Top 5 Best FREE VIDEO EDITING Software
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- The best free video editing software for Windows, Mac, and Linux… If you’re a beginner needing an easy-to-use video editor for CZcams or some other purpose or you’re a professional that requires more advanced features, there’s a free video editor for you. So, coming up in this Top 5, I’ll countdown the best free video editing software for Windows, Mac, and Linux going over the pros and cons of each. To qualify, the program must not have any time limits, forced watermarks, and allow for the export of projects in a resolution of 1080p HD up to 4K.
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Apple iMovie
www.apple.com/imovie/
Blender
www.blender.org/
Clipchamp
clipchamp.com/
DaVinci Resolve (Desktop)
www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...
DaVinci Resolve (iPad)
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iMovie
www.apple.com/imovie/
Kdenlive
www.kdenlive.org/
Lightworks
www.lwks.com/
OpenShot
www.openshot.org/
Shotcut
shotcut.org/
VSDC
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Hopefully this helped those of you looking for a free video editor. Let us know which video editor you plan to use and for what purpose. BTW, Hitfilm Express which we've mentioned in prior videos has been discontinued... Thanks for watching :)
Davinci Resolve...is it really completely free...or?!
@@josipkova5402 free but without Hardware accelerated export
@@josipkova5402 yes its free you will definetly like it.
Excellent service to the community.
3thumbs up & mucho thank you, senior!
i went to davinci resolve for desktop and it became black magic design. is that still davinci? why is it called something different? did i do something wrong?
Thank you so much for your video! I loved how straight to the point you were. I hate videos where theres so much "fluff" people just seem to ramble about nothing I wanted to hear. Your video was packed with the info I needed! Thanks again! I plan to use DaVinci😊
This is a "No BS" video. Answered my questions perfectly, shows examples, tells you what to avoid and provides links to the programs. Wish i could like it 1000 times. Once again, very well done sir.
technically you can like it a thousand times
dude, you seriously just cut right to the chase for us and got right down to the nitty gritty, laying out everything we needed to know in a convenient pinch!!! THANK YOU!!!
Great info as usual, I have not heard of most of these video editors, but after watching this video, I will give them a try!
Another well described video! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing , we are super new to video editing so this is awesome to have this list
I'm about to start putting up some tutorial and opinion videos. This gave me an excellent place to start editing. THANKS!
Great Info, Thank You
Thank you for being very concise without the BS. It was helpful! Cheers!
Thank you! Any thoughts on CapCut and where that might land in this lineup? I somehow started with that just recently but likely will be easing into Davinci because I hear great things. Now to include you/this video. Thanks again!
thumbs up on this video 4sure!
a great help...thank you
The parameters for qualifying programs earned you a Like. Well done sir.
I’m new to CZcams and I find your video very helpful thank you for posting this
Thank you so much⭐
Excellent presentation, thank you !
Bill P.
great video thanks
Thank you very helpful video
Thanks for sharing, very informative, great editing on an editing video !!!
Best videos, thanks for sharing my friend
Good timing! I use VSDC but I am getting a little frustrated with it's ability. I was thinking about finding other video software.
The effects in the video look fantastic! I frequently use Filmora to edit my videos, and it's incredibly easy to get the hang of
thank you very much!!!!
Kdenlive - finally a video editing program with interface options. That all black theme that swept through the industry broke my heart.
Although it has a steep learning curve, I'm looking to get into the DaVinci Resolve 18 for hobby video editing.
I'll be using DaVinci Resolve to make videos and shorts for my business. Thanks for the video.
thanks for the review, helps a lt
Straight to the point, simple and understandable.
+1 like +1 subscriber +1 positive comment
Also I used to use VSDC but this tutorial showed me that davinci is better!
