Have you ever noticed an error in your YouTube video after it has already been uploaded and shared by you and others to social media? Show If you have found yourself in this situation, your first reaction might be to panic and think you must fix the error, delete the uploaded video, and re-upload the new one. However, this process will render your previous video link dead, and any embeds of your video will show the following image to visitors. Don’t forget that you will also lose all your stats and comments associated with the removed video. However, there is a better solution. Welcome to the YouTube Editor. Beyond the basics of producing customized video thumbnails, the YouTube editor allows you to edit the video itself in a number of really useful ways. Here are some of the edits and fixes you can do to your uploaded YouTube video without losing your link or stats. Trim Your VideoThere might be times when you want to cut out parts of your video at the beginning, middle, or the end. This capability is especially helpful for those of you who do live streams and have too much dead space that you want to remove. Rather than re-uploading a new video where you will lose comments, the original URL, and the number of views, follow the steps below using the YouTube Editor.
If you need or want to, you can trim multiple parts of the same video using the same process.
Do NOT click on the “x” over the section you have selected. It will not remove it from the video. It will, however, remove your selected section. You will not be able to save your edited video until you preview it first. The save button will be grayed out. However, once you preview your changes, the button will be blue, and you will be able to save it. Edit Your AudioChanging the audio or music file in your YouTube video is a simple process. Some of the reasons you might want to swap or add audio are:
Let’s get started showing you how simple it is to swap or add music to your video from the more than 150,000 free music tracks available inside your YouTube channel.
The ability to trim your YouTube video and to swap out the audio are two ways to avoid losing your stats and links. However, many other valuable features of the YouTube Editor can help you drive more traffic to your videos and increase engagement. Here are some examples. Add an End ScreenUsing the YouTube editor, you can add an end screen to:
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given the choice of using a template or starting from scratch. For more specific and detailed instructions on how to add end screens, watch the following video on the subject. How To Add End Screen To YouTube Videos Add a BlurThere might be a situation where you don’t want to show someone’s face in a video. Rather than take it down, you can use YouTube’s blur face feature. You can also choose any part of your video that you want to blur with the custom blur functionality of the editor. Blur Faces and Objects on YouTube [NEW METHOD] There is no longer the need to worry about taking down a YouTube video if you need to edit it in any way. With YouTube’s editor, make the changes to your video after it’s uploaded and don’t lose your link or stats. Can you replace a YouTube video and keep the same link?You can't replace a video because any new video you upload to YouTube will get a new URL. Instead, you can change an existing video: Trim your video: On a computer, you can cut out the beginning, middle, or end of your video.
Can you edit a video after you post it on YouTube?With YouTube video editor, you have the option to edit your videos after uploading. These edits include: Removing sections at the beginning, middle, or end of the video. Adding a blur effect to hide objects in the video.
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