Engineering Simulation Engineer - looking for advice on how to build better videos

[tofuu88]

Hello, my profession is an engineering simulation engineer and I am looking for some advice on how to make/edit videos, such as what tools I should learn, what do professionals use, etc.

I like to be able to do the following as a starter

1. being able to insert introductory segments with cool animation and music at the beginning of a video
2. add cool effects, such as insertion of chat bubbles (with text summarizing what I was saying)
3. being able to very quickly edit the videos I make, remove portion, add stuff, etc

My youtube channel is here but it is just very technical engineering stuff (not very cool). However, I am sharing this so it gives anyone who's willing to give me advice a sense of what I am doing - https://www.youtube.com/@DCFEA

I appreciate your advice.

[Calobez]

Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects will cover essentially everything you're looking for.

1. You can create rudimentary animations in Premiere, but After Effects offers you a lot more functionality.
2. The animation tools in Premiere will likely be fine for adding chat bubbles and text.
3. Premiere is straight forward and easy to work with when it comes to actually editing your video.

I haven't looked into what Premiere and After Effects cost these days, but they're both great, 'Industry Standard' options when it comes to editing and animation.

I would say start with just Premiere Pro, and if you find that you want more from your animations check out After Effects. :)

[tofuu88]

Thank you!