Editing: what makes a short worth watching
Cutting a silence, choosing where a passage starts, writing captions that read with the sound off: editing decides whether people stay or swipe to the next video.
Create shorts online: 3 ways to go about it
Create shorts online from your browser: edit what you film, cut up a long video or start from your calls. What each way asks of you, and how to choose between them.
Short video · Editing
Horizontal vs vertical video: which should you make?
Long horizontal video or short vertical video: what each is for, what each costs to make, and how to make them work together from a single call.
Short video · Editing
Short video hook: how to win the first seconds
The first seconds decide whether a short is watched. What TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn say, seven kinds of opening, and how to find them in a call.
Short video · Editing
Video studio vs clipping tool: the difference
A clipping tool cuts up a video you already filmed. A video studio starts from your calls and delivers finished, published shorts. When to choose which.
Editing · Content repurposing
How to choose video clips: 6 passages that stand alone
A good video clip makes sense without the rest of the recording. The six kinds of passage to keep from a call, and four questions to spot them.
Content repurposing · Editing
How long should a short be? The ideal length in seconds
Shorts, Reels, TikTok, LinkedIn: each platform’s maximum length, what they really recommend, and the rule for finding the right length.
Short video · Editing
9:16 vertical video format: dimensions and safe zones
9:16 at 1080 × 1920 pixels is accepted by LinkedIn, TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts. Dimensions, lengths and safe zones, from the platforms’ own pages.
Short video · Editing
Video captions: making a short work with the sound off
Many videos are watched with the sound off. What the studies say, how automatic and burned-in captions differ, and seven rules for captions people read.
Editing · Short video
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Thirty minutes with us to set Dailies Studio up. Then hold your next call as usual, and watch its shorts a few minutes after you hang up.
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