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Best Video Editing Software for Windows PC - 2022 Review! - YouTube
Channel: Justin Brown - Primal Video
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what's the best video editing software
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on windows right now well this is our
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2022 review of the leading video editors
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for pc and as usual with these roundups
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which are pretty much now an annual
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thing so after a lot of research and a
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ton of testing in this video i'm going
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to share my top recommendations for all
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types of video creators from free and
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beginner friendly apps up to more
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advanced and professional editing
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alternatives and just like last time i'm
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going to break this down into three
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categories we're going to start off
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looking at free video editing software
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then move into video editing software
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under 200
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which will also include the free stuff
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as well and then we're going to open it
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up and include video editing software
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above 200
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but also include the sub 200 and the
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free software in there as well so that
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you know if you're prepared to spend
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more than 200 for your video editing
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software how that stacks up and how it
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compares to video editing software under
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200 and free stuff as well now i would
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strongly recommend that you are sticking
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around to hear out all the options so
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that you know you're leaving here with
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the best option for you and even if you
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decide early on what your editing
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software is you'll see what you could be
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missing out on or what you could be
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unlocking if you do move up to another
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program or app but i want you to
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remember that there really is no perfect
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video editing solution they're all just
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tools to edit video so your goal is to
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try and work out what the best video
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editing software is for you personally
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for your skill set and for the types of
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videos you're creating so this is where
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i recommend once you've narrowed the
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list down to a couple of different
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options go ahead and grab the trial
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versions and dive in and have a play
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around so you can see which one is going
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to be the best one for you moving
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forward as an added bonus i'm also going
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to share with you at the end three video
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editing tips that are going to help you
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edit faster no matter which video
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editing software or app you pick all
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right so kicking this off and diving
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into free video editing software you've
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got a lot of options in here but this is
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where we haven't included anything that
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isn't actually free or is going to
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require you to pay after a certain
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amount of time or is going to add a
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watermark onto your video i'm not
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classing any of those as free so all of
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these options are things that you can
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use and get good results with so in this
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category you've got things like vsdc
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hitfilm express shot card avid media
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composer first davinci resolve caden
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live open shot and video pad now after
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trying and testing all of these top
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options i've narrowed this down to my
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short list of three which are open shot
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caden live and davinci resolve open shot
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is a really simple yet powerful video
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editing tool that works on pc mac and
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linux the overall interface is really
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simple and really straightforward and
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it's gonna be great for someone who is a
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beginner to jump in and get editing
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quick i'm definitely impressed with the
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overall performance not just rendering
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times and saving out your videos but
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also the experience of scrubbing through
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and playing through footage while you're
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editing as well now as this is a more
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basic and entry-level application you're
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not going to find any of the more
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advanced features that you will find in
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more professional tools that we're going
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to get too soon but you do have enough
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control over things like adding titles
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and some simple effects and transitions
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and there's even keyframe based control
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to help you really dial that in so this
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is a great option for someone who is at
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that beginner to maybe intermediate
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level someone who doesn't need all the
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bells and whistles and all the advanced
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features and controls someone who just
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wants to jump in and edit their videos
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simply caden live is really a next step
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up from that it is a much more
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professional tool much more feature
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packed and it's got a lot more of those
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more professional features that you
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would expect to see in things like
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davinci resolve and even adobe premiere
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so it's so awesome that they've packed a
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lot of this into this open source
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software as well just like openshot this
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one will also work on windows mac and
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linux but it does support a larger range
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of file types and codecs and as i said
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it's got a lot more pro tools and
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features in there things like more
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professional color grading tools and and
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multi-camera editing functionality but
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overall the interface and the experience
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while it's not as simple and as
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intuitive as open shot it's definitely
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not overwhelming considering all the
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features and things that are in there so
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i'd say this would be a good option for
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someone at that beginner level that is
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wanting to learn something that has more
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features and controls it's not be as
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intuitive as an open shot so there is
