The Editing Guide
Hey! Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully you picked up
something new from the tutorial. But tutorials can be
overwhelming, so I built this guide as a quick reference for
every key concept, link, and resource from the video
Use it as a starting point, but remember, the real magic
happens when you start experimenting
What do you want
This section is about defining your video's identity:
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Telling a story
You heard me mention the Hero's Journey in the tutorial. It's the structure I
used to build the story of all my videos. A strong story is what separates a good
video from an unforgettable one
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Tools I use
And these are the tools I use in all my videos:
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ElevenLabs Pikzels Epidemicsound
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Assets for editing
Here are all the assets, videos, and links I mentioned during the video:
Music Sound effects
Youtube: playlist Youtube: playlist
Epidemicsound: playlist Epidemicsound: whoosh riser impact other
Overlays Movie scenes
Youtube: transitions glows Scenes: @movieclips @joblomovieclips
Quotes: playphrase.me
Images / Videos
General: just google it
Stock: freepik pexels unsplash
AI: midjourney leonardo chatgpt gemini minimax
Dive deeper on After Effects
For some research about animating in AE:
Keywords Channels
tracking wiggle expression
Mapal TomsProject
pen tool particle effect
puppet tool text animation After Effects Basics Ben Marriott
trim paths keyboard shortcuts
Bricks Adobe Basics
camera parenting
null object keyframes
More tutorials
Lastly, here are the videos from other creators that
helped me improve my editing:
Final words
Thanks again for being a part of this journey. The fact that you're here, trying to
learn and improve, already puts you ahead of 90% of creators. Keep
experimenting, keep breaking the rules, but most importantly, keep adding
you into your edits
Now go edit something!
Isaac