

Kills Battery Lifeĭespite the benefit that you can edit anywhere with your phone, you'll need to have a charger or power bank on hand if you plan on going at it for hours. Cloud storage services are another option. Of course, you can always keep your files on an external hard drive, but transferring them from your computer to your phone every time you're in the mood to edit can get annoying. Smartphones rarely have internal memory larger than a few hundred gigabytes, and most of this will be gobbled up by other apps and files on your phone that aren't related to video editing. You'll end up with a bunch of random video clips, video overlays, and even images.

When you initially dive into video editing, the first thing you'll notice is how quickly you accumulate files. You won't be able to perform many advanced editing techniques on smartphone apps, and even when you can, the results won't be as crisp compared to computer software. Smartphones are very power-optimized, they simply can't handle all the bells and whistles of computer editing software.
