Exploring Vlogging: Selecting the Best Cameras & Lenses

A Vlogger’s Guide To Camera Lenses

Richard Bennett

Nov 01, 2022• Proven solutions

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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

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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

0

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

0

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

Expertise in Editing: The Leading Online Video Length Reducers

YouTube is one of the most popular video-sharing social media websites. It offers a wide range of media, including music videos, trailers, live broadcasts, games, and how-to videos. It also has the greatest societal influence because most artists, musicians, and significant corporations utilize this platform to promote their work.

However, because of the growing consumer interest in media content, many providers utilize it to advertise businesses and products. These paid marketing videos aren’t always relevant to the material you want to see. With these circumstances in mind, this article will help you find an excellent YouTube Video Trimmer Online, which you may use to clip and trim YouTube videos.

In this article

01 Part 1: Best YouTube Video Trimmer Online

02 Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Part 1: Best YouTube Video Trimmer Online

YouTube is amongst the most frequently used social media platform. People get their content ideas and teach others about them. However, videos might contain some unnecessary parts, and it can be a problem if you want to save the video. The following YouTube trimmers online can assist you.

1. Filmora Instant Cutter Tool [Offline but More Powerful]

Before you try the below online tools, Filmora Instant Cutter tool will be another choice when you need more powerful features. It lets you input huge video clips in formats and rapidly reduce or combine them without re-encoding. This is a very valuable tool when working with high-resolution movies. It supports MP4/MOV and MTS/M2TS video files.It maintains the quality of the video It supports 4K UHD video formats It allows you to merge the videos You can trim massive files with ease.

You can download Youtube videos first and then make trimming or add effects on it.

Try It Free

Try It Free

2. Kapwing

Kapwing is an online video editor that helps you edit videos without downloading the software. It features several editing tools with an easy-to-use interface. There’s no need to register yourself for editing the videos through Kapwing. That’s why it has millions of users worldwide.

Kapwing’s Video Trimmer makes it simple to trim YouTube videos. The service includes the same video cutting functionality as before but with a much prettier UI. After pasting the YouTube video URL to crop, you may use the easy-to-use timestamp slider to decide the sections of the YouTube video to edit.

Pros

• Different templates
• Multiple editing features
• Easy-to-use interface
• Fast

Cons

• Leaves a watermark if you don’t sign up

Find out more online video editors without a watermark.

3. VEED .iO

VEED.io video editor is a simple yet powerful video-editing program that allow s users to make stunning videos. VEED may be an important element of your sales funnel. With this program, you may edit, enhance, and add a lot of creativity to presentations, marketing videos, review videos, or video blogging.

You need to choose a file and start trimming it. After that, download the video with its easy-to-use interface. You need to sign up for editing the video with the VEED online tool. Moreover, there’s no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• Fast and straightforward
• Multiple output options
• No watermark

Cons

• Minor bugs

4. Flixier

Flixier provides powerful video editing software with 1-minute exports to any device, easy collaboration, and enough cloud storage, all in one window. Flixier enables users to export any video, independent of technology. Cloud storage and complete version history are available, including feedback comments, sophisticated exporting, and email notifications.

Select a file and begin cutting it. Then, using the simple interface, download the video. No sign-up is required for the Flixier online tool to modify the video. In addition, there is no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• 4x faster
• Cloud storage and history
• No registration
• Supports multiple operating systems

Cons

• Exports video up to one minute

5. YTCutter.net

It is one of the best YouTube to mp3 converters online with trimmer available. YTCutter.net has various editing features that help you easily trim and modify the videos. It allows you to watch the video in preview mode before downloading it. It does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

You may extract favourite moments from YouTube videos with this ad-supported web tool. The app’s operation is rather simple. You have to paste a YouTube URL and set the start and end times. After that, you may download the cropped video, audio, or GIF. However, you need to register yourself for downloading the video through this tool.

Pros

• No watermark
• Simple interface
• Several editing features

Cons

• Requires an account to save the video to your profile or your device

6. HashCut

HashCut is a unique YouTube online trimmer that allows you to save the highlights. It is possible to extract a segment from a YouTube video by tracing the section you require. Even better, you may customize the text and stickers with your tastes.

