Standard turnaround is 24 to 48 hours per video on the Starter and Growth tiers. Scale tier clients get same day revision turnaround, and all plans queue projects on a rolling basis so you always know what's in progress. Larger or more complex projects, like long-form YouTube videos with heavy graphics, may take a bit longer. We'll flag that upfront before work begins.
Revisions are included on every plan. Send timestamped notes or comments on the delivered cut, and your editor applies them directly. Scale-tier projects get same-day revision turnaround; Starter and Growth get revisions worked into the next delivery cycle. There's no separate "revision fee." It's built into your plan.
Our editors work primarily in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, with DaVinci Resolve used for color grading on select projects. Final files are delivered in the format and specs each platform requires (YouTube, Shorts, Reels, TikTok, and so on), so you don't need to own or manage any software yourself.
Yes. Each client is paired with a dedicated team, not a rotating pool of freelancers, a colorist, sound designer, motion artist, and editor who all learn your brand voice, pacing, and style over time. That consistency is a big part of why clients stick with us for the long term, and because it's a team rather than one person, your delivery schedule doesn't depend on any single person's availability.
Yes. We have access to licensed stock footage, B-roll, sound effects, and music libraries and will pull in whatever a project needs at no extra cost. If you have brand-specific music or footage preferences, just let us know and we'll use those instead.
Once you sign up, we'll set you up with a shared workspace (cloud storage folder) where you can upload raw footage and briefs directly. There's no software to install. Just drag and drop your files and our team picks up the project from there.
Freelance editors typically charge anywhere from about $15 to $150 an hour, or $50 to $500 or more per project, depending on experience and where they're based. That wide range is exactly why most businesses that need editing done regularly end up on a monthly plan instead of paying per hour or per video. Elevate Edits works on a flat monthly subscription starting at $799, so cost stays predictable no matter how complex a given video turns out to be. See our pricing page for the full breakdown.
The 80/20 rule, borrowed from the Pareto Principle, is the idea that roughly 80 percent of a video's impact comes from about 20 percent of the editing decisions, the story structure, the best clips, the pacing, and clean audio. In practice it means not every second of a video deserves equal attention. The handful of key cuts that carry the story matter far more than polishing footage that barely makes the final edit.
Start by defining what you actually need edited, long-form YouTube, Shorts, a podcast, and reviewing portfolios that match that specific format, not just general editing skill. A short paid trial video is the fastest way to see how someone communicates and handles feedback before committing to anything ongoing. We've written a full step-by-step guide to this on our blog. With Elevate Edits specifically, you skip the vetting process: you're paired with a dedicated team on day one instead of evaluating individual freelancers.
The 3:2:1 rule is a file backup standard, not an editing technique: keep 3 copies of your footage, on 2 different types of storage, with 1 copy stored offsite or in the cloud. It matters for video specifically because raw footage is often irreplaceable, once a shoot wraps, there's no reshooting it if a drive fails. When you work with us, your raw footage and project files live in a shared cloud workspace for the length of the project, which covers the offsite piece of this rule automatically.
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