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Best Video Editing Software for Windows (on every budget) - YouTube
Channel: Justin Brown - Primal Video
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video editing software on Windows now
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there's a ton of options out there and
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there's been some new awesome players
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that have entered the market over the
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last few years
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but for anyone considering options it
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can be pretty overwhelming to know where
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to start whether you're using the best
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software and what upgrade options you've
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got so after testing a heap of options
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in this video we're going to run through
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my recommendations across every price
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bracket no matter what your budget is
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whether you're just getting started with
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video and you don't know where to begin
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you're considering an upgrade from your
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current software or if you've been
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editing for years and just want to know
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that you're using the best options that
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are out there for you then stay tuned
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[Music]
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hey it's Justin Brown here from primal
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video where we teach you how to get
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better results with your video faster
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now on to the software we're going to
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break this down into three pricing
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categories so you know exactly where to
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look no matter what your budget is first
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up free software now the options here
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are just going ahead in leaps and bounds
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really for the free software that you
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can get now you would have had to pay
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quite a lot to get the same features not
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that long ago in this pricing bracket of
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free you've got video editing software
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like Windows Movie Maker which
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technically isn't supported by Windows
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10 but you can still download it from
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Microsoft and it still works
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you've also got things like AVS video
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editor and now you've got new additions
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from DaVinci Resolve hitfilm and light
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works from testing all of these might
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clear three standouts our DaVinci
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Resolve hitfilm
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and light works they're all pretty
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comprehensive editing software and offer
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a high degree of flexibility for new and
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intermediate editors I personally really
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like the interface and the way that
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DaVinci Resolve works as well as the
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really insanely advanced color
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correction and color control that you
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have over your editing I really like
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hitfilm for its simplicity when it comes
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to editing but also it's insanely
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advanced effects and special effects
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features that it has light works is also
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a really solid solution and it also
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works on Linux as well for all you Linux
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users out there one of the best things
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about these three pieces of software is
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that they are all the light or the
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cut-down version of the full
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professional suite which means if you
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start out with one of these and you
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really learn it really get used to it
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and really love it then you've got to
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clear up great path to the full
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professional or full studio version of
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that software it's a tough call but if I
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had to pick a winner my pick would be
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DaVinci Resolve I really like the
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interface it's really easy to use it's
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pretty intuitive I also really like how
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it sort of mimics adobe premiere one
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thing to be aware of though is that
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DaVinci Resolve can be pretty picky as
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to what file types it'll handle and you
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may need to convert any of your
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consumer-grade footage into something
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more professional into a more
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professional codec in order for DaVinci
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Resolve to see and allow you to edit the
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files the next pricing bracket that
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we're going to look at is the sub 119
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one dollar pricing category we are
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talking US dollars and in this category
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there are a heap of video editing
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options to choose from you've got things
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like
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filmora Corel VideoStudio Pro Sony Vegas
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movie studio platinum CyberLink
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PowerDirector ultimate Adobe Premiere
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Elements Pinnacle Studio Plus and
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Pinnacle Studio ultimate and magic Movie
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Edit Pro so like I said there's a heap
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of options here in this pricing category
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probably the biggest reason that you
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want to look at these paid options over
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the free options are that in most cases
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you'll get a full end-to-end video
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editing solution without them being cut
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down pieces of software so they won't
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have any features missing or things that
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you'll have to pay to upgrade to use so
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light works for example in the free
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category has a limitation on where you
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can actually export your files to which
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is limited to Vimeo 1080p and YouTube at
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720p so you really they're your options
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if you want to export an actual file you
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have to pay them for their pro version
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so once you're in this category there's
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none of that what you see is what you
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get what you're paying for is a complete
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end-to-end solution you can do
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everything that you need to do in here
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without needing to transcode your
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footage or convert your footage on the
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way through they'll accept a large range
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of formats and normally really intuitive
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and really easy to use without any
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limitation so there's no limitations on
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the files that you can export you'll
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also have features that they're starting
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to bring in like 360 VR editing as well
