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[LeeB]

Any Advise on tutorials for learning video editing? old timer here having a hard time

Come on @Flyn2024, you're still a child.
You should be able to find plenty of "Beginners ..." videos on YouTube for the software you are using. Start with something that will get you started. As you work with your images, you will have specific needs (working with color, enhancing contrast, adding effects, etc.) and can look for videos that help with those. You will probably need to learn about masking very soon and most software have tools to help with that, but you will eventually need to learn how to create a mask on your own which will involve brushes.
Most software today provide some sort of what they like to call AI tools. Many times they are a good starting point but you will soon learn that you will want to fine tune what the AI has done.
The vendor of your software probably has a library of videos as well which is always a good place to start.
Of course this forum has a lot of expertise and practical knowledge.

 

[liam788fh]

Similar to MS Coast said, I save mine in folder with the name of the location and date in the title. For example: Squire Park 08-03-2024. If I am shooting stills and video, I will put them in sub folders named Stills and Video. On top of that, I put them under the drone used, so a file tree looks like this:
C:\Drones\Mavic 3 Pro\Squire Park 08-03-2024\Stills
or
C:\Drones\Mavic 3 Pro\Squire Park 08-03-2024\Video

It may seem like a lot of work, but I have used it going back to my film days (over 40 years). Even though I have over 300GB of files, I can usually find what I looking for in short order.

While we are on the topic of storage, one VERY important word: BACKUP!!!
Back up all your work, preferably to an external source like the cloud inat tv indir -- apk indir, and on a daily basis with an automatically run program. That way, should a catastrophe strike like a hard drive failure or fire, you won't lose all your work.

At this stage, the focus is on practice, observation, and developing a personal style rather than perfection.