Win $25,000 by Cutting Together a Music Video for 'Make the Cut'

Want to win $25,000 by showing off your video editing skills? Imagine Dragons has teamed up with Adobe by offering fans full access to uncut footage from the lead single, "Believer," from their upcoming third album. Video editors can download the footage and create their own version of the video for a chance to win numerous prizes.

Using Adobe Premiere Pro and the video clips, fans will have their entires judged by Imagine Dragons, two-time Academy Award Winner Angus Wall, and a professional music video editor. There are six separate awards and prizes:

  • Grand Prize: The best overall video as selected by the judges will receive a grand prize of $25,000.
  • Fan Favorite, Most Unexpected, Best Young Creator Under 25, and Best Short Form (30-60 seconds): Each winner in these categories will receive $1,000 and a year-long Creative Cloud subscription
  • Bonus Prize for Adobe Stock: The entry with the best use of supplied Adobe Stock clips will receive $2,500, a year-long Creative Cloud subscription, and 25 Adobe Stock credits. 

Altogether, it's a great opportunity to show off your skills, win some big prizes, and get your work seen by some very accomplished people. Be sure to check out the original video for "Believer" above. To enter the contest, click here.

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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This is really cool. A lot of companies and Adobe specifically have been really stepping up their out reach to their users in creative ways.