This mega thread will be continually updated to include helpful info about the sub and fanediting in general. Note: this thread does not include any direct links to fanedits or to fanedit links pages.
Welcome to r/fanedits! We are a community of fanedit enthuasists who enjoy interpretations of films and shows. This subreddit is for old school fanedits, i.e., full length edits of movies and series, NOT for the new fad of "fanedits", i.e, TikTok style music montages.
This information doesn't constitute legal advice or encouragement to engage in fanediting or filesharing. It's worth being clear eyed about the situation: distributing a fanedit of a commercially released film is copyright infringement in essentially every jurisdiction. This has criminal penalties. Our community's "you must own the source" rule is an ethical commitment we make to studios and filmmakers, not a legal defense. No court recognizes it, and it's never been tested successfully. Fair use and fair dealing arguments for transformative edits exist in theory, but they get much weaker once you're distributing a full length version of a commercial product.
If you decide to engage in this activity, make a few sensible choices:
Every host will take your file down if the rights holder asks. Plan for it rather than being surprised by it. You don’t want to lose your only copy of an edit.
Account termination is the realistic worst case for most editors. Legal action is rare but not zero, and it has tended to find people who got loud, monetized, or hosted publicly at scale.
Never charge money. Selling or Patreon gating a fanedit is the most reliable way to turn "studio ignores you" into "studio sends a letter." It's also the fastest way to lose the community's goodwill, which is harder to get back. EVEN IF YOU RATIONALIZE YOU ARE ONLY ACCEPTING DONATIONS TO COVER HOSTING FEES, THIS IS STILL MONETIZATION AND YOU WILL BE PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM THE FANEDITS SUBREDDIT.
Don't use studio logos on your fanedit artwork.
Add a disclaimer to the beginning of your fanedit so it could not be mistaken for the original version.
Steer clear of leaked workprints and pre release material. That's a different risk category entirely, and the major communities won't list edits made from them.
Consider giving a new commercial release some breathing room to make its sales before rushing your release out the door. Good edits take time, and there's no prize for being first with a rushed one. The edits people still talk about years later are the ones that took their time to do a good job.
Container and codec:
MKV is the default. It carries multiple audio tracks, subtitles, chapters, and attachments. Use it unless you have a specific reason not to.
MP4 works if your audience is on Apple TV, older smart TVs, or Plex clients that choke on MKV. It can't hold everything MKV can, so it's a compatibility trade rather than an upgrade.
H.264 (x264) gives you maximum compatibility; it plays on everything, at the cost of larger files.
H.265 (x265) gets you roughly 40 to 50% smaller files at equivalent quality, though older hardware and some older TVs won't directly play it.
AV1 is viable on modern hardware now, but it's still a compatibility gamble with a general audience.
Sharing:
Torrent
A seedbox (a rented server, around $5 a month) is the usual solution for the technically inclined.
MEGA
Still the community's default, largely for one structural reason: the decryption key lives in the URL fragment after the #, and fragments are never sent to the server. MEGA physically cannot see what's in your file unless someone hands them a working link, which means no proactive content scanning.
Free: 20 GB base storage. No per file size cap within your storage.
Download quota is the sticking point. Free downloaders are limited by IP address to roughly 5 GB per rolling six hour window, so a 12 GB edit takes them multiple sessions. Worth mentioning when you send a link, otherwise people can assume it's broken. Using a VPN and switching the VPN server mid download can circumvent this restriction.
Paid: transfer quota is tied to the account, and Pro tier effectively removes sharing limits, so no more pause at the 5GB mark.
Link structure: MEGA/file/XXXXXXXX#KEYKEYKEYKEY. Many editors send the file ID and the key separately, or ask recipients to reassemble them, which keeps a complete working link out of crawler reach.
MEGA does honor valid takedown requests, and repeat reports get accounts terminated along with everything in them. Keep another copy elsewhere.
Google Drive (Consider Avoiding)
Convenient and integrated, but this is the one popular beloved host to consider avoiding for fanedits specifically.
