Visual Arts & Making · Digital & Tech
Video Editing
What you cut matters more than what you shot
Free software is already professional, so the barrier sits elsewhere: the first job is organising footage, or a ten-minute video becomes a day of hunting for clips. The core skill is rhythm, since the same material cut half a second differently feels different. Sound affects the result more than picture; do not economise there.
First stepInstall a free editor, sort your phone clips into folders first, then cut a one-minute piece timed to a music track.
Barriers
Cost to start
Free
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Sitting
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
1–2 hours
Where
At home
Why people take it up