10 Best Apps to Hide Photos and Videos on Android

Our whole personal life is now wound up in the smartphone we carry along in our pockets. We capture a multitude of photos and videos, which you may want to keep private. But, it’s possible that your phone can accidentally fall prey to someone’s hands or you may just pass it over to a friend unaware of their true intentions. Well, if you are an Android user, you don’t have to worry, as there are several great apps to hide photos and videos on Android. Well, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 best photos and video hider apps on Android:

Best Photos and Video Hiding Apps for Android

1. KeepSafe Photo Vault

If you’ve used an Android app to hide your private photos or videos, you’d surely heard of KeepSafe Photo Vault. It’s been around for quite a while and is still one of the better apps to safeguard your media from others. The app has bagged massive updates over the years, making it cleaner and easy-to-use by all.

It provides you the usual PIN, pattern, and fingerprint authentication options, post which it shows you a clutter-free and categorized folder grid. You can jump into any of these folders to add and protect your private photos, videos or personal IDs. You can create new folders of your own, share them with other KeepSafe users and back up all of them to their private cloud space.

KeepSafe brings along a ton of advanced security features, such as fake login PINs, break-in alerts (where a selfie of the intruder, along with time and date of unsuccessful attempts is logged), and disguising the app with a different front-end via Secret Door. But, all of the features are hidden behind a paywall and I recommend you get it if you’re really looking to protect your private media.

Key Features: easy-to-use, colorful and loaded with extra functionality, most of which have to be enabled with a Premium subscription.

Download (Free, in-app purchases start at $0.99)

2. LockMyPix Photo Vault

Among the whole lot, this was my favorite pick for guarding my photos and videos against the nosy crowd. Called LockMyPix, this aptly-named app is designed to provide the safest photo vault for protecting personal all your media files. It is backed by a military-grade AES encryption standard, locking your files behind a PIN or pattern.

It renders an intuitive user experience, enabling you to encrypt your photos/ videos directly from the homescreen of the app. You can even instantly click pictures and add them to the vault in a jiffy. The add-on features allow you to unlock the app using your fingerprint, shake the device to lock the vault and even hide LockMyPix from the app drawer. The cheery on top being that you cannot screenshot the app when it’s unlocked, which now also adds to the privacy and security of your content.

While the free version offers you a host of functionalities, you also get the option to set up fake login credentials in the Pro variant. This feature will come in handy when someone is pestering you to unlock the app but you can give them access to a secondary vault with a fake PIN. The only drawback of this app is that you cannot backup private photos/ videos to the cloud.

Key Features: ultra-secure photo vault, which uses AES encryption and doesn’t even let you capture screenshots of the contents within.

Download (Free, upgrade to Pro version for $1.99)

3. Hide Pictures & Videos – Vaulty

Vaulty is yet another well-known and reliable photo/ video hiding apps, which may look a tad bit dated but performs its job perfectly fine. You can simply jump into the app, select the media files you want to hide from the gallery and password protect it from the outside world.

The highlight of Vaulty is that it captures “mugshots” of intruders, who try to access your vault but fail to enter the correct password. You will instantly know who tried to intervene in your private space, the moment you unlock the app. This feature is available for free to all users, which is unmistakably a plus.

You also get the functionality to create multiple vaults, with separate passwords, to store different types of photos or videos in each one. You’ll, however, have to upgrade to the Premier subscription if you want to backup your files to the cloud or remove ads from the app.

Key Features: extremely simple to use, there’s almost no learning curve. You can create multiple vaults to hide a variety of media files.

Download (Free, upgrade to Vaulty Premier for $9.99/month)

4. Hide Something

With close to 5 million installs in the bag, Hide Something is one of the most trouble-free apps for hiding photos and videos on your Android device. You can protect your files from inquisitive users via PIN, password, or the fingerprint sensor. The process of transferring new photos or videos to the ‘invisible’ folder is as simple as sharing a file with the Hide Something app.

