Newbie to veteran in Video/Photo Editing without spending even a penny.
Tags: Editing, Video Editing, Software, Tips, Photo Editing

Hello artist,

In this blog, I am going to share my experience on “How I trained myself in the field of Editing without spending money”. I will be giving some tips for mobile users too. You will get many ideas on alternatives of paid editing software.

What is editing?

Editing can be defined in many terms regarding the fields it has been used.

If you ask a book publisher, he would say that editing is the process of correcting the grammatical mistakes, spellings, punctuations, errors in the book.

If you ask a person whose profession is in the field of medical transcription, he would say editing is the process of defining the medical terms of the patients in the correct sequence.

Editing has different meanings on the internet.

Let’s make it simple. Editing is the process of adding extra features/ correcting the mistakes in the contents.

Photo editing and its uses.

Let’s understand it with a simple example. Not all people are the same in financial status. Some may have DSLR, some may have android, some may have IOS. It depends on their comfort and economic level. The photo taken in the android phone will not be the same in quality as compared to the photo taken in a DSLR. Thus to enhance the quality of a photo, one may use editing.

Also editing is famous in the field where multimedia plays a major role. Editing is the important tool to make a movie/ video awareness/ poster/ invitation etc.

Who can learn editing?

Of course, anyone can learn editing. There is no age limit. Learning has no boundary. If you have real passion about the thing that you want to learn, there is nothing called hurdles even though it exists.

What are the basic software to learn editing?

There are many software that offer fine features to edit our video/ photo, Some software offers both paid and free versions. But unfortunately some software can be used only if we pay.

Are there any alternatives for the paid software?

Yes. Let me suggest two online websites where you can create/ edit your project.

It is a graphic design platform. You can create your projects and animate it. You can either download the app or use it through browsers. It is the good choice if one doesn’t have a laptop/pc as it offers a mobile app. Most of the required features are offered in the free version itself.

Canva Home page

Canva has two versions.

1. Free version

2. Pro version(Paid)

You can create a poster/ video/ invitation/ YouTube thumbnail/ Instagram post / logos etc. You have to login to use the website. It is one of the user friendly websites as the features are like click and place in action. We can even upload photos/ videos/ audio and edit it.

Canva Workspace

It provides predefined free music, background images, photos, stickers, frames, elements, and templates based on our search.

It is an online web based photo editing tool . You can use this as a substitute of Adobe Photoshop. Make sure that your pc/ mobile has enough ram to run this. Mobiles with less than 2GB ram are not suitable to run this app. Make sure that you have updated your browser to run this without any obstacles

Photopea has offered both paid and free versions. This is similar to Adobe Photoshop. You can export your project by adjusting the size of the project.

Where to learn about Photopea?

This website has offered a free tutorial about Photopea. Each tool provided in the workspace is explained in the learning website offered by Photopea. PhotopeaLearn will be an outline for beginners before getting on the workspace.

Where to learn Editing ?

There are plenty of MOOC websites that offer editing courses for free of cost. If you expect the certificate, then you have to pay on some MOOC website. You can also refer to videos on YouTube. There are many videos on the editing tutorial on YouTube. I have learnt Editing on Canva through Free workshops conducted by different colleges.

Never deny the free courses as it doesn’t offer certificates. Knowledge is more important than a certificate. You can learn tutorials through your mother tongue and that is much easier to grasp the concepts.

How long does it take to learn editing?

It is based on your interest and the time you spend on learning. For me it took 1 week to learn the basic tools on Photopea and 2 days to do projects on Canva. Canva is such an easy tool for a beginner. Even a 5 year old kid can do projects on Canva.

Hope you find some useful things from my blog. Thanks for your time on reading my blog.