How To Create and Edit A Drone Video - A Beginner's Tutorial

Editing your drone video footage is one of the most challenging things for new drone owners. CapCut video editor is powerful, easy to learn and totally free!

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[dkdavehoare]

I've had my mini 3 Pro for around a year and never edited a video, I delete most of them because I always make some mistake during the flight which makes for poor viewing.
I watched your video last night and this afternoon I done my first edit, it was quite easy to follow your instructions, thanks very much my drone will now be getting much more use and I never even thought of using my phone camera along with the drone footage.
Please make more of these. 👏

[mlr]

As an ‘older’ dude, who just likes ‘FLYIN’ DRONES for fun out here’, I can’t even put into words the VALUE OF YOUR VIDEO Russ! I mean I’ve OFTEN wondered how vids were made..EDITED, ETC. But you have taken the time to show everyone what’s required, what’s AVAILABLE FOR USE..THAT’S FREE.?! This shows why you AND your channel are head ‘n shoulders ABOVE the others! Thanks brother..great job!

[nexusgrey]

This was a absolutely wonderful tutorial video for those of us who are just getting into drone hobbies and thinking of doing content your explanation and the demonstrations that you gave make it a lot less intimidating for us New beginners I would sincerely appreciate more tutorials from you you're extremely informative and well spoken on this topic

[kennethaiori]

Great points! You made an excellent point that aerial footage needs to be mixed in with other clips to generate a story. I need to be more mindful of creating stories. Thanks for your video! 😊

[garyroth]

I love this video on drone footage and also the ground clips as well.But most importantly on how to edit your images and video. This is very important and would like to see more of this content.

[leighcollis]

Another Old Drone Dude who agrees with all the others. Great Video. Very helpful!

[ericks]

Thank you for this. You're absolutely right, for me it's the hardest part, the video editing. I would love to see more on CapCut.

[BobCaseyAerial]

Russ, you did a great job on this..Very Intuitive and seems simple enough for any beginner.
CapCut being free is great for anyone trying their hand at editing and i'm shocked at how big the program is.
This was long overdue. Well Done Sir.

[jimmyjewitt]

Well thank you. I have flown drones for years and never been able to compile a video worth watching because of the editing. Your the first one to go through slow enough for people to follow exactly what's happening.
Keep doing what your doing and again thank you !

[jemccauley]

I had lost interest in flying my drone. Was very frustrated on how to edit my videos. Felt like I had to do everything perfect in one take. This information on how simple it is to use this free editor has awakened my enthusiasm and renewed my enthusiasm. Russ thank you for doing this and look forward to seeing deeper dives you do in future YouTube posts.

[Sigurd_Alemaker]

This is honestly the most game changing video I have come across in my new drone hobby. I had loads of sub par video footage which was just deleted even though there were good bits in them. Took my dog and drone to the beach today, downloaded Capcut and within an hour had a wonderful little 3 minute video of our morning walk! Thanks for the awesome beginners walkthough of the software!

[nicksacco]

You nailed it, Russ. Thank you for this. Very important info for people who need a starting place for editing drone footage. Been looking for something like this for a while.

[phoenixr]

You are so correct that drone footage is really just part of the story when it comes to editing 😊 that being said it is important for people to research the type of drone they want buy for their storytelling purposes.

[brianjordan]

Well done. I have so much footage just sitting on my computers and SD cards that I never share. Most of the video editors are quite complicated, so I eventually get bored trying to edit them. This looks really simple. Thanks for doing it, I’m going to give this a try.

[ardentdfender]

I’m a newer subscriber as I stumbled onto your channel via the DJI regulation video you were talking about and I don’t even own a drone yet, but was thinking about buying one. However, on the topic of value from a video to your viewers, this video alone is immensely valuable in showing not telling, but showing your viewers a tutorial of the software and how to put together editing a video. That is immensely valuable for your drone viewers with video footage and just a starter even in just taking your time with some patience in showing people how to edit a video. That’s real value to not just me, but to everyone your viewers that has never edited their drone video and a video period! And I say Thank You! I even saved it for future referencing as a editing tutorial in my YouTube folder.

[bandodad]

Thank you for addressing the Elephant in the Room. I think we would really like to see more of these and hopefully start to finally learn editing from you in the same way you guided us through drone purchases, drone regulations, and flying techniques. Keep 'em comin!

[yearvet.]

First of all, thanks for taking the time to show us drone video editing noobs capcut as well as walking us through step by step. Kudos to you for sharing your knowledge with all of us who are interested in video editing here on YouTube. 50 year progression from color, B&W film, digital age and DJI drone enthusiast since 2013 when DJI first introduced their Phantom 1. Have some fantastic drone images over the years but I need to branch more into drone video, editing and production. Your tutelage helps a lot!! Thank you. Drone pilot for my local police department, 107 qualed and M-30T owner. I have a secure photography website which contains 400+ images with approximately 1/4 being drone images. Willing to share so if you'd like to see my drone image perspectives, reply back and I'll share the link (and all those who are interested as well)

Keep your YouTube videos coming Russ, they are some of the best! I'm a subscriber.

Semper Fly, Dave in Morro Bay.

[mehoolshah]

More, More, More!!!! Keep it coming Russ, esp. on the video editing. Need more pls!

[derekdunn]

I use Adobe Premire Pro for editing and as someone who video edits all the time, my advice would be: Start off with the basics first. As you gain more experience, advance editing comes later. Play around with editing to get a feel for it.

Editing is time-consuming, but if you put in the time and effort, it pays off in the end.

[bazilmatthews]

I found you when i got my Mini 1 & have followed you advice getting Mini 2 then Air 2 S. This short video has answered the next journey in my enjoyment. Thankyou