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Video Editing Software

#1 Post by Highplains_Sailor » Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:37 pm

Hello,

Currently I use the Video Editor software that comes with Win 10, and I also have Windows Movie Maker. I've noticed that Movie Maker occasionally makes my monitor black out for a split second, which I've read is most likely related to drivers being incompatible as Movie Maker is no longer supported by Microsoft. The Video Editor is okay but I've been thinking about getting a third-party video editing program and was just wondering what programs you guys may use for your scope videos.

Thank you for your input.

Joe

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Re: Video Editing Software

#2 Post by MicroBob » Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:22 pm

Hi Joe,
I'm no expert here, but I asked some colleagues at work and the reply was Magix, deluxe edition, not necessarily the newest version. This is what i use not and I think it is quite good and not too difficult to learn. There are also a lot of tutorials on youtube. The simpler versions have some severe limitations and are not recommended.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#3 Post by janvangastel » Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:15 am

I use shotcut, It's free. It can be downloaded from here: https://shotcut.org/. Nice instruction video's on YouTube as well.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#4 Post by Roldorf » Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:38 pm

Thanks for the heads up and the link janvangastel. I am downloading it now and will give it a try.
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Re: Video Editing Software

#5 Post by cuxlander » Thu Dec 19, 2019 11:49 am

Hello,
also try Virtualdub at http://www.virtualdub.org/index
Its free and quite powerful, quite a learning curve though.
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Re: Video Editing Software

#6 Post by Roldorf » Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:58 pm

Gave Shotcut a try and for what I want it is perfect with lots of file formats supported. I have old version of Adobe Premiere Pro which also does the job but does not support the newer versions of movie files.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#7 Post by Glot » Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:08 pm

I was wondering the same thing. I use W10 and have colour accuracy issues plus I can only save in jpeg (that I can find, anyway). Just want to capture camera images and vids accurately with little editing required. Will have a look at those couple mentioned.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#8 Post by KD Arvidsson » Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:22 am

Hi i use 3 different edit software. Davinchi Resolve 16 free but hard learning curve! Filmora 9 very easy to learn not free, Filmora pro not free. Both of Filmora edit software is not so expensive. //KD
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#9 Post by Rossf » Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:46 pm

I second the Davinci resolve free option-it’s ability to adjust colours is excellent-its a deep program but you can use it simply as well for editing and rendering and go as deep as you want-hey KD Arvidsson-just be glad you don’t have the non free version that came with my camera-I went back to the free version-don’t think I need 3-D motion tracking and blue screen tools just to film microbes!

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Re: Video Editing Software

#10 Post by DonSchaeffer » Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:08 pm

I use Corel VideoStudio. I bought the program when it was discounted. I also use Paintshop Pro, which is the Corel photo editing product. By the way there is an excellent free screen grabber program called FastStone capture. I use it to save and early process my images that are generated by Camera in Windows. You can also grab frames from your videos to make them into stills.

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#11 Post by Wes » Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:18 pm

I use FFmpeg. Its free and many of the video editors you know are based on it. You can do pretty much anything with it, its really good but has a bit of a steep learning curve.
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#12 Post by MichaelG. » Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:11 am

Tanjun wrote:
Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:01 am
I use AceMovi Video Editor. It is easy to use for beginners and has its free trial version for users to have a try.
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That looks very promising ... Thanks for the link

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#13 Post by DonSchaeffer » Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:44 pm

I use Corel Photo Studio. But I use it concert with a slide-making program called Photostage. The latter complies a bunch of short segments quickly into a video. I add this compilation into Photo Studio that adds fancy stuff like music, titles, and the like.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#14 Post by SilverWolf » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:07 am

Another vote for BlackMagic's Davinci Resolve
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#15 Post by uphamglennn » Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:59 am

Have you heard about movavi https://www.movavi.com/? I used their software for a while, it's easy to use and gives nice results. Apart from video editing, they've got stuff for image and pdf editing.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#16 Post by jaisommeil » Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:36 pm

I've always thought Windows Movie Maker is something like Paint or Explorer which you use only when you have no other choice. Am I wrong?

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#17 Post by avisonzoey » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:15 am

Even paint has got upgraded you know. It all depends on your goals, for trimming and other basics functions, WMM is a good program.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#18 Post by microb » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:21 am

Ben Krasnow for his Applied Science channel says he uses a free license of Resolve: https://youtu.be/ihbYtxaEDSk?t=752
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Re: Video Editing Software

#19 Post by smollerthings » Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:21 pm

I really like Kdenlive. It is free and open source.