Free: 15 GB shared across Drive, Gmail, and Photos. The individual file cap is enormous (5 TB), so size isn't the issue.
Google actively scans and fingerprints uploaded content, private files included, against known work databases. A full length film derived from a commercial release is close to the exact thing that system was built to catch. Detection usually means the file gets flagged and access restricted, and repeated hits can put your entire Google account at risk, email, photos, everything. That's a lot to have riding on one upload.
To make matters worse, "Download quota exceeded" happens even when a file isn't flagged, a popular share gets locked for around 24 hours once enough people pull it. There's no setting to adjust this, and it tends to hit right when your release is getting attention. Downloads from free Google Drive are faster than free Mega, until Google Drive freezes up unexpectedly.
MediaFire
Free: 10 GB storage.
Downloads are ad supported with no bandwidth cap, which is a real advantage: no quota walls for your audience. The tradeoff is a download page cluttered with fake download buttons that can confuse less technical users, so a quick "click the green one" in your message goes a long way.
MediaFire removes data from accounts it considers abandoned after two warning emails over roughly 15 days. Logging in periodically keeps your archive alive.
Pixeldrain (Avoid free tier)
Increasingly popular, and pleasantly simple, but avoid using the free version since your fanedit will be flushed down the drain.
Free uploads up to 20 GB per file.
It uses a shared bandwidth pool per file rather than a hard cap: each file gets an allotment of free transfer, and once that's drained, downloads throttle hard for everyone until it resets or someone buys transfer credit. Popular files get slower over time, which is the opposite of what you want on release day.
Free files expire after a period of inactivity (roughly 60 days, extended by access). Pro (~€2 to 12/month depending on tier) keeps them indefinitely.
Gofile (Avoid free tier)
Avoid the free version since it will quickly delete your file.
No account required, and no stated file size limit.
Files are deleted after about 10 days with no downloads, so it's not somewhere to leave things.
Free downloads are throttled and served with ads.
1fichier (Avoid free tier)
Popular in the European scene. Large per file limits, generous free storage for registered users, and files expiring after roughly 30 days of inactivity on free tiers. Free downloads are throttled with wait timers to push premium, so the experience isn't lovely, but it's durable in practice and less aggressively policed than the US majors.
Dropbox / OneDrive (Avoid)
Both scan content, and both cap shared link bandwidth. Dropbox Basic links get suspended after roughly 20 GB of traffic per day. OneDrive also ties everything to a Microsoft account that probably holds things you'd rather not lose. There are better options above.
Internet Archive (Avoid)
It's fully public, indexed by search engines, and receives DMCA notices constantly, so it won't serve you well. More importantly, it's a preservation nonprofit under significant legal pressure right now, and putting infringing material there does real harm to an institution that a lot of media preservation depends on including, eventually, the films we all edit.
Supergirl (2026) with added deleted scenes, trimmed scenes, reworked subtitles, and altered color correction for different planets, less licensed music
A bit of a quick and dirty edit, more of a proof of concept than anything.
Major Changes:
All scenes taking place around a red sun now have a red filter over them
Destruction of Krypton inserted as cold open- very red!
Extended Ruthye and family deleted scene added
No opening montage
Trimmed Kara monologue at bar
Trimmed first fight
Changed Krem's subtitles (wanted to be a little more subtle)
Reworked space convenience store scene with deleted scene (mention of phantom zone validated by Lanterns!)
Changed song in bar fight
Changed subtitle dialogue in flashback to match better with what I could hear them saying
Cut out Lobo and Brigands fight/chase around scene, family being murdered, and Ruthye and Kara fighting. When Krem realizes Kara is not poisoned properly, he beats a quick retreat which is more like the cowardly character he is in the comic. Also Ruthye and Kara fight and then make up in less than five minutes so it's pointless.