To begin, open your favourite web browser and navigate to the online YouTube trimmer. Paste the URL and specify the start and finish points of the clip you wish to obtain. Then, save the video. Furthermore, you may use its many capabilities to enhance the video, such as previewing footage, adding annotation, and embedding stickers on the film. It requires sign-up to edit the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Adds text and animations
• Chrome extension
• Preview Mode
• Embeds stickers

Cons

• Slow uploading procedure

7. YT Cutter

As the name indicates, YT Cutter is a YouTube video trimmer and downloader online that allows you to remove specific segments from YouTube videos. It can operate successfully online without any registration. Furthermore, you may accurately clip YouTube videos to 0.1 seconds, capture screenshots, and output files to video, animation GIF, or audio.

Paste the URL into the YT Cutter search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• No watermark
• User-friendly interface
• Supports multiple output formats

Cons

• Limited input formats

8. YouTube4kDownloader

Because of its simple interface, YouTube4kdownloader is a thorough and simple online YouTube video trimmer. It has a tool that allows you to trim or edit video segments from YouTube videos. One of its cutting features includes the ability to go to the beginning and conclusion of the choice for fast and easy clip trimming.

It also features a play and stop button that allows you to crop a specific scene from a YouTube video. Aside from that, it demonstrates three methods for sharing the cropped video link, including copying the plugin, the URL or media link, and watching the trimmed video on the YouTube website. It does not require sign-up for editing the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Trim specific segments
• No sign-up
• No watermark

Cons

• Completely web-based

9. YT Cropper

Another YouTube video clipper online is YT Cropper, allowing users to extract particular clips from YouTube videos. Its Drag function allows users to choose a beginning and finishing point for the clips, and the markers will assist users in locating the clips that can be obtained that they desire. Users can make use of a one-of-a-kind feature known as looping.

Copy and paste the URL into the search field. Wait for the system to evaluate the video. Finally, use the markers to crop a select scene from a YouTube video. Then, to evaluate your clips, click the trim button. No sign-up and watermark are required for this YouTube trimmer.

Pros

• Looping feature
• Drag and drop function
• Easy trimming

Cons

• Slow

10. Odownloader

Odownloader Is another ad-supported YouTube trimmer that allows you to chop YouTube videos quickly. It allows you to download either audio alone or complete video. You may also choose between .webm and.mp4 formats.

Paste the link or URL into the search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• Exports in audio format as well
• Multiple output formats
• Easy-to-use

Cons

• Several ads

11. VideoCrops

It allows users to crop YouTube videos by dragging the two marks to the beginning and conclusion of the clip. It provides a high level of security, as only the users can access their data, which cannot be viewed by other users or on any site.

Cropping a video entails three steps. The video is first downloaded to the server. This may potentially take some time, depending on the length of the video. Second, the video has been trimmed. Finally, the video is saved as.MP4. You should also consider that this is a free site with limited resources.

Pros

• Easy trimming
• No watermark
• Free website
• High-level security

Cons

• Limited resources

Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Does YouTube have a trimmer?

Yes, you may cut videos after they’ve been uploaded to the YouTube site. You may chop off the beginning, middle, or ending of your movie on a computer. It is not necessary to re-upload a video to cut it. The video’s URL, view counts, and comments will remain unchanged. This functionality is only accessible for less than 6 hours long videos.

What is the difference between cut and trim in video editing?

Cutting is the process of separating pieces of a clip. You can reuse these portions in another video or delete them entirely. On the other hand, trimming is the process of eliminating or expanding the duration of a video clip’s front or tail regions in video editing.

Conclusion

Numerous programs will swiftly upload and trim your tiny movies, ideal for folks who make YouTube videos. Then, some tools can handle huge and bulky files and are ideal for file output and video quality. It’s a shame that some of these tools need payment to access their additional editing features. However, you have an excellent YouTube Video Trimmer Online, which is completely free and listed in detail within this article.

02 Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Part 1: Best YouTube Video Trimmer Online

YouTube is amongst the most frequently used social media platform. People get their content ideas and teach others about them. However, videos might contain some unnecessary parts, and it can be a problem if you want to save the video. The following YouTube trimmers online can assist you.

1. Filmora Instant Cutter Tool [Offline but More Powerful]

Before you try the below online tools, Filmora Instant Cutter tool will be another choice when you need more powerful features. It lets you input huge video clips in formats and rapidly reduce or combine them without re-encoding. This is a very valuable tool when working with high-resolution movies. It supports MP4/MOV and MTS/M2TS video files.It maintains the quality of the video It supports 4K UHD video formats It allows you to merge the videos You can trim massive files with ease.

