10 MISTAKES Every Video Editor Should Avoid

00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Not organizing your files
01:39 - Not making backups
02:29 - Not making the most of your tools
03:40 - Not having a workflow
04:44 - Not enabling & disabling clips
05:39 - Not motivating your cuts
06:50 - Not using J & L cuts
07:38 - Not creating visual variation
08:26 - Not using the right music
09:36 - SFX & music too loud
10:50 - Outro

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[artlist_io]

What video editing mistake did you use to make? How did you overcome it?
Let's share some knowledge!

[EudaimonicTraveler]

Thank you for this video, Herman. It made me laugh a few times.😄 It's always fun to learn new things. I'm glad I've been following most of these tips. A tip I use a lot is copying and pasting effects from one clip to another, provided they look or sound similar. It saves a lot of time!✌

[chrismtlynch]

Wonderful reminder! Thanks so much! Looking forward to more of these !

[alanathorburnwatt]

My favourite tip is the organization! So important – I guess that's why it's #1 ;) To this list I would add not writing a quick retrospective at the end of the project. It's what happened, what went well, what went wrong, and learnings for next time. You can even use it to explain something to a client, and encourage better feedback.

[casperann]

thanks for the sharing, have been in the journy of using Artlist for nearly a year, and I never regret the choice that I made

[timrock]

This is a good vid (thank you) and Artlist is a superb service. Glad I subscribe to it.

[Amandafusion]

Hey Welcome to the Artlist team, this was an amazing tutorial, great speed and you showed everything that you spoke about, Thanks. Looking forward to the next video.

[RandyKng]

Awesome, Herman. And there are strong correlations between video editing habits and, quite frankly, any creative endeavor. Like you, the one I learned early on was the organization thing. I now use very descriptive folders and bins, and also label-date my filed names, i.e. "221222-R2 Timeline.docx". Thanks for all these pointers.

[lastrix]

That is such a good video! So good and chill editing and it’s also very helpful!

[rudifuller]

Excellent video and your presentation skills are spot on, thanks for sharing

[nealken]

You shoud try Davinci REsolve with Live Save and auto backup. And press D to deactivate a clip.

[ClipTellerMedia]

Very well presented video. Organizing files it was something that I used to neglect a lot before. Now I think I am struggling with sound design.

[dyanahesson]

Great content, thank you for the tips!

[MaikKleinert]

Like always amazing video and production. Well explained Herman ;-) My editing mistake was using Premiere Pro and getting frustrating all the time 🙂

[imexploration]

Nice tutorial, thanks for sharing! I am a new content creator and artlist user. As a new creator it is sometimes hard to find the right SFX. I loved the SFX in this video. Request: would you be able to list the names of SFX used in this video, that i can use as inspiration for my own content? Hopefully you will consider adding this to your description many thanks!

[JoshR]

Hey Herman, thanks for this video! I was taking notes the whole time. I counted 9 mistakes listed in the vid instead of 10 - just as a heads up

[jaykool]

Thanx!! I am shooting a documentary on Cleveland Hip Hop History and have made all these mistakes!! (I wish i would have saw this 3 years ago!! lol note: organizing is important and workflow!! i also switched from adobe premeire to davinci resolve for better results, workflow and price!!!

[EditedByHazYT]

how do you guys deal with producers constantly asking for changes in the edit while at the same time, challenging your creativity with their changes? I'm currently working in corporate edits and I've been getting mixed messages about being creative with the edit (by my bosses) and following the script/ tending to what the producers want.

it's a really frustrating process.

[mdturnerinoz]

I really enjoyed this video, and me: 7 out of 10 for sure!

[maphirotron]

I'm using Artgrid/Artlist Max for my video footage ❤