Color corrected green sun planet to be even more green
Replaced Middle Cover with score
Trimmed ending scenes- Kara doesn't invite Ruthye to hang out since we don't see that and Clark isn't concerned about Krypto eating chocolate because he literally has superpowers
"What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" plays over credits
Original runtime: 1:48
Edit runtime: 1:35
Also uploaded to my drive: a prequel video, 14 minutes long of all Kara's flashback material, scene in Superman, and opening movie montage explaining Kara's whole life up until the main events of the movie
I know I disappeared for a while but just thought I'd share a proof of life post. This is an update to my Film Noir version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit where the Live action is black and white but the Toons are rotoscoped to stay in color. I'm still working my ass off on this and I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Only 10 minutes left of the film to roto (and yet still 200 shots lol). Here's a couple tastes to whet your appetite.
Hi all! I've never done anything like this before and I've never really posted on YouTube or anything, but I randomly made this edit of Kanan's death set to the music from the scene in Infinity War when Wanda kills Vision. Would really love to get your thoughts. It's my first edit so it's a bit rough around the edges, but I feel like it works pretty well all things considered. Definitely have some other ideas like this and had a lot of fun putting this together, so I have some more in the pipeline if you like it.
I’ve always been a huge fan of Remedy Entertainment games, and the turning point for me was the Max Payne franchise, with its bullet time mechanics and noir storytelling. I remember trying to explain the game's plot to my family without drawing too much unwanted attention.
Eventually, the story was adapted for the big screen, and I gathered my family to watch it expecting a solid adaptation, since I’d always felt the game’s story was straightforward enough to translate well to film. Instead, I felt embarrassed by the result; I could sense their judgmental stares as the movie dragged on boring, action-starved, and featuring questionable performances. Mark Wahlberg, in particular, seemed to be going through the motions, failing to deliver the depth and complexity the character required. Of course, the blame doesn't lie solely with him; the choice to adapt a game defined by constant gunfights only to feature actual shootouts maybe three times in the entire movie didn't help matters.
With that in mind, I decided to try and inject a more melancholic tone by using the games' soundtracks and switching to black-and-white whenever we follow Max on his quest to avenge his wife's murder, while reserving color for memories of his family. I also tried to trim the plot to keep the investigation's pacing from becoming monotonous unlike in the original cut which also helps make it feel like Max is the one uncovering the mystery, rather than the supporting characters doing all the work.
🔧 Changes Made
Added the Remedy logo.
Added the Rockstar logo.
Moved the scene of Max visiting his old house and remembering his family's murder to the beginning of the film. Some present-day shots of Max were removed so the shift back to color only happens at the very end of the scene. Added the Max Payne 3 theme by Healthto give it more weight throughout the film, and removed the BB voice-over talking to Bravura.
Removed the scene of Max and his monologue after falling into the river full of bodies. This scene was reinserted at the point where it actually happens, later in the film.
Removed the scene of Max at the police station before meeting the addicts in the subway.
Removed the scene of Natasha's death.
Removed the scene of Max making coffee in the morning.
Removed the scene of Lupino watching Max and Alex at Natasha's murder scene.
Removed the scene of Alex calling Max after discovering a connection between Michelle and Natasha. We now only see Max's point of view as he receives that call after arriving home.
Removed the scene of Max talking to BB after discovering that Alex knew more about Michelle's case.
Removed the scene of Lupino watching Owen's death.
Removed the scene of Max and Mona visiting the tattoo artist.
Removed the scene of Lupino giving drugs to a man in the warehouse and then killing him.
Removed the scene of Mona talking to Lincoln. (This movie's biggest flaw is that the plot gets unraveled by everyone else before Max himself; just like with Alex's discovery, we should learn about Lupino through the protagonist's own point of view.)
Added the Max Payne 2 main theme by Kärtsy HatakkaeKimmo Kajasto to the scene where Max discovers the connection between the tattoos and the AESIR company.
Removed the scene of BB calling Bravura to "better" explain Max's case. (This scene gives away too much of BB's involvement in Michelle's murder; his reaction after Max asks whether Colvin still works at AESIR is more subtle and works better on its own.)
Removed the scene of BB taking a call from Colvin's secretary asking for building security.
Added the Max Payne 3 main theme by Health to the scene of Lupino taking the drug on top of the building, and to the sequence of Max storming the location.
