Scheduling an important group call and can’t find a time that suits each participant’s schedule? That’s when Zoom meeting recordings are extra useful. Most important Zoom meetings can go on for an hour or longer though, so it’s a good idea to trim a video recording to make sure the key messages stand out clearly to viewers.
In this article, we will go through tips to edit a Zoom meeting recording to make the best use of everyone’s time.
Easy video editing tricks for your Zoom recordings
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Use an intro video to introduce the discussion
It is advisable to separately record an intro video for your Zoom meeting recording to give it a proper structure. It’s just like the brief or agenda handed to participants who are headed to a meeting so that they ease into the conversation and bring bright ideas accordingly. Similarly, the viewers will need context before jumping into the meeting’s key discussions. It makes the meeting recording easily shareable and timeless. It’s easy to record a quick intro for your video using a screen recorder which also records webcam video.
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Use text supers to display speaker names and titles
Zoom name tags may be difficult for viewers to read in the recording. If you work at a big company with a lot of remote team members, it’s important to introduce the participants to the viewers. It’s easy to add a super or a flying text when a participant first speaks in the meeting. This helps viewers know how to refer to specific comments. Adding their emails in the supers makes things easier in case they would like to contact them after watching the recording.
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Trim unnecessary conversations
Edit your Zoom recording to make sure there are no awkward pauses, unnecessary gaps or ice-breaking chats included. This way you respect the time of your viewers. It’s quick and easy to trim videos with a free online video editor. Trimming down unnecessary information will make the video highly engaging and increase the attention of the viewer.
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Use text animations to highlight key takeaways
Turn the key points of the meeting into easy-to-follow text animations in the video. It works well in the introduction, where you can extract pointers from the agenda of the meeting to show the topics. It also works well at the end of the video as an outro for the viewers. Here you can summarize the key takeaways of the meeting.
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Add transitions to indicate topic changes
Improve the flow of your video recording by adding in simple video transitions. It doesn’t have to be anything dramatic—corporate videos can easily remain professional with video transitions such as wipe right or cross dissolve.
Adding a transition visually guides viewers and mentally prepares them to pay attention to the next topic.
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Bonus Tip! Save the bloopers for a fun work event.
Every Zoom meeting has key moments that can be elevated using simple video editing tricks. There can be moments that are not related to the topic, but this doesn’t mean that they need to be deleted! We recommend saving funny moments as blooper video clips to share at the next work Christmas party!
Ready to edit?
Now you know multiple video editing tips to take your Zoom recording to the next level. Save time by using good tools that will make your editing look seamless.