You also get access to a mini collection of beautiful themes, support for a variety of media file types, an advanced image viewer and fake login mode to further protect your privacy. Hide Something is also particular about not being detected, so it doesn’t show up in the ‘recently used’ list.

But, the feature that takes the cake for me is that the app backs-up all your private media files to Google Drive and makes it possible for you to browse them with the desktop browser. This simplifies the process of sifting through and accessing photos or videos for the end user.

Key Features: uber-simple and secure from the get-go, but adds a cherry on the top with the desktop browsing feature.

Download (Free, get premium license for $2.99)

5. Vault

All aforementioned apps are restricted to hiding just your photos/ videos, but the Vault is an all-around app which helps safeguard more than just media files. It can hide all your phone data, be it SMS, contacts/ call log or even apps, which houses all your private info.

Aptly named Vault, this app brings along all the necessary features you’d expect to find in a privacy-focused app used for hiding personal stuff. You have the ability to create fake or multiple vaults, make the app’s icon disappear from your home screen, or record break-in alerts. You also get free cloud backup support.

But, my favorite feature of Vault will have to be the incognito browser that has been baked right into the app. You can browse the Internet without leaving any trace of all your expeditions on the web. This functionality can be seen as being similar to Firefox Focus (which was one of our best app picks for 2017), which does not record what you’re surfing on the Internet.

Key Features: an all-in-one privacy app, which enables you to hide almost anything. You also get an in-app incognito browser.

Download (Free, in-app purchases start at $0.99)

6. Private Zone

If you’re looking for an app that does a lot (I mean, a whole lot) more than simply being able to hide your photos or videos, then Private Zone should be the perfect pick for you.

This app is definitely useful for guarding your private photos, videos or apps, but has also brought along a variety of features for privacy-obsessed people. Here are a few of the top features of the Private Zone app:

• Free Private VPN service
• Custom Lock screen app
• Phone Anti-theft Features
• Harassment/ Spam Call Intercept
• Boost – RAM Manager
• and other privacy controls.

Though Private Zone is laden with several cool features, it’s at the expense of your peace of mind. The app is filled to the brim with ads, which can get frustrating for users. But, it can be avoided by picking up the premium subscription for the app.

Key Features: packs a whole lot cooler privacy-focused features than you’d expect. It has been designed for privacy fanatics.

Download (Free, in-app purchases start at $0.99)

7. GalleryVault – Hide Pictures And Videos

This is one of the most popular photo and video hiding apps in the Play Store, with more than 10 million downloads. GalleryVault enables you to quickly hide and encrypt your photos, videos and any other files that you do not want others to see. By putting all your private media in a secure vault, the files are encrypted and nobody will know of its existence of the same.

GalleryVault has a simple and elegant interface, which provides you access to all of your hidden photos or videos in a jiffy. It supports all popular features, that you’d find in any decked-out privacy protection apps. This means you get the shake to lock, break-in alerts, fake login, fingerprint authentication, stealth mode, hiding files in SD cards, and more.

In addition to protecting your photos and videos, Gallery Vault also supports GIF playback, private browsing within the app, and a video editor to enable you to piece together a story using your hidden content. Isn’t that a great feature to have when you’re compiling a birthday surprise video for your friend?

Key Features: a decked-out privacy protection app, which hides most of your files and is packing a private browser and video editor as well.

Download (Free, upgrade to Pro version for $5.99)

8. Hide Files – Andrognito

Andrognito, which is an abbreviation for Android + Incognito, is one of the more secure privacy protection apps. It allows you to hide your photos, videos and other files behind strong layers of military-grade AES encryption standards, while storing the files in the cloud to free space on your device.

The free version of this app enables you to hide apps in just a single vault, but you can purchase the PRO version to create more private vaults, access your vaults via the cloud backups on multiple devices and gain access to additional features. It will also remove intrusive ads that annoy me almost instantly.