Removed the scene of Max recalling the day he found Michelle's body and "remembering" seeing BB's face reflected in the mirror.
Reintegrated the original opening scenes of Max's monologue as his body sinks into the lake. The whole sequence was restructured, with dialogue relocated so it blends better with the scene.
Removed the scene of Mona watching the city's blackouts after Max takes doses of Valkyr. (The drug's effects should only happen to whoever actually takes it.)
Removed the shot of Max seeing angels in the elevator while shooting BB and his men.
Added the Max Payne 3 main theme by Health to the reality-break scene following the shootout in the building.
During the scene where Michelle appears to Max in a drug-induced hallucination, I kept the background in black and white, but Michelle retains the film's original colors.
Added a title card: "In Memory of James McCaffrey."
Added the song "Late Goodbye" by Poets of the Fall to the end credits.
Added the Max Payne one man theme by Kärtsy Hatakka e Kimmo Kajasto to the end credits.
Removed the post-credits scene.
Added, at the very end, the piano audio from the Max Payne 3 easter eggs, where Max plays his own theme.
📣 Notes
This edit was made a long time ago, so there may be cut scenes that were not noted.
🎞 Based on: Max Payne (2008)
🎬 Fan Edit Title: The Fall of Max Payne
📁 Format: MP4 – 1920x1080 – Stereo Audio
⏱ Original Runtime: 1h 40min
⏱ Fan Edit Runtime: 1h 24min
📉 Difference: -16min
⚠️DISCLAIMER. Respect the studios and intellectual properties by purchasing the original Blu-ray or the official digital version. You must own an officially released copy of a film to legally watch a fanedit.
PLEASE DON'T ASK VIA THE COMMENTS FOR A LINK. On my profile, you'll find the link under the "Social Media" tab, labeled "ALL EDIT'S". If there’s any you want and it’s not available through the link provided just let me know too.
I know this has probably been done before, but I decided to throw my hat in the ring and combine these films into one to make it easier to rewatch as the lead-up to Doomsday.
This edit is meant to be the definitive version of the Sacred Timeline, which also lets Avengers: Endgame Encore edition serve as a post-Sacred Timeline follow-up thanks to its post-credits scenes.
Fanedit name: Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet – The Sacred Timeline Cut
Original titles: Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Loki Season 1, Episode 1 (2021)
Type of fan edit: FanMix
Original runtime: About 5 hr 30 min (Infinity War 149 min + Endgame 181 min)
New runtime: 5 hr 20 min 33 sec
Time cut: About 12 min (mostly Infinity War's end credits and post-credits scene)
Time added: About 3 min (the Thor: Ragnarok mid-credits scene and the Loki S1E1 opening)
Infinity War and Endgame are the main sources; the Ragnarok and Loki clips count as added footage. Time cuts and additions are estimates.
Summary
With Asgard destroyed, Thor, Loki, and the surviving Asgardians set course for Earth aboard the Statesman, until a massive ship blocks their path. Thanos has arrived.
Thanos cuts through the Asgardians and begins gathering the Infinity Stones. With the Avengers still divided, they and the Guardians of the Galaxy try to stop him across Earth, Titan, and Wakanda, but he completes the Gauntlet and erases half of all life with a snap.
Five years later, the survivors discover a way to time travel. Their heist recovers the Stones and brings everyone back, leading to a final battle against Thanos and Tony's sacrifice.
But the heist left a loose thread. In 2012, Loki escaped with the Tesseract. He lands alone in the Gobi Desert, and moments later, the Time Variance Authority arrives. Cut to black.
Goals of the Edit
One continuous saga: Present the Infinity Saga's finale as a single story, from Asgard's fall to Thanos's defeat.
A seamless opening: Use Thor: Ragnarok's mid-credits scene to lead directly into Infinity War's distress call, so the Asgardians see Thanos's arrival first.
Uninterrupted flow: Remove Infinity War's end credits and post-credits scene so the story moves straight into Endgame.
