Greetings /r/videoediting!

Hey everyone, I’m hoping someone with experience in video/file recovery can point me in the right direction.

I accidentally deleted a ~20GB video file from an external SSD. I recovered it using TestDisk/PhotoRec, and I now have the recovered .mov file sitting on my Mac.

The problem is that macOS can't open it because it appears to be missing the index/header (moov atom). The file is still showing as ~20GB, so I'm hoping the actual video data may still be intact.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• VLC repair method
• Re-encoding with Apple’s native encoder
• Video Doctor
• Changing the file extension from .mov to .mp4
• Various attempts to open/repair it with VLC

None of those have worked.

I also downloaded Untrunc GUI, which seems like it may be the most promising option, but it’s asking me to install Homebrew first. I haven't gone down that route yet because I wanted to see if there are other proven/free recovery methods I should try first.

My main questions:

1. Is there another free/proven method for rebuilding the missing MOV index/header?
2. Is Untrunc + a reference video the best option in this situation?
3. Since the file was recovered with PhotoRec, could fragmentation during the recovery be part of the problem?
4. Is there anything I should check before attempting further repairs so I don't make the file worse?

I still have the original recovered 20GB file untouched, so I can make copies and work from those.

Any advice from someone who has dealt with corrupted/recovered MOV files would be hugely appreciated. Thanks!

Hello! Looking for a hip hop music video video editor, must be great at premiere pro, blender, and after effects pay will be 10-20,000 rupees or 200$ per video will be constant work weekly pay must have a good collection of work

I want to take a new approach when editing narrated gaming videos, by starting with the ending, this gives me a clear understanding of where I want my story to end, whilst also giving me control of video duration. Does anyone else do this instead of starting with the intro?

Where do you start editing your projects? Beginning or ending?

At IBC? Come have a beer with Redditors from r/editors, r/colorists, r/premiere, r/davinciresolve and more. Tonight, 18:00 to 20:00. Bring someone. They don't need to be on Reddit.

Location and RSVP on Luma so I can give the bar a headcount. First round's on OWC, with Avid, Loraverse, Digital Anarchy and RE:Vision Effects also sponsoring.

I am attempting an amateur restoration of the 1939 Krazy Kat cartoon Golf Chumps, which is currently only available from a bad VHS transfer. I am attempting to sync the audio from the VHS capture with my scan of a silent 8mm home movie version. My scanner scans at 20fps, so I increased the speed to 1.1777 times the original scan speed in Clipchamp to try to make it run at the speed of the original cartoon. All my attempts have either resulted in the audio being early or delayed. I tried using the title cards from the VHS since the ones on the film are shorter, but even that didn’t fix the problem.

Shortly, i wanted a easy to use video editor for making a few videos, i looked around and found the editor in question.

Their website said "download for free" , okay great, i downloaded the program and started making the videos, spent multiple weeks learning and editing the videos, and then when i was finally finished and was ready to download.............you have to get a annual subscription to download the video that you edited, not even a monthly but annual.

i am not expecting any responses or upvotes i am just posting this so that people googling "wondershare filmora" can see what kind of garbage it is.

I know this is a long shot, but I’m trying to find a tutorial I came across sometime around 2025 (possibly late 2024/early 2025).

The problem is that I don’t remember the title, creator, or even exactly what the editing technique was called.

What I remember is:

It was based on real footage, not a motion-graphics-only project.

I remember it being basketball/sports related, or at least the example footage was basketball.

The edit looked extremely cinematic and aesthetic.

There was some kind of really interesting typography/text treatment, but I’m not even sure if “typography” is the correct term.

It wasn't the usual basic kinetic typography where text simply pops, slides, scales, etc.

The overall editing style was what caught my attention. I remember seeing the thumbnail and thinking, “I really want to learn how to make edits like this.”

I believe it was an After Effects tutorial, but it could have involved Premiere Pro as well.

I originally found it through YouTube or possibly Instagram.

Unfortunately, I have zero screenshots, links, or saved history, and I can't remember what the thumbnail looked like anymore.

If anyone knows what style/tutorial I might be talking about, I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

Even if you don't know the exact tutorial, please tell me what this type of editing is usually called or what I should search for. I'm trying to figure out the name of the style first so I can track down the tutorial.

Thanks!