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going to be more of a learning curve
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right through to someone at kind of an
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intermediate borderline advanced level
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someone who does want more features more
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controls and access to more of a
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professional video editing tool and then
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davinci resolve is pretty much hands
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down the most professional video editing
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program out there on windows for free it
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is ridiculous what they are giving you
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access to for nothing this is literally
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professional grade video editing
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software the stuff that they use to make
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hollywood movies and stuff with so in
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terms of features and controls and
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things you're getting in there this is
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really pro grade stuff which does mean
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that there's going to be a lot more of a
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learning curve it's not going to be
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anywhere near as intuitive as the
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previous two options so if you are an
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absolute beginner this probably isn't
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going to be the best thing for you
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starting out but it is something that
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you could invest some time and learn and
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definitely get up to speed with and
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we've got links to editing tutorials for
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a lot of these programs which i'll link
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down in the description box below now
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there is a paid version of davinci
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resolve studio available as well but
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this isn't what we're talking about here
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you get a lot of those features really
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the core functionality you actually get
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access to for free in the free version
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and for most people out there unless you
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are an absolute professional you're
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probably not going to need to upgrade to
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the studio version but it really is
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important to know that if you have an
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older or a lower spec computer this
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really isn't going to run too well for
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you it really does need a proper video
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card it really does need a fairly recent
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powerful computer to give you the best
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results with it so overall rounding out
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this category if you're an absolute
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beginner open shot is probably going to
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be the best option for you it's a great
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all-rounder if you're looking for some
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more features on top of that but still
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something that's fairly easy to use and
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caden live could be the best option for
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you whereas if you're looking for really
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professional grade industry standard
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video editing software you can't go past
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davinci resolve but there definitely is
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more of a learning curve so from this
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category if i had to pick one overall
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winner you really can't go past davinci
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resolve just the same as this video last
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year it is ridiculous what they're
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giving you access to for free literally
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professional grade tools so moving on to
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the next category all video editing
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software under 200 now typically what
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you find when you're moving from free
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software up to the paid options is that
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you're generally unlocking more features
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more power more performance and
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generally a more polished and fluid
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editing experience now i say typically
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because i've already told you how
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amazing davinci resolve is and it's
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totally free so in this category you've
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got things like avs video editor vs dc
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pro adobe premiere rush mob avi filmora
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wii video movie studio movie edit pro
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magix movie edit pro adobe premiere
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elements power director and filmora pro
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now again from so much trying and
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testing my short list for best video
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editing software under 200
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including the free stuff as well comes
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down to wevideo filmora and davinci
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resolve wevideo is an amazing online
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cloud-based video editing solution where
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you don't need to download and install
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anything on your computer it literally
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runs in your web browser meaning that
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you can use it on low powered computer
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or older computers as well and because
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it's run in the cloud it makes it a
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great tool for collaboration and working
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with team that are remote as well moving
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from different device to device now this
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is one where i was a little skeptical
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when i first tried it out a few years
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back but it is insane how powerful and
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how fast this is to edit in even if
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you're using things like 4k videos
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besides that one of the standout things
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for me is that you actually don't need
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to wait for your video files to upload
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to the cloud for you to edit you can
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start editing straight away and the
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upload's going to happen in the
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background so even if you're just trying
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to jump in and do a really quick edit
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wevideo is still a great tool for that
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too plus there's also a ton of built-in
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templates and effects and things you can
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customize up as well now because it is
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primarily run in the cloud it does mean
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that that upload is going to happen so
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you will still need to have decent
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internet to upload your video files but
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again just not going to slow down your
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editing process at all now in terms of
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pricing there's a few different options
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i said that most people are going to be
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looking at either the unlimited plan for
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7.99 a month which will let you edit in
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1080p or the professional plan for 19.99
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a month which will give you access to 4k
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video editing and more templates and
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more stock footage but overall i think
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it's a really solid option whether
