video editing software

HundredRoom

HundredRoom

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A while back someone here recommended a video editing software package.
Been trying to find the relevant post and the subsequent comments without success.

Can anyone enlighten me
 
This gets lots of praise in the computer mags - not tried it myself yet (although it is installed on my laptop) but it's supposed to be feature rich but simple to use.

Shotcut - Home

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux
www.shotcut.org www.shotcut.org
 
If your stuff is coud based, i.e. google drive, other cloud providers are available, try movie studio from google. It's free and once installed can be used from any device you sign in to. It can only access cloud based media, but it's a good tool.

In fact [EDIT] I would encourage everyone to look at whats availabe from google and store all your important media on the cloud. You can access stuff on any device, anywhere in the world.
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
Isn't that more complicated to use though - when I was looking for a free programme I swayed to shotcut because the write ups said the DaVinci wasn't easy to use?

I guess it depends on your skill level I suppose. Simpler the better for me!
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To be honest I needed it for some fairly simple editing and didn't find the learning curve particularly steep.

I did end up messing around with the chroma-key/green-screen effects which were pretty cool but slightly more complicated.

I find that most software that present themselves as 'simple' either do one thing very well or wizard up the popular settings but have fine tuning options that are usually less simple than the products that expect a bit of learning. The former are usually good and the latter are usually the ones I end up getting increasingly frustrated with as I try to e.g. move a frame a millisecond forward to sync up a section of sound but keep the later section in the place it is now.

As with everything, find something that works for what you need and don't be afraid to dump it if you need something it doesn't offer.
 
Laughing said:
If your stuff is coud based, i.e. google drive, other cloud providers are available, try movie studio from google. It's free and once installed can be used from any device you sign in to. It can only access cloud based media, but it's a good tool.

In fact [EDIT] I would encourage everyone to look at whats availabe from google and store all your important media on the cloud. You can access stuff on any device, anywhere in the world.
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My (admittedly limited) experience of things like this isnt great - you have to sign away your privacy and then the apps are full of ads unless you pay for a Premium version
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
My (admittedly limited) experience of things like this isnt great - you have to sign away your privacy and then the apps are full of ads unless you pay for a Premium version
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DCI there may be some apps like that, I haven't used any. Take for example the sheets cloud based excel. It is terrific has lots of features that excel doesn't come with and has no ads.

As for your privacy. To a certain extent, but I know google's security implementation is very good. Can google see your stuff? They shouldn't be able to, but they might be looking at it. I use Huawei too for cloud and I wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw them, same implementation as google, I just wouldn't trust them.

As with all things be cautious and don't stick anything sensitive on there.

I know Infosys will not use public cloud for work based stuff as it is not secure enough, we have our own cloud implementation but it doesn't come with free stuff!
 
Laughing said:
DCI there may be some apps like that, I haven't used any. Take for example the sheets cloud based excel. It is terrific has lots of features that excel doesn't come with and has no ads.

As for your privacy. To a certain extent, but I know google's security implementation is very good. Can google see your stuff? They shouldn't be able to, but they might be looking at it. I use Huawei too for cloud and I wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw them, same implementation as google, I just wouldn't trust them.

As with all things be cautious and don't stick anything sensitive on there.

I know Infosys will not use public cloud for work based stuff as it is not secure enough, we have our own cloud implementation but it doesn't come with free stuff!
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I have google account & use the free drive/photos apps (and loads of android apps). I am cautious and try to limit them to seeing/having access to the bare minimum.

The Google Docs stuff are good I agree.
 
Cyberlink Powerdirector is an extremely powerful but really intuitive tool. In fact, I recommend the creative suite, as it that comes with brilliant photo editing software (as well as sound studio software and colour grading). Lots of great effects and templates for graphics and titling. Loads of video tutorials on youtube. And there is a community that creates effects and templates for you to download. I have an old version installed on my PC but nowadays it is subscription based.
With work we use Avid or Premiere Pro generally .... the cycberlink stuff is just as good but easier to use and much much cheaper. Check out some of the youtube videos (look for recent ones).
 
borolad259 said:
Cyberlink Powerdirector is an extremely powerful but really intuitive tool. In fact, I recommend the creative suite, as it that comes with brilliant photo editing software (as well as sound studio software and colour grading). Lots of great effects and templates for graphics and titling. Loads of video tutorials on youtube. And there is a community that creates effects and templates for you to download. I have an old version installed on my PC but nowadays it is subscription based.
With work we use Avid or Premiere Pro generally .... the cycberlink stuff is just as good but easier to use and much much cheaper. Check out some of the youtube videos (look for recent ones).
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There is a free version of that I see. Might suit me for what I want to do

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Have you tried the built in MS W10 video editor app ? I guess it depends on what you want to do. I use the app for editing footage from my wildlife cams and other stuff from a compact camera.
Can trim, resize footage. Add music, text and 3d effects. Simple UI and not bad results.
 
Scrote said:
To be honest I needed it for some fairly simple editing and didn't find the learning curve particularly steep.

I did end up messing around with the chroma-key/green-screen effects which were pretty cool but slightly more complicated.

I find that most software that present themselves as 'simple' either do one thing very well or wizard up the popular settings but have fine tuning options that are usually less simple than the products that expect a bit of learning. The former are usually good and the latter are usually the ones I end up getting increasingly frustrated with as I try to e.g. move a frame a millisecond forward to sync up a section of sound but keep the later section in the place it is now.

As with everything, find something that works for what you need and don't be afraid to dump it if you need something it doesn't offer.
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Pinnacle is very easy to operate / navigate, I'm not too good on a PC & I mastered it quite well, added music, photos, slides etc to videos 👍
 
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