- Hey, everybody.
This is Roberto Blake of RobertoBlake.com,
helping you create something awesome today.
So in today's YouTube video,
we're gonna talk about free software
that you can use for your video editing,
especially if you're gonna be doing video for YouTube.
Now, in a previous, older video,
I talked about the best overall software for video editing.
Today, we're gonna talk about the free stuff.
I know a lot of YouTubers don't have the budget
for the type of programs that I use,
which are Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro.
And there are cheaper solutions out there
that I'll cover in a whole other video,
like Adobe Premiere Elements and Corel Video Editor,
but again, I will cover those in detail
in a whole other video.
Today, we're just gonna talk about free software.
And we're gonna focus on three of them.
We're gonna focus on iMovie for the Mac,
we're gonna focus on Windows Movie Maker for Windows,
and we're going to talk about another free editing software
called Lightworks, and why I don't recommend it.
So most of you are familiar
with iMovie and Windows Movie Maker.
You know that these free software exist.
What you may not know is that many YouTubers today
still use them and got their start on them.
And these programs are perfectly fine
for you doing basic vlogging-stype videos,
and even a little bit of the commercial stuff as well.
There are companies that actually
take advantage of this software for their YouTube channel.
So these programs aren't bad.
There are limitations, however.
For one thing, you don't get multitrack editing.
What that means is you can't sit there
and do multiple layers of videos
stacked on top of each other,
you can't do, you know, pop-up stuff on the screen.
So, that's gonna be a problem for you.
Also, there are some issues in terms
of how you utilize audio tracks
when compared to the paid software.
And these programs, again, they're limited
in what you can do.
You can only use certain video file formats with them.
They don't have a lot of robust features.
But, they are good for someone just starting out
and learning how to edit.
And, of course, they're free.
So, if you're a younger person in the audience,
and you don't have money for software,
or your parents can't invest in that for you,
then you can still do great video editing work
using the free software
until you're ready to move onto something else.
Now, at some point, I will do tutorials on the channel
with how to use these free software applications
to do some basic video editing.
I will have to refresh myself with them a little bit
because honestly, I haven't used them in quite a while
because I have access to professional-grade software
and intermediate software for other people.
So, videos that I will cover in the future
in terms of some lower-level software
just below the professional stuff,
are going to be things like
Corel Video Editor and Adobe Premiere Elements,
which are affordable.
These are programs under $50 and $100 that you can use
for your video editing.
I'll have links to them in the description below
so if you can afford those, then you can step up to those
from your basic video editing software
that came free with your computer.
What I will say about iMovie
is that iMovie has some pretty advanced features
if you know where to look for them.
You can control, for example,
the look and the color grading of your videos in iMovie
to create a film look for your videos.
In Windows Movie Maker, you can't necessarily do that,
but there are features for making your own titles,
and that can come in handy as well.
And it does have some interesting transitions
and wipes that you can use
for your videos or for presentations.
So, I would say that that's pretty cool for free software.
And it's come a long way from what it was back in the day.
Now, as for Lightworks,
Lightworks is competitive with higher-end software.
My problem with it
is that it's just too complicated for beginners.
You could use it, but again,
the interface is clunky, it's super complicated,
and it's not nearly as intuitive as the other two programs,
and that's why I personally don't recommend it.
But, if you have good experiences with Lightworks,
I don't wanna say don't use it,
I'm just saying that if you find Windows Movie Maker
and iMovie to be easier, then use that
until you can afford professional-grade software
or intermediate software, something from Adobe or Corel,
or Final Cut from Apple,
something like that.
Or, there might be some other applications
that I might cover that come out of the iTunes App Store
that might be affordable for you as well.
In terms of free software for screencasting,
because some of you want to just record tutorials like I do,
well there are some free programs that you can use for that.
If you have a Mac, you can use QuickTime,
and that will record your screen.
And if you want to use it on Windows,
QuickTime won't work there, but you can use CamStudio,
which is a free application for screen recording
that you can use.
I had some success with that years and years ago
with some of my first Photoshop tutorials.
So, I would recommend either of those
for screen recording and capturing what's going on
on your computer screen.
And both of those applications are completely free.
I believe you can also use CamStudio on Mac,
I'm not gonna swear to that,
but I do know that it works on Windows, and like I said,
you can use QuickTime and the screen recorder there
if you're on a Mac.
If you want to use
the iSight cam on your Mac computer
and just kinda do vlogging that way,
you can also use QuickTime to do that as well
in the movie recorder mode.
So that is something
that you can take advantage of that's free
and can let you do some simple vlogging with your webcam.
Also, don't forget that YouTube
has a built-in video editor,
so you could always just upload your videos
directly to YouTube, and do your cuts and your edits there.
It also has some filters and some effects,
so you should definitely check those out as well.
So that's my take
on some of the best video editing software
you can get for free,
especially if you're a YouTuber.
I hope you guys enjoyed this video.
If you have questions,
definitely leave those in the comments section below.
If there are video editing applications
that you want me to start doing tutorials for,
let me know in the comments section
and I will try and get to those
and post those up on the channel.
I have a walkthrough on Adobe Premiere Pro
if you guys are interested in that
and you want to use that software, or you're in the trial.
I go from beginning to end on how you edit a video
and export it for YouTube.
So make sure you check that out.
I'll make sure I leave a link
in the description below for you.
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