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Expert Advice on Selecting The Best Lenses For Filmmaking
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Expert Advice on Selecting The Best Lenses For Filmmaking
A Vlogger’s Guide To Camera Lenses
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions
The staple of any vlog is the talking headshot, a shot of the speaker talking directly to the audience. You can compose this shot with different kinds of lenses for your interchangeable lens camera.
But which kind of lens is the right lens for you as a vlogger?
In this article, I’m going to help you figure that out.
- Part 1: Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
- Part 2: Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
- Part 3: Crop Factor
- Part 4: Focal Length Equivalency Table
- Part 5: Aperture
- Part 6: Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Part 7: Optical Image Stabilization
Three Focal Length Groups: Wide, Standard, Telephoto
There are three main ranges in focal lengths that camera lenses can be categorized into wide, standard, and telephoto.
Wide-Angle Lens
Wide-angle lenses can “see more.” They allow more of your scene to fit inside your frame. Objects that are closer to the lens appear much bigger while objects that are further away appear even smaller. Perspectives are also enhanced, making close objects and people that just make it into the sides of the frame appear more stretched out. Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, wide-angle lenses will appear the least zoomed in.
Standard Lens
With standard lenses or normal lenses, you won’t get the stretched out objects or enhanced perspectives that you get from wide-angle lenses. Instead, standard lenses are meant to see scenes as the natural human eye is meant to see them. If you shoot a scene with both a wide-angle lens and a standard lens from the same position, you’ll notice that less of the scene fits into your frame. Standard lenses will appear more zoomed-in than wide-angle lenses, but less zoomed-in than telephoto lenses.
Telephoto Lens
Out of all the other ranges in focal lengths, telephoto lenses will appear the most zoomed in. This can be beneficial for the shooter who wants to get a closer shot of a scene without having to physically be in close proximity to the scene. Objects that are further away in the background also appear larger and closer than they would appear on wide-angle or standard lenses.
Vlogging With Each Focal Length Group
You can get your talking head footage using lenses from any of the three focal length groups. Depending on how you plan to vlog most of the time, though, one of the three focal lengths might be more suitable for you.
When to vlog with a wide-angle lens
Wide-angle lenses are the most commonly used lenses for vlogging. Wide-angle lenses are great when you need to be close to your camera. This might be the case for you if your recording space is small or if you want to film yourself as you hold your camera up with your own hand.
Being close to your camera not only gives you the option to use your camera’s built-in microphone, but it also gives you the option to make use of camera-mounted shotgun microphones.
When to vlog with a standard lens
Standard lenses are great when you have more space to be further away from your camera. The perspectives in your shot will look more natural through a standard lens, making your talking head footage feel more corporate or professional. You’ll also be able to get blurrier backgrounds using a standard lens versus a wide-angle lens.
Being further away from your camera, however, means that you’ll have to use a separate microphone positioned closer to you.
When to vlog with a telephoto lens
As telephoto lenses are even more zoomed in, you’ll need to be even further away from your camera to fit yourself inside your camera frame. Why would any vlogger ever need to be that far away from their camera? One word… teleprompter. If you want or need to stick to a script, you’ll have to be far away enough from your camera that it doesn’t appear like your eyes are scanning left to right. You then close in the distance with a telephoto lens.
In the above video, Marcos Rocha compares different focal lengths for talking head videos. Which focal length range do you like the look of?
Crop Factor
Focal lengths in camera lenses are measured in millimeters. You can vlog yourself handheld with a 24mm lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor (the sensor is the piece of hardware inside your camera that turns the light it receives into a digital image). But if you use a 24mm lens on a camera with a smaller sensor, like an APS-C sensor or even smaller Micro 4/3 sensor, more of you will get cropped out (see below).
In order to make up for the cropping that occurs, you will need to use a wider lens on cameras with smaller sensors to get the same shot you’d get with a full-frame camera.
Focal Length Equivalency Table
This table shows you the focal lengths needed to achieve the same shot between cameras with different sensor sizes. In order to take a shot as wide as the shot I took of myself with the 24mm lens on my full-frame camera, I would need a 15mm lens on an APS-C sensor camera or a 12mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera.
