Editing

A fine cut is where you sprinkle on the finishing details and add things like music, graphics, color correction, and whatever adjustments and corrections your video needs to be ready to publish.

Almost every piece of media we consume has some kind of transition, whether we notice it or not — and not noticing is usually the goal.

Crosstalk is usually evidence of excitement and enthusiasm, but it can pose some problems when you need to edit podcast audio that’s full of this overlapping chatter.

B-roll footage can transform your videos from blah to pro. Explore B-roll examples, editing tactics, and learn the definition keeping it essential in 2025.

You don’t want to cut out crosstalk willy-nilly — there’s an art to editing this conversational collision.

There are a zillion ways to do fine cuts — techniques, tools, keyboard shortcuts (or “hot keys”) — and no right or wrong way. So we asked a few pros for their pro-est tips..