you ever finish an edit you watch it and think yeah this is fire but then you show it to someone else and they hit you with the yeah it's cool yeah that's the moment reality hits the problem isn't that your edit is bad is that you're biased because you made it you know how much effort you put in but the viewer they don't care about that so most people never actually fix their mistakes and what happens they get stuck making the same cheap looking edits forever but not you because today I'm going to show you
how to make your edits look [Music] expensive if your edits look packed with too many effects it's probably doing more harm than good ever watched an edit and thought wow this looks like a million Doll ad and then you look at yours and it looks like it was made in Microsoft PowerPoint here's the secret expensive edits aren't about doing more they're about doing less but better [Music] think of Apple commercials they don't need crazy explosions or 3D Tes flying across the screen they just use clean simple visuals with intentional motion and guess what it looks
expensive even though you can recreate it with any software so next time you're editing ask yourself do I really need this effect or am I just doing it because I'm bored let's talk about fonts [Music] I by your smile the fastest way to make an edit look cheap is using the wrong font fonts play a bigger role in your edit than you think the wrong one can make it look cheap while the right one just makes it instantly more polished here's some fonts that you can use if your edit looks flat and lifeless it's probably
your color gring here's a before and after see the difference the first one looks like a high school project and the second one looks like a cinematic film here's how you fix it use adjustment layers to tweak your brightness contrast and color balance and if you really want to flex add subtle film grain some halation and even an overlay also that was more for camera film videos but if you make Transition edits like I also do adding a little bit of glow in S curves adjustment and sharpen it really makes your edit pop a little
bit more cuz it's not really about color grading it's more about actually making your visuals look better that's some free game right there by the way sound design this one is underrated because if your edit doesn't have sound effects is missing so much impact [Music] see how much more expensive that feels even the smaller sound effects pushes for motion bases for impact subtle clicks for UI movements they all make the edit feel more immersive even if you're just working with types adding a switch time when it appears tricks the brain into thinking it's more polished
all right before we jump into the next step I've got something big for you guys I'm launching beyond the cut a private telegram Channel where I'll teach you exactly how to edit like a pro and turn it into a real I've had a ton of requests for this and here's the deal when I open direct mentorship there will only be 10 spots available but even before that I'll be dropping exclusive tips on editing creativity and making money as an editor plus live streams q&as and maybe even giveaways and here's the best part the first people
to join will get this crazy text animation pack for free so if you want to head start don't wait this is the only place I'll be giving this opportunity if you're serious about editing and making money from it click the link in the description and join now back to the video motion you ever see an edit where the movement feels weird choppy and stiff that's because motion needs to be smooth fix it by using easy EAS and tweaking the graph Editor to get that nice flow or you can check out my video where I teach
you how to do smooth movements and to end of video I just want to say that beyond the cut is now live as I promised I gave away my text animation for free so make sure to cop when you join I want to start this year by helping out some of y'all with some editing game and especially those 10 of y'all who are going to be working with me closely on your editing Journey again the link is in the description thanks for watching and I'll see you guys next time Deuces been feeling like I am
the one ain't nobody on this level i' been on they living like this I'm King of the hell I just become my St don't really f with you I come off like Bill yeah just like that [Music]