You can download Youtube videos first and then make trimming or add effects on it.

Try It Free

Try It Free

2. Kapwing

Kapwing is an online video editor that helps you edit videos without downloading the software. It features several editing tools with an easy-to-use interface. There’s no need to register yourself for editing the videos through Kapwing. That’s why it has millions of users worldwide.

Kapwing’s Video Trimmer makes it simple to trim YouTube videos. The service includes the same video cutting functionality as before but with a much prettier UI. After pasting the YouTube video URL to crop, you may use the easy-to-use timestamp slider to decide the sections of the YouTube video to edit.

Pros

• Different templates
• Multiple editing features
• Easy-to-use interface
• Fast

Cons

• Leaves a watermark if you don’t sign up

Find out more online video editors without a watermark.

3. VEED .iO

VEED.io video editor is a simple yet powerful video-editing program that allow s users to make stunning videos. VEED may be an important element of your sales funnel. With this program, you may edit, enhance, and add a lot of creativity to presentations, marketing videos, review videos, or video blogging.

You need to choose a file and start trimming it. After that, download the video with its easy-to-use interface. You need to sign up for editing the video with the VEED online tool. Moreover, there’s no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• Fast and straightforward
• Multiple output options
• No watermark

Cons

• Minor bugs

4. Flixier

Flixier provides powerful video editing software with 1-minute exports to any device, easy collaboration, and enough cloud storage, all in one window. Flixier enables users to export any video, independent of technology. Cloud storage and complete version history are available, including feedback comments, sophisticated exporting, and email notifications.

Select a file and begin cutting it. Then, using the simple interface, download the video. No sign-up is required for the Flixier online tool to modify the video. In addition, there is no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• 4x faster
• Cloud storage and history
• No registration
• Supports multiple operating systems

Cons

• Exports video up to one minute

5. YTCutter.net

It is one of the best YouTube to mp3 converters online with trimmer available. YTCutter.net has various editing features that help you easily trim and modify the videos. It allows you to watch the video in preview mode before downloading it. It does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

You may extract favourite moments from YouTube videos with this ad-supported web tool. The app’s operation is rather simple. You have to paste a YouTube URL and set the start and end times. After that, you may download the cropped video, audio, or GIF. However, you need to register yourself for downloading the video through this tool.

Pros

• No watermark
• Simple interface
• Several editing features

Cons

• Requires an account to save the video to your profile or your device

6. HashCut

HashCut is a unique YouTube online trimmer that allows you to save the highlights. It is possible to extract a segment from a YouTube video by tracing the section you require. Even better, you may customize the text and stickers with your tastes.

To begin, open your favourite web browser and navigate to the online YouTube trimmer. Paste the URL and specify the start and finish points of the clip you wish to obtain. Then, save the video. Furthermore, you may use its many capabilities to enhance the video, such as previewing footage, adding annotation, and embedding stickers on the film. It requires sign-up to edit the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Adds text and animations
• Chrome extension
• Preview Mode
• Embeds stickers

Cons

• Slow uploading procedure

7. YT Cutter

As the name indicates, YT Cutter is a YouTube video trimmer and downloader online that allows you to remove specific segments from YouTube videos. It can operate successfully online without any registration. Furthermore, you may accurately clip YouTube videos to 0.1 seconds, capture screenshots, and output files to video, animation GIF, or audio.

Paste the URL into the YT Cutter search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• No watermark
• User-friendly interface
• Supports multiple output formats

Cons

• Limited input formats

8. YouTube4kDownloader

Because of its simple interface, YouTube4kdownloader is a thorough and simple online YouTube video trimmer. It has a tool that allows you to trim or edit video segments from YouTube videos. One of its cutting features includes the ability to go to the beginning and conclusion of the choice for fast and easy clip trimming.

It also features a play and stop button that allows you to crop a specific scene from a YouTube video. Aside from that, it demonstrates three methods for sharing the cropped video link, including copying the plugin, the URL or media link, and watching the trimmed video on the YouTube website. It does not require sign-up for editing the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Trim specific segments
• No sign-up
• No watermark

Cons

• Completely web-based

9. YT Cropper

Another YouTube video clipper online is YT Cropper, allowing users to extract particular clips from YouTube videos. Its Drag function allows users to choose a beginning and finishing point for the clips, and the markers will assist users in locating the clips that can be obtained that they desire. Users can make use of a one-of-a-kind feature known as looping.

