How to Edit YouTube Videos for High Engagement

Learn how to edit videos for YouTube that drives high engagement and high audience retention rates. *************************************** Video Marketing Resources YouTube SEO: How to Rank Your Videos #1 (Start to Finish) ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3y0V9UDwM YouTube Keyword Research: How to Get More Views Consistently ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAuM2nQb_P8 Adobe After Effects Tutorial ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw7_0l2ohhQ *************************************** People often ask how I edit my YouTube videos and which editing software we use to make them look “polished.” The truth is that a fancy video doesn’t matter. It’s all about driving engagement. Today, Sam Oh shows you the exact process to edit videos and drive high engagement with just a few tools. The editing programs we use to make YouTube videos are: Adobe Premiere Pro CC (production) Adobe After Effects CC (Animation) Adobe Audition (Audio) Quicktime Player (Screencast recordings) Dropbox (Collaboration) All of these tools are available on PC and mac. But you don’t need to use these exact tools. We just find that these softwares work best together. A couple substitutes could be to use Final Cut Pro X instead of Premiere Pro or to use Filmora instead of Quicktime Player. As for our editing process, this tutorial covers everything from syncing audio to cutting all unnecessary footage, to production and finalizing it with video effects. Here’s what our 10 step process looks like. First, we add all audio and visual assets to the Premiere Project. This is the place where you’ll be producing and eventually rendering your video to its final version. The second step is to clean and enhance the quality of your video’s audio. You’ll learn basic tips on how to clean up background noise and add effects to your voice to make it sound full. Next up, we cut out all mistakes from our video. Our raw video recordings are generally 2-3 times longer than the final video. You’ll