Love that "ClipCHUMP" !!! Knew it had to be a turkey the way MS was pushing it. I can't believe they paid for it, but then it's more about extortion than servicing the customer. When I did a re-install of 11 because the legacy video editor was performing poorly, they took it away and replace it with Clipchump. I haven't been that angry in decades. At some point I was prompted to either update or reinstall Clipchump and when I did there was an option to install Photos Legacy. To get it run well, after each CZcams video creation and upload (so I have it as a backup). I go to apps settings for Photos Legacy and do a reset and a repair before starting on a new CZcams video
I will try Divinci Resolve just getting stated with my YT channel will let you know how it goes. thanks for the informative video
which one is better in terms of putting transitions or merging to video files? VSDC or Shortcut?
Great Video. Have a question about importing video from my Dish hard drive to a Win 10 PC. What options are available and compatible with Davinci?
how do you feel about clipchamp?
Thanks man for the info
I'm new to video editing. Do these offer separation by frame?
VSDC It's my go-to software, with no watermark allows for remasters, Me, Vampi, and Vlogs both uses that software
5:35 Whoops (or not?): title says "Clipchump"...
Freudian slip 😉
Glad you put VSDC on the list, I've been using it for years now. 😃
VSDC ftw. Simple, versatile, and effective. I got the Pro version which was only $20. It's been great.
but it was not working bro its just asking to go with pro not able to export with available one 25-02-2023
@@raghuteja1034
Maybe you have to register the software... I can't remember, sorry.
There is a pro version available for $20 with some advanced features. The free version does not put a watermark on the output video and has all the standard tools for video editing without any limitations. All popular video formats are supported, including HD video (H. 264/AVC, AVCHD, MKV, TOD/MOD, TS), and all video and audio codecs.
Supported formats: DVD, AVI, MPEG, WMV and ASF, FLV and SWF, MOV, MP4 and M4V, RM and RMVB, 3GP, AMV and more.
😃
Dude I already like how You think my fellow CZcams ninja I may have to thumbs uhUp great requirements no water marks , no time limit, ability to export import I think you said. Anyway great marketing nitch !
I use OpenShot...Good editor...Only downside is the very few effects that one can use on a video..
I just started creating my first videos and premeire pro was quite overwhelming.. i didn't know about the davinci and had to subscribe to one of those online editor tools as suggested by a youtuber. Descript was my first editing tool that I used and i had to subscribe to remove the watermarks. I will not trust those youtubers with affiliate links ever again.
Anyways thank you so much for such informative video! I will try davinci for now.
Thanks, my video editor has stopped working so need a new one.
Anyone got any suggestions for software that will improve quality of old videos taken off VCRs also looking for software that will down load videos
which of this all programs is best for video quality?
Do any of them have auto captions and auto cut out for free?
i quite like Shotcut, I've been using it for about 5 years now. it used to be a bit buggy and would crash from time to time, but now it's stable.
Hi. Thank you so much for your videos. I am such a novice it isn't even funny. My laptop automatically updated from Windows 10 to 11 even though I had avoided it for a long time. I used to use the Windows video editor which is basic and not that great but at least I could make videos longer than 20 minutes if I wanted. Now the Windows photo folder doesn't have the video editor and I had to download the Clipchamp video editor. I wanted something simple I could get my head around but I tell you what...it's a downgrade! It won't allow videos longer than 10 minutes to export, even in paid upgrades and even when I reduced my video to under 10 minutes,it wouldn't allow export because the file was 'too big' and needed to be sipped but no tab to do so. Crazy because even in the W10 video editor, I could export 4K videos. So I'm done! I was thinking about the Davinci 18 one but WILL IT WORK ON MY Asus LAPTOP, IF YOU KNOW AT ALL? OR DOES IT ONLY WORK WELL ON PCs? Thank you for doing what you do. It is a huge help.🙂
Excellent information! I’m currently using Shotcut, but it puts a heavy load on my seven year old pc causing severe stuttering during editing/viewing process, but gives me a great video in the end. Do you think the Kdenlive option would go easier on my older laptop or just keep Shotcut going until I can step up my laptop game and take the DaVinci plunge?Thank you 😎
i really need help on my computer every time i search up an editing software and click on a link it take me to vimeo i would use vimeo BUT IT ISN'T FOR MAKING CZcams VIDEO you can make youtube video but you can start plain and no template it's mostly for stuff out side of youtube and it's really annoying
As an amateur hobbyist I found Davici Resolve to be the best software available in BOTH categories, free and paid. Starting off I found the free version the most intuitive and easy to use. Its Color page tools can be as basic or as sophisticated as you like it to be. One can start basic, but there's infinite room to grow. Bought the paid version primarily for noise reduction, but there are a other benefits that make it completely worth the one time price (that's a big plus - its not a subscription model).
