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!! 

Comments

[gwenfrankenstien]

I use iMovie because it's free and comes with my computer. I'm intimidated by the learning curve of switching to something more powerful. Like the person upthread, I haven't vidded on a PC since the Windows Movie Maker days.

[sophie_448]

iMovie is quite good! I can say from experience that if you feel comfortable with it, you wouldn't have a hard time transitioning to FCPX if you wanted to. They're built on essentially the same interface, so it immediately feels very familiar to work with and you can do the basics with basically no learning curve at all. There are a few things I've had to google, but not too much. And there are neat little upgrades that save a lot of time. Like for slow mo, in iMovie you have to specify a percentage speed and then it adjusts the clip. For me this often meant making repeated tiny adjustments to get the clip to fit into the exact space that I wanted. With FCPX you do Cmd+R and then you can literally just drag the clip to shrink or expand until it's the right size. Handy little things like that!