Suggestions for free PC video editing software

[Evan Heneghan]

Hi Al,

The title of your post is quite different to the content so I’m a little confused. Are you looking for free editing software or are you looking to hear accounts of a FC to PP change over?

If your students are fairly well acquainted with the layout of Final Cut it really shouldn’t be an issue for them. I myself used Final Cut as a student and changed to Vegas first and lastly to Premiere Pro; none of them are all that different and it shouldn’t take longer than a few hours to adjust for doing the basics. Since the title of your course is ‘Intro to…’ I’m guessing the basics will cover it.

If you’re looking for decent free editing software here’s a list

https://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-free-video-editing-software-9-top-programs-you-should-download-1136264

For what it’s worth, I find that youtube’s very basic free editor or window’s movie maker are as good as any of the others out there (meaning not very good). Hope this helps.

Evan

[Al Herr]

Yes my post is a little confusing but I thank you for responding .

I’m looking for feedback on both; free software and the learning curve for me.
So you helped .
Thanks for confirming that since I know FCP that Premiere won’t be too difficult.

Since the class just started I don’t know if the students will use the Premiere or prefer whatever is on their laptop. I have a feeling we’ll use both.

I’d like for them to collaborate on an editing project and hoping youtube will allow that. Do you know if
youtube allows more than one person to access the same video ?

Thanks,
Al

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[Mark Suszko]

Resolve might be your ticket. Basic version is free, very powerful, easy to use, similar enough to FCPX and Premiere.

[Al Herr]

Turns out they all have access to Adobe Premiere in the Lab and most have Windows Movie Maker on their PC. Not one Mac user like me out of 9.

I will check out Resolve as we might need a back up.

Thanks Mark.
Al

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