How to edit short videos for popular Douyin without any basic knowledge?

When it comes to Tik Tok, everyone is familiar with it. In this era of explosive popularity of short videos, everyone can be a creator and sharer.

An excellent video is inseparable from pre-shooting and post-editing. For the initial shooting, the threshold is very low. A mobile phone can shoot various videos, and now the pixels of mobile phones are getting higher and higher, so a mobile phone is enough for daily shooting. I will not go into details here. As for post-production editing, it is the focus of this article. Next, I will share with you from three aspects how to edit a popular Tik Tok video with zero basic knowledge.

Editing software that beginners need to understand and learn

Computer Software

Final Cut Pro

This software is most suitable for beginners to learn. The advantages are: the export and encoding quality is particularly good; it is well optimized, has extremely strong rendering capabilities, and can run even with low configurations; the interface, operation, and stability are very good, and it can be saved anytime and anywhere.

Of course, it also has certain disadvantages, that is, it only supports Mac systems, which may be a bit unfriendly to students with limited budget.

Premiere

For students with a tight budget, this software is relatively more friendly. It can be used on all platforms, whether it is Windows or Mac, you can use this software.

Its advantages are: the interface is more professional and flexible; it can also be used with other software in the Adobe family, such as Ae, Ai, Ps, etc., which will be used later. If you also have needs for these software, the editor still recommends learning the Premiere software.

Premiere also has its shortcomings, that is, its stability is relatively poor and it is not very friendly to low-configuration computers. If your computer configuration is not very high, it will be slow to import and export videos, it will freeze during use, and it may crash inadvertently. So when using this software, you must develop a good habit of saving anytime and anywhere.

da Vinci

Its editing function is not that strong, but its color adjustment function is particularly powerful. If your videos require color grading or you are a beauty blogger, then you must learn this software. Beauty bloggers definitely have certain requirements for the texture of their face, skin and the entire video. Some students may wonder why they must learn this software. Isn’t it better to use the mobile phone to beautify the image with just one click? In fact, it is possible to beautify the image on a mobile phone, but it can only export 720P video at most. The picture is somewhat blurry and has a strong fake face feeling. Therefore, if you want to make textured and good-looking videos, you still have to learn the software Da Vinci.

Mobile software

Clipping

In fact, most short videos are now produced through mobile phone editing, and many excellent individual creators have emerged during this period, which is actually due to the birth of Jianying.

First of all, Jianying has very powerful editing functions, which is enough for our daily use; secondly, it also has particularly cool animation transitions, which are also novel and deeply loved by young people. Finally, it also has a rich library of materials, including some stickers, special effects, sound effects, etc., which are the most popular on Tik Tok. To put it bluntly, whatever is popular on Douyin now, it has it. Therefore, if you want to enter Douyin and create the most popular things at the moment, you must learn the software Jianying. Moreover, its threshold is very low and it is very suitable for novices.

Videoleap

Before the birth of Jianying, many people used Videoleap to replace computer editing. Videoleap has functions comparable to computer editing and can replace 60 to 70 percent of the tasks on a computer. It has a wide range of functions. Its masks and keyframes are also very powerful, but now Jianying also has this function, so Videoleap’s advantage is not that strong.

Moreover, it has many shortcomings. First, it can only be used on Apple phones. Second, it is charged. Finally, its material library is not that complete, and it is not that novel, and it can't keep up with the pace.

Both Jianying and Videoleap support 4K 60 frames, so there is no need to worry about the image quality. Of these two software, I still mainly recommend Jianying, of course, you can also use Videoleap if you have special needs.

Editing software is just a tool. Don’t delve too much into its special effects and functions. Just learn it simply, because the content, ideas and soul of a short video are the most important.

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How to upload high-definition videos to Tik Tok

In the early stages of shooting, you must ensure that the resolution is high enough and clear enough, and do not use beauty mode if possible.

If the photos you take in the early stages are extremely blurry, there’s no way to change them through editing. Here we recommend that you shoot in 4K 60 frames to leave enough space for post-production. Also, don’t turn on the beauty filter, just use the original camera to shoot, because we can also beautify it later, but turning on the beauty filter in the early stage will greatly reduce the image quality.

The post-editing should have a strong visual effect, and you can add some sharpening appropriately. If your video is gray, you can add some saturation, contrast, etc. You can also add some shadows, highlights, etc., but it must be appropriate. Finally, add some sharpening to improve the clarity of the picture. These should be added appropriately according to the status of your video.

The parameters selected are 1080*1920 (horizontal screen is 1920*1080), 30 frames, and the bigger is not necessarily better.

After many tests, web uploads are clearer than mobile phone uploads.

Don’t pursue resolution too much. The picture of the video is not the most important thing. The content of the video is the most important. How to polish your video content is a must for a popular short video.

Author: Silk Road Praise

Source: Silk Road Praise