Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Learn everything you need to know to get started editing videos, TODAY, with this comprehensive Beginners' Guide to Video Editing. Join seasoned video editor @Envato_Tom for a walkthrough of the creative process of editing, everything from importing your raw files through to exporting your polished piece of content!
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Download the project files and follow along: enva.to/4hB
Course Outline
00:00:00 Course overview
00:01:26 Video editing tools
00:02:43 The linear process of editing
1. Import
00:05:48 Import
00:06:39 Setting up your project files
00:08:43 What is a proxy workflow?
00:09:17 Setting up DaVinci Resolve
00:09:31 DaVinci Resolve proxy settings
2. Making selects
00:10:23 Making selects
00:12:27 Manually syncing audio and video
3. Rough cut
00:16:07 The rough cut
00:33:45 Crafting a narrative from your selects
00:55:19 Envato, the perfect creative companion
00:56:19 Finding music, sound effects and graphics
4. Polish pass
01:10:26 The polish pass
01:11:09 Creating motion titles in DaVinci Resolve
01:17:57 Doing a basic colour correction and grade
01:29:18 Our finished product!
5. Export & delivery
01:32:43 Export & delivery
01:36:49 Congratulations, you’re now an editor
All Envato assets used can be found in this collection: elements.envato.com/collections/7W3N2KRC6G?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_skVGbG0UFV0&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
You can check out Hayden’s channel here: youtube.com/@chequepleasemedia
Follow Hayden @haydendib / @cheque.please_ on Instagram
CREDITS
Video Creator: Tom Graham
Producer: Joel Bankhead
Videographer: Tom Graham
Video Editor: Tom Graham
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Learn everything you need to know to get started editing videos, TODAY, with this comprehensive Beginners' Guide to Video Editing. Join seasoned video editor @Envato_Tom for a walkthrough of the creative process of editing, everything from importing your raw files through to exporting your polished piece of content!
► The broadest range of asset categories, all in one place: elements.envato.com/?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_skVGbG0UFV0&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
Download the project files and follow along: enva.to/4hB
Course Outline
00:00:00 Course overview
00:01:26 Video editing tools
00:02:43 The linear process of editing
1. Import
00:05:48 Import
00:06:39 Setting up your project files
00:08:43 What is a proxy workflow?
00:09:17 Setting up DaVinci Resolve
00:09:31 DaVinci Resolve proxy settings
2. Making selects
00:10:23 Making selects
00:12:27 Manually syncing audio and video
3. Rough cut
00:16:07 The rough cut
00:33:45 Crafting a narrative from your selects
00:55:19 Envato, the perfect creative companion
00:56:19 Finding music, sound effects and graphics
4. Polish pass
01:10:26 The polish pass
01:11:09 Creating motion titles in DaVinci Resolve
01:17:57 Doing a basic colour correction and grade
01:29:18 Our finished product!
5. Export & delivery
01:32:43 Export & delivery
01:36:49 Congratulations, you’re now an editor
All Envato assets used can be found in this collection: elements.envato.com/collections/7W3N2KRC6G?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_skVGbG0UFV0&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
You can check out Hayden’s channel here: youtube.com/@chequepleasemedia
Follow Hayden @haydendib / @cheque.please_ on Instagram
CREDITS
Video Creator: Tom Graham
Producer: Joel Bankhead
Videographer: Tom Graham
Video Editor: Tom Graham
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Envato Tuts+
Discover free how-to tutorials and online courses. Design a logo, create a website, build an app, or learn a new skill: tutsplus.com/?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_skVGbG0UFV0&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
► Subscribe to Envato Tuts+ on YouTube: youtube.com/tutsplus
► Follow Envato on X: twitter.com/envato
► Follow Envato on TikTok: tiktok.com/@envato
► Follow Envato on Instagram: instagram.com/envato
► Follow Envato on Facebook: facebook.com/envato
► Explore Envato's full stack of AI tools, all included in your subscription: labs.envato.com/?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_skVGbG0UFV0&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
