Check Where Important Sound Begins and Ends
Before enabling a fade, listen from the very start of each video and through its final sentence or musical note. Decide whether the boundary contains silence, music, ambience, or speech that must remain immediately audible.
- Group music-led clips separately from videos that begin with spoken instructions.
- Look for a final word or reaction that reaches the end of the file.
- Keep the original versions so a fade can be revised without working from an already edited copy.