How to open and edit videos using YouTube video editor

If you are a YouTuber newbie and don’t have professional video editing software, you can take the help of YouTube integrated video editor. This article will walk you through all the features and options so that you can learn the process of editing videos using the YouTube video editor.

YouTube video editor features and options

Although it does not allow you to add effects, transitions, etc., it does have certain features. YouTube wants to help new content creators, who don’t have a lot of money to opt for professional video editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, etc. The available features are:

• Cut video: You can trim any video using this video editing panel. It has a one-click option so you can trim the video quickly.
• Add audio: YouTube offers a list of royalty-free sounds so you can pick something from there. Although there are many websites from which you can download royalty-free music, it is also possible to use the YouTube list.
• Choose the end screen: To increase engagement, you can change the end screen of your video. You can show other videos, “subscribe to channel” options, etc.
• Blurred video: Sometimes you may need to scramble some private data visible in the video. If so, you can use the built-in option of YouTube video editor to add the blurring effect. It is possible to implement the blur on the whole screen as well as a small part of the video.

If you agree with these four features, you can follow the following steps to know the exact process of editing videos. The best thing about this tool is that you can also edit existing or already published videos.

How to use the YouTube video editor

To open and use the video editor on YouTube, follow these steps:

1. Open the official YouTube site.
2. Log into your Gmail account.
3. Click on your profile photo.
4. To select YouTube Studio option.
5. Go to Content tongue.
6. Click on the correspondent Details button.
7. Go to Editor tongue.
8. Start editing videos.

First, open your channel on YouTube. To do this, visit the official YouTube site – www.youtube.com and click on the TO LOG IN button. Next, you need to enter the login information for your Gmail account. This account must match the user ID of your YouTube channel. After logging into your account, click on your profile photo and select YouTube Studio from the list.

He must show the Dashboard on your screen. You must click on the Content , which should be visible on the left side. After clicking on it, all downloaded videos should appear.

Now you can choose one and click on the corresponding Details button.

Then it should show all the information related to the video. However, you must go to Editor tab, where you can find all the options.

These steps mentioned above are useful when you have already downloaded and published the video. However, if you want to create a new video, you must use the Upload videos option that appears after clicking on the CREATE button.

Either way, the edit panel looks like this-

From there you can make all the changes, as mentioned above. Some features such as AUDIO ADD BLUR, etc. work externally. In other words, you have to exit the actual edit panel to use these options.

After having made all the modifications according to your needs, you can click on the to save button to store everything. Then you can edit the details and publish the video as usual.

I hope this guide will help you to edit your first video without any problem.