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you're an absolute beginner through to
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sort of an intermediate level but also
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if you're someone who doesn't have a
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powerful computer filmora is another
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great option that works on windows and
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mac it's one that not that long ago i
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really didn't think i would ever be
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recommending this is one that's grown a
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lot and it's now a really powerful
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really awesome video editing application
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in terms of usability and the overall
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interface it is really easy to use it's
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really intuitive yet it's also got a lot
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of professional tools and features built
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into it and this is one where i think
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they've really nailed the performance it
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is a really fast program it just feels
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snappy everything just feels fast and
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your export times and render times are
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ridiculously quick and so how this
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stacks up to something like caden live
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which in terms of feature set and
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everything would be very similar filmora
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would be my pick hands down in terms of
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overall performance and usability now in
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terms of pricing there is a free version
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it has a watermark on it so i'm not
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talking about that i'm talking about the
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paid version which you can currently
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grab on a subscription for around 62 per
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year or you can actually buy lifetime
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access for around 90 which is awesome
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for anyone who's not a fan of the
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subscription model but overall filmora
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is a great option for an absolute
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beginner right through to an
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intermediate level it's awesome it's got
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some more of the advanced features and
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things in there as well but it really is
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for anyone who's looking for a fast
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simple easy to use yet powerful video
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editing tool and then again for those
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people that are looking for a more
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powerful solution and more advanced
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features and controls that's where you
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can't go past davinci resolve so
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rounding out this category if you're at
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the beginner to intermediate level
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either we video or filmora are going to
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be great options for you wii video if
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you want to be editing in the cloud and
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maybe you've got a lower spec computer
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or filmora if you do want more advanced
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tools and a more traditional editing
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approach as well and for those of you
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that are looking for the professional
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stuff more advanced features and
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controls it's where you really can't go
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past davinci resolve so i've had to pick
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one winner in this under 200 video
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editing category again it's gonna go to
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davinci resolve it's just crazy what you
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get pro tools pro features
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for free so then on to our third
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category video editing software above
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200 but also including the sub 200 and
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the free video editing software as well
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so this really is best video editing
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software on windows no matter what your
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budget is now again typically in this
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category where you are paying more for
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your software this is where you're
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typically unlocking more advanced
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features more advanced controls really
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pro grade tools and more robust
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solutions so in this category we've got
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things like hitfilm pro camtasia adobe
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premiere pro avid media composer davinci
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resolve studio magix video pro vegas pro
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and lightworks pro so shortlisting those
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down and including and stacking them up
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against the previous categories and
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software that we've mentioned my
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shortlist for best video editing
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software comes down to wevideo filmora
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adobe premiere and davinci resolve so
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adobe premieres one we haven't spoken
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about yet this is a really popular
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option when it comes to video editing
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this is used by a lot of video
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production professionals a lot of
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youtubers but also for the hollywood
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movie stuff as well the overall
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interface definitely isn't going to be
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as intuitive or as easy to use and to
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jump into as something like filmora but
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really is in line with what you see in
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more professional programs so the
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overall interface is very similar to say
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a davinci resolve to a final cut and
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even avid there's a lot of similarities
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with all the pro software now this is
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another one that works on both windows
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and mac and it is really easy to
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transfer between the two and to work
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with different editors that are using
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different platforms i also really like
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how easy it is and how powerful it is
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working with the rest of the adobe suite
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as well so if you're using things like
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photoshop or after effects they all just
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integrate and talk to each other so well
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making it a good experience all round
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now i have found from time to time it
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can be a little unstable or can be buggy
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which is never ideal especially if
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you're doing corporate or client work as
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well but you do get into the habit of
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learning to constantly save your work
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and make sure that backups are happening
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so that is not a drama if it does happen
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and really it's not happening for me
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anywhere near as much as it used to not
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that long ago in terms of pricing you
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can't buy adobe premiere outright you do
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have to jump on one of their
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subscription plans so you can grab it
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for either 20.99 per month just for
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premiere or if you want to get it
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bundled in with the rest of the adobe
