Post Production Editing Technical Tutorial Tips

5-Step Formula for Quickly Editing Footage 

Whether you are a YouTuber, a student, or just someone who loves filmmaking, the post production phase can become tedious and take up a lot of time. Throughout this blog you will learn 5 awesome tips to help accelerate the editing process.

Step 1: Sequence

Create a sequence with all your footage. In order to make things easier remember to shoot in sequential order. Also, make sure that you synchronize the sound before you proceed with the next steps.

Step 2: Assign Custom  Shortcuts

Exactly what the title states, assign custom shortcuts on whatever program you are using in order to make things fast and easy. For Premiere pro, go to 'Edit - Keyboard Shortcuts' and search for 'Add Edit to All Tracks'. You need to assign a shortcut for that. For me, it's the 'D'.

Next, search for 'Ripple Delete' and again assign something else.

Step 3: Use Custom Shortcuts

Use keyboard shortcuts to edit video clips so you're left only with usable takes. The shortcuts I've made so far is:

W - Does the same as Q but trims the right side of the clip

D - Adds an edit point to all tracks

F - Ripple deletes selected clips

Step 4: Duplicate your sequence

Before any major change to the timeline, it's good to duplicate the sequence. Just right-click on it in the Project panel and choose 'Duplicate'.

Step 5: Listen and Delete

Listen to every take and decide which one works the best for the piece. Use 'F' shortcut for ripple deleting.