I was looking for a video editor that can help me cut and edit some simple video footage. What are some good choices?

Preference is one with a low learning curve. Paid is alright, as long as I can test it a bit beforehand.

Google is littered with nonsense blogs so I figured id ask the Lems.

    • ppp@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      These are the only two free ones that I can recommend as someone who has been doing (mostly amateur) editing for years.

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      I’ve used kdenlive for a few years now and it’s so far a very good nlve, especially for the price of free.

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      Heavily agree. Imo both resolve and KDEnlive are capable of very complex things so might appear as though they are complex to use, but they are only as complex as the thing you’re trying to do. If all you need is cut and move, they are dead simple.

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    1 year ago

    Shotcut is quite powerful, fully featured, and absolutely free.

    Microsoft’s new ClipChamp is more user friendly and the most basic version is free, with some limitations.

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      1 year ago

      ClipChamp has become my go to for quick editing. The primary free version limitation is export resolution (HD).

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    ffmpeg, if you don’t mind the command line… there’s only two options you really have to know for editing, -ss and -t , starting time and length, respectively… also don’t forget that first -i for input file name, output file name is always last
    eg, ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 00:01:40 -t 00:05:00 output.mp4
    that would clip out five minutes starting at a minute forty seconds in

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    1 year ago

    I use Videopad but I have a feeling the other suggestions might be better, I need to check these out. But I have tried Davinci Resolve before and I just felt like it was overkill for basic cutting up videos and Videopad seems nicer for simple editing.

    Also I think I remember Davinci not supporting mkv files? Maybe they’ve fixed it by now?