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How to edit TikTok videos: the seven edits that work.Here's the thing: a good TikTok isn't about knowing where the buttons are. It's about seven edits. Let me show you each one, in a real 56-second short.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Font for captions: how to pick one that reads.Picking a font for captions takes a minute. Making it read on every shot takes four more choices. Let me show you both, with three real videos.Captions · October 29, 2026What is short-form video: three real examples.Everybody defines it by its length. I think that's half the answer. Here's what short-form video is, and what goes inside one, on three real shorts.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Video caption styles: six looks, and when to use each.Every page on caption styles shows you presets. Let me show you the six looks on real videos instead, and the one sentence that gets each of them on yours.Captions · October 29, 2026Vertical video: what it is, and how to make one.A vertical video is taller than it is wide, made for a phone held upright. Here's when to choose it, what changes in the edit, and three ways to make one, with four real videos.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Transitions for video: the types, and when to use each.You opened the transitions tab and found twenty names: burn, glitch, heart, spin. Here's what each kind does, when it works, and what four real videos actually use between their shots.Motion design · October 29, 2026TikTok caption font: what it is and what to use.The TikTok caption font is TikTok Sans, and it's free. The real question is whether you should use it. Let me show you, with three real TikTok-size videos.Captions · October 29, 2026TikTok aspect ratio: 9:16, and what it means for your video.The TikTok aspect ratio is 9:16, vertical, at 1080 x 1920 pixels. That's the easy part. Let me show you what it means for the picture, on three real shorts.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Intro hooks: how to win the first seconds of a video.Most guides treat a hook as a sentence. On video, it's a sentence and a picture. Here are the types that work, what each one looks like on screen, and a real hook taken apart.Short-form video · October 29, 2026How to make a TikTok video: from the idea to the post.Here's the thing: your first take doesn't have to be good. Let me show you how to make a TikTok video the whole way, from the idea to the post, with three real shorts.Short-form video · October 29, 2026How to add captions on TikTok: three ways, step by step.TikTok's Captions button takes four steps. The captions you see on the feed come from somewhere else. Here are the three ways, and what each one can't do.Captions · October 29, 2026How long should a reel be? The answer, and three real ones.Everyone gives you a different number. Let's sort out which ones are measured, which ones are guesses, and put three real tall videos on the scale.Short-form video · October 29, 2026