Getting started with social video editing

Hello, all,

I'm recommending you get started with Adobe Premiere Rush. It's available on all platforms, can sync between them, and is designed for quick and easy social video editing. If you get more serious about social video, you can actually take your Rush Projects to Premier Pro, for more advanced editing.

Here's were you can grab a copy:

Video editing app | Mobile video editing | Adobe Premiere Rush

Use Adobe Premiere Rush to create videos anywhere. Shoot, edit and share videos with this free all-in-one video editing app for mobile and desktop

Adobe Premiere Rush

They'll try to sell you the Adobe Express plan - but all you need is the free version and a free Creative Cloud account.

However, feel free to use any editing app you're comfortable with.

Here's a walk-through of making a basic, square-format social video in Rush. I've included the sample clips and photos below, along with some reading, so you can have a go at doing your own version of the video.

Making your own Forest Bathing video

If you'd rather concentrate on the editing and storytelling, then here's the resources you need to make your own version of the forest bathing video.

Assets

Grab all you need from this Dropbox shared folder:

Dropbox

Articles

Forest bathing: what it is and where to do it

Visit these five destinations to practice the Japanese art of forest bathing.

Travel

Getting back to nature: how forest bathing can make us feel better

The Japanese have known for years that spending mindful time in the woods is beneficial for body and soul. Now western doctors – and royals – agree

The GuardianHarriet Sherwood

Effects of forest environment (Shinrin-yoku/Forest bathing) on health promotion and disease prevention —the Establishment of “Forest Medicine”— - PMC

Humans have enjoyed forest environments for ages because of the quiet atmosphere, beautiful scenery, mild climate, pleasant aromas, and fresh, clean air. In Japan, since 2004, serial studies have been conducted to investigate the effects of forest…

PMC home page✉Corresponding author.

Can forest therapy enhance health and well-being? - Harvard Health

When you were a child and your mother told you to go play outside, it wasn’t just because she needed some child-free time. Inspired by a Japanese practice, forest therapy is an immersion in n…

Harvard HealthSusan Abookire, BSEE, MD, MPH, FACP

‘Forest bathing’ is a simple, free way to better physical and mental health. Here’s why

Is forest bathing a prescription for good health?

BBC Science Focus MagazineIan Taylor

Going further

There are some great resources and videos of individual elements of Premier Rush on the Adobe site, which is one of the reasons it's a good place to start:

• Adobe's Premiere Rush tutorials

Other Apps:

Here's some other app that work for social video editing.

• Lumafusion (iOS & Android) — my actual favourite editor. I do 90% of my video editing (including the course videos) in this app on my iPad.
• Capcut (cross-platform) — we'll talk about this later in the course. Great for social video, but it is an app from Bytedance, so the China warning applies here.
• Canva (cross platform) — the perennial favourite graphic design app has a social video maker as well.
• Quik (cross platform) — GoPro's video editor is surprisingly capable.