Go back 20 years and video editing still involved cutting and pasting rolls of film. Nowadays you can find dozens of excellent programs to edit your videos straight from your PC. We’ve decided to compile a list of 10 excellent video editing apps, from professional solutions to simple programs for beginners. Even though the complexity of these programs varies greatly, most of them follow the same streamlined process: capture and import video from the internet or your DV camera, drag and drop on the timeline, use all the tools and filters to produce a great looking film, and export to DVD, CD or major video formats.
Whether you’re an expert movie editor or a beginner looking for an application to produce the home movie of your summer vacations, this list of 10 applications should have what you’re looking for:
- Adobe Premiere – professional standard video editing
- Sony Vegas Video – excellent pro editing app with first class audio tools
- Video Edit Magic – video editor with 150 transitions and simple timeline view
- Ulead Media Studio – pro non-linear video and audio editing
- PowerDirector – features 6 “magic” tools to improve the quality of your movies
- Avid Free DV – a reference in DV editing…for free
- AVSVideoConverter – capture, edit and burn to DVD, SVCD and VCD
- McFunSoft Video Capture/Convert/Split/Merge/Burn Studio – the full video editing process made easy
- Ulead Video ToolBox – import and edit multiple video clips quickly
- ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD – edit your home videos and burn to DVD
