Long Form Video Editing: Premiere Pro & After Effects

Editing a long-form video isn't hard. Editing one that people actually watch — that's the skill.

Most YouTube videos lose the majority of their audience in the first 30 seconds, before the editing even gets a chance to work. Not because the footage is bad, but because nobody taught the creator why certain edits keep people watching and others make them click away.

This course fixes that.

You'll learn the psychology behind retention (Hormozi's hook-value-reward loop, Casey Neistat's beginning-middle-end structure, Ali Abdaal's listicle framework), then go step by step through my exact editing workflow — from organizing raw files, to cutting with Firecut, to overlays, After Effects work, sound design, and the final watch-through before you hit publish.

By the end, you'll be able to take any raw footage and turn it into a video that holds attention from the first second to the last — using a repeatable process, not guesswork.

What you'll walk away with:

• MASTER VIDEO PSYCHOLOGY - Use Hormozi's hook-value-reward loop, Neistat's story structure, and Abdaal's listicle framework to keep viewers watching
  
  

• BUILD A REPEATABLE EDITING WORKFLOW - Organize your project, cut with Firecut, add overlays and zooms, then finish in After Effects every single time
  
  

• CREATE SCROLL-STOPPING VISUALS - Study what top creators do, replicate it fast, then build your own reusable templates
  
  

• EDIT FASTER WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS - A full breakdown of every tool worth using for long-form editing, free and paid
  
  

• USE MY PERSONAL TOOLKIT - Get QuickImport, Vlad Tools, and Depth Script to shave hours off every edit
  
  

• NAIL YOUR INTRO & SOUND DESIGN - Craft openings and audio that stop the scroll and hold attention
  
  

• GROW WITH DATA, NOT GUESSWORK - Read your analytics and scale your output the right way
  
  

• LEARN FROM A REAL FULL EDIT - Watch an entire video get broken down from raw footage to final export
  
  

  With over 10 years of experience editing videos for YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, I know what it takes to create content that performs. I’ve managed two of the biggest YouTube channels in their niches, and the videos I’ve edited have generated millions of views across platforms.
  

  The workflow taught in this class isn’t theory—it’s the same system I use every day in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects to create high-performing content for clients and creators. You’ll be guided through the same tools and structure I use to edit with confidence—whether you’re building your own channel or creating for others.