Unlocking the PRO version of the app will get you the fake vault spoofing, invisible icon, fake force close, and custom theming feature as well. But, the simplistic interface of this app had me attracted to it in the first place.

Key Features: stunning material design UI, with strong AES end-to-end encryption and cloud backup feature, makes it a definite pick.

Download (Free, in-app purchases start at $0.99)

9. Piktures – Beautiful Gallery

Taking a step away from privacy protection apps, I’d now like to suggest you a handful of photo gallery apps that provide you the functionality of hiding photos and videos. Piktures is a sleek-looking app that makes it easy to access all of your device’s media files, but we are interested in the ‘Secret Drive’ feature.

You need to swipe from the left to open the hamburger menu and access the secret drive. The Piktures app lays intense focus on privacy and makes you step through multiple hoops to enable this feature. Once this feature is enabled, you can long-press any picture or video and tap the “Secure” option in the menu bar to shift the file to the secret drive.

The app may not provide the users a variety of add-on features, but you’re free to create multiple vaults to segregate the media you want to hide from others.

Key Features: a stunning photo gallery app, with a secret drive that acts like a photo and video hiding vault.

Download (Free, upgrade to Premium for $5.99)

10. F-Stop Gallery

If you didn’t already know, F-Stop is one of the most well-known image gallery apps that’s available on the Play Store. It has an intuitive and lightweight user interface, which makes it easier to organize all your photos and videos.

The app brings along a lot of features that will improve your gallery browsing, sorting, and tagging experience. You can sort images simply dragging and dropping the files, but we’re here to discuss the privacy features of F-Stop.

The app has two such features, which enable you to exclude (read: hide) folders with your photos or videos from the gallery by adding a .nomedia file to the same. And you can also protect single media files simply by password protecting them. This secure folder is accessible from the hamburger menu on the left.

Key Features: a full-fledged gallery app, with an image editor, filters, privacy protection and a lot more.

Download (Free, upgrade to Pro version for $4.99)

Best Apps to Hide Photos and Videos on Android

If you’ve been concerned about the privacy of your photos/ videos of recent, then I’m sure that at least one of our suggestions will help curb your anxiety. The hiding of private media content in secret vaults will take the weight of someone getting to them off your shoulders. So, do any of these privacy protection apps meet your criterion?

- beebom

Top 5 Android Music Player Apps for 2015

Music is a very essential part of our lives in the present date.

Thanks to the many powerful devices we carry in our pockets, music has become part and parcel of most people’s life, especially when on the go.

The smartphone, for instance, has made it possible for the users to get rid of dedicated music players that dominated this industry a few years ago. While it is true that most people love listening to their favorite music using their Android smartphones, the need of a sleeker, cooler Android music player cannot be taken for granted.

Android devices come with a stock music player which is also very simple and easy to use; however, there are better options out there and they can be downloaded from the official Google Play Store. Here’s a closer look at the top 5 Android music players that will take your music listening experience to the next level.

Poweramp Android music player

If you are after a feature-rich Android music player, then Poweramp is just what you are missing on your Android smartphone. Together with its attractive interface, you won’t get tired of the features and capabilities this app offers. Among the most notable feature of Poweramp music player re stereo expansion, crossfade, an optimized graphical equalizer, gapless playback, dynamic cue, support for .cue files, as well as theme support, among many others. Poweramp music player will let you customize your listening experience; however, you only get the free 15-day trial period, after which you must purchase the full app.

Shuttle music player

This is a little-known app, but with it you will have one of the most powerful Android music players. Shuttle music player for Android devices is a premium music player that offers a sleek UI that is very simple to use. It’s true to say that Shuttle lacks in features; however, it is also true to say that this lack of features is compensated by the app’s great performance.

Better still, you will come across features like gapless playback, theme and lyrics support as well as sleep timer, among many others. If these features are not enough, you can get the Shuttle Plus premium version, which brings with it a lot of other cooler features such as folder browsing and tag editing.

