Video Editing

[FireInTheWire]

Looking to get into some video editing. Looking for the best "user friendly" software. My wife has a program on her PC that came with her photoshop. She was playing around with it last night, but said it felt clunky.

Anybody got any recommendations?

 

[kbaxter60]

At a former job, I sometimes used Camtasia. I found it pretty intuitive and had decent results with it.
It's a tad pricey, but I think you can get a free trial, so you would know if you wanted to lay out some cash...
https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html

 

[karlac]

Depends upon what you mean by "getting into"
I used Vegas Pro in the studio, but it's pricey and for the pro market.

For making stuff for youtube as a consumer, I've been using a program called VideoPad that works pretty well. I bought it after using the free version for a while.

Lots of choices out there.

 

[Rhino]

Looking to get into some video editing. Looking for the best "user friendly" software. My wife has a program on her PC that came with her photoshop. She was playing around with it last night, but said it felt clunky.

Anybody got any recommendations?

It's hard to beat iMovie for easy stuff.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Ok thanks ya'll. I'll check out those.

 

[benenglish]

IMO, recommendations should include a note as to what OS is being used.

 

[FireInTheWire]

IMO, recommendations should include a note as to what OS is being used.

Windows 10

 

[FireInTheWire]

I just found GoPro studio.... I wonder what that's like.

 

[kbaxter60]

Anyone else remember Windows Movie Maker? It came free with versions of the OS for a while. It was pretty capable and actually had a lot of features. I would still used that if it were still included...

 

[pronstar]

Anyone else remember Windows Movie Maker? It came free with versions of the OS for a while. It was pretty capable and actually had a lot of features. I would still used that if it were still included...

Not sure if the 640x480 resolution is gonna look all that good compared to modern standards...


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[karlac]

IMO, recommendations should include a note as to what OS is being used.

He said PC, which usually means Windows these days.

 

[toddnjoyce]

At a former job, I sometimes used Camtasia. I found it pretty intuitive and had decent results with it.
It's a tad pricey, but I think you can get a free trial, so you would know if you wanted to lay out some cash...
https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html

I’ll second that as an occasional user.

 

[studenygreg]

Take a look at obs studio

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[oohrah]

You can do rudimentary editing with QuickTime Pro (Win10 or IOS).

I learned on Pinnacle Studio, very full featured (Windows) easy to use, before graduating to Final Cut.

If you have Adobe products, Premiere Pro is a advanced editor like Final Cut.

 

[FireInTheWire]

I might have opened a pandora box. Might need a dedicated tower for this.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I might have opened a pandora box. Might need a dedicated tower for this.

I’ve heard that from more than one person who’s gone down this path.

 

[FireInTheWire]

I’ve heard that from more than one person who’s gone down this path.

Yeah... just got off the phone with a buddy. He said something about gaming tower and $1500 bucks. Shit

 

[Younggun]

It depends on how much time you have.

I use Sony Movie studio Platinum. (Less features than Vegas Pro but way more than the free stuff).

I used my work computer with no high end video card. Just an I-5 processor and a good amount of memory and decent ram.

To speed up editing I could work with a lower quality clone of the video. When I was done working all changed I made were applied to the original quality clips and saved at the quality I chose.

I could do 1080p without needing to use the clones. I did have to use the clone clips for 2.7k vids though which is the highest quality I could record. Saving the vids was also pretty slow at that quality, even if I saved at 1080p. Standard 1080p vids would take a little bit to save, but it wasn’t an all day ordeal and if it was going to take a while for a longer vid I just let it work while I did something else.


All that said, a $1500 gaming computer is the ideal way to go. I’m used to just working with what I have.


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[FireInTheWire]

Got one of these coming. Momma gonna be happy. She needs a nice editing setup

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypo...b-hdd-240gb-ssd-black/6370123.p?skuId=6370123

 

[benenglish]

Let us know how it works out.