hey what's up ladies and gentlemen I'm Ignace Aleya and welcome to the Creatorgalaxy.com
Space Station here in space we are experimenting with intergalactic
filmmaking skills and visual effects in today's video I will be talking about
something really interesting and that is the best free video editors out there
right now with no watermark because we all hate it when you find that perfect
free video editing software you're starting your entire view you edit all
the way through it you are spending hours on it and you're so satisfied with
your result you now want to export it and show it to the world and after you
export it you realize you have a watermark we don't want any of that
happening so in today's video we are going over all the video editing
software's that I think deserve a mention and I will go over the pros and
cons of each individual video editing software so I do have to say that I am
NOT biased in this video I am not sponsored by any brand or anything mad
that allows me to change my judgment I will try to give my true and honest
opinion although I must admit that I use a particular video editing software in
my workflow it is a paid version but that is Adobe Premiere Pro and I
personally think in my experience this is the best video editing software out
there right now if you're thinking about getting more serious but anyway let's
talk about the free ones if you're just getting started or if you just don't
want to spend any money on it
in the first video editing software that we will talk about is light works light
works is a very easy to understand video editing software especially if you are a
beginner it works for both Windows and Mac you can basically do anything you
want with your video if you're just starting out or just experimenting with
video editing I like the interface it looks intuitive it supports a lot of
video formats so you can basically import any video or audio file you can
also apply some nice transitions and some overlays and some basic effects in
there so that's really cool of course it will require some time to learn the
software but eventually I'm sure you will get the hang out of it the most
positive things about this video editor is that it's customizable and it's also
lightweight for your device so if you have a low-end machine I'm sure you will
be able to edit your videos on a standard laptop or computers so you
don't need the best specs out there obviously the better your specs are the
smoother it would work but I hear it working fine on some lower end devices
it comes on this video editing software is that you can only export in regular
HD which nowadays you don't really see that much anymore nowadays most people
are starting to shift into 4k exports which is ultra HD and just before that
we have full HD and just before that we have regular HD and that's what they
allow you to export with the free version of course they also have a paid
version which is also at a great price but if you're planning on paying for a
video editing software it would not be my personal choice because I think if
you're paying for a video editing software you're kind of serious about it
and you want to do it more often in the future and then I think there are better
options out there the second free video editing software I'd like to talk about
is shotgun shotgun is a great free video editing software it's completely
open-source so I imagine it's very stable although I have heard stories
about people making their entire video saving the project nothing going on and
then they're opening that project and it's not working anymore and everything
is lost I myself haven't encountered that error so I just thought of
mentioning it that being said it has an excellent file format support any clear
and well-designed interface although it looks kind of old especially for
nowadays anyway it does the job and it gets your videos the cons on this video
editing software is that you will have to figure out how to export your videos
yourself with the settings which ones you want to use because it doesn't come
with a built-in preset for exporting your videos to different social media
for example for YouTube Instagram story and the different resolutions these are
things you will have to do manually but you can definitely figure out these
things using tutorials so the pros of shop cut is that it's powerful and
feature-rich again if you have lower end machine you will be able to run it
easily it has a flexible interface like previous one also a wide variety of
video formats and audio formats that you can import which is great if you are
using weird devices because most of the cameras nowadays record a standard
format which usually gets recognized everywhere but if you're using something
different it might be able to be imported in shop cut and it has a large
selection of audio and video filters the cons on this video editing software is
that it has a steeper learning curve so you will need some time to adjust to the
interface the interface is also not very similar to other video editing
software's out there so if you're going to shift into another video editing
software later on it's going to be a little bit complicated it's always
better to start with something similar to the next video editing software
you're planning to upgrade to the third video editing software that I'd like to
talk about in this video is a little bit more exciting to be honest and
especially if you're kind of looking for a new hobby in video editing and that's
hitfilm express hitfilm express is a pretty nice video editing software
especially because it has a lot of options so they have obviously a free
version and also a paid version the regular hitfilm is the paid version and
comes obviously with a lot more features but even the free version has
significantly more features than the other video editing software especially
if you want to play around with some effects and visual effects like if you
want to learn about those you have to check out our channel we're all about
that anyway you can do some awesome visual effects using the hitfilm express
video editing software and also important to mention is that it has a
big community so I already see a lot of videos appearing on hitfilm express on
the internet so you can learn a lot of cool things in there also the interface
looks very similar to more advanced video editing software's it comes like