PlayerPro music player

Over the years, PlayerPro music player has remained to be a top Android music player thanks to its ability to play audio and video files. In essence, PlayerPro music player will give you a two-in-one app for playing both your video and audio music files.

What makes this app a top option for playing music on Android devices is its support for a wide variety of codecs. Furthermore, you will come across great features like tag editing, skin support, mixable audio effects, sleep timer, a graphical equalizer, gestures and many others. PlayerPro comes with a free trial version; however, it is the paid version that will unleash the real monster in this Android music player.

DoubleTwist music player

The DoubleTwist Android music player is not a new name on the Google Play Store and this can be attributed to the fact that the app can easily sync iTunes as well as its podcast managing capabilities. This music player comes with a very simple and easy to use UI, making it one of the most top-rated apps on the Google Play Store.

You won’t miss any of the usual premium features of the Android music players on DoubleTwist music player; however, you will get more on this app. For instance, Magic Radio, which is a new music subscription feature is made available. Even though this music player is free for all Android users, those who want to see the real power of DoubleTwist music player must make some in-app purchases. Alternatively, you can subscribe for the Magic Radio service and still unlock the premium features of this player.

Equalizer + music player

Just like the name of the music player suggests, the selling feature of this player is the equalizer. This app works as a music player as well as a frequency equalizer. You will come across 5 bands and 10-band equalizer presets. The users of Equalizer+ have the opportunity to set their own equalizer preferences. The app also comes with features like professional sound rendering, contextual music search, media bass-volume control, background player mode, visualizer window and many others. The interface you get on the Equalizer+ music player will give you a refreshing and vintage feel.

However, you will have to make some in-app purchases in order to unlock lots of other premium features that include dual screen, fade, bass boost and many others.

Other Android music players worth mentioning

As noted earlier, there are lots of Android music players that you can choose from. While the above list might be representing the top 5 Android music players, the list is not exhaustive. There are other music players that are worth mentioning and in case you find none of the above to be good enough for you, feel free to check out apps like n7player, Neutron, Rocket Player, FlipBeats and Google Play Music.

-  ordoh

10 Amazing HD Games for Android 5.0 Lollipop Smartphones and Tablets

Once you buy a powerful device like the Nexus 9 or the Asus Zenfone 2 running on the Android 5.0 Lollipop, you would definitely wish to test its power, using high quality HD games.

Here’s a complete list of all the games that you could never miss and they will look simply glorious on a high definition 1080p or 2K resolution display. Make sure you have enough RAM and processing power to handle them all.

NBA 2K15

Basketball is fun for every gamer around the globe and NBA 2K15 on your Android device is the most authentic experience that you could get. It even supports controllers.

http://www.amazon.com/2K-Games-NBA-2K15/dp/B00OGJL48I

Modern Combat 5 Blackout

Most people wonder when it comes to playing first person shooters on a touch screen, but Modern Combat 5 has been designed for it and sports an amazing storyline that will pull you in.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM5HM

AVP Evolution

Did you know there is an Alien vs. Predator game on the Android 5.0 Lollipop platform? Download it and you are sure to be mesmerized by the amazing graphics and the RPG system.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fde.avpevolution

Godfire Rise of Prometheus

The Godfire Rise of Prometheus is the equivalent of a Ryse Son of Rome from the consoles. It has brutal action, realistic fight sequences and visuals that would blow the PS3 off the table.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vividgames.godfire

Leo’s Fortune

This game might make you think twice, because it looks so gorgeous yet uses little hardware power from the Android 5.0 devices. The game’s puzzle solving style and platformer design is sure to appease many.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leosfortune

Game of Thrones

While the fans of the series can never say no to this Game of Thrones title on Android, even new comers can experience it purely for the characters and the world. They might become GoT fans soon.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telltalegames.gameofthrones100

SimCity Build It

If you enjoy building real cities and controlling every activity to ensure that things go smooth for the citizens, SimCity is an appropriate choice for those who love city simulators.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.game.simcitymobile_row