Focal Length / Sensor | Full Frame | APS-C | Micro 4/3 |
---|---|---|---|
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 16mm | 10mm | 8mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 18mm | 11mm | 9mm |
Wide (Handheld Selfie-Safe) | 24mm | 15mm | 12mm |
Wide | 35mm | 22mm | 18mm |
Standard | 50mm | 31mm | 25mm |
Telephoto | 70mm | 44mm | 35mm |
Telephoto | 100mm | 63mm | 50mm |
Telephoto | 200mm | 125mm | 100mm |
Aperture
The next thing to consider when you’re looking for a lens is the aperture, the hole (often adjustable) within the lens that lets light in. Aperture for camera lenses is measured in f-stops (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.0) - the smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture (bigger hole letting even more light in).
Because larger aperture lenses let more light in, they need a shorter time for cameras to compose an image. This is why larger aperture lenses are also called “fast” lenses.
Fast lenses are more expensive because they cost more to produce. There’s a lot more that goes into them, including larger and higher quality glass elements.
But do you even need a fast lens?
Vlogging With a Fast Lens
Pros of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- Better low-light performance
- Better autofocus performance
- Better “bokeh” (out-of-focus areas, like your background, having that nice blurry look that you see in a lot of movies)
Cons of Vlogging With a Fast Lens
- More expensive
- Moving subjects more likely to get out of focus when shooting with a large aperture
- Better continuous autofocus performance needed when shooting moving subjects with a large aperture
Optical Image Stabilization
Finally, you’ll have to decide whether or not you want your lens to have built-in optical image stabilization (OIS).
OIS is very beneficial to have on a lens if you’re a vlogger who films mostly handheld footage. Although this technology adds to the price of your lens as well, it can greatly help you to capture smoother footage that may otherwise be shaky. Nikon calls this technology “Vibration Reduction” (VR) for their lenses.
In the above video, you can see how much OIS can help to stabilize your footage. MicBergsma simultaneously compares the footage between two GoPro Hero5 Blacks, one with OIS on and one with OIS off.
If, however, you are shooting most of your vlogs on a tripod, you won’t need a lens with OIS.
Looking for ways to set up your talking-head shot for YouTube with any of these lenses? Check out our post on 4 Ways To Set Up Your Talking-Head Shots For YouTube .
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Perfecting the Skill for Selective YouTube Downloads
How to Download Part of YouTube Video?
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
YouTube is the second-most viewed social platform, with around 2.3 Billion people active on it every day.
It’s easy to find videos of your choice with a simple search online. You’ve probably come across ways to download a YouTube video, but what if you only want to download a part of the video and not the whole? Well, that’s exactly what we’ll be covering here.
Here in this article, you will learn about the most straightforward YouTube video cutter and its uses. The next time you see something interesting, you can straightaway download it!
- Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
- Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora? [Video Tutorial]
Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
Below are 6 software that are available to download part of youtube video, find which one fit you much. Watch a video description first!
Note: We resolutely oppose all forms of copyright-infringing downloads. This tutorial is only for downloading YouTube videos/audio materials from your own channel.
1 - Clideo | 2 - YT Cutter | 3 - VEED.IO |
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4 - Hashcut | 5 - VideoCrops | 6 - Kapwing |
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1. Clideo
Clideo is not only easy to use, but it’s safe too. It helps you cut parts of the video in just a few steps, and it’s completely free! Furthermore, it will delete the user information in 24 hours. Clideo also works even if you don’t log in or register.
You just need to follow the simple steps below to download the part of the YouTube video.
Step 1: Copy the YouTube link you want and paste it on the Clideo video cutter. As shown in the figure below, you need to paste it in the space on the homepage. You can also export the file to Google Drive and Dropbox. It is also compatible with Mobile and PC.
Step 2: Once you paste the link, you need to cut the video part using the slider. You then have to set the start and end times accordingly. You can also choose the “Fade in” or “Fade out” option to give your video smooth finishing. Clideo provides several extensions to download, but if you want to post your video on social media, it’s better to use the MP4 option. After finishing, press the “Cut” button.
