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Video Editing + Motion Graphics

  • Louise O'Donnell
  • Jun 14, 2021
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jun 5, 2024


Creative YouTube Video Intro Snippet:

  • Font chosen strategically to match video aesthetic

  • Text keyframe animation, placement, editing, and effects applied

  • Transitions applied

  • Image overlay placed

  • Background music added & video edited to sync with beat of music.


Wonderluxe | Instagram Reels:


Long-Form YouTube Video Snippet:

(long-form YouTube video editing, including motion graphics in Final Cut Pro X)

  • Font style chosen to match video aesthetic

  • Text placement, editing, and effects applied

  • Video colour graded

  • Background music added

  • Transitions added


The Diamond Weave IG / Facebook Reel:

  • Text animation & effects

  • Colour grading

  • Engaging poll added on the platform


Casual-style Influencer Travel Disney Video:

(Filmed & Edited in Final Cut Pro X)


Sofou Charity Refugee Awareness Instagram Story:



Formal Style Final Cut Pro Tutorial Snippet:

(long-form tutorial & motion graphics edited in Final Cut Pro X)

  • Text animation & effects

  • Transition applied

  • Subtitles Manually Added


Sofou Charity Event IG Reel:

(Canva and Adobe Premiere Pro)

- footage, and phone frame graphic from Canva but editing done in Premiere Pro!

  • Clips trimmed and edited to sync with music

  • Transitions/effects added


Sofou Charity Refugee Awareness Instagram Reel:

(Canva & Adobe Premiere Pro)

  • Style/theme design

  • Border overlay created

  • Transitions applied

  • Overlaying logo

  • Background music applied


Full-length Long-Form YouTube Guide Video

(over 21,000 views) (Final Cut Pro X)

  • Overlaying green screen motion graphics applied

  • Sounds mixed, and edited (transition sounds, clicking cursor, music, and voice.)

  • Effects applied to graphics

  • Video colour graded

  • Images overlayed

  • Text added

- You can find more information under 'social media.'


Casual-style Subtitling Sample:

(Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro)

  • Subtitles manually hand-created, edited, and overlayed

  • Font style was chosen to match video aesthetic

  • Clips selected and trimmed

  • Video colour graded

  • Transition applied

  • Image overlay placed with background removed

  • Background music added



Short-Form TikTok Video:

(Adobe Premiere Pro and TikTok Editor)

  • Colour theme chosen to match business logo

  • Border added in Premiere Pro

  • Music chosen for comic effect



Halloween Makeup Tutorial Intro:

  • Video colour graded & vignette added for a haunting, professional effect

  • Ghost image overlayed for theme consistency/video branding

  • Effects eg. mirror effect and transitions applied.

  • End clips hand-animated using keyframes, and border overlay added

  • Music blended



Casual-style Influencer Travel Diary SNIPPET :


Creative Instagram Fashion Promotion story:

(edited in Final Cut Pro X,)

- footage by another member of staff


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