Asphalt 8 Airborne

Racing games are a must have on any Android device and even though there are many in the market, Asphalt 8 Airborne, the latest in the series is a perfect fit for your device.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftA8HM

GTA San Andreas

It’s an old PC and console game, but with the HD re-mastering done, it actually looks all new and refurbished on any Android 5.0 device. It is worth the price and a must have open world title.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rockstargames.gtasa

FIFA 15

Get FIFA 15 and your collection are ready now. Start pushing your device to its limits.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.game.fifa15_row

-   ordoh

Best 5 Free Android Games for 2015

Trying to walk around the Play Store can be a minefield.

The latest update of the Play Store now has distinctive sections of free games and the free games that require in-app purchases.

As it turns out, many of the games that people considered as free weren’t that free. They have ended up in the free with in-app purchases section. However, it doesn’t mean you cannot enjoy these games without these in-app purchases. There are even other amazing games that are available for free – no in-app purchases required at any point.

In this list, you will come across both sets of games. However, the good part of it is that you don’t have to pay for any of these games in order to play them. You can only make a purchase that you feel will enhance your gaming experience. Otherwise, you can stick with the basic/free version and still get incredible and relentless fun. Here is out list of the best 5 free Android games for 2015.

Crossy Road

Crossy Road is without doubt a cute game thanks to its ability to offer the best solutions for those quick-fix sessions, something that led the game to winning an accolade as the “Best quick-play game” presented at the International Mobile Gaming Awards.

The idea of the game is to survive longer and in the end, you will have more gold. You can then use this gold to unlock new characters and go on with traversing this endless 3D world. In actual sense, Crossy Road amazingly combines old school and new school, making the game extremely challenging and at the same time charming. You will definitely love it.

Super Monsters Ate My Condo!

As crazy as the name sounds, the Super Monsters Ate My Condo is a game that is made by Adult Swim games and this name should be familiar from the well-known Robot Unicorn Attack. In this game, there are apartment condo floors that come in different colors right from the top of the screen, dropping down where your job is to swipe them into the mouths of the super monsters waiting down there.

You don’t want to leave the monsters unfed because they will get angry and you definitely don’t want an angry monster near you. Well, it won’t eat you in some way, but you’ll lose the game. The game comes with in-app purchases such as acid, dog and nukes which can be used along with the game.

Dungeon Hunter 5

Following the lines of the popular series Dungeon Hunter, Dungeon Hunter 5 comes with a new twist on the usual crawling, hack and slash formula. However, the main quest is no different from previous games where you and up to three of your buddies must and slash and blast your way through a team of monsters in order to save the Kingdom of Valenthia. You will come across lots of fun that include boss fighting, leveling up as well as spell-crafting.

There is a new and interesting feature in the latest Dungeon Hunter 5 known as Strongholds multiplayer mode. Here, you build a base and train an army of monsters and you can then take on other players, attacking their strongholds. This is a game that Clash of Clans should definitely watch out for!

Subway Surfers

This is another of the many infinity runner games that are dominating the Android market. Subway Surfers comes in to take over from the revered Temple Run and for sure, it is worth it. You will be taken down to the subway or railway tracks in a colorful and cartoony world of famous places that include Las Vegas, Miami, Bangkok and London.

The idea of this game is to keep running extremely fast. However, you have to ensure that no train or any obstacle hits you and on the way, you will also be collecting coins. Using these coins, you can unlock new characters as well as other power-ups.

Fruit Ninja

Fruit Ninja is not a new game. It has had quite some notable success in the years it has been around thanks to its highly addictive nature. By simply swiping your ninja sword across the screen, you will be able to dish out deadly attacks to fruits such as watermelons, peaches and bananas. This arcade game is amazing and you will never stop enjoying the infinite slicing that Fruit Ninja offers for free.

