Video editing news, and what to do about it
When a platform changes how Shorts are ranked or how captions are judged, the useful question is what to change in your edit. Each post here takes one piece of news, says what actually happened with the sources linked, and then walks through the edit that answers it.
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A Free CapCut Alternative That Keeps Footage LocalCapCut's licence over user content, read carefully and fairly; a checklist for any editor's terms; and a browser editor that never uploads your video.Read the post5 min readHow to Remove Long Pauses From Podcast VideoWhich pauses to cut from a video podcast and which to keep, what silence removal cannot do, and the threshold, gap and padding settings that work.5 min readHow to Turn Horizontal Video Into Full-Screen ReelsFacebook is testing a Reels-first app and Instagram a Reels-first option. What is confirmed, and how to reframe landscape footage for a vertical feed.5 min readHow to Edit Auto-Generated Captions Before You PostX now lets creators edit captions before posting. Why auto captions miss names and numbers, and a correction pass that works on any platform.5 min readHow to Add Captions and Overlays to Instagram ReelsInstagram's new Reels guide splits captions from text overlays and suggests length bands. What it says, and a caption-first edit for Reels.5 min readHow to Turn Long Videos Into Original YouTube ShortsYouTube's 1 October Shorts update favours original clips. What it says, what it leaves open, and a cut-down workflow for your own footage.6 min read
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