Step 3: You can preview your video and save it on your device as the final step.
2. YT Cutter
It’s a super-easy video cutter that can download a part of any YouTube video in no time. YT Cutter also allows downloading and trimming the video online. The maximum limit is 1 minute for free account users, but it’s 20 minutes for premium users.
Here are the steps to download part of your YouTube video using YT Cutter.
Step 1: Click on the “start” button after pasting your YouTube URL.
Step 2: You can preview the part of the video you want to download online. After that, add the start and end times in the options bar on the left. Then, you’re good to go! Your video will be ready to download once you hit the “download” button.
3. VEED.IO
Veed.io YouTube video cutter is another flexible and easy tool to use. Paste the YouTube URL on Veed and cut or trim any part of the YouTube video easily.
Check out the simple steps to use Veed below:
Step 1: You will find the option to upload your file, record a video, or paste the YouTube video URL on Veed.
Step 2: Once you have uploaded your video in Veed, you can trim or cut a section by dragging or clicking the video ends.
Step 3: Soon after finishing your work, press the “download” button, and you finish it.
Filmora Video Editor
Create AI-Generated Video with Filmora
Filmora Discord video editor offers a ChatGPT plug-in and AI tools to enhance your creative vision. Make your idea into reality.
Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Learn More >
4. Hashcut
Hashcut is user-friendly as it does not save up your video. If you like a video on YouTube and want to download a part of the video, Hashcut is your go-to!
Want to know how it works? Read below:
Step 1: You can search for the YouTube video you want to cut and paste the URL on the Hashcut box. Then, click the START RECORDING button to add the start timing, and then click the END RECORDING button to add the ending timing.
Step 2: You can also add stickers and texts as per your choice before saving the part of the YouTube video.
Step 3: Finally, you can compile multiple clips into a single clip and then hit “SAVE HASHCUT” to finish your work.
5. VideoCrops
VideoCrops is another wonderful tool to download a part of the YouTube video you want. It has limited tools as it is free. Be sure to download your video immediately after your work is done.
Here are the simple steps you need to follow to use VideoCrops.
Step 1: Open VideoCrops on your device, paste the YouTube video URL, and click the “Play” button.
Step 2: Select the video interval you want to crop and hit the “Crop selection” button below the video.
Step 3: Click the “Download” button below and enjoy your clip.
6. Kapwing
Kapwing is another cool tool that works on all devices such as Android, Mac, and iOS. It makes your work easy with a few simple trims and cuts.
Know how to get your work done with Kapwing here!
Step 1: If you want a part of any YouTube video, paste the link into the given space and wait for the video to be displayed on the screen.
Step 2: When the video appears, you need to select the slider and drag it to the part of the video you want for a final cut. You can also use the arrow key if you want better trimming. You can also zoom in or out for better results and adjust the video’s speed.
Step 3: When you’re finally done with the cropping and editing, press the “Export Video” button at the top right corner. You can now share and download the shortened video.
Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora?
Filmora is a software editor that is available for both Windows and MacOS. It can give you many editing and recording facilities. Besides, it offers many editing facilities like effects, color match, motion tracking, direct upload to social platforms, and a lot more. You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
Secure Download
Secure Download
- Open Wondershare Filmora and then click the PC Screen button to enter the screen recording interface.
- In the Wondershare Screen Recorder tool, you can choose to record your full screen or any target window. For example, since we want to record part of the YouTube video, choose target window and then select the browser playing the YouTube video.
You need to choose the file location of where you want your video to be saved, set a record time limit and hit the red record button.
- If you want to save only a part of the YouTube video, you can drag the play header to the section of your choice and trim it or use scissors to slice the part you want in Filmora. You can edit the part by adding headings and effects. And finally, export the video to use.
You can check this part to learn more details about how to use Filmora to record screen .
Final thoughts
That’s about it! These were some of the best tools to download sections of the YouTube videos of your choice. The steps are pretty much the same for all the tools mentioned above. You no longer have to reach out to your friends to do this for you. This article will help you out as we’ve mentioned the step-by-step process for each tool. First, you need to ensure you have a stable internet connection.
