
Meet Mauricio, a seasoned video editor, cinematographer, and colorist who shares his editing process and practical tips to elevate your work and boost your rates.
Learn from real projects and over seven years of editing across software, countries, and diverse clients. Apply essential rules and best practices to master edits with music, shapes, and styles.
Edit this project from scratch to mirror the final piece for Longines, filmed in Hong Kong, matching a voiceover to the visuals, with practice files provided.
Discover the crucial role of music selection in video editing by learning practical strategies to find the right song, even when the search feels time consuming.
Music and visuals carry equal weight in video editing, so treat sound as equally important; a strong song choice can set pace, tone, and emotion.
Learn to choose music platforms with commercial rights and avoid copyrighted music for videos, comparing per-song licenses versus subscriptions, and explore Epidemic Sound's broad catalog with free trials.
Explore music genres from bossa nova to techno to sharpen your video editing, listen to tracks, and imagine visuals: color palettes, pacing, and camera moves—while studying music videos across genres.
Explore the music platform and genres, then analyze a song's length to fit a video between one and two minutes, listening to options and keeping duration in mind.
Analyze the full song to identify a strong beginning and a chorus hook or drop, then select a chorus that repeats motifs, typically at least twice.
Choose and present several music options to the client by curating a top 5 to 10 songs, downloading stems, and evaluating fit with visuals.
Learn to bring a song to the timeline and trim it to fit your video length. Adjust the audio so the cut remains seamless and unnoticeable.
Edit commercial videos with a bass-driven soundtrack to synchronize visuals with music while prioritizing the story, and choose the right song to strengthen the piece.
Learn how to cut songs to match a video length using stems to mix bass, melody, and drums, mark beats, and synchronize the track for a 1:30 edit.
Learn to cut songs seamlessly for video edits by aligning beats, matching tempo, counting bars, and fading transitions to produce a one-minute track that feels untouched.
Play the song, mark key beats and melody cues to guide cuts and synchronize footage with the music, using marks to place cuts along the beat.
Let's face it, endlessly scrolling through YouTube tutorials trying to learn how to cut songs for your edits is exhausting. We both know it's taking up too much effort and time.
That is why I have created a DaVinci Resolve Music in Video Editing course made from real-life examples. In this course you will learn all the steps and professional methodology I take when I'm doing music editing for a client:
Music Theory for Video Editors
The Importance of Music Platforms, Genres and Length
Professional Music Editing Methodology
How to Analyze a Song
How to Cut Songs to a Preferred Length
How to Cut Songs Seamlessly
Access to Music Audio files for Practice
IMPORTANT:
This course is included as a Music in Video Editing module in my Video Editing in DaVinci Resolve - From Beginner to PRO.
About me:
Hello! My name is Mauri de Haro and I am a video editor and content creator. I am originally from Barcelona but after completing my studies in film, I relocated to Toronto, Canada. In Toronto I worked in post-production doing video editing and color grading for brands like Adidas, Microsoft, Lamborghini, Air Canada or Longines.
My background in post-production in combination with my experience being on film sets gives me a wider perspective and understanding of the video creation industry.
Over the last 7 years, I have been refining my video editing process and methodology. And now I am ready to share it with you. In this course, you’ll learn practical tips to help take your editing to the next level and allow you to increase your editing rates.