You can even get the studio license for free if you buy one of black magic design products, most give you a license. The cheapest is the speed editor. Great deal
Does it work on labtops
@@davisenterprisestubexplorer yes it does. There is even a version for iPad. I use it on a laptop all the time
isn't it hard for beginners?
@@youssubernfissi5559 I found it rather intuitive compared to other editors I used before. And it is the type of program where you can start and keep learning the more comfortable or ambitious you get. plus BMD has very nice tutorials and CZcams has a lot as well.
But the most important is that the only cost to try is your own time. If you have some free time, try it and see how you like it
i just want to do a speaking video with a pictures i only have a windows 7 laptop i know i am very old school because i am dyslexic and tech y not, is there something i can use for simple but long video talking and pictures only.. thank you podcast style but oh so simple pls.
I want the videos very long with pics of water falls live etc, and me speaking, i would think something today will till work for me. Which of these do you recommend... Thank you Angela
Nice. Does davinci resolve allow for music tracks to be played over a video clip? Thanks in advance
Davinci resolve includes a DAW that allows you to add any number of audio tracks to your project as well as editing them, adding audio effects and automating volume, pan, etc controls and adding standard music industry VST plugins so, in short, yes :)
I believe the track limit is 2000 for audio tracks. So yeah, you can stack 2000 audio tracks on top of each other.
But I guess you're just looking for one? 😜
Are there any FREE video streaming recording programs available similar to Audials?
Paul M, Atlanta, GA
How about CapCut for Windows? It's free and has good functionality...
DaVinci Resolve works perfect for me with the basic content I make. I love the fact that if I ever have need for much bigger productions, I can learn more and use the same program.
Exactly. Davinci Resolve grows with you and you can learn at your own pace. Love this program.
Which of these work with clog and Canon HDR? Thanjs
You'll need a professional editor for that. Like Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve Pro, Avid, Final Cut Pro etc.
Not even DaVinci Resolve free version will let you work with HDR, AFAIK. You'll have to pay the $300 for the pro version. But then you'll have one of the greatest editors in the world. And free lifetime upgrades of the software.
Any free editor to resize a video.
tq
What is the easiest to use especially for us older senior citizens who are not tech savvy
Great question
My editing experience is very limited but the ones on this list from Shotcut down (generally speaking the more powerful the better the editor but also the more complicated and harder the learning curve) are the more simple and would be easier to learn. There is no simple editors for the very non savvy, and you are going to have to learn and the less of a grip you have on the basics the more you will have to learn. As almost everything in computers you can learn to do just what you need, but you need to learn the basics that those things use to understand what you are doing. So this depends on what you know and understand about the basics, and with video editing, intermediate workings of computers and video files.
It's problematic, but resolvable. I am using DaVinci and learning from the tutorials. We may have slower responses but we gradually and surely learn 😊💯
Imovie has the best basics and rough format of professional video editing software. When I need to do easy editing I would choose that. I started by learning final cut pro X in school and Imovie was the closest in format and easy to pick up. If I am using windows I would use wondershare filmora (also about the same format but easier to control) that one is free but over time that also had watermark that cannot be moved unless you buy premium.
Davinci is one of the hardest software I have to master and currently using. Davinchi have additional tabs toggles and stuff that makes it slightly more steep in the learning curve I am still having some issues with it even if it's one of the most comprehensive video editing app and its free version is also good.