Download segments of the YouTube video effortlessly with a few taps on your phone now!
A cross-platform for making videos anywhere for all creators
Why your video editing isn’t good enough? How about some creative inspo?
- 100 Million+ Users
- 150+ Countries and Regions
- 4 Million+ Social Media Followers
- 5 Million+ Stock Media for Use
* Secure Download
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
YouTube is the second-most viewed social platform, with around 2.3 Billion people active on it every day.
It’s easy to find videos of your choice with a simple search online. You’ve probably come across ways to download a YouTube video, but what if you only want to download a part of the video and not the whole? Well, that’s exactly what we’ll be covering here.
Here in this article, you will learn about the most straightforward YouTube video cutter and its uses. The next time you see something interesting, you can straightaway download it!
- Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
- Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora? [Video Tutorial]
Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
Below are 6 software that are available to download part of youtube video, find which one fit you much. Watch a video description first!
Note: We resolutely oppose all forms of copyright-infringing downloads. This tutorial is only for downloading YouTube videos/audio materials from your own channel.
1 - Clideo | 2 - YT Cutter | 3 - VEED.IO |
---|---|---|
4 - Hashcut | 5 - VideoCrops | 6 - Kapwing |
Try Filmora to Download and Edit YouTube Video for Free!
Filmora YouTube Video Editor is an expert in creating and editing videos for all YouTubers. You can use the built-in screen recorder to download YouTube videos and add cool visual effects and popular emojis to re-edit your video. Then you can upload to YouTube directly and gain more views!
Download & Edit YouTube Videos Download & Edit YouTube Videos Download & Edit YouTube Videos Learn More >
1. Clideo
Clideo is not only easy to use, but it’s safe too. It helps you cut parts of the video in just a few steps, and it’s completely free! Furthermore, it will delete the user information in 24 hours. Clideo also works even if you don’t log in or register.
You just need to follow the simple steps below to download the part of the YouTube video.
Step 1: Copy the YouTube link you want and paste it on the Clideo video cutter. As shown in the figure below, you need to paste it in the space on the homepage. You can also export the file to Google Drive and Dropbox. It is also compatible with Mobile and PC.
Step 2: Once you paste the link, you need to cut the video part using the slider. You then have to set the start and end times accordingly. You can also choose the “Fade in” or “Fade out” option to give your video smooth finishing. Clideo provides several extensions to download, but if you want to post your video on social media, it’s better to use the MP4 option. After finishing, press the “Cut” button.
Step 3: You can preview your video and save it on your device as the final step.
2. YT Cutter
It’s a super-easy video cutter that can download a part of any YouTube video in no time. YT Cutter also allows downloading and trimming the video online. The maximum limit is 1 minute for free account users, but it’s 20 minutes for premium users.
Here are the steps to download part of your YouTube video using YT Cutter.
Step 1: Click on the “start” button after pasting your YouTube URL.
Step 2: You can preview the part of the video you want to download online. After that, add the start and end times in the options bar on the left. Then, you’re good to go! Your video will be ready to download once you hit the “download” button.
3. VEED.IO
Veed.io YouTube video cutter is another flexible and easy tool to use. Paste the YouTube URL on Veed and cut or trim any part of the YouTube video easily.
Check out the simple steps to use Veed below:
Step 1: You will find the option to upload your file, record a video, or paste the YouTube video URL on Veed.
Step 2: Once you have uploaded your video in Veed, you can trim or cut a section by dragging or clicking the video ends.
Step 3: Soon after finishing your work, press the “download” button, and you finish it.
Filmora Video Editor
Create AI-Generated Video with Filmora
Filmora Discord video editor offers a ChatGPT plug-in and AI tools to enhance your creative vision. Make your idea into reality.
Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Learn More >
4. Hashcut
Hashcut is user-friendly as it does not save up your video. If you like a video on YouTube and want to download a part of the video, Hashcut is your go-to!
Want to know how it works? Read below:
Step 1: You can search for the YouTube video you want to cut and paste the URL on the Hashcut box. Then, click the START RECORDING button to add the start timing, and then click the END RECORDING button to add the ending timing.