Copy and paste the URL into the search field. Wait for the system to evaluate the video. Finally, use the markers to crop a select scene from a YouTube video. Then, to evaluate your clips, click the trim button. No sign-up and watermark are required for this YouTube trimmer.

Pros

• Looping feature
• Drag and drop function
• Easy trimming

Cons

• Slow

10. Odownloader

Odownloader Is another ad-supported YouTube trimmer that allows you to chop YouTube videos quickly. It allows you to download either audio alone or complete video. You may also choose between .webm and.mp4 formats.

Paste the link or URL into the search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• Exports in audio format as well
• Multiple output formats
• Easy-to-use

Cons

• Several ads

11. VideoCrops

It allows users to crop YouTube videos by dragging the two marks to the beginning and conclusion of the clip. It provides a high level of security, as only the users can access their data, which cannot be viewed by other users or on any site.

Cropping a video entails three steps. The video is first downloaded to the server. This may potentially take some time, depending on the length of the video. Second, the video has been trimmed. Finally, the video is saved as.MP4. You should also consider that this is a free site with limited resources.

Pros

• Easy trimming
• No watermark
• Free website
• High-level security

Cons

• Limited resources

Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Does YouTube have a trimmer?

Yes, you may cut videos after they’ve been uploaded to the YouTube site. You may chop off the beginning, middle, or ending of your movie on a computer. It is not necessary to re-upload a video to cut it. The video’s URL, view counts, and comments will remain unchanged. This functionality is only accessible for less than 6 hours long videos.

What is the difference between cut and trim in video editing?

Cutting is the process of separating pieces of a clip. You can reuse these portions in another video or delete them entirely. On the other hand, trimming is the process of eliminating or expanding the duration of a video clip’s front or tail regions in video editing.

Conclusion

Numerous programs will swiftly upload and trim your tiny movies, ideal for folks who make YouTube videos. Then, some tools can handle huge and bulky files and are ideal for file output and video quality. It’s a shame that some of these tools need payment to access their additional editing features. However, you have an excellent YouTube Video Trimmer Online, which is completely free and listed in detail within this article.

02 Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Part 1: Best YouTube Video Trimmer Online

YouTube is amongst the most frequently used social media platform. People get their content ideas and teach others about them. However, videos might contain some unnecessary parts, and it can be a problem if you want to save the video. The following YouTube trimmers online can assist you.

1. Filmora Instant Cutter Tool [Offline but More Powerful]

Before you try the below online tools, Filmora Instant Cutter tool will be another choice when you need more powerful features. It lets you input huge video clips in formats and rapidly reduce or combine them without re-encoding. This is a very valuable tool when working with high-resolution movies. It supports MP4/MOV and MTS/M2TS video files.It maintains the quality of the video It supports 4K UHD video formats It allows you to merge the videos You can trim massive files with ease.

You can download Youtube videos first and then make trimming or add effects on it.

Try It Free

Try It Free

2. Kapwing

Kapwing is an online video editor that helps you edit videos without downloading the software. It features several editing tools with an easy-to-use interface. There’s no need to register yourself for editing the videos through Kapwing. That’s why it has millions of users worldwide.

Kapwing’s Video Trimmer makes it simple to trim YouTube videos. The service includes the same video cutting functionality as before but with a much prettier UI. After pasting the YouTube video URL to crop, you may use the easy-to-use timestamp slider to decide the sections of the YouTube video to edit.

Pros

• Different templates
• Multiple editing features
• Easy-to-use interface
• Fast

Cons

• Leaves a watermark if you don’t sign up

Find out more online video editors without a watermark.

3. VEED .iO

VEED.io video editor is a simple yet powerful video-editing program that allow s users to make stunning videos. VEED may be an important element of your sales funnel. With this program, you may edit, enhance, and add a lot of creativity to presentations, marketing videos, review videos, or video blogging.