Easiest:
Imovie & wondershare filmora
Pro but free: Davinci Resolve
Pro & paid: Final cut Pro X & adobe premier pro.
Shotcut and Kdenlive I believe are good for non-tech savvy users. The learning curve depends on the users but it is generally easy to moderate
thanks for this video!!! Any of this software could add subtitles?
None of these that I'm aware of add subtitles automatically but you could add subtitles manually which sadly is time consuming. :(
In case it helps, I’ve read/heard good things about some free subtitle saas/apps:
1. Kapwing's easy editor to add subtitles or captions to your video online. Type your subtitles into the editor or upload SRT files directly.
4.8/5 (5,363)
2. Veed (this and the following all have similar features + free, as above)
3. Clideo
4. HappyScribe
@TechGumbo
@@AllieCatails thanks!
@@henriquejanuario881 happy to help!
But what video editor youuse?
What are the best meme creating softwares. Any suggestions?
I'm going to go with DaVinci Resolve. I'll use it for educational videos, both for CZcams and as full courses. While learning it will be a pain (thank you for the suggestion to use the Blackmagic videos on their site), I expect I'll be using this for a quite a few years. If things are successful and I can hire a video editor, it should also be easier to find someone proficient with Resolve than the other options. And at some point, if the Studio version makes sense, it helps to know it will be a commercial-level product.
be aware that davinci needs a rather powerfull computer to work ok
Top 5 DAW next please!
Studio One 5 /Sphere,Ableton,Reason. Or any of the free DAW's.
Best free DAW? Easy, REAPER
I used to use Premiere Pro, but swapped to Davinci in my final few years of school to learn something I'd be able to afford once my student license ran out.
I honestly couldn't go back, Davinci is so much better. Yes, the learning curve is significant. Even now I have to look up how to do some things, but it runs so smoothly, the interface is great, and there are way more features than in Premiere.
On the off chance I used Premiere for something, I'd be sitting there waiting ages for it to load my footage as the recent releases are so buggy.
Davinci also has an in-built audio editor and After Effects equivalent. I never liked After Effects and hated using it, so I rarely ever touched it, but I use Davinci's equivalent all the time. It's just so easy to use and well integrated.
*Thank you* so much for sharing! That just sealed the deal for me.
I ditch PP and clunky UI....even Sony Vegas Pro did a better job than overpaid subscription-based cloud adobe product with termination penalty fees.
Thank you. I was going to order Final Cut Pro installed on my mew 2023 MacBook Pro 14. Now it looks I’ll be using DaVinci Resolve instead.
I have been using CyberLink Power Director for a couple of years, downloaded DaVinci Resolve and now need to learn how to use it.
Same, I still use power director. I've just been so used to the interface and how it works.
I use Power director as my main because it works great on less strong computers. BUT it is NOT FREE and not cheap.
@@ragingsilver I agree. It costs but is easy to use. I have been trying DaVinci Resolve a couple of times after watching "how to" videos about doing voice overs and I still fail to set up my microphone properly....so more learning. I might try KdenLive.
I really wish i had a device that can run davinchi
How sad is it that I'm still using Windows Movie Maker?
I was using Windows Movie Maker and made several videos that I was proud of. They are on my "Fraznor" CZcams channel.
One of the XP service packs stopped it from working.
What are the negatives of Windows Movie Maker?
@@normandeaunewswire I guess the biggest negatives are that it's way out of date and you can't make 4K videos with it. 1080p is the max resolution. It works for me, as I am not any kind of a professional movie maker. My little videos don't really need to be 4K.
Me too
How sad is it that I can't even use movie maker
@@Steven_Rowe I suppose once you used it for a while it becomes easy. I'm sure it would be like that for any editor. I have downloaded CapCut which looks relatively straightforward, but it's something that I'm not used to.
you shud have put hitfilm in there
In my opinion, runwayml should be in the list.
