So last week I talked about ways of shooting video on your phone, this week I'm going to talk about 3 FREE video editing software that you can download right now(click the titles)!
This one is by far my favorite one on the list. Hitfilm Express is a free to use video editing and composting software developed by Hitfilm. Yes that right, composting. Hitfilm Express allows you to use tools such as motion tracking, masking/rotoscoping, and a whole lot of other cool and neat stuff that are also found in packages such as Adobe After Effects and Premiere CC. What I find neat and very intuitive about Hitfilm Express is that everything you need to edit a basic timeline with layers of audio and video are there with you. You don't have to go through a separate application to put the footage in or waster computer processing resources. It's all contained in one package. Best of all, whenever they make a new version of the Pro version, Express gets updated as well. A lot of Youtube filmmakers have used Hitfilm for their films(I have for mine before I had After Effects) so it's defiantly worth checking out!
This program is a powerful one, albeit tricky to master. Da Vinci Resolve is a editing tool developed by Blackmagic Cameras. They have made cameras such as, but not limited to, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Blacmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and the Blackmagic Ursa Minis(we just got those in our school). Blackmagic has made a name for themselves in the filmmaking community with their outstanding color science and research. In every Blackmagic product comes a SD card with Da Vinci Resolve Lite in it. Da Vinci Resolve is mostly used for color correcting those rawDNG files those cameras listed before take and making them look nice. However, Da Vinci also has a timeline editor, which(and this can be said about the whole editing program) doesn't need Blackmagic cameras to edit. You can import footage right into the timeline and start snipping away. The timeline editor even has transitions and audio effects to use.And if you so choose, you can head to the "Color Panel" to color correct or grade your footage.
(I'd include a screenshot but they are all terrible on google images)
Last but not least, I have to talk about the first video editing program I downloaded, Video pad. This freeware company also has other free software like Audiopad and Screen capture software. For the absolute beginner(and I'm talking like a 12 year old still who just got his first Windows XP netbook who think he's cool now because he has a laptop) this is a great starting point if you find yourself being intimidated by the other programs. It has everything you need, even some effects like Chroma Keying(green screen removal for those who don't know). Give it a shot!
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