You need to choose a file and start trimming it. After that, download the video with its easy-to-use interface. You need to sign up for editing the video with the VEED online tool. Moreover, there’s no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• Fast and straightforward
• Multiple output options
• No watermark

Cons

• Minor bugs

4. Flixier

Flixier provides powerful video editing software with 1-minute exports to any device, easy collaboration, and enough cloud storage, all in one window. Flixier enables users to export any video, independent of technology. Cloud storage and complete version history are available, including feedback comments, sophisticated exporting, and email notifications.

Select a file and begin cutting it. Then, using the simple interface, download the video. No sign-up is required for the Flixier online tool to modify the video. In addition, there is no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• 4x faster
• Cloud storage and history
• No registration
• Supports multiple operating systems

Cons

• Exports video up to one minute

5. YTCutter.net

It is one of the best YouTube to mp3 converters online with trimmer available. YTCutter.net has various editing features that help you easily trim and modify the videos. It allows you to watch the video in preview mode before downloading it. It does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

You may extract favourite moments from YouTube videos with this ad-supported web tool. The app’s operation is rather simple. You have to paste a YouTube URL and set the start and end times. After that, you may download the cropped video, audio, or GIF. However, you need to register yourself for downloading the video through this tool.

Pros

• No watermark
• Simple interface
• Several editing features

Cons

• Requires an account to save the video to your profile or your device

6. HashCut

HashCut is a unique YouTube online trimmer that allows you to save the highlights. It is possible to extract a segment from a YouTube video by tracing the section you require. Even better, you may customize the text and stickers with your tastes.

To begin, open your favourite web browser and navigate to the online YouTube trimmer. Paste the URL and specify the start and finish points of the clip you wish to obtain. Then, save the video. Furthermore, you may use its many capabilities to enhance the video, such as previewing footage, adding annotation, and embedding stickers on the film. It requires sign-up to edit the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Adds text and animations
• Chrome extension
• Preview Mode
• Embeds stickers

Cons

• Slow uploading procedure

7. YT Cutter

As the name indicates, YT Cutter is a YouTube video trimmer and downloader online that allows you to remove specific segments from YouTube videos. It can operate successfully online without any registration. Furthermore, you may accurately clip YouTube videos to 0.1 seconds, capture screenshots, and output files to video, animation GIF, or audio.

Paste the URL into the YT Cutter search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• No watermark
• User-friendly interface
• Supports multiple output formats

Cons

• Limited input formats

8. YouTube4kDownloader

Because of its simple interface, YouTube4kdownloader is a thorough and simple online YouTube video trimmer. It has a tool that allows you to trim or edit video segments from YouTube videos. One of its cutting features includes the ability to go to the beginning and conclusion of the choice for fast and easy clip trimming.

It also features a play and stop button that allows you to crop a specific scene from a YouTube video. Aside from that, it demonstrates three methods for sharing the cropped video link, including copying the plugin, the URL or media link, and watching the trimmed video on the YouTube website. It does not require sign-up for editing the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Trim specific segments
• No sign-up
• No watermark

Cons

• Completely web-based

9. YT Cropper

Another YouTube video clipper online is YT Cropper, allowing users to extract particular clips from YouTube videos. Its Drag function allows users to choose a beginning and finishing point for the clips, and the markers will assist users in locating the clips that can be obtained that they desire. Users can make use of a one-of-a-kind feature known as looping.

Copy and paste the URL into the search field. Wait for the system to evaluate the video. Finally, use the markers to crop a select scene from a YouTube video. Then, to evaluate your clips, click the trim button. No sign-up and watermark are required for this YouTube trimmer.

Pros

• Looping feature
• Drag and drop function
• Easy trimming

Cons

• Slow

10. Odownloader

Odownloader Is another ad-supported YouTube trimmer that allows you to chop YouTube videos quickly. It allows you to download either audio alone or complete video. You may also choose between .webm and.mp4 formats.

Paste the link or URL into the search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• Exports in audio format as well
• Multiple output formats
• Easy-to-use

Cons

• Several ads

11. VideoCrops

It allows users to crop YouTube videos by dragging the two marks to the beginning and conclusion of the clip. It provides a high level of security, as only the users can access their data, which cannot be viewed by other users or on any site.

Cropping a video entails three steps. The video is first downloaded to the server. This may potentially take some time, depending on the length of the video. Second, the video has been trimmed. Finally, the video is saved as.MP4. You should also consider that this is a free site with limited resources.

