“How can I edit photos and videos with my mobile phone?” , “What are the best free editing apps?”
Well, these questions have been the most repeated this past month among fitness and health professionals who currently use Harbiz and today, we decided to create this article so that you too can have a content of 10
, that is, you learn to edit the photos and videos of your fitness business. Basically, we will help you improve your content with free applications for both Android and iOS and in addition, we will give you a series of #HarbizHacks that will help you to better select the type of content you publish on social networks or the one you use to create your services, that is, workouts, fitness programs, nutritional plans and more! Let's do it!
There is no doubt that creating quality visual content is essential both for further professionalizing your fitness services and for any marketing strategy, especially for your social media tactics. In fact, Instagram is one of the most active users, so it would be ideal for you to start sharing really attractive content that allows you to consolidate a valuable community and, in turn, reach new users.
#1 Snapseed
This application is ideal for improving basic details of your images. It has all the classic adjustment tools, such as “adjust”, “trim” and “straighten”. In addition to the basic ones such as: brightness, contrast, saturation, environment, luminosity, shadows, etc. One of its most TOP functions is refinement, which allows you to improve specific parts of a photo without pixelating it (which is a great advantage compared to other similar applications). Another attractive option is the selective adjustment that allows you to select an area of the photo and adjust the brightness, contrast and saturation of that particular area. So, if you want viewers to focus on a specific part of your photo (for example, the materials they need for training), you can make that area more striking colors. Do you want to learn how to use Snapseed today? Google, the maker of the app, created a specialized technical support page with tips and instructions. Download it here at Android or iOS.
#2 Inshot
It's a practical application that allows you to crop, speed up or add music and filters to the video. It's quite basic, so it's very easy to use. Not only does it work as a video editor, it also has enough functions to customize images and sounds in a short time. As for its design and customization possibilities, it has frames of different colors and patterns, stickers, filters, effects, stickers, blurry backgrounds and even the possibility of adding text (it has multiple typography options). It also allows you to rotate the images you will use in the videos, you can rotate them 90 degrees, place them horizontally or vertically. And finally, it allows you to share the final result on some social networks such as TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, which is great for you to upload it as a draft and publish it directly when the time comes (without wasting more time?). Download it here at Android or iOS.
#3 Foodie
If you are a nutritionist or in your business you are also dedicated to the creation and sale of complete nutritional plans, you will love this App. Foodie uses more than 30 filters and other editing features that turn a normal dish into a visual delight. If you use the App of Harbiz for fitness Surely you have seen that, in the food section you can upload your own recipes and assign food options, well, to make your services even more professional, we recommend that you use this app (or similar) to improve your food images or recipe videos and then upload them to your Harbiz App! Download it here at Android or iOS.
#4 PicPlayPost
Did you know that you can make video collages? Yes! , PicPlayPost is a basic and intuitive application that allows you to make collages with the videos of your routines, advice you offer and more. You just have to remember when you start editing that the sounds from both videos will play at the same time, so you'll need to make sure they don't overlap. You can do really cool things! , such as making a collage of videos of your workouts on one side, while explaining the content on the other. Download it here at Android or iOS.
#5 VivaVideo
This photo and video editor will help you create the funniest and most unusual clips. In addition, it has a super cool function for creating memes, which will help you a lot when you want to transmit a closer and more friendly tone on the social networks of your fitness business. You can even combine both images and videos, as well as use background music. Its free version has only one problem... watermarks, but for everything that the application allows you, this is not a big problem. If you see it becoming an ally of your work, you can subscribe to the monthly or annual plan to give a more professional touch to your content. Download it here at Android or iOS.
#6 Canva
Canva is an application that, in a very simple way, allows you to create all kinds of designs: logos, miniatures for YouTube, book covers, posters, invitations for sporting events or face-to-face training sessions, Instagram stories... Many of us use this tool from our computer for everything we mentioned above, however, Canva has had the option of editing videos for both desktop and mobile versions (Android and iPhone). So it's also a free video editor for smartphones ideal, which does not leave a watermark and that allows you to add music from its large list available
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What else can I do with Canva?
- It has a bank of very good free images and videos, which can be used for your projects.
- It has a few free templates and you can also create the project from scratch
- Allows you to cut and join different video clips
- Duplicate a clip in the timeline
- Rotate the video horizontally and vertically
- Lower or remove the volume of the video clip
- Place a video clip on top of another video and make either video more transparent
- Add captions and stickers
Download it here at Android or iOS.
Finally, some #HarbizHacks that will help you to professionalize the content of your social networks
Before you start creating and recording content without a guide or for no reason, think about the goals of your fitness business for 2022. Then, sit down and create a plan with everything you would like to bring to your social media community and your business this year. When you have these first steps ready, you can now:
- Create visual content with a purpose (for example, to be recorded in your webinar on health and well-being) and with a pleasant and really attractive format (example: a video).
- Select your most TOP content and divide it between: the social networks that you and your customers use the most and the application that helps you improve the management of your business.
- Start publishing that super content and follow up on a monthly basis (this will help you see what topics and what formats have connected the best with your followers).
- And now yes, look at the results and repeat this as many times as necessary!
