow together. The transitions would match movement displayed and the movement of the next scene would also match
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.
The one you open the bag was awesome!!! 6:40 this type of transitions I love do do that mask effect swipe, it never goes wrong! I use Premiere Pro, do you recomend me to switch to Davinci? Is it free? Thanks!
I personally edit in both and honestly editing is faster in Premiere for me as I have 10+ years in it. But when I know I will do extensive grading on a short sub 2 min video, I will save myself the trouble of round tripping from Premiere to Resolve and edit it right inside Resolve... It's about choosing the right tool for the job and I definitely recommend knowing both at least on a basic level.
Hey! Great video. And I like your audio. This is something that I struggle with the most at the moment when making videos. What Microphone are you using?
Agreed. But a lot of clients are expecting those overused transitions. That's what they see most of the time, so that's the aesthetic they want. It's all well-and-good to be a purist, but not everyone is as visually sophisticated as you/we are.
Hello bro - hope you are well. I liked the video about you talking of simplicity of transition. We don't need to over- do those. I agree with ya. SIMPLIER is better. Good luck with the channel. I am as new as you on the RU-vid scene like yourself. Good work mate !
Great video, but at times it was difficult to understand what you said. Constructive criticism: maybe small, yellow subtitles (as I think they match the cinematic style you used) will solve this. In the long term, maybe improve your diction. :3
I hate transitions. I use fade to black occasionally but mainly use straight cuts or cross fade. I find straight cuts work better if I put a cross fade on the audio only.
I'm new to editing so don't really understand the issue you are addressing, but I'm really curious about the music you used. Sounds kind of like NIN. Is that something you created or is that available somewhere? Thx.
i used to think that transitions were cool in those IG reels but when you start making a bunch of videos, man it does get tiring and boring quickly. i realized that i basically use transitions to cover and mask my boring ahh videos lol.
Wait What, youtube suggestions are great these days, how I have more subs than you while the video is great , I'm thinking you must have at least 30k subs