Pros

• Easy trimming
• No watermark
• Free website
• High-level security

Cons

• Limited resources

Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Does YouTube have a trimmer?

Yes, you may cut videos after they’ve been uploaded to the YouTube site. You may chop off the beginning, middle, or ending of your movie on a computer. It is not necessary to re-upload a video to cut it. The video’s URL, view counts, and comments will remain unchanged. This functionality is only accessible for less than 6 hours long videos.

What is the difference between cut and trim in video editing?

Cutting is the process of separating pieces of a clip. You can reuse these portions in another video or delete them entirely. On the other hand, trimming is the process of eliminating or expanding the duration of a video clip’s front or tail regions in video editing.

Conclusion

Numerous programs will swiftly upload and trim your tiny movies, ideal for folks who make YouTube videos. Then, some tools can handle huge and bulky files and are ideal for file output and video quality. It’s a shame that some of these tools need payment to access their additional editing features. However, you have an excellent YouTube Video Trimmer Online, which is completely free and listed in detail within this article.

02 Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Part 1: Best YouTube Video Trimmer Online

YouTube is amongst the most frequently used social media platform. People get their content ideas and teach others about them. However, videos might contain some unnecessary parts, and it can be a problem if you want to save the video. The following YouTube trimmers online can assist you.

1. Filmora Instant Cutter Tool [Offline but More Powerful]

Before you try the below online tools, Filmora Instant Cutter tool will be another choice when you need more powerful features. It lets you input huge video clips in formats and rapidly reduce or combine them without re-encoding. This is a very valuable tool when working with high-resolution movies. It supports MP4/MOV and MTS/M2TS video files.It maintains the quality of the video It supports 4K UHD video formats It allows you to merge the videos You can trim massive files with ease.

You can download Youtube videos first and then make trimming or add effects on it.

Try It Free

Try It Free

2. Kapwing

Kapwing is an online video editor that helps you edit videos without downloading the software. It features several editing tools with an easy-to-use interface. There’s no need to register yourself for editing the videos through Kapwing. That’s why it has millions of users worldwide.

Kapwing’s Video Trimmer makes it simple to trim YouTube videos. The service includes the same video cutting functionality as before but with a much prettier UI. After pasting the YouTube video URL to crop, you may use the easy-to-use timestamp slider to decide the sections of the YouTube video to edit.

Pros

• Different templates
• Multiple editing features
• Easy-to-use interface
• Fast

Cons

• Leaves a watermark if you don’t sign up

Find out more online video editors without a watermark.

3. VEED .iO

VEED.io video editor is a simple yet powerful video-editing program that allow s users to make stunning videos. VEED may be an important element of your sales funnel. With this program, you may edit, enhance, and add a lot of creativity to presentations, marketing videos, review videos, or video blogging.

You need to choose a file and start trimming it. After that, download the video with its easy-to-use interface. You need to sign up for editing the video with the VEED online tool. Moreover, there’s no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• Fast and straightforward
• Multiple output options
• No watermark

Cons

• Minor bugs

4. Flixier

Flixier provides powerful video editing software with 1-minute exports to any device, easy collaboration, and enough cloud storage, all in one window. Flixier enables users to export any video, independent of technology. Cloud storage and complete version history are available, including feedback comments, sophisticated exporting, and email notifications.

Select a file and begin cutting it. Then, using the simple interface, download the video. No sign-up is required for the Flixier online tool to modify the video. In addition, there is no watermark in the exported video.

Pros

• 4x faster
• Cloud storage and history
• No registration
• Supports multiple operating systems

Cons

• Exports video up to one minute

5. YTCutter.net

It is one of the best YouTube to mp3 converters online with trimmer available. YTCutter.net has various editing features that help you easily trim and modify the videos. It allows you to watch the video in preview mode before downloading it. It does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

You may extract favourite moments from YouTube videos with this ad-supported web tool. The app’s operation is rather simple. You have to paste a YouTube URL and set the start and end times. After that, you may download the cropped video, audio, or GIF. However, you need to register yourself for downloading the video through this tool.

Pros

• No watermark
• Simple interface
• Several editing features

Cons

• Requires an account to save the video to your profile or your device

6. HashCut

HashCut is a unique YouTube online trimmer that allows you to save the highlights. It is possible to extract a segment from a YouTube video by tracing the section you require. Even better, you may customize the text and stickers with your tastes.

