How to Hire a Wedding Video Editor: Videographers Guide to Outsource Wedding Video Editing

Are you a wedding videographer looking to outsource video editing? This guide helps you find the perfect wedding video editor. Learn what to look for, compare editing services, and discover why WedWill is the best choice.
Written by
Pram
Published on
October 22, 2024

Introduction

Being a talented wedding videographer has pros and cons. On one hand, your pocket becomes full as you receive more wedding projects. On the other hand, you lose your work life balance as you engage in multiple projects. Rejecting some orders is also not a viable option because of the risk of receiving bad feedback from clients, which can negatively impact your business in the long run. 

Through wedding video editing outsourcing, you can focus on the videography part and engage in multiple wedding projects while ensuring that you meet client deadlines while ensuring high quality edits. However, one wrong choice of hiring a wedding video editor can actually destroy your plans and the business. This is where you need help.

Through this guide, we plan to direct you the way to find a good video editor that can meet your wedding video needs. By reading this, you will learn what to look for in a wedding video editor, average costs of wedding video editing and how to hire a wedding video editor.

The Importance of Professional Wedding Video Editing

Every wedding couple long for their wedding video to be top notch and look for something that capture the magic and emotion of their special day in a way that they can cherish for a lifetime. Therefore, videographers must ensure that their final product meets the highest standards expected by their clients.

But video editing takes time and “time is money”. Sure, editing on your own gives the best outcome, but professional video editors can also provide you high quality video editing, sometimes even more. If you find a video editor who meets your style, the collaboration can give you more time to focus on shooting more weddings and expanding your business. That is why you should seek for a professional wedding video editor.

What to Look for in a Wedding Video Editor

Wedding film is a precious gift for the couple, and they cherish it for their lifetime. It also becomes a good marketing material for the videographer in the long run. Therefore, wedding video editor plays a crucial role in your career.

When choosing a wedding video editor, look for the following.

  • Portfolio and Experience

An experienced wedding video editor usually knows what to include and not-include in a wedding video and have their own style and standard of video editing. If you look at their portfolio, you can have a rough idea about the video editor and decide if their style and standards align with yours. If the video editor has videos with various styles, that’s great because it tells us that he can adopt to different styles and standards.

  • Turnaround Time

A responsible professional always commit their time to meet the deadlines. Depending on the expertise of the video editor, most professionals have quick delivery times. Unfortunately, it’s only after investing in a service that you discover whether a video editor have a quick delivery time or not. However, you can also rely on other’s feedback, if you personally know the person.

  • Communication and Collaboration

A wedding video editor must have good communication and collaborative skills. This can ensure that you have the freedom to talk with him and convey your ideas for the video editing. If the editor has poor communication and collaborative skills, he often struggles to understand your motives and ideas, and unwilling to revise the content, which can result in poor video editing outcomes. Therefore, try to talk with the editor before hiring him. Tell them what type of wedding video you are expecting from them and ask for their opinions. If they can provide you constructive feedback, you can ensure that they will fit the job.

  • Sample Wedding Video Editing Service

If you are not convinced with the portfolio, others feedback and the conversation with the video editor, you can ask for a sample wedding video from the editor. Some video editors offer free samples, however, most of them are amateur editors. Most professional video editors will offer you a sample at half of their price, so that you can try out their service before deciding long term collaborations.

For instance, at WedWill, we offer trial wedding highlight video editing for $199 to let you feel our service before opting into our subscription service.

Average Costs of Wedding Video Editing

Wedding video editors charge from $100 to $1500 for highlight video, depending on complexity and duration. Some services may also include additional fees for revisions and custom edits. Following is a comparison of highlight video prices of different video editing services.

Service Features Price Range for Highlight Video
WedCuts Editing, color correction, audio enhancement, three revisions From $250
Wededits custom highlight reels $250 - $400
Fiverr/Upwork Freelance editors, various styles and experiences $100 - $500+
Bride & Groom Video Unlimited editing in package, professional edits $495 (one-off)
WedWill.com Custom highlight videos, unlimited requests and revisions, quick turnaround, personalized edits $199 (Trial offer) or $547 - $1449 unlimited video edit subscription

Note: We have included Fiverr and Upwork as an option to let you know that it is also a choice to find professional video editors. However, many videographers have negative experience working with Fiverr and Upwork freelancers. When you look for quality video editors in freelancing platforms, always keep in mind that “Higher the price, Better the quality.

Why Consider a Subscription-Based Editing Service?

  • Cost Savings – As a professional videographer, you often work with multiple projects monthly basis. Freelance video editors often charge by project, which adds up additional costs for the video editing. Imagine that you received 7 weddings to attend to and you pay $400 per project. That adds up $2800 additional costs in that month. Right? If your business receives multiple weddings in a month, it is better to consider a subscription-based editing service as it can save thousands of dollars
  • Unlimited Editing and Reviews – One of the benefits of subscription services is that some service providers offer unlimited editing and reviewing, like us. The advantage of this comes when you do not like the final outcome. Since you can order multiple editing and reviews, you can ensure that the final product is perfect, without extra costs.
  • Consistent Quality - Subscription services often dedicate a one video editor for one client, which learn your style after few projects. This can ensure consistency in style and quality across all projects.
  • Scalability – Some services offer unlimited video requests per month. This option allows you to accept multiples offers and scale your business without worrying about fluctuating editing costs.

Why Should You Hire WedWill?

At WedWill, we offer competing pricing packages for our subscription services, starting from $549 per month. Most other professional wedding video editing services charge around $500 per project and accept only limited footage bandwidth for each project, whereas we offer unlimited video requests and up to 500GB of raw footage for a single request in our subscription service.

With WedWill subscriptions, you get.

Wedwill Subscription Benefits

For those who are sceptical about our service, we offer a RISK-FREE TRIAL at $199 for a Wedding Video Highlight Edit. For $199, we will provide you, 

  • A 4–6-minute highlight video, including colour grading and sound mixing
  • The Premiere Pro project file that includes culled and chronologically labelled raw footage
  • Unlimited revisions using Frame.io and unlimited feedback
  • 7-day money back guarantee

Try WedWill for $199

Final Thoughts

Hiring a wedding video editor can be a disaster, especially if you end up with someone lacking the necessary talent and experience. To ensure you make the right choice, check their portfolio, turnaround time, client feedback and communication skills. The effortless way to outsource a good wedding video editor is to try out their service before making a commitment. 

WedWill brings you the opportunity to try our service for $199, which allows you to experience our exceptional service, unlimited revisions and dedicated support with money-back guarantee. Let us edit your next wedding video. We’re confident you’ll love our service.

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