The internet allows anyone to create and share their own content. The most popular content creators tend to aim towards videos. Creating your own video or movie can be a pretty big thing. While there’s lots of simple ways to create an amateur video with a phone or camera, editing these videos right requires some skill. This means finding video editing software or apps. Powerful video editing software will allow you to take the parts of your videos that you want and move them together. Video editing software will also allow you to tinker with the sound and potentially add special effects. There’s plenty of different software options to choose from, so picking the right software is certainly an important choice if you want to get the most of of your creations.
This is one of the best video editing software options on the market. Adobe products tend to all work on a subscription model, so you’ll need to pay around $10 per month, or $20 if you include Adobe Premiere Pro as well as Premier Rush CC. The biggest benefit is that it’s a cross-platform editing app. It’s easy to learn with large icons and panels that clearly show what they are for. You can easily drag and drop your footage, then off you go. This is also part of the Adobe creative cloud suite, so if you subscribe to that, you’ll already have access to Premiere Rush.
This software only works for people using iOS. However, considering the number of users doing just that, it’s not a problem. LumaFusion is intended for experts as opposed to some low end amateurs. It’s a great program for filmmakers and video producers who can quickly edit their footage on the fly. Each video can use six tracks for the video components and six for the audio components making sure that you can complete exactly what you want. You can simply buy the software with no need for subscription fees as well.
If you’re looking for a simple and free app to help edit your videos, this is the choice for you. Apple users don’t have to pay a cent for iMovie as it’s included on all their devices. It certainly can’t compete feature wise with some of the other options on this list. However, it’s perfect for an amateur that wants to add music, voiceovers, photos or titles to their videos while they edit them. iMovie does get consistent updates and improvements, but it will always be meant for beginners.
Obviously if you are a GoPro user, this is a great option for you. It does a better job of editing GoPro footage than any other software. What’s fun is you can also remotely control your GoPro straight from the editing app, so you control the footage you are getting and can edit it as you go. The interface is incredibly clean and simple to learn to use. Syncing music to footage is incredibly easy. Once everything is finished, it’s easy to directly upload footage to any of the major social media sites, YouTube or even through email.
Inshot works for multiple different platforms and is targeted for people who want videos for social media. It may not have the depth of features of say, Adobe Premiere Rush, but it’s still very solid. You can start with the free version, which gives you access to essentially all aspects of the software. The one issue with the free version is the watermarks it will implant. Paying for the app will remove these watermarks and leave your video footage looking great.