-   ordoh

Trick to Protect Folder Without Using Any Software

People want to protect their confidential data or documents in their computer and they want to hide the particular data or keep it private from others. It is very important to keep data secret from others. There is different software available in the market to keep the folders protected. But most of these are trial versions and others are very expensive. So these softwares are not really useful to hide and protect your data for ever.

Here you will be informed with some very useful and important tips and tricks to protect and hide your data in a folder without even installing any software. The process is not a complex one and can used on any version of the Microsoft windows. The steps must be done in proper order to prevent the data and to lock it into a folder. With this trick no other person will access your locked folder. The steps to protect the folder without any software are as fallow.

• Open the notepad.
• Copy the below code in a notepad and save it.

cls

:End

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Locker

if EXIST “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER

:CONFIRM

echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)

set/p “cho=>”

if %cho%==Y goto LOCK

if %cho%==y goto LOCK

if %cho%==n goto END

if %cho%==N goto END

echo Invalid choice.

goto CONFIRM

:LOCK

ren Locker “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”

attrib +h +s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”

echo Folder locked

goto End

:UNLOCK

echo Enter password to Unlock folder

set/p “pass=>”

if NOT %pass%==123456789 goto FAIL

attrib -h -s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”

ren “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” Locker

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Locker

Echo Locker created successfully

goto End

:End

• When you will copy this code in the notepad the source code will come in this shape ‘’123456’’, you can change it with your desired password.
• Click the save as option and name the file as bat.
• After saving the file a batch file will appear where the file is saved. Open that file and a pop up Window of MS DOS will appear on screen.
• When you will open this option will appear “Are you sure to lock the folder’’, enter y and press enter.
• Again on opening it will ask you to enter the password which you saved earlier in the source code, just enter the password to go further.

The locker will work fine if you have taken all the steps accurately. About the hidden part you can see the folder by name of locker and there will be a batch file also named as locker. The batch file will be the key and the folder will be the locker. Then you can put your documents in the folder and open the batch file and give it permission to lock it. Hide the folder after giving permission. You can access to the folder any time then by entering the password there.

-  blogfortips

Download Facebook Stickered for Messenger on your iPhone to Enjoy Resizable Stickers

Facebook Messenger is a leading application in the app store and this is despite the fact that there are hundreds of other instant messaging applications available for download in this store.

One major reason why this app has gained such huge popularity is due to the fact that it is owned by Facebook. However, the huge, creative and quite amusing stickers that the application also adds to its database have also played a huge role in the popularity this application has gained in the recent past. Using these stickers, you can easily send funny messages that are much more fun than when using WhatsApp and other messengers like iMessage.

With Stickered for Facebook Messenger, you can enjoy stickers that will let you do what you cannot do in the basic Messenger app. You can place smilies, animated characters as well as impact text on top of photos. In essence, this app is a must download for not just the Facebook Messenger users, but also for other users, since the stickered photos you create can be used on any platform.

Getting started with Stickered for Messenger

In order to download and install the latest version of Stickered for Messenger on your iPhone, you must be using iOS 8 or later. The good thing is that this file is very small, about 2MB and as such, you won’t have to worry about space and data. However, the app must access your camera or else, it will be useless.

This application requires no setup at all. Furthermore, it does not ask for a Facebook account in order to install it and use it. The latest Stickered for Facebook Messenger will also let you add stickers to the existing photos stored on your iPhone. In addition, it is possible to move the stickers around and resize them with a pinch. Using the + icon, you can add as many stickers as you wish.

You can also make use of the garbage can icon to get rid of all the stickers that you feel are of no use to you. The good thing with this feature is that it only deletes the selected sticker and not the whole stickered image.

User interface

Facebook Stickered for iOS comes with a very simple UI, sporting a barely stripped look that homes the trash can, the + sign as well as a shutter button. Once you have your stickered image ready as you wish, tapping on the shutter button will change the icon into a Facebook Messenger icon, which when tapped on again, opens the application with your perfect-inch image in addition to a list of friends that you can chat with on Messenger.