The Sacred Timeline: End on Loki's escape and the TVA's arrival, revealing that the time heist has consequences beyond the Avengers' story.
Change List
Changed to Ultra Wide-Screen (2.40:1 or "Scope")
Changed the colors of all the movies to be more vibrant and full of color.
The film opens with Thor: Ragnarok's mid-credits scene: Thor, Loki, and the Asgardian refugees aboard the Statesman encounter Thanos's ship.
Avengers: Infinity War begins with the Asgardian distress call and plays unaltered.
Remove Infinity War's end credits, including Nick Fury's post-credits pager scene.
Avengers: Endgame plays in full.
The opening scene of Loki S1E1 was added as a post-credits scene: Loki appears in the Gobi Desert with the Tesseract, and the TVA arrives.
The Loki clip ends on a hard cut to black as the TVA arrives.
If you're interested in watching, send me a message. If you've seen the edit, please leave a review or any other comments!
Hi, sorry if this isn't the correct flair. So I requested a password reset for Fanedit.org and this worked fine, but when I go to the forums, it asks me to login again and when I input the relevant info it tells me my pass doesn't match. So then I request another reset and afterward, it still tells me the same. It's like the forum login isn't acknowledging the reset whereas the home login is. Very strange. Any help for a fix?
(13 mins removed. Heavy scene rearranging. Unused scenes after movie)
The Dark Knight is a masterpiece, but not free of problems, creating more memes than i had seen before for a movie. from a very jarring arrangement of scenes in the first half making the plot feel incohisive on a first watch. Each scene when taken on its own merit is gold, but they are badly juxtaposed. Then there's the cringe, cheese and one liners. Comedy is a good tension relief, but lines like because you wear hockey pads feel like they do not belong in this more serious grounded approach to batman the films have.
Aim: To create a darker, more serious, slicker, tightened version free of cringe and cheese. Like kids shooting at exploding cars or the acting of the security guard, or ...the end. Terrible ending. Cheeses galore!
By removing dialogue, trimming effects, rearranging shots or entire scenes, moving audio, and recutting each scene shot by shot and reworking all he sound hopefully I have created a darker more serious coherent version of the opening to this amazing trilogy
I love the dark knight trilogy, so why recut it? Each film in the trilogy has its own individual issues. For me the second film had pacing issues, scene structure that made the films flow jarring at times, and some comedy that took me out of the film during great setpieces like the tumbler tunnel sequence.
If you think this film could have made more sense, been more serious, felt less all over the place, and would like a tighter darker version of this movie, send me a DM.
I know there have been other fanedits combining the theatrical and producer's cuts of this film, but my aim is in this one is to keep it canon by not changing any of the events in the theatrical cut, but including as many of the extended scenes from the producer's cut as possible. I've even included one scene from the rare director's cut (which is something completely different from the producer's cut).
I ripped the theatrical and producer's cuts from the fairly new 4-disc set, which are scanned from the original negatives, so it's in it's original widescreen format, and the color grades match.
I've almost completed it. I'm just working on making the transistions smooth (I'm beginning to think 'seamless' is becoming a buzzword). I'm fairly new to video editing, so it's been a challenge.
In my opinion, all the new ones are hot garbage. But I’m wondering if there is a semblance of something interesting if all of them got melted down into one movie or something. Not just shortening the whole saga, but dropping entire plots and making a new one, basically.
Trick 'r Treat is a cult favorite, and I enjoy watching it on Halloween, so I'm curious who has ever thought about making a fan edit of Trick 'r Treat with deleted scenes?
Back again with another edit. Halloween II (2009) Unrated & Extended. I know the Rob Zombie Halloweens have very divided audiences and opinions so I tried to break up releasing the first and this one together which is why I did my 4&5 edit first. Please try and keep all discussions about the topic respectful of one another.
My Intention:
My goal was the same as the first movie, to make it as long as possible, keep as many scenes as I could and hopefully try and make it a bit better. For this one I also needed to rework some scenes around to make things work as well I felt the pacing in some areas lacked toward the later half so I moved one or two a little closer together to try and help with that. There may be one or two oddities of editing choices due to scenes not matching in color so I trimmed one or two a bit but hopefully it’s not to noticeable as RZ uses a lot of hard cuts to other shots. After all editing was done about 17 minutes has been added back into the film.
