Online video content is a booming business. People just love to watch videos and other people love creating videos. The problem is, some of those videos are just not that good. It may not even be the content itself, just that it doesn’t get to the point or trails off at the end. We’ve come to a point where we don’t have time to wait. Your fans, customers, potential customers, and future business partners grow impatient. This is where editing comes in, but this usually requires software and a somewhat technically inclined person.
So what do you do? YouTube suggests their new online video editor, now available in TestTube. TestTube is the staging area for ideas YouTube is just trying out. While the online video editor is simple, this is also it’s greatest strength. Most of the time, you just need to do a quick edit on a video to cut out the fluff. You might also just want to take a few videos you’ve made and splice them together into one production. Do you really want to fire up a fancy software program for something so simple? Do you want to learn how to use that program? Probably not.
With YouTube’s online editor, you can easily edit your existing videos, cutting out the parts you don’t need. You can also add multiple videos to the project to make one compilation. This will help you keep your videos focused and interesting to your audience. You can also use this tool to create a compilation video, combining all the best moments from your videos into one. This technique is often used in blogging, creating one post that links to all your best content on one subject.
The online video editor shows you all the videos you’ve uploaded to YouTube in the left pane. Drag these or click the ‘+’ sign to add them to the timeline for your new video. As you add new clips, you can edit them by hovering over them and clicking the edit icon (looks like scissors). Drag the marker on the left to the place where you want this clip to start and the right marker to where you want it to stop. It’s really that simple.
You can have a maximum of 7 video clips with a total duration of 10 minutes. You can also add an audio clip from Audioswap library. This gives you tens of thousands of songs to choose as your soundtrack. One feature that would really make this tool pop is transitions, but being creative with where you splice your videos can keep things looking professional.
Once your done, set a title and publish your video for all to see. One click of a button and you’re good to go. If you’ve been avoiding video editing, this may be exactly what you need to offer more value to your audience.