Video editors

Jim_bo · Dec 25, 2016

Can someone recommend a good video editing program? When I loaded a 2.5 minute video to FB, it was 700MB and the quality on FB was terrible.

BradBuskey · Dec 25, 2016

That has nothing to do with the editor. FB video is terrible. Upload to Youtube (there are plenty of videos for youtube export settings) and link to FB.

Jim_bo · Dec 25, 2016

BradBuskey said:
That has nothing to do with the editor. FB video is terrible. Upload to Youtube (there are plenty of videos for youtube export settings) and link to FB.

Good advice. But I'd still like a recommendation for a video editor

BradBuskey · Dec 25, 2016

There are a lot of posts on this already.from Premier to Vegas to iMovie to FCP to Resolve. Pick one and stick with it.

Lee Hughes · Dec 25, 2016

I Hitfilm express is a nice free program and you can export to YouTube

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stealle · Dec 25, 2016

The general consensus seems to be Adobe Premiere Pro CC is probably the best and the standard for both Mac/PC. Final Cut Pro X is sometimes preferred by Mac owners and might be a little easier for a newbie to learn. Those two are enthusiast and professional applications. Some Mac owners get by fine with the built in iMovie. Some others PC software to consider would be Sony Vegas and Premiere Elements. There's also Davinci Resolve.

natec · Dec 25, 2016

Premiere Elements 14 has been working OK for 4k video from my Phantom 4 and Mavic on my Dell XPS13 9343 with 8gb RAM and SSD. I want to bang my head against a wall with their clip management (as far as I can tell, the only way to save out multiple shorter clips to insert into the timeline from a longer clip is to duplicate the clip the number of times you want for sub-clips and then set in/out points on each duplicated clip) but my exports in 1080p for Youtube in high-quality settings look as good as expected. Rendering clips/exporting is not quite real-time. I liked FCP (before FCPX) a lot better on my Mac, but for the price ($<80-90 bundled with Photoshop elements, and you get a license that works on mac and PC), it gets a lot done if you're not trying to get too fancy.

msinger · Dec 26, 2016

You can find a list of commonly used video editors here.

AAPhoto · Dec 26, 2016

msinger said:
You can find a list of commonly used video editors here.

I'd like to see Davinci Resolve on that list. For free software, it's pretty powerful. There's a huge learning curve to it though. Once you get the hang of it, i think it's the simplest way to add LUT's and perform color correction and grading. Combine it with Adobe Premiere and well, there's no limit to what can be done.

Cookedinlh · Dec 26, 2016

I only have the experience of Permiere Pro but can't image there is something significantly better and I'm probably only using 10% of its' full capability. Be nice if I only had to may for 10% of it's monthly RENT!

msinger · Dec 26, 2016

AAPhoto said:
I'd like to see Davinci Resolve on that list.

Added. Thanks!

AAPhoto · Dec 26, 2016

msinger said:
Added. Thanks!

Awesome, thank you! Fantastic list of resources there!

WonderRico · Dec 26, 2016

After many years using Sony Vegas, I discovered DaVinci Resolve, and I must say the free version is just incredible. Definitely worth checking it out, and spending some short time "learning" it.

Vacation guy · Jun 23, 2017

I know this is an older thread, im hopeful I can get some help. I am getting used to Imovie but have one issue thats driving me nuts. I want to go through my videos and save short clips into folders so I can use them for certain projects. I want to clean, trim and file. As far as I can see, Imovie wont let me do that. I don't want to learn another program if i can help it. Thanks

Cookedinlh · Jun 23, 2017

I had only one try at imovie and found it lacking for a lot of reasons so I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro . . .costs $20 a month so not good for the little amount I use it but lots of training videos help figure it out. Sorry not much help with imovie

Viciam · Jun 23, 2017

Why is adobe after effects not on that list?

Cookedinlh · Jun 23, 2017

Don't know much about it either and I can do all I want on Pro so maybe I should look

jimmybbq · Jun 23, 2017

I think Davinci Resolve is awesome and it's friggin FREE. Can someone chime in on the benefits of the other paid titles over Resolve? I know the Resolve Free version doesn't do 4K but.. what else doesn't it do?

Vacation guy · Jun 23, 2017

jimmybbq said:
I think Davinci Resolve is awesome and it's friggin FREE. Can someone chime in on the benefits of the other paid titles over Resolve? I know the Resolve Free version doesn't do 4K but.. what else doesn't it do?

Can you split video and save files to drop box or desk top?

jimmybbq · Jun 23, 2017

I believe so.. split video? you mean cut it and save different videos? I'm pretty new that's why I'm asking. Is there something I'm missing, because I've watched a lot of videos that have people saying they're switching. But, they you have other folks saying they would never switch. Charts that I've seen comparing feature for feature, there doesn't seem to be a big difference especially for the $.

I wonder if it turns a lot of folks off because... it's free? Because BlackMagic makes their money from their equipment sales.