Video editing

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November 5, 2020
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Hi! im new to adobe after affects and video editing in general and i just have a question, Is it possible to use after affects as a full time video editing app for gaming videos im going to be posting to youtube fo my channel? it seems like a pretty complex program and in so new to all of this video editing like some of the videos i see on the games i play (world of warcraft) mainly, ill be making guide videos to show how to complete acheivements quests etc. so if anyone has expirience enough to throughly give me some solid advice id really appreciate the reply!

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Mylenium

Legend

AE is not a video editor and to make matters worse it doesn't play well with certain oddities that screen captured videos from games have liek variable framerates, so it would be a terrible idea to exclusively rely on it. As the others already suggested, have a look at Premiere Pro or other "real" editing programs and only use AE for fancying things up after you've assembled your clips.

Mylenium

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Digital Twigs

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It is possible to do everything in after effects but ae is not optimized for video editing. It would be a slow process to edit and a slow process for outputting content. I'd recommend premiere and leave after-effects to what it is best for: motion design, titles, animation, VFX, etc.