Video Editing Software Choices

[lola]

 So let's talk tech!

For those of you already set on your editing software, what are you planning on using?

For those of you just starting out, what hardware (Mac, PC, chromebook, ipad?) are you planning on using? Have you tried any editing software before? 

Here are a couple of lists of current software options that seem pretty comprehensive to me...

Free

Full list with prices listed

Out of these, I (Lola) have used Premiere (what I use now), Final Cut Pro (which I love), and imovie, which is not non-linear and I found very frustrating for vid-making.

I also use the iPad app Lumafusion, which is pretty amazing for an ipad app. 

I have heard really good things about Davinci Resolve -- it's free and apparently as powerful or more than Premiere. I'm thinking of downloading it today and trying to make a set of pechakuchas on it, so if anyone wants to join me on that adventure, please do! 

I've also heard good things about Wondershare Filmora as a somewhat affordable and intuitive first step video editing software. 

A few tutorials on YouTube I dug up that seem good: 

Excellent Davinci Resolve Tutorial
Another Davinci Resolve Tutorial

A whole tutorial playlist on Filmora 

LumaFusion Tutorial for Beginners

Also, there are some great affordable tools for screengrabbing and downloading (like, from YouTube).

4K downloader is stellar for getting HQ files from YouTube (I'm trying to think, I may have had to go premium to get the 1080p...
and Movavi is great for screencapturing things, well, playing on your screen

We can add to this list as I find more and get a sense of what software folks are using!

Comment below with any questions, suggestions, or resources!! 

AO3 Collection is open!

[bonibaru]

Hi vidders and viewers! For those who want to host works on AO3 and also have one place to see what a number of people are doing, I've set up a Collection. We're doing this as a Collection rather than a Challenge, after exploring both options in depth, for a number of reasons too boring to go into here. But if you are updating your works in AO3, you can add them here!

You can add works to the Collection in one of two ways:

1) Click the Post to Collection button at the top of the screen in AO3 and follow the guidelines (for works NOT already on AO3 - you can add works by external URL only; they don't have to be already on AO3)

2) If your work is already on AO3, you can add it quickly and easily by Editing the work itself, then choosing "Post to Collections / Challenges" and type in "Vexercises_Collection" to select the correct one.

We're leaving tag choices up to you. I have been using "Vexercises" in the Freeform tags and for exercise one I also tagged my submissions "Pechakucha". You can follow this format or not, as you like.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone makes!