To begin, open your favourite web browser and navigate to the online YouTube trimmer. Paste the URL and specify the start and finish points of the clip you wish to obtain. Then, save the video. Furthermore, you may use its many capabilities to enhance the video, such as previewing footage, adding annotation, and embedding stickers on the film. It requires sign-up to edit the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Adds text and animations
• Chrome extension
• Preview Mode
• Embeds stickers

Cons

• Slow uploading procedure

7. YT Cutter

As the name indicates, YT Cutter is a YouTube video trimmer and downloader online that allows you to remove specific segments from YouTube videos. It can operate successfully online without any registration. Furthermore, you may accurately clip YouTube videos to 0.1 seconds, capture screenshots, and output files to video, animation GIF, or audio.

Paste the URL into the YT Cutter search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• No watermark
• User-friendly interface
• Supports multiple output formats

Cons

• Limited input formats

8. YouTube4kDownloader

Because of its simple interface, YouTube4kdownloader is a thorough and simple online YouTube video trimmer. It has a tool that allows you to trim or edit video segments from YouTube videos. One of its cutting features includes the ability to go to the beginning and conclusion of the choice for fast and easy clip trimming.

It also features a play and stop button that allows you to crop a specific scene from a YouTube video. Aside from that, it demonstrates three methods for sharing the cropped video link, including copying the plugin, the URL or media link, and watching the trimmed video on the YouTube website. It does not require sign-up for editing the video and leaves a watermark on the exported one.

Pros

• Trim specific segments
• No sign-up
• No watermark

Cons

• Completely web-based

9. YT Cropper

Another YouTube video clipper online is YT Cropper, allowing users to extract particular clips from YouTube videos. Its Drag function allows users to choose a beginning and finishing point for the clips, and the markers will assist users in locating the clips that can be obtained that they desire. Users can make use of a one-of-a-kind feature known as looping.

Copy and paste the URL into the search field. Wait for the system to evaluate the video. Finally, use the markers to crop a select scene from a YouTube video. Then, to evaluate your clips, click the trim button. No sign-up and watermark are required for this YouTube trimmer.

Pros

• Looping feature
• Drag and drop function
• Easy trimming

Cons

• Slow

10. Odownloader

Odownloader Is another ad-supported YouTube trimmer that allows you to chop YouTube videos quickly. It allows you to download either audio alone or complete video. You may also choose between .webm and.mp4 formats.

Paste the link or URL into the search field and wait for the video to refresh. Then, press the start and finish buttons to give your movie a beginning and an endpoint. Then, save the movie to your device in the format of your choice. Moreover, it does not leave any watermark on the exported video.

Pros

• Exports in audio format as well
• Multiple output formats
• Easy-to-use

Cons

• Several ads

11. VideoCrops

It allows users to crop YouTube videos by dragging the two marks to the beginning and conclusion of the clip. It provides a high level of security, as only the users can access their data, which cannot be viewed by other users or on any site.

Cropping a video entails three steps. The video is first downloaded to the server. This may potentially take some time, depending on the length of the video. Second, the video has been trimmed. Finally, the video is saved as.MP4. You should also consider that this is a free site with limited resources.

Pros

• Easy trimming
• No watermark
• Free website
• High-level security

Cons

• Limited resources

Part 2: FAQs About Online YouTube Video Trimmer

Does YouTube have a trimmer?

Yes, you may cut videos after they’ve been uploaded to the YouTube site. You may chop off the beginning, middle, or ending of your movie on a computer. It is not necessary to re-upload a video to cut it. The video’s URL, view counts, and comments will remain unchanged. This functionality is only accessible for less than 6 hours long videos.

What is the difference between cut and trim in video editing?

Cutting is the process of separating pieces of a clip. You can reuse these portions in another video or delete them entirely. On the other hand, trimming is the process of eliminating or expanding the duration of a video clip’s front or tail regions in video editing.

Conclusion

Numerous programs will swiftly upload and trim your tiny movies, ideal for folks who make YouTube videos. Then, some tools can handle huge and bulky files and are ideal for file output and video quality. It’s a shame that some of these tools need payment to access their additional editing features. However, you have an excellent YouTube Video Trimmer Online, which is completely free and listed in detail within this article.