We would all love to have a quick and efficient workflow. Could this be the trick we’ve been waiting for?
Editing is part of the post-production process that content creators often dread. But one YouTuber thinks that video editing can be faster, easier, and downright fun by thinking of the process as a gamer would.
“Editing videos takes a lot of time,” Pike said in his YouTube video, “but, if you edit like a gamer, you can speed things up a ton.”
How do you think like a gamer? Can this method work for editors? Let’s get into it.
WASD Isn’t Just For Gaming
Caleb Pike of DSLR Video Shooter realized that video gamers have an advantage during long sessions by keeping their fingers focused on four keys on the keyboard. Known as the “gamer stance,” the idea is to keep four fingers on your left-hand position on these four critical keys: W, A, S, and D.
These keys in gaming allow the user to maneuver around within an environment while offering access to other vital game controls organized around them on the keyboard.
Author: James DeRuvo
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.