Talking head video editor for YouTube: long videos + Shorts
I’m Kevin Tabares, a long-form YouTube editor. If you record yourself talking to camera (lessons, explainers, coaching, commentary) and want the long video plus Shorts edited in a clean style, with on-screen text and simple graphics, that is what I do every week for English by Erin Marie. $55–$150 per finished video depending on complexity; up to $300 for some long or complex edits. Start with a free 1-minute test on your own footage.
Free 1-minute test edit · From $55 per video · No contract · Revisions back within 24 h · Replies usually within a few hours
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- Type of video
- Talking head to camera: lessons and tutorials, explainers, coaching and advice, commentary and other solo videos to camera. Proof in this format: English by Erin Marie (British English lessons).
- Long videos + Shorts
- Yes, both from the same recording. The long video is the main job; each Short is one complete point cut from it, vertical, with large captions near the top and nothing under the app’s buttons. Only long videos is fine too.
- Editing style
- Clean and professional, with text and simple graphics: tight cuts that remove pauses, retakes and mistakes; key points on screen as you say them; simple highlights and lower thirds; subtitles; natural colour and clean audio; no effect on every sentence.
- How many videos
- One a week (four a month) is the usual rhythm; two or three a week also works. Start with one: a free 1-minute test edit on your own footage.
- Monthly budget
- At $55 to $150 per finished video, four videos a month come to about $220 to $600, so a $300–$700 a month budget fits one long video a week. Shorts go into the same quote: tell me how many per video. Bigger budgets: see $1,000 a month; smaller: $300.
- Video length
- From 5-minute lessons (Erin Marie’s run 5 to 7 minutes) to 20–40 minute videos to camera. Longer recordings get a custom quote.
- What you send me
- Your clips to camera (all the takes, I pick the best), the script or outline if you have one, your logo, fonts and colours, and one video whose style you want to keep.
- Turnaround
- First video in 1 to 5 days, then 1 to 2 days; revisions back within 24 hours. Replies usually within a few hours.
- Who you work with
- Kevin Tabares, directly. I review every video before it reaches you.
- Channel language
- English or Spanish.
- Terms
- Paid in USD by PayPal or USDC. No contract, no minimum.
What a talking head edit includes
A video to camera lives on the person talking. The edit should be almost invisible: the viewer remembers what you said, not the cuts. This is the checklist I work through on every video.
- Clean cuts between takes. I keep the best take of each line, remove pauses, false starts and repeats, and join the takes so the jump does not pull attention. Punch-ins are occasional and subtle, used to mark a point, never a zoom on every sentence. If your channel uses visible jump cuts as its style, I keep that.
- Text and simple graphics, timed to the voice. I transcribe the recording and anchor each card to the spoken word, so the key point appears as you say it. Text never covers your face, keeps the same positions and sizes across episodes, and is spell-checked before delivery.
- Audio first. Room echo removed, the voice levelled from take to take so no section is quieter than the one before, and music only if your channel uses it, low under the voice.
- Natural colour. Brightness and colour balanced across the whole frame and across takes, so you look the same from start to finish. No skin smoothing or beauty filters.
- Subtitles. An SRT file with every video for YouTube’s caption track, and burned-in captions when your style uses them. More on the captions and subtitles page.
- Shorts from the same recording. One complete point per Short, reframed vertical, large captions near the top that build as you speak, and nothing in the bottom fifth of the frame where the app’s buttons sit. Titles and descriptions come with the delivery. See Shorts editor for hire.
Proof: English by Erin Marie
English by Erin Marie is a British English teaching channel. Each lesson is recorded to camera in short takes; I deliver the long lesson with phrases on screen timed to her voice, subtitles, and the Shorts cut from it. Lengths and views read with the YouTube Data API on Oct 13, 2026:
- What British People Say vs What They Really Mean | British English · English by Erin Marie · Sep 30, 2026 · 6:59 · 965 views
- Can You Understand These British Conversations? | British English Listening Practice · English by Erin Marie · Oct 7, 2026 · 5:22 · 505 views
The full method for this channel (phrases timed to the voice, listening practice, subtitles learners can trust) is on the English teaching channels page.
Plainly: talking head is one format I edit, not the only one. Most of the 1,250 videos on my YT Jobs profile are long-form gaming (Roblox, Minecraft); I also edit narrated documentaries. What carries over to a video to camera is the same work: pacing for retention, text that lands on the right word, clean audio, and Shorts that stand on their own. The free 1-minute test on your footage is how you check it before paying.
Prices
$55–$150 per finished video depending on complexity; up to $300 for some long or complex edits. A typical example by finished length:
| Finished length | Typical price |
|---|---|
| up to 10 min | $55 |
| up to 20 min | $150 |
| up to 35 min | $300 |
| over 35 min | custom quote |
Erin Marie’s 5 to 7 minute lessons land in the first row. Shorts cut from each video are added to the same quote. Full terms (payment, revisions, monthly plans) are on the pricing page.
How to choose a talking head editor, on any platform
Whether you hire on a freelance marketplace, a job board or directly, four checks save most of the risk:
- Ask for talking head samples, not a gaming reel. Watch the cuts between takes, whether text ever covers the face, and whether the captions match what was said.
- Ask for a short test on your own footage. One minute is enough to judge cuts, text and audio.
- Compare price per finished video, not per hour. An hourly rate does not tell you what a 10-minute video will cost.
- Check who edits. One person who learns your style, or a different editor each week.
FAQ
What does a talking head video editor do?
A talking head editor turns your recording to camera into a finished video: picks the best take of each line, removes pauses, retakes and mistakes, cleans the audio, adds on-screen text and simple graphics at the moment you say the point, adds subtitles, and cuts Shorts from the long video. The goal is that the viewer watches you, not the edit.
How much does a talking head video editor cost?
My price is $55–$150 per finished video depending on complexity; up to $300 for some long or complex edits. As a typical example by finished length: up to 10 minutes $55, up to 20 minutes $150, up to 35 minutes $300. One long video a week is about $220 to $600 a month, so a $300 to $700 monthly budget fits it. Exact quote within 24 hours, after a free 1-minute test edit.
Can you edit both my long videos and my Shorts?
Yes. I edit the long video first and cut the Shorts from the same recording: each Short is one complete point, vertical, with large captions near the top. Tell me how many Shorts you want per video and they go into the same quote. If you only want the long videos, I edit only those.
Have you edited talking head videos before?
Yes. I edit English by Erin Marie, a British English teaching channel: lessons to camera of about 5 to 7 minutes, published since September 2026, plus the Shorts cut from them. Most of the 1,250 videos on my YT Jobs profile are long-form gaming; I also edit narrated documentaries. Talking head is one format I edit, and this page shows exactly how.
What editing style do you use for talking head videos?
Clean and professional by default: tight cuts between takes, on-screen text for the key points, simple graphics and highlights, subtitles you can trust, natural colour and clean audio, and no effects on every sentence. If your channel already has a style (fonts, colours, a reference video), I match it.
Do I need a script?
No. Send your clips to camera and, if you have one, the script or outline. With a script I check every take against it and keep the best one; without one, I follow what you said and cut the repeats.
How many videos a month can you edit for me?
One a week is the usual rhythm for a talking head channel, and two or three a week also works. Start with one video: the free 1-minute test on your own footage, then the first full video in 1 to 5 days and the next ones in 1 to 2.
Send me one video to camera
Send me your channel link and one raw recording through the contact form. I’ll edit one minute of it for free and reply with an exact quote.
Or message me on Discord, if you prefer. My username:
kevintabaress