# Rigsaw

> Rigsaw is a UK video editing and content production studio for creators, run by Daniel Ball. It edits short-form video for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, long-form YouTube videos and stream highlights, designs thumbnails, and advises on growth strategy. Gaming content is its speciality, but it works across niches.

Facts last verified 2026-10-22. Human-readable version: https://rigsaw.com/ai

## Key facts
- Type: Video editing and content production studio for creators
- Run by: Daniel Ball (Founder)
- Legal status: trading name of Daniel Ball, a sole trader in the United Kingdom
- Location: United Kingdom (works with creators internationally, remotely)
- Speciality: Gaming content
- Platforms: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch
- Contact: hello@rigsaw.com

## Services
- [Short-form editing](https://rigsaw.com/services/short-form-video-editing): Short-form video editing for creators: TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels cut for retention, with hooks, captions and pacing built to hold viewers.
- [Long-form editing](https://rigsaw.com/services/youtube-video-editing): Long-form YouTube video editing with the pacing, structure and storytelling that keeps viewers watching to the end. Built for creators who post consistently.
- [Thumbnail design](https://rigsaw.com/services/youtube-thumbnail-design): High-contrast, platform-native YouTube thumbnails designed to stop the scroll and lift click-through rate, matched to your title and channel style.
- [Growth strategy](https://rigsaw.com/services/youtube-growth-strategy): Content formats, posting cadence and platform strategy for creators, built from your analytics, so every video you make has a better chance to grow the channel.
- [Gaming video editing](https://rigsaw.com/services/gaming-video-editing): Video editing for gaming creators: long-form YouTube, shorts and stream highlights cut by editors who understand gaming culture, trends and formats.

## Results
- Gaming creator · anonymous client, Under 4 months: TikTok: 3.6M total views (~39,400 avg. per video); Instagram: 1.4M total views (~14,800 avg. per video); YouTube Shorts: 185K total views (~2,100 avg. per video)

## Pages
- [Home](https://rigsaw.com/): What Rigsaw does, results, services and process
- [Services](https://rigsaw.com/services): All editing and production services
- [Work](https://rigsaw.com/work): Results and examples of Rigsaw's editing
- [About](https://rigsaw.com/about): Who runs Rigsaw and how the studio works
- [Articles](https://rigsaw.com/news): Guides on video editing, YouTube and short-form
- [Contact](https://rigsaw.com/contact): Start a project
- [For AI](https://rigsaw.com/ai): This fact sheet

## Articles
- [How to Edit YouTube Shorts and TikToks for Retention](https://rigsaw.com/news/how-to-edit-youtube-shorts-for-retention): A practical editing guide to short-form retention: hook in the first second, cut the dead air, caption for sound-off viewing and build a loop that rewatches.
- [How to Hire a YouTube Video Editor (Without Getting Burned)](https://rigsaw.com/news/how-to-hire-a-youtube-video-editor): What to look for when hiring a YouTube video editor or editing studio, how to run a paid test edit, what to agree up front, and the red flags to avoid.
- [How to Turn Twitch Streams Into YouTube Videos and Shorts](https://rigsaw.com/news/how-to-turn-twitch-streams-into-youtube-content): A practical workflow for turning Twitch stream VODs into YouTube highlight videos and Shorts: what to clip, how to structure it and how to keep it sustainable.

## Optional
- [Full text of every page and article](https://rigsaw.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Privacy policy](https://rigsaw.com/privacy)