Professional Video Editor Course

Lesson 1 • How Video and Film Work

Covers frame rates, resolution, aspect ratios, and codec basics. Establishes the technical vocabulary used throughout the entire course.

Lesson 2 • Setting Up Your Editing Workspace

Guides hardware selection, monitor calibration, and storage configuration. A properly configured workstation prevents technical problems in later chapters.

Lesson 3 • The Editing Workflow Overview

Maps the full post-production pipeline from ingest to delivery. Students understand where each editing task fits in the professional process.

Lesson 1 • Media Import and Project Organization

Teaches bin structure, metadata tagging, and proxy workflows. Organized projects prevent lost media and wasted time on large productions.

Lesson 2 • Interface Layout and Customization

Explores panel arrangement, workspace presets, and UI scaling. Customizing the interface reduces friction and speeds up every editing session.

Lesson 3 • Playback Performance and Rendering

Addresses render caching, GPU acceleration, and playback quality settings. Smooth playback allows accurate editorial decisions without interruption.

Lesson 4 • Essential Editing Tools and Shortcuts

Covers selection, razor, slip, slide, and ripple tools with keyboard bindings. Efficient tool use is the foundation of professional editing speed.

Lesson 1 • Refining to a Fine Cut

Focuses on trimming, timing adjustments, and performance selection. Fine cutting transforms a rough assembly into a polished, watchable sequence.

Lesson 2 • Pacing, Rhythm, and Timing

Explores how cut length, music, and motion affect audience energy. Mastering rhythm allows editors to guide emotional response through timing alone.

Lesson 3 • Principles of Continuity Editing

Covers the 180-degree rule, eyeline match, and action continuity. These rules create seamless scene flow that audiences accept without conscious awareness.

Lesson 4 • Building the Rough Cut

Teaches selects review, assembly editing, and pacing intuition. The rough cut establishes story structure before fine-tuning begins.

Lesson 1 • Mixing and Loudness Standards

Covers EQ, compression, and integrated loudness targets for broadcast and streaming. A properly mixed track passes technical review without revision.

Lesson 2 • Dialogue Editing and Cleanup

Teaches noise reduction, room tone matching, and breath removal. Clean dialogue is the highest editorial priority in any spoken-word production.

Lesson 3 • Sound Effects and Foley Basics

Introduces SFX libraries, layering techniques, and basic Foley principles. Sound effects add realism and depth that production audio alone cannot provide.

Lesson 4 • Music Editing and Sync

Addresses music selection, tempo matching, and seamless loop editing. Well-edited music reinforces pacing and emotional tone without distracting the viewer.

Lesson 1 • Transition Types and Best Practices

Covers cuts, dissolves, wipes, and dips to black with editorial rationale. Choosing the right transition reinforces narrative meaning rather than decorating the edit.

Lesson 2 • Lower Thirds and Title Design

Covers text tool usage, safe zones, and animated lower-third creation. Professional titles communicate information clearly without competing with the image.

Lesson 3 • Built-In Effects and Plugins

Explores blur, glow, distortion, and third-party plugin integration. Understanding native effects reduces dependency on expensive external tools.

Lesson 4 • Keyframing and Animation Basics

Teaches keyframe creation, easing curves, and motion path control. Keyframing is the core skill behind all animated effects and motion graphics.

Lesson 1 • Shot Matching and Scene Consistency

Covers reference frame comparison, gallery stills, and remote grade application. Consistent color across a scene is a non-negotiable professional deliverable.

Lesson 2 • LUTs and Creative Looks

Explains technical and creative LUT application, including log-to-display transforms. LUTs standardize the starting point and accelerate creative look development.

Lesson 3 • Scopes and Exposure Correction

Introduces waveform, vectorscope, and histogram reading for objective exposure control. Scopes replace subjective monitor judgment with measurable, repeatable accuracy.

Lesson 4 • White Balance and Color Temperature

Covers color temperature correction using wheels, curves, and white balance tools. Neutral whites are the starting point for any reliable creative grade.

Lesson 1 • Collaboration and Multi-Editor Projects

Covers shared storage, project locking, and XML/AAF interchange for team edits. Professional productions require structured collaboration to avoid version conflicts.

Lesson 2 • Nested Sequences and Compound Clips

Explains nesting, pre-composing, and compound clip management for complex timelines. Nesting keeps timelines readable and enables global changes across multiple sequences.

Lesson 3 • Speed Ramping and Time Effects

Teaches variable speed, optical flow retiming, and freeze frame techniques. Speed effects create emotional emphasis and stylistic impact when used purposefully.

Lesson 4 • Multicam Editing Workflow

Covers multicam sequence creation, sync methods, and live switching. Multicam editing dramatically reduces assembly time on interview and event productions.

Lesson 1 • Render Queue and Batch Export

Teaches render queue setup, watch folder automation, and batch export management. Batch exporting multiple deliverables simultaneously saves hours on large projects.

Lesson 2 • Export Codecs and Format Selection

Covers H.264, H.265, ProRes, DNxHD, and platform-specific format requirements. Choosing the correct codec prevents rejection by broadcasters and streaming platforms.

Lesson 3 • Subtitles, Captions, and Accessibility

Covers closed caption creation, SRT/VTT file formats, and accessibility compliance. Captions are legally required for many broadcast and institutional deliverables.

Lesson 4 • Client Review and Revision Management

Introduces frame-accurate review platforms, comment workflows, and revision tracking. Structured review cycles reduce miscommunication and unlimited revision loops.