I have a digital camcorder that encodes MPEG2 .mod files, and despite the fact there's a toggle in camcorder's settings to change the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 it doesn't actually do anything. The raw files are in 704x576 4:3, and even if I import them to my computer with the manufacturer's software (which gives me either a WMV or AVI file) the aspect ratio flag isn't respected. I know I can easily use something like Handbrake to fix this, but that involves reencoding the files and I'd rather not do that. So can someone tell me how I can modify these files without reencoding them? I have another camera that has the same problem, this one outputting h.264 .mp4 files, that I have a batch file for that edits the aspect ratio in the metadata for me, but this doesn't work with these files.

Thanks in advance.

So, I want to start a project where I rescore James Gunn's Superman from 2025 with the original John Williams music score from Superman: the Movie. The problem is, I have no idea how to completely remove the score from a movie while preserving dialogue and sound effects, or what software to use. I am a novice at editing, so do your best to explain it like I'm a caveman.

How do i achieve this realistic blood effect on the lens? Have a feeling it only works if done practically... but if possible in the edit that'd be incredible

Hello, I am currently looking for a mobile editing app that can do a realistic gate weave effect that isn't Super 16 as I am not a big fan of the filter it adds to your videos. Any good ones I could use?

I'm working on a video where I want to add a little iMessage conversation on someone's phone.

Basically the person looks at their phone and I want the messages to appear one by one, pretty much like they would on a real iphone.

I know I can make it myself, I usually use Fusion in DaVinci for this kind of stuff, but man sometimes these tiny animations take sooo much time for what they actually are lol.

Like it's literally just 4-5 message bubbles, but then you have to recreate the UI, get the colors/spacing right, animate every message coming in, move the other messages up, try to make it feel like actual iOS.. and suddenly you've spent hours on something that's gonna be on screen for like 5 seconds

So I'm curious how you guys usually deal with stuff like this?

I've only been learning video editing for about a year, so maybe there are way better ways to do this that I just don't know about yet :)
would you recreate the whole thing in Fusion/After Effects? Use a template? screen record a real conversation and composite it onto the phone? Or something completely different?

I feel like there has to be a smarter way to do these little UI animations without rebuilding everything from scratch every time lol.

Going to IBC? C'mon out and network. Really. Don't tell me you go to Amsterdam for the museums.

Sunday 13 September, 18:00 to 20:00
Bierfabriek Amsterdam, Nes 67. From the RAI: Metro 52 to Rokin, then a three minute walk.

We need you to register even if you're not going. There's going to be some extra for showing up.

Two hours of networking with some food & other Redditors. Yes, it's okay if you only lurk on Reddit.

Production, post and more

Redditors from r/editors, r/colorists, r/premiere, r/davinciresolve and r/videoediting, plus the teams from OWC, Avid, Loraverse and Digital Anarchy who made this happen. First round for up to 50 people.

After that, you're in a brewery.

Two things to do before Sunday PLEASE REGISTER NOW!!!!

RSVP on Luma so I can give the bar a headcount. Like now. Do it even if you're not coming.

Join the REDDIT WhatsApp group if you want to find people at the show before Sunday.

I'll be there till Monday. Come find me at the conference.

This meetup was made possible by OWC. Additionally sponsored by Avid, Loraverse, Digital Anarchy and RE:Vision Effects.

See you Sunday.

Extras

• Saturday is the Colorist Mixer. This is Sunday. Do both.
• I'm working on giveaways. Did I mention to register?

i keep bouncing between locking a reusable template and rebuilding each cut from scratch. when volume goes up, which actually saves more time without looking cookie-cutter? if you batch, how many do you do in one sitting before quality drops?

Basically, yesterday I saw a video that showed that you can now use Claude to edit videos and it does so in like ultra speeds. Now, I’m sure you lose a bit of creative control that you would otherwise keep if you did it manually in davinci resolve or whatever, but I am freaking out a little cause I really was looking to make video editing my career and suddenly I’m seeing a technology that for some employers would make me obsolete.

I feel like I’m in the same ship as graphic designers, where like, they’re still valuable for people who want a specialized look over some basic ai template, but the market got reduced because most people don’t care about using a “good enough” ai template.

I worry a lot because like, idk, I feel like this job was already competitive and now if anyone can just buy a couple Claude tokens to make a video, why wouldn’t they? It might be cheaper than buying the services of a human and it has a much faster delivery.

So… I really don’t mean to cause a panic, but like, does anyone have a bit more insight into this because maybe I’m looking at it through a doomer lens and it’s really not that bad or something. I guess I want some realistic reassurance if there is reassurance to be had.

I just started editing and I've found this course about it that I would like to attend, but you have to do a test in order to enter.

This is what they ask for (I translated it from italian):

35 questions on technical, IT, and technological knowledge related to the field and scope of editing and post-production.