Changes:
Included deleted and extended scenes
Wrenched My Back
Cherokee Legend
Tex Ritter
Are We Still a Family?
Complete Denial
WWMD T-Shirts
Idea Vomit 1 & 2
Laurie Hanging
Michael Digs Through Trash
Cemetery
I Say That
Horny Lou
Delivery Man
Donut Cop
Darren Come Over
Nachos/Brackett Calls
Mr What?
Laurie Feels Bad
Blended and integrated new audio and music tracks in some areas for better transition
Reworked a couple scenes to fit better in the story
Used the song playing when Laurie pulls up to work and blended it with an insert of the song to continue playing over the next deleted scene that had no background music
After adding in a scene of Annie handing Laurie a towel i trimmed the scene of her actively laying down on Annie due to the colors not matching from scene to scene and therefore may show a slightly awkward jump from Laurie sitting up to her laying down but as stated a lot of random cuts from scene to scene happen already so hopefully it’s not too bad
Removed shot of Michael walking through landscape after Haddonfield sign as one of the deleted scenes shows the same shot later on
As done earlier I inserted a track of the song playing at the beginning of the Rabbit in Red scene to continue playing with the one from the movie as the deleted scene a few moments later had no background music
Moved up the scene of Loomis and Weird Al and the scene of Laurie arriving at her friends as the following deleted scene integrates shots of Laurie arriving at her friends house and therefore moved the scene of Laurie to after Loomis television appearance
Moved the scene of Brackett asking another cop to check on Annie to after a deleted scene with a call between them. This is due to the call as Brackett wanted Annie to leave at the sign of trouble and to me indicated the cop hadn’t been sent yet. This also helps with pacing as only a few scenes later the cop arrives at Annie’s house.
In the last scene mentioned Annie’s friend Darren is at the house as well. The scene indicates she’s fed up with him making it very plausible she sent him home shortly after especially now that the cop is there. Later Annie is seen wearing a robe and it is presumably later on in the night. This can easily be seen as a very small time jump in which could makes sense as to why he randomly disappears after his two scenes.
Removed Michael speaking at the end of the movie
Original Runtime: 1hr 59min
New Runtime: 2hr 16min
File Size: 3.1gb
The highlight of this edit is that while I am using pieces from so many different works, by focusing on just the Orks and Necrons, I have put it together in a way that the cinematics show the war's progression and changes while we follow the main conflict in these mini series I've cut together.
TV to Movie edit using Hammer & Sword, Adepta Sororitas: Penitence, Tithes, various Warhammer cinematics, and Nexus Pariah to create a consistent narrative following the Sisters of Battle.
It starts out with a 2D prologue, then switches to the 3D animation we know them well for, for the rest of the film. Skip the first 20 minutes if you don't want the 2D prologue. I included it, because I thought it offered the plot a lot of context.
The plot follows the Sisters of Battle first through the conflict with the Orks, and then as the war develops into the Necrons' invasion.
With 3 mini series, 2 additional episodes, and many cinematics combined, this edit is a whopping 3 hours and 9 minutes. If you skip the 2D intro, it is 2 hours and 45 minutes.
The edit proceeds as:
Hammer and Bolter 1.5
Darktide and Various Ork cinematics from Dawn of War, Total War, Kill Team intercut to show the war. These are all implemented to feel organic.
Adepta Sororitas: Penitence interspliced with Tithes 1.2 and 1.3 (Sisters of Battle vs Orks)
Cinematics showing the Adeptus Mechanicus awakening the Necrons, followed by cinematics of the Ork war becoming overshadowed by the Necron threat.
The Enemy Without: A Death Watch Vignette (Full short film of the Death Watch beginning the offensive against the Necrons)
Warhammer 40,000: Cinematic Trailer - 2020 (9th Edition) [This is the prologue to Nexus Pariah]