the closest towards like a Premiere Pro which you can then eventually shift into
so some of the most important features for this video editing software are you
have advanced tracking tools footage distortion so for example if you're
filming with a fisheye lens you can correct that on your lens profile you
can also change backdrop so if you're using a green screen and stuff like that
which is a lot of fun to play with and if you want to make your little action
movie you also have these muzzle flashes that come out of shotguns or something
like that which is also nice and advanced lighting effects you can even
import 3d models in their software which is crazy obviously not the most
realistic but yeah you can have a lot of fun with that especially if you want to
learn it now let's talk a little bit about the cons for hitfilm express first
you have to share a link when you want to download the free version so other
people know about it in my opinion it's not that big of a deal because obviously
they want to get the word out of their video editing software as they've put a
lot of time and effort into making it it also has limited export formats but
if you're uploading for YouTube or anything like that I think you should be
fine another thing you can keep in mind is concerning the previous video at the
things hoppers that we talked about is that it might be a little bit harder to
load on your machine you will need a better machine to run hitfilm express
just because it has so much more features than the are ones and you can
do these visual effects and stuff so it's logical that you will need a better
machine to run the software but yeah it's just important to know that so now
let's talk about the fourth free video editing software DaVinci Resolve and
this one is pretty special for being free at least because the Vinci resolve
was actually invented to be a Hollywood standard power grading software so they
were used in Hollywood movies to grade your footage eventually this kind of
rolled into a video editing software and also a paid version of their software so
obviously the free version comes with a little bit more limiting options but
still you can do a lot of video editing especially if you're just starting out
you will definitely not need all of these advanced tools for the paid
version the paid version is primarily targeted to professionals the good thing
about the software is also the interface it's very intuitive and it's very close
to for example a Premiere Pro if you're thinking about upgrading later on and
it's also very similar to just the generic professional video editing
software as it is also used in the industry the downside of that is
obviously again the same problem like head film you will need a better machine
to run it and I've also heard people running into problems with their video
graphic cards from their computer being full because it's taking a really big
toll on your machine obviously I have a pretty decent machine so I didn't have
any problems using it but yeah it's definitely worth taking a look if you're
looking for a free video editor and you are thinking about getting professional
with this I think there is a bunch to learn in there and then you can see from
there where you'd like to go so it will need a very powerful computer to work
with this adding titles and stuff like that is also not super intuitive in my
opinion although I think they're working on that and adding visual effects using
their infusion software which is a different software but also free is also
very difficult anyway the bottom line of this video if I personally would have to
look back at all these video editing software's knowing that I do like video
editing a lot and especially the visual effects behind it if I would start out
just from scratch and I'm looking for a free alternative I would probably dive
into hitfilm express that would be my personal choice although the vinci
result is also a very good solution but then you will have to make sure that you
have a very solid machine that you're working on anyway seeing all of these
free video editing softwares i did not change my mind at all about Premiere Pro
it's just so much more intuitive in my opinion anyway if you are thinking about
becoming serious with video editing software's I still personally love
Premiere Pro and I think this is the best video editing software out there
especially for my case so this is my personal opinion and this is
not a sponsored video I just really enjoy how it works how I can without
exporting my videos send my videos over to a different software from the Adobe
suite like Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects for some crazy titles or effects
or if I want to tweak my audio in a professional manner I can send it to
Adobe Audition but even in Adobe Premiere Pro you have
a lot of tools that you can use especially if you want for example
titles that are already made you now have essential graphics and you have a
lot of expertise options and you have so much more tools and it's just there has
so many things that I can't even say it in this video and I definitely don't
want this video to be focused on premiere I just want to give you some
ideas of what you can expect and things like that as there's definitely a lot
more to say but I'm kind of holding back a little bit because I don't want this
video to be about that software at all but if you aren't thinking about moving
into that directions I can highly advise it and I even have a Premiere Pro course
which takes you from A to Z completely from beginner to pro level Premiere Pro
users so if you have never edited a video before you can follow my entire
course with a little bit of patience I can promise you you will become a
professional video editor anyway enough about of course this video is meant
about the free video editing software's definitely let me know which video
editing software you use and which one you prefer maybe I haven't discussed a
free video editor that you are working with or you think is better definitely
let me know that in the comments below as well and if you're interested in
anything I've discussed in this video I will link all the video editors in the
description below and also the course for those that are interested anyway I
really hope to see you in the next videos and maybe you found some
inspiration in becoming a video editor and I'll see you in my next upcoming
tutorials thank you for watching take care and goodbye