Video Editing Software reviews from Reddit

"Davinci."

"I'd recommend trying DaVinci Resolve – the free version is surprisingly powerful!"

"I started in premiere 12 years ago too but switched to resolve 7 years ago and never looked back tbh"

"Davinci resolve. You can use a pretty generous free version but the paid is amazing"

"Davinci resolve. There’s a powerful free version. Useable for beginners and great features you can use as you become more experienced"

"I've used Davinci professionally for 7 years and it's never let me down"

"Dittoing the DaVinci Resolve reco! crazy value especially since it's completely free"

"Da Vinci resolve does everything I've needed. It's basic and easy to work with."

"Davinci Resolve is the best by far. It's free and has ALL the things you could ever need and more"

"Davinci Resolve fused with Audacity best combo at the lowest price."

"Capcut is by far the easiest and most beginner friendly software. it can do everything you need when you are starting."

"I highly recommend using capcut, you can use it on computer or mobile phones."

"Capcut"

"The one and only CAPCUT."

"Mobile app and desktop"

"Updated it so that you can access a cloud anywhere so you can edit in any type of device"

"I’m also gonna mention CapCut!"

"CapCut is what I use."

"CapCut is the best."

"Super good and FREE!"

"Da Vinci is a very powerful tool, the free version is already pretty capable."

"DaVinci Resolve is the way to go."

"Free and pretty powerful"

"More features"

"Full fledged video editing tool with most of the advanced video editing functionality"

"Easily Davinci Resolve! It's free and it has way more than you'll need just starting. There's a TON of tutorials on it on youtube if you ever have any questions."

"The best free one"

"Pro program for free"

"It's free and you can do a lot of things with it"

"Closest to Premiere Pro and the most powerful for free"

"Kdenlive for editing, OBS for recording..."

"Kdenlive (Windows, Mac, Linux)"

"**Kdenlive**"

"Kdenlive is the best open source option."

"Openshot, shotcut, kdenlive, blender, lightworks, davinci resolve..."

"Kdenlive is a really good option, I used it a few times for work an university..."

"If you want one that is FOSS, you have Kdenlive."

"Kdenlive is great"

"I'm running Kdenlive in my Debian 12 based laptop."

"I run kdenlive on Arch with no issues."

"Shotcut. Free, open source and cross platform..."

"Shotcut (Windows, Mac, Linux)"

"Openshot, shotcut, kdenlive, blender, lightworks, davinci resolve..."

"Shotcut"

"Easy to use for basic video editing"

"I've heard that Da Vinci is the best free software, but my little laptop can't handle it, so I use Shotcut instead"

"Shotcut for simple things, Kdenlive for more advanced things."

"I use Shortcut. I have basically no interest in video editing."

"Try Shotcut"

"Youve got a bunch of options, kdenlive, shotcut, openshot..."

"It's completely free (zero paywalls ever) and open-source."

"OpenShot (Windows, Mac, Linux)"

"Openshot, shotcut, kdenlive, blender, lightworks, davinci resolve..."

"Gave OpenShot to our employee who does video editing for us"

"Open source"

"Have you looked at OpenShot? I know it works good on PC and Mac."

"Open source and free."

"Openshot, shortcut and kdenlive are all free, useful if you have basic needs."

"Openshot if you're looking for something more casual."

"Kdenlive, openshot, davinci resolve and blender are all good options."

"I fell in love with Premiere Pro."

"All I use is Premiere."

"Operating at the Adobe level"

"Standouts"

"Main edit"

"Wonderful"

"Use Adobe products for mobile and desktop"

"I personally use Adobe Premiere Pro. DaVinci is a good alternative if you want a free option, though."

"Adobe Premier (Paid) or Kden Live (free)"

"Try premiere pro"

"Clipify is amazing and it's super beginner friendly, so check it out"

"Photoworks or Photopea for photo editing and Clipify or Capcut for video editing."

"Clipify, it's simple and they have a guide for putting a sound over a video and edit it."

"Clipify, it's super simple and suitable for beginners"

"Clipify is great and it works perfectly on my fairly old laptop"

"Clipify, it's super easy and works fine even on a slow-end laptop."

"There are plenty of video editors like Capcut or Clipify that are fairly simple and easy to use as actual video editors."

"I prefer Clipify or Davinci resolve..."

"[Clipify](https://clipify.net/) is great imo, and it's also free."

"I really like Clipify, it's free and super simple."

"User-friendly"

"Great blur filter"

"Pretty inexpensive"

"I am using Movavi and it's great for me although I don't think it has a built in voice to speech tool."

"Like Capcut, it is easy to use, and more approachable for beginners than Davinci Resolve."

"I think Movavi may be perfect for you."

"The video editing software I use on Windows is Movavi."

"I use movavi on steam, super easy to use."

"This is the video editing software I recommend."

