Been cooking in the shadows...

31/03/2025 Just turned 25. At 23 I was on a path to become an Engineer. At 24 I left Engineering (despite graduating) for Video Editing. Grateful for everything that happened this year. Alhamdulillah. If you are reading this, this is your sign to start doing what you love.

This is where it all started in 2022. The Robotics club of my University hosted an all-island competition. I was the head of video editing and had to put up an after movie in around 3 hours. I was so excited working on this (even though looking back, the video is absolute 💩)

Over the last 3 months, I had the opportunity to have calls with some legends Hadad , Artem , Ahmad Elhaji , Gopinadh Balam and Noel Fucskó I found out why I was stuck at the same revenue figure for months without growing. Often as creatives we try to focus very

Been inactive on this side of the internet. But the work continues.

Recently had to reset my PC. I made sure to back up everything important. Project files, Presets, Plugins, Keyboard presets etc. But one thing I didn't think of were the fonts! So next time before you reset your PC, make sure to back up your fonts as well!

Some recent timelines. Can you guess the niches of all 4 timelines? Hint: They are not from the same niche.

Here's a long form intro I edited a while back using the free proximity plugin by TomsProject | Editor | Agency Owner Would love to have some feedback.

Here's a sound design breakdown of a recent long form intro edit I posted here. Would appreciate suggestions/feedback.

POV: You have a supportive partner 🫡

"After effects can't continue. Sorry" 😂 At this rate I'm not gonna be able to continue with Adobe. 😪

I started an Instagram theme page and even made 9 sales! Full story: Cricket has been my world since I was 6 years old. If you’re Sri Lankan, you know how people revolve their mood and life around how the cricket team plays. Back in April 2019, while I was studying for my A

I’ve been editing on a 14” laptop screen for over year now. This 27” monitor felt like a huge life upgrade. Alhamdulillah 🫡

Holy sheesh, how is Final cut pro so smooth? I feel like Premiere is from the 18th century after using Final cut pro for 2 minutes 🥲

Recent minimalistic frames for a talking head video. Any feedback is appreciated.

POV: It's 2 AM but you can't sleep till the cut is done.

Still frames from a recent talking head video. Any feedback is appreciated.

Here are the frames in motion. Trying to improve with every video. Would love to have some feedback.

POV: You woke up without any client projects pending after months.

Video editors only have 2 problems: 1. Too much footage 2. Too less footage There's no in-between.