If you’ve read the news that you need to create video for your business and you’ve recording a few things that will resonate with your audience, you might be at the “Now What?” phase.
Welcome. You’re now at the point that you should invest time — and in some cases, money — in third party tools that turn your videos into videos that produce results. In an effort to not overwhelm you with video production mumbo jumbo, I’ve consulted my 10-year-old, in-house vlogger for four simple YouTube tools to try out.
If this primary school student taught herself how to use these tools, you can too.
Tool 1: KineMaster
For: Making your videos look like you know how to make videos
Price: Free
Ease of use: (1 is the hardest/ 10 is the easiest): 10
If you’re into adding layers to your video, Kinemaster should be your go-to tool. It supports audio tracks (and offers a bunch of its own), chroma key/green screens (yes, we have a green screen in the house), stickers and effects. It also offers great options to split and trim your videos.
And you can do all this from your mobile device! It’s available for both iOS and Android.
Tool 2: Cute Cut
For: Custom animations
Price: Free
Ease of use: 8
My budding YouTuber likes to take her animations up a notch from what Kinemaster provides. This is when she turns to Cute Cut — which is different from Cute(no space)Cut on your friendly app store. I learned that the hard way and got put in the Mom Doghouse for a hot second.
Called “transitions” here, you’re able to layer moving text and images on top of your existing videos. Nice for adding reminders or parenthetical remarks to what folks are…