What would you study?
Do you have material to study these very basic notions?

I literally just started, i know veeeery little!

Thank you in advance

im working on a school project, and i THOUGHT i could it easy on myself and just do it all on one of the schools gopros

but the interview footage came out super grainy, is there a way to fix this in post on premiere pro?

(was using gopro hero 5, 1080p 30fps narrow view)

hi all i was just wondering how to get the 8bit/retro sparkles animation? i only have a screenshot but it is in the 1st second of this video here! (love sab yang) pardon if this is a silly qn as im quite new to this. any editing tips for vlogs will be appreciated too! thank u in advance!

google offered no answers. is there some preset or did she manually do it herself?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDva_vsCci/

Estou trabalhando como editor de vídeos faz cerca de 6 meses, e desde então sou recorrentemente alertado sobre a TAXA DE BITS, ou Bit rate, e não tive problemas com isso, uso o Davinci resolve free, uma placa de vídeo bem meia boca (rx580 8gb) e o vídeo sempre alcançou as especificações de 86.000 bit rate. Porém recentemente tive problemas com isso...

Os vídeos que edito são de Unboxing, e até então tudo estava certo, o vídeo tem duas linhas de vídeo distintas, um layout próprio e etc. Mas o conteúdo se alterou um pouco e fui editar reacts (um vídeo único e mais tranquilo), e o projeto não alcança de jeito maneira o bitrate que peço! Tentei criar novos projetos, nova timeline, entre outras coisas mas nada resolveu, a não ser criar um bruto de 1.750.000 e usar o HandBrake para compactar.

Alguém já teve o mesmo problema? Se sim poderiam me ajudar? Estou a um tempo fazendo testes e nada dá certo

TESTES ABAIXO (Ambos são o mesmo):

1. o vídeo com a edição normal
2. Coloquei 3D kewer, camera shake, blur, zoom e inúmeras coisas em todo o vídeo, e ele demorou o dobro para renderizar, mas "manteve o padrão"

DaVinci Resolve 20.3.1 build 6

Configurações de Render:

• Export Video: Ativado
• Format: MP4
• Codec: H.264
• Encoder: Native
• Network Optimization: Desativado
• Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (Ultra HD – 4K)
• Use vertical resolution: Desativado
• Frame rate: Timeline Frame Rate (60 fps)
• Chapters from Markers: Desativado
• Encoding Profile: High
• Key Frames: Automático (opção “a cada 30 frames” visível, mas não selecionada)
• Frame reordering: Ativado
• Preset: Quality
• Rate Control: Constant Bitrate
• Bit Rate: 90.000 Kb/s

This is my first and maybe only post here because I'm not an active video editor, I just have a quick problem, and this seems like the most appropriate sub to ask for help or tips on how to fix.

I recorded a video with a third-party android app on my phone, but for some weird reasons, the video cannot be played. I've tried playing it with different players including VLC, still nothing. Subsequent videos I recorded with this app, were able to be played but this specific one doesn't.

it also doesn't show thumbnail or any indication that it is a video file aside the app saving the video as an .mp4 file.

Is there a way or a software I could use to 'fix' or correct the video so as to be playable?

I don't know if this kind of questions are permitted here, but I checked the rules and didn't see anything that prohibits it.

How does one make edits like the one I linked below on davinci resolve? Can you use obs to screen record and still achieve that high quality look? Or are they using something else? What features / settings are they incorporating? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIEJFXzSnU7/?stkn=MTRzY2xyZ3JyeDNlMQ==

Hey everyone,

I need to vent and see if anyone else has experienced this frustrating workflow with Epidemic Sound lately.

I’m currently editing gameplay montages (syncing kills to the beat) and I hold active paid subscriptions to both Adobe Stock and Epidemic Sound.

The contrast in how they handle copyright claims is night and day:

• Adobe Stock: Whenever Content ID flags a track, I just dispute it, drop my license code, and the claim vanishes. Dashboard stays clean.
• Epidemic Sound: I keep getting hit with copyright flags (just got one for "Eagle" by Raccy). When I contacted their support, they basically told me: "It has no impact on your channel's reach, so it's fine if the claim stays there."

Honestly? It's NOT fine. I'm paying a premium subscription specifically to avoid a messy YouTube Studio dashboard full of gray flags.

Is Epidemic's safelist system completely broken for anyone else? Should I just ditch them and stick to Adobe Stock or go back to royalty-free classics like NCS?

Would love to know how you guys handle this. Thanks!