Step 2: You can also add stickers and texts as per your choice before saving the part of the YouTube video.
Step 3: Finally, you can compile multiple clips into a single clip and then hit “SAVE HASHCUT” to finish your work.
5. VideoCrops
VideoCrops is another wonderful tool to download a part of the YouTube video you want. It has limited tools as it is free. Be sure to download your video immediately after your work is done.
Here are the simple steps you need to follow to use VideoCrops.
Step 1: Open VideoCrops on your device, paste the YouTube video URL, and click the “Play” button.
Step 2: Select the video interval you want to crop and hit the “Crop selection” button below the video.
Step 3: Click the “Download” button below and enjoy your clip.
6. Kapwing
Kapwing is another cool tool that works on all devices such as Android, Mac, and iOS. It makes your work easy with a few simple trims and cuts.
Know how to get your work done with Kapwing here!
Step 1: If you want a part of any YouTube video, paste the link into the given space and wait for the video to be displayed on the screen.
Step 2: When the video appears, you need to select the slider and drag it to the part of the video you want for a final cut. You can also use the arrow key if you want better trimming. You can also zoom in or out for better results and adjust the video’s speed.
Step 3: When you’re finally done with the cropping and editing, press the “Export Video” button at the top right corner. You can now share and download the shortened video.
Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora?
Filmora is a software editor that is available for both Windows and MacOS. It can give you many editing and recording facilities. Besides, it offers many editing facilities like effects, color match, motion tracking, direct upload to social platforms, and a lot more. You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
Secure Download
Secure Download
- Open Wondershare Filmora and then click the PC Screen button to enter the screen recording interface.
- In the Wondershare Screen Recorder tool, you can choose to record your full screen or any target window. For example, since we want to record part of the YouTube video, choose target window and then select the browser playing the YouTube video.
You need to choose the file location of where you want your video to be saved, set a record time limit and hit the red record button.
- If you want to save only a part of the YouTube video, you can drag the play header to the section of your choice and trim it or use scissors to slice the part you want in Filmora. You can edit the part by adding headings and effects. And finally, export the video to use.
You can check this part to learn more details about how to use Filmora to record screen .
Final thoughts
That’s about it! These were some of the best tools to download sections of the YouTube videos of your choice. The steps are pretty much the same for all the tools mentioned above. You no longer have to reach out to your friends to do this for you. This article will help you out as we’ve mentioned the step-by-step process for each tool. First, you need to ensure you have a stable internet connection.
Download segments of the YouTube video effortlessly with a few taps on your phone now!
A cross-platform for making videos anywhere for all creators
Why your video editing isn’t good enough? How about some creative inspo?
- 100 Million+ Users
- 150+ Countries and Regions
- 4 Million+ Social Media Followers
- 5 Million+ Stock Media for Use
* Secure Download
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
YouTube is the second-most viewed social platform, with around 2.3 Billion people active on it every day.
It’s easy to find videos of your choice with a simple search online. You’ve probably come across ways to download a YouTube video, but what if you only want to download a part of the video and not the whole? Well, that’s exactly what we’ll be covering here.
Here in this article, you will learn about the most straightforward YouTube video cutter and its uses. The next time you see something interesting, you can straightaway download it!
- Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
- Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora? [Video Tutorial]
Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
Below are 6 software that are available to download part of youtube video, find which one fit you much. Watch a video description first!
Note: We resolutely oppose all forms of copyright-infringing downloads. This tutorial is only for downloading YouTube videos/audio materials from your own channel.
1 - Clideo | 2 - YT Cutter | 3 - VEED.IO |
---|---|---|
4 - Hashcut | 5 - VideoCrops | 6 - Kapwing |
Try Filmora to Download and Edit YouTube Video for Free!
Filmora YouTube Video Editor is an expert in creating and editing videos for all YouTubers. You can use the built-in screen recorder to download YouTube videos and add cool visual effects and popular emojis to re-edit your video. Then you can upload to YouTube directly and gain more views!