"The software I use for all of my video editing is Movavi. I think you’ll find it easier to learn than a lot of others."

"Davinci resolve, capcut"

"DaVinci Resolve"

"DaVinci Resolve is one of the best free video editing software options available."

"The free version is waaaay powerful, more powerful than bootlegging FCP back in the day."

"Resolve is the way to go. The free version is very full featured."

"I’m all-in on DaVinci and pretty happy."

"DaVinci Resolve should run smoothly on any M series iPad."

"Resolve is free and Adobe is expensive, however far less buggy."

"Davinci resolve but if you’re having severe issues with FCP then it sounds like you’ll have similar issues with resolve."

"I like Filmora. It's easy enough to use for me."

"If you are a beginner filmora is good for you otherwise premier pro is the way to go."

"You might want to try software like Filmora or Camtasia, which are user-friendly..."

"I use Filmora"

"I edit in Filmora and record voiceover in Audacity."

"I use Filmora, just because my videos aren't super complex, it's very easy to use."

"More stuffs"

"Filmora would be great for you."

"Filmora"

"Filmora kind of runs like shit at least for me"

"Blender, it is excellent."

"Very good builtin video editor"

"TL;DR Blender"

"Openshot, shotcut, kdenlive, blender, lightworks, davinci resolve..."

"Kdenlive, openshot, davinci resolve and blender are all good options."

"Blender for animating and editing."

"Blender"

"Blender actually can be used for both editing and compositing."

"Blender"

"Final Cut flies in every aspect on my Studio… would not touch Adobe."

"I've been using FCP for 6 years and never had an issue."

"I’m a FCpX guy, but have to admit DvR is prob your best bet"

"FCP or Davinci Resolve. The choice is yours."

"It is the most highly optimized editor for any modern Mac."

"Just start with the iMovie that’s already on your Mac?"

"Davinci Resolve or Final Cut are my go to on macOS."

"IMovie is quite simple but still effective"

"It's free, user-friendly, and does screen recording."

"The Microsoft alternative to iMovie is Clip Champ."

"Clipchamp is already part of windows and fairly good too."

"I use Clipchamp, which is free."

"I use Clipchamp, which is free."

"Clipchamp for a total beginner."

"Clipchamp."

"There’s Clipchamp with your Microsoft365 account."

"Premiere Pro or Da Vinci resolve are two of the most popular and effective options."

"More advanced"

"For windows probably Premiere pro, on mac it’s final cut imo."

"I use premiere pro, and I find it good for YouTube editing."

"Learn Premiere Pro/Davinci resolve and Photoshop."

"And if you want something for advanced try : premiere pro."

"Olive (Windows, Mac, Linux)"

"Great"

"Olive looks like Premier but it's still light on features."

"But if you don't have a good or minimum of a mid-end PC, you can try out Olive Editor (PLS USE v0.1 until a new version is made, even if it is unsupported; it seems like some basic features was missing when I used the Dev version [that might have changed a little bit tho]). The interface are similar than Premiere Pro, but it seems to be actually slightly easier to use on default settings"

"Olive might be worth checking out."

"Just putting it out there there's a freeware called Olive."

"Premiere is probably the best"

"Adobe premiere pro."

"Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve are considered two of the top professional-level NLE."

"There are workstations in the Library that have Adobe Premiere Pro and iMove installed on them."

"Other than that, premiere of course is a standard but doesn’t have a free version (but probably a free trial)."

"Looking for something easy, free. I only need to cut my part out of the middle of another. Nothing fancy."

"Clipchamp personally"

"Clipchamp is dead easy to use"

"Try Microsoft ClipChamp. It is not as good as DaVinci, CapCut, or Filmora, but an old laptop will choke on those."

"Clipchamp,"

"There's also Microsoft Clipchamp, but it's more of a glorified webpage"

"You might want to try software like Filmora or Camtasia, which are user-friendly..."

"Camtasia studio, I have the 2023 License (Lifetime Key No Crack) $110 DM For Proof."

"Short database over videos"

"Camtasia is pretty easy but premier pro is the best if you learn."

"Yes, camtasia is great for general needs and free for students."

"Resolve is super strong"

"Best free program"

"Switching to Resolve"

"Fully featured editing suite"

"All free"

"All free"

"All free"

"Luma fusion"

"I've used Sony Vegas different versions ever since a teenager in 2009 all the way with vegas 8.0 i believe. Does what it's supposed to do, good for gaming videos eg"

"Sony Vegas can perform as good or better than Adobe with the right know how."

"Sony Vegas, I use it for time-lapse if I can't be bothered with Adobe after effects."

"Sony Vegas, I use it for time-lapse if I can't be bothered with Adobe after effects."

"Shell money for all those primo features"

"I found Avidemux did exactly what I wanted, very easy to use."

