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Notes on video editing
Plain answers about what editing costs, how long it takes, and what to send your editor.
Clip 01 · October 29, 2026What podcast video editing costs per episode (with real numbers)Ask around and you'll hear anything from $50 an episode to well over $1,000. Both numbers are real. The gap between them is mostly about what you get back, and much less …
Clip 02 · October 29, 2026How much does a video editor cost in 2026?Somewhere between $6 and $150 an hour, which is a useless answer, so let's split it up. When people ask what an editor costs, they're usually comparing four different mar…
Clip 03 · October 29, 2026How to send footage to a remote video editorThe edit can't start until the files arrive. That sounds obvious, and it's still where most first days go. A link that expires overnight, a folder of phone-compressed cop…
Clip 04 · October 29, 2026Hourly, day rate or subscription: which way to pay an editorThere are three common ways to pay a video editor, and each one is fair for a different buyer. The trouble starts when a buyer picks the model that fits someone else. A w…
Clip 05 · October 29, 2026What to ask before you hire a video editorA reel shows taste. It doesn't show whether the editor answers email, hits a date or bills you for a typo fix like it was a recut. Those are the things that make a projec…
Clip 06 · October 29, 2026How long does it take to edit a video?Somewhere between an afternoon and a couple of months. That's a useless answer, so here's a better one: the length of the finished video matters much less than people thi…
Clip 07 · October 29, 2026Turning a gala into a two-minute fundraising videoThe gala is over. Someone filmed it. Now there's a folder with three hours of speeches, a band, a room full of people at round tables, and an auction that ran long. And s…
Clip 08 · October 29, 2026How videographers hand off editing without losing their styleEvery videographer hits the same wall eventually. The shoots are booked, the calendar is full, and the edits are stacking up behind them. You can say no to new work, you …
Clip 09 · October 29, 2026Cutting a recorded CME talk into chapters people finishA recorded lecture is one of the easiest videos to make and one of the hardest to watch. Someone set up a camera at the back of the room, the speaker talked for fifty min…
Clip 10 · October 29, 2026Before and after: what an editor changes in the same footageMost people have never seen raw footage. They've seen finished videos, and they assume the editor's job is trimming the ends and adding music. Then they see a raw folder …
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