Download & Edit YouTube Videos Download & Edit YouTube Videos Download & Edit YouTube Videos Learn More >
1. Clideo
Clideo is not only easy to use, but it’s safe too. It helps you cut parts of the video in just a few steps, and it’s completely free! Furthermore, it will delete the user information in 24 hours. Clideo also works even if you don’t log in or register.
You just need to follow the simple steps below to download the part of the YouTube video.
Step 1: Copy the YouTube link you want and paste it on the Clideo video cutter. As shown in the figure below, you need to paste it in the space on the homepage. You can also export the file to Google Drive and Dropbox. It is also compatible with Mobile and PC.
Step 2: Once you paste the link, you need to cut the video part using the slider. You then have to set the start and end times accordingly. You can also choose the “Fade in” or “Fade out” option to give your video smooth finishing. Clideo provides several extensions to download, but if you want to post your video on social media, it’s better to use the MP4 option. After finishing, press the “Cut” button.
Step 3: You can preview your video and save it on your device as the final step.
2. YT Cutter
It’s a super-easy video cutter that can download a part of any YouTube video in no time. YT Cutter also allows downloading and trimming the video online. The maximum limit is 1 minute for free account users, but it’s 20 minutes for premium users.
Here are the steps to download part of your YouTube video using YT Cutter.
Step 1: Click on the “start” button after pasting your YouTube URL.
Step 2: You can preview the part of the video you want to download online. After that, add the start and end times in the options bar on the left. Then, you’re good to go! Your video will be ready to download once you hit the “download” button.
3. VEED.IO
Veed.io YouTube video cutter is another flexible and easy tool to use. Paste the YouTube URL on Veed and cut or trim any part of the YouTube video easily.
Check out the simple steps to use Veed below:
Step 1: You will find the option to upload your file, record a video, or paste the YouTube video URL on Veed.
Step 2: Once you have uploaded your video in Veed, you can trim or cut a section by dragging or clicking the video ends.
Step 3: Soon after finishing your work, press the “download” button, and you finish it.
Filmora Video Editor
Create AI-Generated Video with Filmora
Filmora Discord video editor offers a ChatGPT plug-in and AI tools to enhance your creative vision. Make your idea into reality.
Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Learn More >
4. Hashcut
Hashcut is user-friendly as it does not save up your video. If you like a video on YouTube and want to download a part of the video, Hashcut is your go-to!
Want to know how it works? Read below:
Step 1: You can search for the YouTube video you want to cut and paste the URL on the Hashcut box. Then, click the START RECORDING button to add the start timing, and then click the END RECORDING button to add the ending timing.
Step 2: You can also add stickers and texts as per your choice before saving the part of the YouTube video.
Step 3: Finally, you can compile multiple clips into a single clip and then hit “SAVE HASHCUT” to finish your work.
5. VideoCrops
VideoCrops is another wonderful tool to download a part of the YouTube video you want. It has limited tools as it is free. Be sure to download your video immediately after your work is done.
Here are the simple steps you need to follow to use VideoCrops.
Step 1: Open VideoCrops on your device, paste the YouTube video URL, and click the “Play” button.
Step 2: Select the video interval you want to crop and hit the “Crop selection” button below the video.
Step 3: Click the “Download” button below and enjoy your clip.
6. Kapwing
Kapwing is another cool tool that works on all devices such as Android, Mac, and iOS. It makes your work easy with a few simple trims and cuts.
Know how to get your work done with Kapwing here!
Step 1: If you want a part of any YouTube video, paste the link into the given space and wait for the video to be displayed on the screen.
Step 2: When the video appears, you need to select the slider and drag it to the part of the video you want for a final cut. You can also use the arrow key if you want better trimming. You can also zoom in or out for better results and adjust the video’s speed.
Step 3: When you’re finally done with the cropping and editing, press the “Export Video” button at the top right corner. You can now share and download the shortened video.
Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora?
Filmora is a software editor that is available for both Windows and MacOS. It can give you many editing and recording facilities. Besides, it offers many editing facilities like effects, color match, motion tracking, direct upload to social platforms, and a lot more. You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
Secure Download
Secure Download
- Open Wondershare Filmora and then click the PC Screen button to enter the screen recording interface.