"Avidemux"

"Taking a slice of a video"

"Avidemux is a nice simple tool I use to do what you are asking for."

"If you're willing to pay, Premiere pro is the most used i believe."

"Adobe premiere is probably the most popular with professionals"

"Premiere is probably your best bet. In terms of layout, it's far closer than something like Davinci Resolve and it has the speech to text captions."

"Shell money for all those primo features"

"Power Director pro is unreal, and really easy to get your head around."

"Power Director"

"More stuffs"

"Power Director can get buggy, especially if you move off screen/multitask"

"Kinemaster, Lightcut and Canva are decent options, depending on your chromebook."

"Kinemaster, Fimora, Youcut are three apps works very well"

"Kinemaster"

"I wouldn’t recommend honestly."

"Kinemaster is a year behind everyone else"

"I like VN, I don't need much so I just use their free version."

"I use VN and Capcut."

"VN"

"I use VN for my Yt videos, but I feel VN isn't capable enough of handling the editing."

"Powerful"

"Bit more"

"I’ve been happy with VSDC. It was pretty easy for me to figure out all the major things."

"VSDC video editor? Anybody used that?"

"Free ver."

"FTW"

"Easy to use"

"I highly recommend VLLO - I moved from using DaVinci Resolve on a windows computer to Vllo on my iPad and everything was so much easier and faster."

"If you use IOS I recommend VLLO quick and easy with lots of depth"

"Good enough for 90% of editing people do"

"Great software"

"Good"

"For something more beginner friendly and doesn't require high-end hardwares, there's Wondershare Filmora"

"Openshot, shotcut, kdenlive, blender, lightworks, davinci resolve..."

"I’m using light works and paying monthly for the content creator package."

"Lightworks is my runner-up for sure."

"I’ve enjoyed the InShot app. Has quite a lot of bells and whistles on the free parts"

"I use inshot on iOS, good for basic editing in the beginning"

"I don't know if it's the best option, but I use inshot."

"Editing"

"The iMovie app for iOS is a free download."

"Don't people use iMovie?"

"If you are on a MacBook just use FCPX..."

"Some users here also use the Final Cut Pro X."

"Lightcut or Inshot"

"I really enjoy using LightCut for cutting and editing my drone footage on mobile."

"Corel VideoStudio Ultimate might be a great fit for you."

"Corel VideoStudio Ultimate is a great choice."

"Lumafusion"

"I got lumafusion with the intent of using it on my 2017 i5 pixelbook, and it runs like shit."

"So far behind in features compared to its competitors"

"I recently found flowblade, which has worked pretty well..."

"Quite a learning curve attached"

"Cinelerra is good too but has a pretty steep learning curve."

"Cinelerra"

"Reaper"

"I actually think Reaper is very intuitive for video editing."

"IMovie is essentially Final Cut Lite, and is a great starting point before you advance to FCP."

"IMovie."

"Absolutely love it"

"Splice isn’t too bad either"

"Good enough for 90% of editing people do"

"Youcut"

"Losslesscut"

"I'm going to install losslesscut as a flatpak since it looks like it's simple to use for exactly this sort of need."

"I used WeVideo."

"Wevideo website edition with ads and watermark"

"Final Cut Pro on here yet, in my opinion far and away the best editing software especially for content creation."

"Check if your school offers the Adobe suite for free"

"I use obs for recording and kdenlive for editing."

"CapCut pro"

"CapCut Desktop is arguably the easiest to learn free software out there."

"More stuffs"

"My commercial app https://lyricvideo.studio/ Although optimized for lyric/music videos, it's very simple to use and optimized for fast usage"

"Mobile wise, VN editor is pretty solid."

"For video editing try nuke and for a little more try autodesk maya"

"I use Final Cut Pro. It works well."

"Check Vmaker AI"

"I hear Cavalry is good for 2D graphics."

"Https://fxhome.com/product/hitfilm"

"Https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut"

"Ffmpeg is a super versatile piece of software you can use for simpler operations."

"A free online video editor in your browser."

"Here is a list of gaming video editing software that might give you ideas."

"I stumbled upon cyberlink power director 365 which works on windows and android so currently giving that a shot at the moment"

"I use the Quik app and appreciate the time savings..."

"Screenflow"

"Try FCPX, if your computer can run it then you should be golden."

"I use LumaFusion Pro as of a few days ago."

"Might not be a full fledge editor but Canva.com video editing is pretty good."

"Activepresenter. Absolutely free and so simple to use."

"Vita is an alternative is CapCut when Capcut gets banned again"

"I recently started having similar issues with the files in Vegas 22."

"I just use mpv for the basics"

"YouTube own editor"

"Windows Movie Maker can do incredible things if you know how."

"I used Virtualdub2, been using it, and its predecessor..."

"Adobe Premiere Elements, it is paid tho."

"What about Canva?"

"Kinemaster is pretty easy too"