It very likely has the same downfalls of ClipChamp and why very few people doing allot of video editing are not willing to transport content online. Also it is so new he likely has not even heard of it yet. All those editors have years of development behind them since their official release.
Who knows... maybe if they can get the content streaming model working for editors it might be in the list in the next couple of years.
I'm watching this to replace OpenShot. It keeps giving me an error and maybe it's time to move on.
I've just downloaded the Davinci one. I finally got everything set-up. It's been uploading my projects for 10 minutes. I haven't even worked on anything yet. I'll try again when I gather my patience back again. I lost them!
And yet no Avidimux the no recode fast editor cutter with no loss in quality
The free version of Davinci Resolve is the best free program out there no doubt about it. It runs very good on the new cheap mac mini the base model too so it´s a good combo.
Just what I was looking for!! One question ... What's the learning curve like for kdenlive? (I'm a complete video editing newbie.)
Thanks! I always get a lot out of your videos.
It's a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most difficult. Kdenlive shares many similarities with Shotcut but with more features.
Di vince resolve hands down best video editing.
Davinci is fantastic but you should have mentioned it needs a rather strong computer otherwise editing becomes impossible slow. (not talking about rendering time)
Can you make a video about CAD / 3D modelling software for linux?
No surprise that Davinci Resolve is #1. That program is AMAZING. And for those who are wondering, the only difference between the free and the Studio version is that, if you need a few more effects and GPU acceleration, you have to upgrade to Studio. But as he said, 99% of people may not need it.
I am a newbie could u explain how to use it?.....I don't know basics of Video editing but of all I got to know about Davinci So,I decided to use it rather than advancing from others n then coming to Da vinci!
Davinci Resolve GPU intensive
Not the free version.
I just started editing videos and have been using Clipchamp... Well..no more of that...many choices here for me to try and switch to.
Same for me. I thought it was crappy, and now I know it is crappy.
ive never heard of this software called "clipchump" but it looks like a great software!
THANK GOD You don't recommend anything from Wondershare products.
Screw that company for real!!!!
VideoProc Vlogger is free
Are there any lists out there for video editing for vertical videos since that seems to be the number one video platform currently
I can't seem to get DaVinci Resolve to work. I install it then I get this error saying "verify file to access it" not sure what to do.
Curious as to who and why offers these multiple free relatively complex programs
Well I can tell you the story about DaVinci Resolve. Their first "editor" was not an editor, but a color grading unit. It was a rack system, that cost 1 million dollars. That was +25 years ago, and was the only real option for digital video coloring, at the time.
Eventually they made it to a software, costing around 10 grand. But the company went bankrupt over a decade ago. Blackmagic took over, and made it to an NLE (Non-linear editing) editor, with sound, video, color grading, and VFX editor, all in one.
Now in a free version, that has 95% of the pro version. So why free? They want you in their ecosystem. They sell pro cameras for movies, television, and all kinds of hardware, related to building an entire television studio, or making a movie from scratch to post production on Blackmagic hardware and software only.
With most of their gear, you get at least one free version of their pro NLE, DaVinci Resolve.
The benefits for us "normal" people, is, that we get this amazing software for free. But it's probably not the best software, if you're completely new to editing. It is incredible complex, although if you watch some of their training videos on CZcams, you will easily learn how to make simple videos.
@@akyhne Now that’s what I call a rarity on social media and answer that’s not just self promoting that actually has credible and useful detailed information so thank you so much. It makes sense of why they offer so much for free that they just want to build their ecosystem because that supports their pro paid stuff I’m guessing Even just bye making it a more Familiar and ubiquitous product
In my case I got some free Cyberlink software as part of some hardware I purchased years ago but that always promised much for free but delivered little unless you paid a lot more and even then is very clunky although I keep using it because I have learnt how to work around its limitations and get what I need done.
