How to edit YouTube videos

YouTube is a worldwide video sharing platform where you can express yourself; receive appreciation as well as a good income.  You can grow a large following by keeping up with your content and posting daily. This could help you get sponsors and YouTube ad money, and you can turn this into a successful career like so many other YouTubers. Knowing how to edit YouTube videos properly is essential to making them popular on YouTube. Video editing can be tricky. However, it can improve the standard of your video considerably. By learning how to video edit on YouTube, you can significantly improve the views on your videos. Video editing is essential for combining different clips and making the transitions seamless. This article will guide you through the steps of how to edit a video using YouTube video editing software so that your viewers are impressed and engaged.

YouTube video editing software

YouTube video editing is free and provides a chance for less privileged people to edit their videos. You do not need expensive and advanced video editing software when you can use the YouTube app to edit for free. However, the YouTube Studio app is somewhat basic. You can use the YouTube video editing software to remove particular clips from your video, which can be very useful. The YouTube studio is helpful to creators and lets them access the analytics of their channels and upload their videos.

Follow these steps to learn how to do YouTube video editing.

•    Find the YouTube Studio app and sign in or create your account.
•    Click on the left sidebar and choose content.
•    Furthermore, in the uploads section, choose the video by recognizing the thumbnail of the particular video that needs editing.

Even though YouTube is compatible with numerous formatting types such as WMV, 3GPP, MPEG4, AVI, MOV, MPEG-PS, FLV, and WebM, YouTube suggests using MP4 or MPEG4 while uploading any videos so that you can get the best quality videos after editing. If you want to achieve the highest video quality, you can convert your video from other formats to MPEG4 easily by using the video converter option available on many apps like Veed. You do not have to compromise on quality by changing the format of your video.

Youtube video editing: The Process

Following features can help you achieve better editing experience: -

1.    Choose the Editor option

Firstly, you have to choose Editor option on the left sidebar.  

2.    You can now trim either the start or the end of your video

The trim option is located next to the video's timer. On the timeline panel, a blue box around the panel shows your video's timeline. You can drag it to shorten the video easily and trim parts that you would like to remove from the beginning and end. There is a preview option so you can check if you have cut the parts you wanted. Finally, if you are satisfied with the edit, you can proceed to click Save, which you can find in the top right corner.

3.    You can use YouTube Studio to trim your video from the middle section

Locate and click the trim option if you want to delete parts of your video from the middle. Then, drag your cursor to the beginning part of the clip you want to remove and click Split. Then, move the cursor to the end part of the clip that you want to delete and click Split again. Now, choose the start or end of the clip you want to delete and drag your cursor to the other side to delete this video. You have the option to preview your edit before using the Save option to save your video.

4.    There is an option to put an end screen in your video

You can increase your chances of gaining popularity on YouTube and getting more subscribers and views by providing an opportunity for your viewers to subscribe to your channel easily and suggest other related videos that you have posted or playlists.
You can easily do all these tasks by choosing the "end screen" option at the bottom of the panel, which displays your timeline. You can always use an old end-screen template by using the option "Apply template" found in the pop-up menu. In addition, you can choose some templates from this menu that offer choices such as playlists, links, channels, videos, or subscribe.

5.    You can use YouTube Studio to blur parts of your video that you do not want to show to your audience

For this, you have to choose the "Blur parts of your video" option located at the bottom. After clicking this tool, you are offered two options in a drop-down box. These options are face blur and custom blur. For example, if you want to blur some people's faces in your video who choose to remain anonymous on the internet, you should click on the face blur option. This option enables you to choose which faces to blur. After you have selected which faces to blur, choose the Apply option.
With the custom blur, you can use it to blur parts of your video that you don't want your audience to view. First, you need to drag your cursor while clicking the blur box. Then, you can customize the shape and timing and blur the part of the video you want. After this, if you are satisfied with your editing, click Save.
If you are interested in doing advanced video editing, you need to try other apps like iMovie, Adobe Premiere Rush, and InShot. These apps can be used to add cool transition effects, add audio, use green screen, theme templates, etc.

Conclusion

Just like availability of internet got access to huge amount of data to every normal person, it has also brought people to be visible on the internet itself through various video streaming apps including YouTube. This presence on the internet through videos necessitated the improvement of video quality to its optimum. With above mentioned tips and methods, one can achieve best quality curated videos and avail many benefits either in the form of money in return of video or an optimum traffic on his website or YouTube channel. With an ongoing competition for improving user experience, video editing software are ought to be improving in both quality and efficiency.

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