Episode 159

Take Your Videos to the Next Level: Learn These 7 Editing Tricks

Ready to create videos that stop the scroll and wow your audience?  

On this episode of The Visual Lounge, Matt Pierce, TechSmith Learning & Video Ambassador, delivers a masterclass on how to level up your video content. 

Matt provides tips to make your videos pop, such as maximizing the impact of text, bringing images to life and using music wisely. 

Plus, he provides step-by-step techniques to polish your work and make it stand out from the crowd. Head to YouTube to watch the video version and see Matt’s demonstrations. 

Learning points from the episode include: 

  • 0:00 – Intro 
  • 1:28 – Shoutout – send us reviews! 
  • 2:27 – Skip the jump cut 
  • 6:31 – Cut the boring stuff! 
  • 10:08 – Make text pop 
  • 14:28 – Bring still images to life 
  • 19:25 – Using music to enhance and emphasize 
  • 25:17 – Mastering color correction 
  • 31:56 – Keep things consistent! 
  • 38:26 – Recap time 
  • 39:19 – Final take and outro 

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Matthew Pierce

Matthew Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador from TechSmith Corporation, has created videos for learning and marketing for over a decade. He is the lead behind TechSmith Academy, a free platform teaching video and image creation for business, which has been used by tens of thousands of users. He is the host of The Visual Lounge Podcast from TechSmith, which streams live on Youtube and LinkedIn weekly. Matthew is a regular speaker at multiple learning and development-focused conferences and is a regular contributor to various training publications. Connect with him on LinkedIn.