- In the Wondershare Screen Recorder tool, you can choose to record your full screen or any target window. For example, since we want to record part of the YouTube video, choose target window and then select the browser playing the YouTube video.
You need to choose the file location of where you want your video to be saved, set a record time limit and hit the red record button.
- If you want to save only a part of the YouTube video, you can drag the play header to the section of your choice and trim it or use scissors to slice the part you want in Filmora. You can edit the part by adding headings and effects. And finally, export the video to use.
You can check this part to learn more details about how to use Filmora to record screen .
Final thoughts
That’s about it! These were some of the best tools to download sections of the YouTube videos of your choice. The steps are pretty much the same for all the tools mentioned above. You no longer have to reach out to your friends to do this for you. This article will help you out as we’ve mentioned the step-by-step process for each tool. First, you need to ensure you have a stable internet connection.
Download segments of the YouTube video effortlessly with a few taps on your phone now!
A cross-platform for making videos anywhere for all creators
Why your video editing isn’t good enough? How about some creative inspo?
- 100 Million+ Users
- 150+ Countries and Regions
- 4 Million+ Social Media Followers
- 5 Million+ Stock Media for Use
* Secure Download
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
YouTube is the second-most viewed social platform, with around 2.3 Billion people active on it every day.
It’s easy to find videos of your choice with a simple search online. You’ve probably come across ways to download a YouTube video, but what if you only want to download a part of the video and not the whole? Well, that’s exactly what we’ll be covering here.
Here in this article, you will learn about the most straightforward YouTube video cutter and its uses. The next time you see something interesting, you can straightaway download it!
- Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
- Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora? [Video Tutorial]
Part 1: How to Download a Certain Part of a YouTube Video?
Below are 6 software that are available to download part of youtube video, find which one fit you much. Watch a video description first!
Note: We resolutely oppose all forms of copyright-infringing downloads. This tutorial is only for downloading YouTube videos/audio materials from your own channel.
1 - Clideo | 2 - YT Cutter | 3 - VEED.IO |
---|---|---|
4 - Hashcut | 5 - VideoCrops | 6 - Kapwing |
Try Filmora to Download and Edit YouTube Video for Free!
Filmora YouTube Video Editor is an expert in creating and editing videos for all YouTubers. You can use the built-in screen recorder to download YouTube videos and add cool visual effects and popular emojis to re-edit your video. Then you can upload to YouTube directly and gain more views!
Download & Edit YouTube Videos Download & Edit YouTube Videos Download & Edit YouTube Videos Learn More >
1. Clideo
Clideo is not only easy to use, but it’s safe too. It helps you cut parts of the video in just a few steps, and it’s completely free! Furthermore, it will delete the user information in 24 hours. Clideo also works even if you don’t log in or register.
You just need to follow the simple steps below to download the part of the YouTube video.
Step 1: Copy the YouTube link you want and paste it on the Clideo video cutter. As shown in the figure below, you need to paste it in the space on the homepage. You can also export the file to Google Drive and Dropbox. It is also compatible with Mobile and PC.
Step 2: Once you paste the link, you need to cut the video part using the slider. You then have to set the start and end times accordingly. You can also choose the “Fade in” or “Fade out” option to give your video smooth finishing. Clideo provides several extensions to download, but if you want to post your video on social media, it’s better to use the MP4 option. After finishing, press the “Cut” button.
Step 3: You can preview your video and save it on your device as the final step.
2. YT Cutter
It’s a super-easy video cutter that can download a part of any YouTube video in no time. YT Cutter also allows downloading and trimming the video online. The maximum limit is 1 minute for free account users, but it’s 20 minutes for premium users.
Here are the steps to download part of your YouTube video using YT Cutter.
Step 1: Click on the “start” button after pasting your YouTube URL.
Step 2: You can preview the part of the video you want to download online. After that, add the start and end times in the options bar on the left. Then, you’re good to go! Your video will be ready to download once you hit the “download” button.
3. VEED.IO
Veed.io YouTube video cutter is another flexible and easy tool to use. Paste the YouTube URL on Veed and cut or trim any part of the YouTube video easily.
Check out the simple steps to use Veed below:
Step 1: You will find the option to upload your file, record a video, or paste the YouTube video URL on Veed.