Having said that there is one thing I have yet to find as a feature and it is something I find unbelievable doesn’t seem to exist in an easily used edit. I have some long clips that I want to split into numerous smaller clips and I would really appreciate software where I could just mark the points on the timeline of all the splits I want to do and just process that in a single click instead of generally being forced to do one or two smaller clips at a time. Numerous products Clickbait this but Dont deliver or are fairly convoluted so if you have a possible simple solution I would really appreciate it that again thank you so much
I've tried to load Davinci Resolve up THREE times in the last two days, and it always says that one or more drivers need to be updated. Capcut said that too, but at least they had a link to 'update your driver'. I've now deleted Davinci Resolve three times in the last two days, and I'm still looking.
VSDC looks really good!
If I hadn't waved goodbye to Microsoft OS's and moved to Linux, I'd very likely use it.
Going to Linux was your best choice! 🙂
The problem with DaVinci is that, it is extremely picky when it comes to the GPU. I couldn't get it to run on Linux (no surprise on my old Laptop) but neither on my fairly modern and well powered desktop. I do not play games, so I don't need a dedicated GPU. 8K videos with 100fps just play perfectly fine with the onboard chip.
I might try to reinstall Windows (got totally rid of it 2 years ago) and see if it works there. Otherwise, I'm going to stick with my good old Kdenlive.
yeah resolve is GPU intensive NLE video editor out there. Need decent hardware to make it run flawlessly
@@D0x1511af I read, the Windows version was less picky than the Linux version in that sense. I just haven't tried yet, as I haven't booted into Windows in more than a year.
The free version of resolve doesn't even use the GPU (although the very latest releases have changed that a bit). I was creating youtube videos just fine on a six year old machine until recently so it isn't so bad unless you want to scrub 4k videos on your timeline but even then you can edit in lower resolutions and output at 4k (I think you need to pay to get higher than that)
@@notverygoodguy how do you get your hands on an older version of resolve? Resolve 18 won't let me use it on my computer due to no GPU and only hhd 620 graphics.
I noticed that you dropped Videopad from this list. It was on the 2021 list. Why did you drop it? Thanks. Your videos are very helpful.
the sad thing with resolve is that it doesnt support mp4 files on linux :(
That's weird. Apparently the studio version does. Can't you just convert the files first with ffmpeg or something?
@@notverygoodguy yeah, but converting every single file, one at a time just is not worth it for me. id much rather use shotcut then
Sounds like Davinci is the way to go haah
Couldn't find davinci resolve 18 for windows
It's right there on the front page of their website
kdenlive (on macbook air) was saying "melt quit unexpectedly"
Anyone know how to fix it?
It's a brand new macbook btw
I tried DaVinci, but with 32 gig RAM, it was very sluggish. I use VSDC often but the learning curve is a big hump to get past. It's excessively complicated with many buttons that are already duplicated elsewhere in the menus. There's no real guidebook anywhere, and the online tutorials are okay as far as they go. It's a lot of trial and error, but it works great once you get the hang of it, and you don't need a lot of RAM. I like the options to split off soundtracks and insert another, or overlay them.
davinci has watermarks when you do upscaling
Yes, because that's a pro version feature. Just stick to the features, that are in the free version. You'll get a warning about watermarks, if you try to use pro features.
da Vinci just wont run on my HP microsoft computer
I used Openshot, in Linux.
I wanted to upgrade to a new version... the damn thing doesn't work any more, I can't even remove it from my computer.
It was a good thing -now it's useless...
Im having so much trouble trying to figure on DaVinci 😢😢😢😢😢
How about "CapCut"? you should be mentioned it in this list too.
My opinion, it is the easiest to use and powerful to create videos with. It's my go too.
i use this but on youtube it has extremely close screen
it wasn’t mentioned, all editing platforms that have a watermark are excluded
@@sn1perTF2 I use CapCut and it shows no water mark.
@@dantecamargo that’s because you can either turn it off in the beginning of an edit and add it back. though it may be effected by different softwares
DaVinci Resolve the best get the pro version