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products in their master suite then
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that's going to cost you
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52.99 per month so adobe premiere is
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going to be a great option for someone
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at that intermediate level right through
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to advanced or absolute professional
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given all the features and tools and
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everything that's in there but it could
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also be a good option if you are a
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beginner if you are someone who does
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want to invest the time and to go
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through the learning curve of learning
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something like this knowing that it is a
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professional level tool so to summarize
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my top options here and to say which one
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is going to be great for who if you're
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an absolute beginner right through to an
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intermediate level wevideo is going to
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be a great simple fast option for you
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especially if you like the idea of
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editing in the cloud or you're going to
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be editing on a lower spec computer next
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to that filmora would be a great option
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again for a beginner through to an
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intermediate level someone looking for
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probably more features and more controls
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than you would get in wii video and also
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having that great mix of simplicity with
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power and performance packed in as well
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and then for those of you that are at
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the intermediate to advanced and
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professional level this is when you
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really can't go past adobe premiere and
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davinci resolve these are my top two
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picks for pro grade software on windows
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now both of these do have some standout
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features and some pros and cons but as
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for which one is going to be the best
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one for you this is where i really
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recommend if these are the ones you're
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looking at that you're grabbing the
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trial versions or the free version in
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davinci resolve's case and jumping in
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and having a play around and seeing
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which one resonates with you seeing
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which one is the most intuitive for you
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and the fastest for you to edit and to
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create your videos now for me my pick
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and really my overall winner when it
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comes to best video editing software
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right now in 2022 does go again to adobe
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premiere pro i really think it is the
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complete package for someone at that
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level as i said i love the way that you
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can work with teams i like the workflow
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i like how easily and how fast you can
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edit once you know how it all works
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together and i like how well it works
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with the rest of the adobe tools as well
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now obviously there's a big price
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difference between adobe premiere and
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davinci resolve being free but for me
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this is something that adobe being my
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top pick and the number one tool for me
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it's a no-brainer for me to pay that
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every month given what i'm getting
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access to but again grab the trial
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versions and try for yourself it is
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ridiculous what they're giving you
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access to for free in davinci resolve
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and maybe next year who knows maybe that
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takes out the top spot now earlier in
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the video i said i'd also share with you
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three video editing tips to edit faster
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in any video editing application the
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first one is to focus on cutting your
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content down first a lot of people just
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jump straight in and they start adding a
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ton of effects and color grades and
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stuff onto their footage to make it look
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pretty but all they end up doing is
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slowing down their editing workflow
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because your computer or your device
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then has to process all of that for
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everything that you're doing so focus on
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building out your story cutting down
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your video first and then make it look
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nicer afterwards tip number two is to
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use stock footage you don't need to have
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to go and film everything and create
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everything yourself from scratch there
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are amazing resources and libraries of
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stock video footage that you can easily
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download and add into your projects
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making your videos more engaging helping
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people watch them longer but also saving
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your time from needing to go out and
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film everything yourself our top two
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recommendations for stock footage right
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now are story blocks and art grid and
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i'll have those linked down below and
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tip number three is to start to learn
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and to use the keyboard shortcuts for
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your program this is probably one of the
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fastest ways that you can speed up your
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editing because you can just press one
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key on the keyboard and it's gonna save
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you moving the mouse around to click a
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tiny little icon on screen or in some
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cases you can press one keyboard button
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and it's to save you three or four
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actions or three or four clicks that you
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would be doing with the mouse a great
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place to start with this is looking at
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the playback controls jk and l in most
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video editing software but also if you
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head up to the help area in your editing
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software or do a quick google search
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then you can usually find a full list of
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all the editing shortcuts now those are
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just three tips from our primal video
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editing guide which is a link to
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download your free copy on screen now
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where we take you through the most
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efficient way to edit your videos down
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with minimal wasted time and rework so
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don't forget to grab your copy and i
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will see you in the next video
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