What you use to edit videos?

There's also Final Cut Pro if you're a Mac guy.

 

Gopro Studio, Microsoft movie maker, anything that's free, hate paying for software and as an amateur it doesn't really bother me to much

 

if you want to use adobe premiere this video shows you some tricks you could use, forward to 1:00 to skip the boring intro JElMDB8WBSE

 

I have Microsoft movie maker(free and its not bad)

 

me too it works quick and fast.. but for work I use premium software

 

I use Premier Elements. I don't mind paying for software, though it does rub me the wrong way that they charge me so much for updates. I recently tried out Premier Pro, but it was way more horse power than I need.

 

Didn't know there was a premiere elements. I will have a look at that, thank you.

 

I started using iMovie on the iMac but when it come to using 4K footage then you have to upgrade to Final Cut Pro X which cost around the £200 mark then you able to do anything creative and i love the idea you can buy and download plugins which make editing video fast and easy to use, i do not want to think about creating something like a title or effect as it much work involved, easy to find it already built for you and easy to add the plugin.

Final Cut Pro X is as easy as drop your video clips in, cut out the crap you don't need, lol drop in the sound track, drop in titles and your video ready to go, i don't like the idea of spending hours on the editing. I find Final Cut Pro make me editing so much faster and i have played around the PC editing packages and it just to much hard work compare to FCPX.

 

i use the Windows Movie Maker. very easy to use and does a good job if you want something free.

 

I've used Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13 for the past year and it's worked very well for me. I got a bundle of software from Cyberlink on a Black Friday sale but haven't installed it yet.

 

im looking for editing software so I can save in 4K.. to play on 4k tv and maybe for youtube... but 1080p seems to be ok for youtube.. I use live movie maker and trakax for 1080p rendering.. basically I just want simple software to save 4k..
don't really want professional type software as im just a hobbiest etc.
Any suggestions?

Dave

 

Thanks Jonathon.. ill have a look on amazon in the sales

Dave

 

The adobe elements looks good,, ive also seen NERO Video Premium 2.. it says it renders in 4k.. its half the price of adobe.. but how good it is? hmmm
anyone know this software?

 

I am using Adobe Premiere CC and have signed up for the Monthly use agreement. I have found this to work for me on the learning curve. It is a complicated and detailed, professional software. I like the features and the ability to expand what I am doing as I learn more about both Flight and Video editing. I used a software called Filmora at first and tried Paint Shop Pro's video editing software and neither offered a quality export CODEC. It seems the Codec is one of the most important factors in your Export. Please correct me if my understanding is incorrect. But I have found that using the correct Codec and Export Size for the footage you are editing will produce a much higher quality of export. The Quad I fly shoots 4K video and can be set at different capture sizes. I always use the 4k size and reduce from there in editing. Some of my latest videos are edited in Adobe but many are in Filmora and are at a lower quality because of the size and codec used.

Now, remember, you can have a great editing software but if you do not have the correct Computer system to drive that software it will be useless. I recommend the following:

Windows 7/8
Intel Core I7 4790 Processor,3.6 GHz
16 gig DDR 3 RAM
1 TB HD-internal - I use external HD's
Nvidia GFORCE Graphics Card with 2 gig dedicated memory
450 watt power supply
2 - 3.0 USB ports - MIN

You'll need a good quality Motherboard that works with it all. If you want 4k viewing a 4 k monitor will be needed and is very expensive right now, but most people do not have the ability to view 4k. This is a very detailed and complicated discussion and some people may get by with less, but if you are serious about capturing and editing quality images and video, I recommend investing into a good, powerful computer to work with the footage. All the Drone/Quad companies are selling these units with little or no education on the after work and Minimum requirements to edit your footage. Luckily we have this site to help inform and educate each other on the in's and out's of this awesome Hobby/Sport/Business. If I am incorrect in any of my statements here, please help me understand more clearly.