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Best Video Editing App: How To Edit Videos For YouTube In Mobile Phone
Aug 15, 2025
Which is the best video editing for Android mobile phones? I had tried out multiple editing apps for YouTube video, TikTok video, and other platforms. I found none quite comfortable until I came across a particular one. In this video, I share what I consider the best video editing app for me, how to edit videos for YouTube with the app, what exactly you can do with it, and where to download it. #bestvideoeditingapp #bestvideoeditingappforandroid #bestvideoeditorforandroid #bestvideoeditingapps
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Which app is best for video editing?
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Especially if you want something that's
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very easy to use on your smartphone.
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Come right with me.
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I was looking for a video editing app
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for creating YouTube videos, Tik Tok
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videos, Instagram videos and the like. I
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am not by default a video creator.
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Text and images are my primary means of
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communication. I started out as a a
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blogger over 20 years ago. All my life I
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have done typing and publishing. And
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when I decided to give video a chance, I
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needed a video editing app that would
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not stress me. Nothing complicated, no
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steep learning curve. And there are a
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number of great video editing apps out
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there. Eventually, I settled for one,
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and it's one made by Google. The name is
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YouTube Create. YouTube Create. This is
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what the icon looks like. That's YouTube
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Create. It's a video editing app
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developed by Google. And of course, what
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they had in mind was for YouTube
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creators, people who were looking to
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create YouTube videos. What sold me was
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the fact that I found it very easy to
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use. You have the most basic controls at
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the bottom here. And what are the
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controls? You can import overlays. Those
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are media, either video or images that
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you superimpose on the original video
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that you're doing. You can add text with
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animations. You can add stickers, add
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background sound, do voiceovers,
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add captions.
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You can change the canvas. You can
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change the aspect ratio. This is the
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vertical aspect ratio for doing shots.
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You can always change that to a
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horizontal aspect ratio for proper long
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form YouTube video. You can change it to
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a square. If you want to post elsewhere
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where that is a need, there are a number
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of nifty things you can do with it. Oh,
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also you can split the video. That means
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you can trim, cut, you can stitch
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multiple videos together, you can adjust
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the volume, you can mute the video, you
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can fade, you can apply a fade effect,
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you can find beats, you can do audio
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cleanup. So, if you're recording and
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there are children crying in the
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background or a vehicle drives past and
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that sound is now in your video, you can
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get it cleaned up. It's not perfect, but
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yes, it works most times.
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You can duplicate a clip. You can
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replace. You can rotate.
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You can pretty much do all of the basics
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that you need to do to get your video
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out. You can also apply effects. I
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believe I have shown you that there are
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effects
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that you can apply to your videos. And
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it's that simple. I mentioned that you
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can add background sounds. Zero cost
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royaltyfree soundtracks cut off Google
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pulled from the YouTube audio library.
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It's beautiful. You can search, find the
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types you like, stitch them together.
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You can use multiple soundtracks. You
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know, after you're done with this one,
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different soundtracks start from that
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point. It does not have all the fancy
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features that you'd find in more
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advanced video editors like Capcot and
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Inv video and all of those. But if you
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want to do a little bit more editing, be
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more flexible, be more creative with
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them without having to go back to
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school,
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without having to pick up a textbook, I
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tried my hands at lots of other apps.
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They just didn't cut it for me. But the
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very day I downloaded YouTube create and
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gave it a spin, I said, "Yes, this was
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what I needed." It may not be perfect
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for everyone. But if you are looking for
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a mobile based video editor and one that
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does not have a steep learning curve, I
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recommend YouTube Create. I do all of my
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YouTube video recording and editing on
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my phone. I'm recording this with a
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phone and I have YouTube create
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installed on that phone. When I am done,
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all the editing will be done on that
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phone and the uploading will be done
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from that phone. When you're done
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editing your video and you need to
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upload, you can upload in a number of
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options. For example, you can choose a
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higher frame rate. You can choose
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between 30 and 60 frames pers. You can
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choose between 4K video resolution,
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1080p resolution, and 720p. I really
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don't advise that you upload video in
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720p anymore. Your minimum should be
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1080p. And if you can do 4K, great. The
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higher the quality of the videos that
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you upload, the better. It has on the
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homepage all the videos you have worked
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on listed there. They are all stored on
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your phone. Yes. So, here's another
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thing. If you have been creating videos
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with YouTube Create for months, you are
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going to have a lot of videos stored up
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on your phone, taking up storage space.
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In fact, I learned this the hard way. My
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phone storage began to run out. And I
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kept wondering, where are these things
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that are eating up my storage?
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It was the videos that I had been
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creating with YouTube Create. they were
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gobbling up space. So, make sure that
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from time to time you come here and you
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delete. When you tap this three dots
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beside a video, you have rename. So, you
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can name each of your videos. You can
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duplicate them and then you can delete.
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So, if you have been creating videos for
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a long time and you have 20, 30, 40, 50
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videos here in YouTube create, it's
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probably time to delete some of those
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videos. Unless of course your phone has
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1 TBTE or maybe 512 GB storage. I have
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done most of my content creation for the
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past two decades from a mobile phone and
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I only pick up my laptop when absolutely
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necessary. I remember somebody asking me
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a few weeks ago how I edit my YouTube
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videos and when I pointed out to him
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that I do it on my phone, he was like,
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"You do everything on your phone?" I
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said, "Yes, I do everything on my phone.
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Where can you find it? It's in beta
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state right now, but it's available in
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the Play Store. I also know that it's
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not available in every country, but if
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you are in the US, it's definitely
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available there. If you're in Canada,
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you should be able to access it. If
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you're in Europe, you should be able to
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access it. I can't guarantee that you'll
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be able to access it from any other
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country. If that is the situation with
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you, then find a third party app store.
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Find a third party Android app store and
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search for YouTube Create. All right.
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Sometimes it's written this way, YT
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Create. Search your favorite top third
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party Android app store for YT Create or
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YouTube Create and it should pop up. You
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should be able to download from there.
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Just make sure that it's your trusted
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third party app store. You don't want to
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go install a problematic app on your
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device. So, this is how I create all of
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my YouTube videos. This is how I edit
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all of my YouTube videos. Shot on a
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smartphone, edited on a smartphone,
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uploaded on a smartphone. I'm also going
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to mention that for your thumbnails,
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it's important to have catchy thumbnails
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for your YouTube videos. Don't just
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upload your video without adding a
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thumbnail. A thumbnail is that image,
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that graphical image that people see
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when they are first presented with your
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video, whether from a search or from the
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homepage of your channel. I use Canva. I
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use Canva for creating my thumbnails.
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Canva is pretty cool. It is one of the
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image editing apps that does not have a
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steep learning curve. You don't need to
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have Photoshop and Photo Paint level of
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skills to be able to use Canva. Pretty
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much anyone who can import, export, drag
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and drop things around can use Canva and
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create thumbnails for their YouTube
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videos and any other type of video you
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want to create as a matter of fact. So,
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YouTube Create for video editing and
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Canva for creation of your thumbnails
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just to have most of your needs covered.
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And those are my recommendations. Thank
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you for watching. Don't forget to like
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this video. Give me your feedback in the
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comment section. Take care.