WEBVTT 00:00.170 --> 00:07.440 In this video, I want to show you the level of meticulousness with which to edit your video and audio. 00:07.460 --> 00:09.600 Here I am in my video editor. 00:09.620 --> 00:12.590 What I want to show you is on the bottom, you see these two streams? 00:12.590 --> 00:14.090 This is the stream for the audio. 00:14.120 --> 00:16.060 This is the stream for the video. 00:16.070 --> 00:19.680 And you see this little areas here where there's like a little break. 00:19.700 --> 00:25.520 Those are places where I made an edit, a cut because you see, I'm just doing screencast, I'm not 00:25.520 --> 00:26.600 appearing on the video. 00:26.630 --> 00:28.580 I can cut anything in anywhere. 00:28.580 --> 00:34.250 So I meticulously go through each word and I take every single parasite word out. 00:34.250 --> 00:40.670 And even if I misspeak, even ever so slightly, I can rerecord, like, for example, a little bit 00:40.670 --> 00:44.000 by itself and then replace that audio. 00:44.030 --> 00:49.790 I can delete this audio and put a better audio, just that part in that place. 00:49.790 --> 00:57.320 So the audio can be incredibly good because you have multiple opportunities to get every sound, every 00:57.320 --> 00:58.190 word, right? 00:58.190 --> 01:02.610 And also sometimes you see if I scroll, I haven't fully edited this video. 01:02.640 --> 01:04.770 You see here, I'm talking, talking, talking. 01:04.770 --> 01:06.760 And then there's a flat line. 01:06.780 --> 01:09.900 This is where I'm thinking during my presentation. 01:09.900 --> 01:11.910 This is where I gather my words. 01:11.910 --> 01:13.350 I don't have to just keep talking. 01:13.350 --> 01:14.970 I can just pause and think. 01:14.970 --> 01:20.670 For example, here, I want you to find something perfect to show you See in the video on top, you 01:20.670 --> 01:24.600 can see that I'm looking for something to show in the video. 01:24.600 --> 01:26.940 And I'm searching, searching, searching for something to show. 01:26.940 --> 01:28.320 And so I took my time. 01:28.320 --> 01:31.740 And then what's going to happen when I edit this? 01:31.740 --> 01:33.510 I'm just going to cut all of this. 01:33.540 --> 01:35.100 Like that never happened. 01:35.100 --> 01:42.540 So I can take many liberties with the editing, all for the purpose of giving the absolute best to the 01:42.540 --> 01:49.410 viewer and listener and also sometimes especially beginner video creators, they make sounds like this. 01:49.410 --> 01:51.900 Listen, they say a word, any word. 01:51.900 --> 01:56.760 And after the word, there's a lip smack like that. 01:56.970 --> 01:59.550 I take every single one of those out. 01:59.550 --> 02:04.170 In fact, precisely because it's very time consuming to take those out. 02:04.170 --> 02:10.170 I am very careful not to make those lip smacks during my speech of the presentation. 02:10.170 --> 02:14.080 And the way to not make those lip smacks is number one, to pay attention. 02:14.100 --> 02:20.130 Number two, not to eat or drink too much right before presenting or not to have dry mouth. 02:20.130 --> 02:27.360 And also when you enunciate and watch for that little bubbles of saliva in your mouth that will decrease 02:27.360 --> 02:30.030 those little sounds by a significant amount. 02:30.030 --> 02:34.140 And of course, the last thing you would do is after you've gone through and edited everything, you 02:34.140 --> 02:40.860 want to go through it again and listen to make sure that everything makes sense logically and sounds 02:40.860 --> 02:43.770 good, and then you'll have great audio. 02:43.950 --> 02:49.200 And if you have an accent like me or you have a speech that can be hard to understand, you want to 02:49.200 --> 02:56.730 make extra sure during your presentation that you enunciate every word, put an effort in making every 02:56.730 --> 03:03.900 word sound clear, and if you listen to it during the editing and something is not clear, rerecord 03:03.900 --> 03:07.050 those five seconds and just plug them back in. 03:07.080 --> 03:08.910 Those are called punch ins. 03:08.940 --> 03:10.380 It's very common. 03:10.380 --> 03:17.160 And this particular video genre, the presentation or PowerPoint, where you don't appear on the screen, 03:17.340 --> 03:22.620 allows you to edit any part of the video seamlessly, because if you appeared on the screen, it would 03:22.620 --> 03:25.740 be much harder to make natural looking edits everywhere. 03:25.740 --> 03:28.440 It's possible because you might have two different cameras. 03:28.440 --> 03:29.670 You can make quick cuts. 03:29.670 --> 03:35.700 It's possible, but it's harder in the presentation or PowerPoint genres. 03:35.700 --> 03:37.680 It's much easier to edit. 03:37.680 --> 03:43.650 So make sure to do that because your viewers and listeners won't know that you went through these lengths 03:43.650 --> 03:44.700 to do that for them. 03:44.700 --> 03:52.050 But they'll appreciate the clarity of the audio because the video you're showing them will be professional 03:52.050 --> 03:55.170 and in turn they'll just perceive you as a professional. 03:55.170 --> 04:00.900 Whereas if you have these blemishes in your audio and video, they'll perceive you as a slightly less 04:00.900 --> 04:04.260 of a professional because you have these little defects. 04:04.260 --> 04:07.260 So definitely edit meticulously. 04:07.290 --> 04:10.380 It's not fun to do, I know, but it pays for itself.