My brother and his girlfriend went to a photo booth in Urban Outfitters – and the results were adorable!

A link provided with the printed photos gave access to a video of their shoot, and I loved how it showed their relationship! So I decided to personalize the video for them to make it even more special.

There was probably a way easier (and much better way) to do all of this, but I am by no means a video expert! I enjoyed the problem solving that took place in order to get the video perfect and wanted to share the process:

1. I took a screen recording of the video
2. I cut the video into segments and got rid of the long, awkward pauses (from when the photos were being taken) by using the Video Trim app
3. I used the musical.ly app for the rest of the process: this app has a large library of music that you can add to your video (up to 15 seconds of song), and also has color filters and effects (such as slo-mo or speeding up the video)

*Tip: When saving a musical.ly video to your camera roll, the app will cover the last second of your video with its logo; to prevent it from taking away from the video, I added a random extra few seconds of footage to my video (using the Video Trim app) and simply cropped off the last few seconds of the video with the editing option in my camera roll!

First video:

I asked my brother what “their song” was (without giving away what I was doing), and of course his answer was “IDK” (ugh), so I went with the song “Love” by Kendrick Lamar, who is one of his favorite rappers and I sped up the video as well. He ended up saying I picked the right song and liked the video!

Second video: After sending that video to my brother, he asked if I could make a version with one of her favorite songs “Him & I” by G-Eazy and Halsey or “Like I’m Gonna Lose You” by Meghan Trainor. They also wanted to see how it’d look in black and white.

The app had three different black and white options, but I liked the “moon” one because it looked very modern to me. I did also try the video with the Meghan Trainor song, but thought it was too depressing – especially with the black and white! (PS: for more filters, upload the finished video to Instagram from your camera roll and try some of theirs)

I was very pleased with the end results and am glad that they loved them too. I feel like the two videos show each of their personalities in the relationship, which makes it even sweeter.

If anyone has any video editing apps or advice they recommend, please let me know! I am still very (very) beginner when it comes to video, but would love to get better.