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#20 Post by dtsh » Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:45 pm

smollerthings wrote:
Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:21 pm
I really like Kdenlive. It is free and open source.
I don't do a lot of video editing, but I use this as well. It replaced my usage of mencoder and ffmpeg for most of the cutting, splicing, transcoding, etc.

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Re: Video Editing Software

#21 Post by MicroBob » Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:17 pm

MicroBob wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:22 pm
I asked some colleagues at work and the reply was Magix, deluxe edition, not necessarily the newest version.
If you ask me today I wouldn't recommend Magix any more!
My deluxe 2016 plus version stopped to work properly - it tries to download some audio add-in and this doesn't work. Apparently the software is only usable for as long as they want you to. So not worth the money and time for learning to use it.

Kdenlive looks good! I will give it a try.

Bob

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#22 Post by mete » Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:44 pm

+1 for DaVinci Resolve

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Re: Video Editing Software

#23 Post by LouiseScot » Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:46 pm

I use Openshot which is freeware and quite intuitive:

https://www.openshot.org/

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Re: Video Editing Software

#24 Post by smollerthings » Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:50 pm

A reddit thread on Shortcut vs Kdenlive vs Openshot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/c ... _question/

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#25 Post by LouiseScot » Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:12 pm

smollerthings wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:50 pm
A reddit thread on Shortcut vs Kdenlive vs Openshot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/c ... _question/
That thread is 4 years old! Reddit isn't the best place to look... With freeware like Openshot and others one might as well download the latest versions of several of then. Then just try them out and see which one you like :)

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Re: Video Editing Software

#26 Post by Ethan1989 » Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:36 pm

Highplains_Sailor wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:37 pm
Hello,

Currently I use the Video Editor software that comes with Win 10, and I also have Windows Movie Maker. I've noticed that Movie Maker occasionally makes my monitor black out for a split second, which I've read is most likely related to drivers being incompatible as Movie Maker is no longer supported by Microsoft. The Video Editor is okay but I've been thinking about getting a third-party video editing program and was just wondering what programs you guys may use for your scope videos.

Thank you for your input.

Joe
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Re: Video Editing Software

#27 Post by Ethan1989 » Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:45 pm

LouiseScot wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:12 pm
smollerthings wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:50 pm
A reddit thread on Shortcut vs Kdenlive vs Openshot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/c ... _question/
That thread is 4 years old! Reddit isn't the best place to look... With freeware like Openshot and others one might as well download the latest versions of several of then. Then just try them out and see which one you like :)

Louise
Reddit is good forum for discussion. I like to used Camtasia or hitfilm express as they are easy to use and close to Windows movie maker! What is your advice in this regard?

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Re: Video Editing Software

#28 Post by LouiseScot » Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:56 pm

Ethan1989 wrote:
Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:45 pm
LouiseScot wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:12 pm
smollerthings wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:50 pm
A reddit thread on Shortcut vs Kdenlive vs Openshot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/c ... _question/
That thread is 4 years old! Reddit isn't the best place to look... With freeware like Openshot and others one might as well download the latest versions of several of then. Then just try them out and see which one you like :)

Louise
Reddit is good forum for discussion. I like to used Camtasia or hitfilm express as they are easy to use and close to Windows movie maker! What is your advice in this regard?
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Re: Video Editing Software

#29 Post by SWmicro » Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:55 pm

LouiseScot wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:46 pm
I use Openshot which is freeware and quite intuitive:
https://www.openshot.org/
seconded :)
Openshot is very easy to use/learn . My fav.

VSDC, https://www.videosoftdev.com/
also free, has a very neat colour correction gizmo.

Shotcut does not work, when I last looked, on my windows7, it demands some extra dlls which are present in its folder but it does not seem to know that !

Do we know what Oliver/Microbehunter uses ?

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Re: Video Editing Software

#30 Post by Ethan1989 » Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:07 pm

SWmicro wrote:
Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:55 pm
LouiseScot wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:46 pm
I use Openshot which is freeware and quite intuitive:
https://www.openshot.org/
seconded :)
Openshot is very easy to use/learn . My fav.

VSDC, https://www.videosoftdev.com/
also free, has a very neat colour correction gizmo.

Shotcut does not work, when I last looked, on my windows7, it demands some extra dlls which are present in its folder but it does not seem to know that !

Do we know what Oliver/Microbehunter uses ?
The Draw back of Openshot is as I know It export file in very large Size like when I edit video for my Youtube Channel 5 Min video exceed 300 MBS :o :o then I had to go for the video editor and then compress the size of the video. No doubt Openshot is very good and easy to use.

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