tech set up question time!

[lola]

Hi all! It's time to talk about technology! We always like to crowdsource our knowledge and use this as a place we can figure things out together.

For those of you have already decided on your editing software, what are you planning to use? If you’ve edited before, anyone planning on switching editing softwares and trying something new?

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

Here are some resources we shared last year.... let's update this list as we go! (We've also added a few specific tutorials for some of the vexercises...)

Some lists of software options:

• Free
• Full list with prices listed
• Davinci Resolve Lola has used this and loved it. It's free, and just as powerful as Premiere, but felt more intuitive. I’ve (Yvette) started playing around with it myself and I am considering switching - I’ve been having a ton of issues with Premiere Pro and DVR feels really streamlined and I agree with Lola - it’s much more intuitive. I also really like the colour coding on the tracks on the timeline and a bunch of other things (oh and the fact it’s free, haha)
• Wondershare Filmora A somewhat affordable and intuitive first step video editing software.

Some decent tutorials on YouTube:

• Excellent Davinci Resolve Tutorial
• Another good Davinci Resolve
• This is a great Da Vinci Resolve tutorial playlist

• Yvette and Lola both endorse this vlogger for Premiere Pro
• A whole tutorial playlist on Filmora
• LumaFusion Tutorial for Beginners

Additional Resources

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

• 4K downloader (stellar tool) for getting HQ files and mp3’s from YouTube, though I'd recommending getting premium to get the 1080p HD files...
• Movavi is great for screencapturing things, well, playing on your screen

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

Comments

[marah_sarie]

I'm using Final Cut Pro on a Mac. I really like its tagging/keyword system -- you clip within the programme by tagging sections of the source with keywords, then these are automatically organised into folders for you. I also use Handbrake for converting source files, e.g. mkv to mp4.

[valoise]

The tagging feature is the main reason I continue to use FCP, it is so convenient

[colls]

I use FCP and am very interested in how you clip within the program. I made a vid a couple years ago without pre-clipping and hated it - I assume I'm not using the program to its full potential or something?