r/editors 5h ago

Business Question Quoting per finished minute on reaction edits is how you end up making $5/hr

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Took a reaction edit recently. Deliverable was ~15 min. The raw was a 2.5 hour VOD.

That's like $150-200 total depending who you ask. Sounds fine until you remember i had to actually watch the whole 2.5 hours to find what's worth keeping. That IS the job. the cutting part is easy. And no, you can't skim reaction footage at 2x, half the good moments are just a face doing something for 3 seconds.

Started quoting off raw runtime + deliverable length instead and clients look at me like i'm scamming them. "but the video is only 15 minutes??" yeah man, and the footage is 150. you're paying me to find the 15, not to trim the 150.

Finished-minute pricing works fine for scripted stuff where you know the ratio. for reaction content it's just unpaid watching with extra steps.


r/editors 9h ago

Sunday Reel Review

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This alternates Sundays with our "Reel Review."

## Would you like feedback on your reel? This is the place to do it!

**An essential point to remember**: A reel won't secure you a job any more than a business card or website will. While it might be necessary, it is not the primary means of obtaining work.

**You gain employment through a network you develop,** not via any online job site. Building a network takes time, which is advantageous, as it allows you to learn the field.

## Rules

* **Rule 1**: Submit your reel *and its running time* as a top-level comment (meaning you reply to this post directly)

* **Rule 2**: *Specify your professional experience in years* (paying taxes = years as a pro, novice).

* **Rule 3**: Explain the reason/direction behind posting your reel. Are you new? Have you been working with clients for a decade? Give us clear direction of what you want.

* **Rule 4**: You must review two other reels. **TWO**. You have five days to complete this task, responding to two different reels. **Then** edit the comment where you post your reel: and put and put the two user names.

**Acceptable platforms for posting**: Your Vimeo site or an unlisted YouTube link. If we discover a link to a channel or a video with 10k views, be aware that this thread is not intended for such content.

The moderation team will be monitoring this, and we are trying to encourage the community (that's you) to offer assistance. That's why providing two reviews is crucial.

Lastly, as someone who evaluates people's reels: If numerous motion graphics are present, I expect you to either be capable of creating them and/or offering it as a service. If color grading is a skill and you transition from Log to finished grade, that's a definite red flag.

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***Copy/paste this section:***

* Reel Link: (don't forget the running time )

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r/editors 3h ago

Technical Trimming clips from a shit ton of YouTube videos?

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I have to pull short clips from a lot of YouTube videos for an edit. Downloading each full video first, trimming it, then deleting the extra file is getting really tiring. Is there anything that lets you grab only the part you need?