What are you using for video editing / resizing software?

magarity · May 2023

My Canon came with simplified free version of Corel VideoStudio, which frankly I find wretched. What is everyone using to edit video? I don't mind paying one time but I refuse to get sucked into Adobe's subscription nightmare.

I mainly just need to trim out excess startup time and maybe trailing time and also the camera files are huge so I need to size them down and keep it in a commonly used format like mp4. The camera can take 60fps so in theory I can make slow motion effects but I haven't wanted to yet.

So, what does everyone recommend that is not a subscription based package?

Lambdaben · May 2023

If you have the time to learn it, DaVinci Resolve is probably the best option out there, Magix is pretty easy to use and Sony Vegas has been a staple for years. I'm sure the younger generation would probably say Capcut, but I'm old school......

Ian · May 2023

Hitfilm used to be paid video editor but it is free to use now and has been for a few years.

magarity · May 2023

I downloaded Davinci's free version. It's kinda strange to use but I guess I'm just totally new to video editing. I found some youtubes and am still going through them to learn it.

tbarggs · May 2023

Davinci is definitely the best free software if you are doing pretty in-depth edits, can also be good for beginners especially in the long run.

If you really want something just super basic, I recommend CapCut. It's free and is super simple. It also has a mobile app as well and has some awesome integrations that a complete beginner can easily get used to.

TOEDWY · September 2023

Davinci is the bomb - the Free is almost, really, almost as robust and featured as Davinci Studio. There is a decent learning curve and tutorials and work-alongs are suggested unless you have a decent background with other platforms. There is nothing like Davinci, period.

For manipulating / compression is used but disliked Handbrake... I recently came across another free product called Shutter Encoder, which is basically a GUI placed on top of FFMpeg engine. The GUI just converts your inputs into the ffmpeg command line which is actually readable within Shutter Encoder.

Good luck.