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and full 4k video editing as well as
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well as a really streamlined editing
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process from import right through to
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export and using things like GPU
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rendering as well which is where it's
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using your video card to offload a lot
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of that rendering from your CPU to your
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video card so you're getting a much
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quicker render time now from testing all
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of these my top three standouts are
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Adobe Premiere Elements CyberLink
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PowerDirector and Pinnacle Studio
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ultimate now they're all quite
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comprehensive and offer a huge degree of
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flexibility for the new and intermediate
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editors alike I really like the
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interface and the workflow of Adobe
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Premiere Elements it really just mimics
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Adobe Premiere Pro on CyberLink
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PowerDirector it's awesome that it's
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just such a complete solution
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you can even do things like screen
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recording it supports 4k footage which
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most of them do in this category the way
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that it processes the 4k footage and
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just the whole editing experience is
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really intuitive and really smooth and
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really easy to edit in I also really
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like the editing workflow in the process
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of editing through Pinnacle Studio and
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it also supports things now like 360
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video as well which is pretty cool now
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this one is a really tough one but if I
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had to pick one out of this category it
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would be Adobe Premiere Elements I just
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like the fact that you can upgrade to
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Adobe Premiere Pro if you need to if
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you're outgrowing the capacity of Adobe
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Premiere Elements but really my close
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second would be CyberLink PowerDirector
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now on to the final category which is
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everything above 199 dollars so in this
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category is really where all your
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professional video editing packages come
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into play the biggest difference that
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you'll find in this category versus the
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previous two categories is the level of
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performance and the level of flexibility
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and the level of control that you'll get
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over your editing all of these packages
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will allow you to get right down to the
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nitty gritty frame-by-frame editing so
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you've got an insane amount of control
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over your editing process you'll also be
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able to do things like import a huge
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range of professional-grade video files
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and video codecs to edit from you'll be
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able to mix your frame rates and mix
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your different types of files that
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you're going to bring in and you won't
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need to convert everything before you
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start editing so in this category you've
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got things like hit film Pro DaVinci
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Resolve Lightworks Pro Sony Vegas Pro
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MAGIX video Pro X Adobe Premiere Pro and
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avid media composer now some of the
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packages in here like Adobe Premiere Pro
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are only available on a monthly
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subscription you actually can't buy the
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latest and greatest version as an
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outright one-off purchase that you then
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own and can run for as many years as you
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want avid media composer and Lightworks
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Pro also give you a subscription option
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but at the time of filming this both of
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them still have the ability to purchase
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a software outright as well now from
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testing all of these and to give you my
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recommendations it's really personal
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preference I mean I've said that before
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but this is really at this level it's
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personal preference and and really the
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best
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editor's will be able to jump from piece
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of software to piece of software because
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at the end of the day they're just tools
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to get the job done so the pricing in
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this category does range from 349 for
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hitfilm Pro right up to $12.99 for avid
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media composer now I've been using avid
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for years but really it's not something
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that I like to recommend because the
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learning curve is huge it's not
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something that most people can sit down
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and work out in an afternoon and then
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start editing straightaway some people
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will be able to do that but most won't
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so my recommendations are based on
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usability on features and for getting
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videos in and out quickly my personal
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recommendations would be Adobe Premiere
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Pro takes the cake hands down closely
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followed by Sony Vegas Pro and then hit
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film Pro with the biggest reason I like
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Adobe Premiere Pro besides the power and
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the control that you have over your
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editing is the ability to edit pretty
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much any files that you like and to mix
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and match them in your timeline
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seamlessly so for a really quick recap
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in the free category my recommendation
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is to check out DaVinci Resolve in the
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sub $199 category my recommendation is
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to check out dobe Premiere Elements and
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in the $199 and above category
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my recommendation is Adobe Premiere Pro
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so as you can see there's a ton of
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options out there each with a slightly
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different workflow the best way to
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figure out what's right for you is to
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trial a few of these and see what works
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and starting with these recommendations
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you really can't go wrong if you're
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looking to improve the quality and the
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speed of your video editing make sure to
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grab our free guide running through the
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ultimate video editing process there's a
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ton of tips in there to help you create
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