You can share this stickered image with as many friends as you like as long as you add them to the list of contacts to receive the message. You also have the option of adding a text message to this photo. Furthermore, saving this file is very easy. All you need to do is send it to the camera roll from where you can use the image in any photo app.

-   TFJ

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Best Tips and Tricks For Gorgeous Video Editing

The editing video is actually the final process that happens before a video gets to the final stage of being finished. By editing a video you can cut, add effects, add some music to the background, merge a part of the video with another one etc.

If you are somehow new to this domain, we will give you today some tips and tricks that will help you make some great videos.

Making a separate directory for a project

When you are about to edit a big project for the first time, it is easier and simpler to just ditch all the files into a single folder. This way it will be easier for you to manage all the short clips that you have to merge with each other. Also, you will want to name the project folder somehow, in case you are working on multiple projects.

You can also add some more folders in the project folder such as Graphics, Photos, Music, Sound, etc. This way, you will be very organized and it will be easier for you to find the things you need. If you have the time, you can also add a description to each file, so it will be even easier for you to know what’s happening in the specific video.

Having an organized project folder saves a lot of time and you will notice how important is to waste a few minutes to organize things, instead of wasting hours to find them on your entire computer. This will make your project a lot more organized and will keep things easily accessible.

Storing a project in two different drives

While this mind sound silly, it is always good to keep a project saved on two different drives. As soon as you stop working on a project in the specific day, try to copy it on a USB flash drive or another hard disk drive that it’s on your PC. Believe us, you don’t want to waste hours of work just because you didn’t spare 2-3 minutes to copy the project to another driver.

Bring in the action and ditch the boring moments

When you are editing a video you want to compress all the great moments from it and ditch the boring moments, as nobody want to see those. This is why you’re editing the video after all, it’s not about to cut and merge files together, it’s about having imagination and to compress the best moments into it. For example, when you are about to edit a wedding video, you will have hours and hours of videos, which you will need to compress in a 2-4 hours movie. Believe us it’s not easy at all!

Choosing the right editing application

Depending on what you are about to edit, you will get from simple editors such as YouTube video editor, Windows Movie Maker or any kind of simple video editing applications. If you need a more complex video editing program that allows you to use multiple layer videos, then you should go for Adobe Creative Cloud’s Premiere Pro, which is used by professional video editors. It is always good to start with applications such as: Final Cut Pro X, Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere, as they have great options but at the same time you can do some professional videos with them.

Using an extra layer when interviewing someone

If in an interview, you see that the person takes a lot of breaks between his/her ideas, it is best to cut those pauses and add another video layer. This way, nobody will see that the video and that the fact the person made a lot of pauses between ideas.

For this, you will need applications such as Final Cut or Adobe Premiere.

Using a second sound source

Even if your camera comes with a microphone, it is better to have a second source of audio, such as an external microphone that you will use. This way, you will have a second sound and you will be able to use the better quality one when you are editing the video. After that you can sync the sounds with Adobe Premiere CC and you will easily switch between each other whenever you need it.

But again, you will need some good editing video applications for that, and YouTube Video editor or Windows Movie Maker will never help.

Using multiple cameras

Another way to hide the pauses that are in an interview is by using a second camera, filming something happening on that specific event. This way you will be able to cut the “ums” and “uhs” from an interview and while doing that you can put another video, so that nobody will notice the cuts. Another way to make cuts is to make them when a beat of the music happens.

Telling the story

It is very important to have a beginning, middle and an end of a “story” in a video. This is actually what you are doing while editing a video, telling a story. If you mess these three things up, you will end up telling a bad story where you start with the middle of the action, then telling how it began and after that how it end.

With practice, you will understand more about all the things we told you today and you will most likely become a professional editor.

source:- http://thefusejoplin.com/2014/11/tips-tricks-gorgeous-video-editing/