Step 2: Once you have uploaded your video in Veed, you can trim or cut a section by dragging or clicking the video ends.
Step 3: Soon after finishing your work, press the “download” button, and you finish it.
Filmora Video Editor
Create AI-Generated Video with Filmora
Filmora Discord video editor offers a ChatGPT plug-in and AI tools to enhance your creative vision. Make your idea into reality.
Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Create Video with ChatGPT Learn More >
4. Hashcut
Hashcut is user-friendly as it does not save up your video. If you like a video on YouTube and want to download a part of the video, Hashcut is your go-to!
Want to know how it works? Read below:
Step 1: You can search for the YouTube video you want to cut and paste the URL on the Hashcut box. Then, click the START RECORDING button to add the start timing, and then click the END RECORDING button to add the ending timing.
Step 2: You can also add stickers and texts as per your choice before saving the part of the YouTube video.
Step 3: Finally, you can compile multiple clips into a single clip and then hit “SAVE HASHCUT” to finish your work.
5. VideoCrops
VideoCrops is another wonderful tool to download a part of the YouTube video you want. It has limited tools as it is free. Be sure to download your video immediately after your work is done.
Here are the simple steps you need to follow to use VideoCrops.
Step 1: Open VideoCrops on your device, paste the YouTube video URL, and click the “Play” button.
Step 2: Select the video interval you want to crop and hit the “Crop selection” button below the video.
Step 3: Click the “Download” button below and enjoy your clip.
6. Kapwing
Kapwing is another cool tool that works on all devices such as Android, Mac, and iOS. It makes your work easy with a few simple trims and cuts.
Know how to get your work done with Kapwing here!
Step 1: If you want a part of any YouTube video, paste the link into the given space and wait for the video to be displayed on the screen.
Step 2: When the video appears, you need to select the slider and drag it to the part of the video you want for a final cut. You can also use the arrow key if you want better trimming. You can also zoom in or out for better results and adjust the video’s speed.
Step 3: When you’re finally done with the cropping and editing, press the “Export Video” button at the top right corner. You can now share and download the shortened video.
Part 2: How to Record YouTube Videos with Filmora?
Filmora is a software editor that is available for both Windows and MacOS. It can give you many editing and recording facilities. Besides, it offers many editing facilities like effects, color match, motion tracking, direct upload to social platforms, and a lot more. You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
You need to follow a few steps to record YouTube videos using Filmora and easily save parts of the video.
Secure Download
Secure Download
- Open Wondershare Filmora and then click the PC Screen button to enter the screen recording interface.
- In the Wondershare Screen Recorder tool, you can choose to record your full screen or any target window. For example, since we want to record part of the YouTube video, choose target window and then select the browser playing the YouTube video.
You need to choose the file location of where you want your video to be saved, set a record time limit and hit the red record button.
- If you want to save only a part of the YouTube video, you can drag the play header to the section of your choice and trim it or use scissors to slice the part you want in Filmora. You can edit the part by adding headings and effects. And finally, export the video to use.
You can check this part to learn more details about how to use Filmora to record screen .
Final thoughts
That’s about it! These were some of the best tools to download sections of the YouTube videos of your choice. The steps are pretty much the same for all the tools mentioned above. You no longer have to reach out to your friends to do this for you. This article will help you out as we’ve mentioned the step-by-step process for each tool. First, you need to ensure you have a stable internet connection.
Download segments of the YouTube video effortlessly with a few taps on your phone now!
A cross-platform for making videos anywhere for all creators
Why your video editing isn’t good enough? How about some creative inspo?
- 100 Million+ Users
- 150+ Countries and Regions
- 4 Million+ Social Media Followers
- 5 Million+ Stock Media for Use
* Secure Download
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
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- Title: Expert Advice on Selecting The Best Lenses For Filmmaking
- Author: Kevin
- Created at : 2024-05-25 15:13:10
- Updated at : 2024-05-26 15:13:10
- Link: https://youtube-videos.techidaily.com/expert-advice-on-selecting-the-best-lenses-for-filmmaking/
- License: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.