Video Editing Software

[Hatul]

Just returned from a dive trip with a new Ace Pro action video camera, and I have lots of little video clips. I'd like to do some basic editing, such as combine the clips into a longer video, remove the sound of bubbles and my breathing, and add some transitions and text. Some basic color processing would be nice as well.

So...what do you all use for your editing software? I did a search here and found some posts from 2019, but I gotta believe the landscape has changed a little since then. I used Windows Movie Maker in the past (about 9 or 10 years ago) with some success. I am not opposed to paying a little, but free would be good too. I'm running Windows 10 on an Intel-based laptop, i7 processor with 12GB memory.

I use Cyberlink Powerdirector 365. I guess DaVinci is more powerful but I got used to Powerdirector and it works fine for me.

 

[freshenzo]

DaVinci Resolve is excellent, and free! It can be a bit overwhelming at first since it's powerful enough that even professional video productions use it, but there are a ton of resources on their website and Youtube to help you get started. You don't really even need to be an expert to take advantage of it, but it's great because as you learn and gain more experience, you'll find it can do anything you want and more.

 

[Hoag]

I realize that the OP has a PC, and my goal is NOT to hijack this thread, but I was wondering if anybody who has a MAC uses iMovie, or if the free version of DaVinci Resolve would still be the "go to" software?

I'm doing a trip to the Maldives with a 3 day stop in Dubai this winter and I thought that I might shoot a little video as well. (I almost never shoot video.) I don't need anything fancy and don't want anything too complicated, but I'd like to be able to put a little something together.

I currently have an M4 Mac Mini with 32GB RAM (Unified Memory) and running OS 15.6.1.
I will be using a Canon R100 (pretty basic camera) on this trip.

Thanks in advance.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

 

[Manatee Diver]

I realize that the OP has a PC, and my goal is NOT to hijack this thread, but I was wondering if anybody who has a MAC uses iMovie, or if the free version of DaVinci Resolve would still be the "go to" software?

I'm doing a trip to the Maldives with a 3 day stop in Dubai this winter and I thought that I might shoot a little video as well. (I almost never shoot video.) I don't need anything fancy and don't want anything too complicated, but I'd like to be able to put a little something together.

I currently have an M4 Mac Mini with 32GB RAM (Unified Memory) and running OS 15.6.1.
I will be using a Canon R100 (pretty basic camera) on this trip.

Thanks in advance.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Last time I used iMovie it didn't support manual color correction, just automatic correction.

 

[TostitoBandito]

DaVinci Resolve is excellent, and free! It can be a bit overwhelming at first since it's powerful enough that even professional video productions use it, but there are a ton of resources on their website and Youtube to help you get started. You don't really even need to be an expert to take advantage of it, but it's great because as you learn and gain more experience, you'll find it can do anything you want and more.

Agreed. Also note that you just have to buy it once, and you perpetually get any upgrades for free (so far). You don't have to buy it again every year or two, and you don't have to subscribe to a monthly/yearly service like Adobe.