Best free video editing software?

Jericho.u.k · 13 Jan 2016 at 21:36

Hi all
I need some free video editing software. I only need basic software to adjust brightness and do some clipping and that kind of thing. I also need it to save my videos in the format they are already in. I tried movie maker but that wouldn't recognise my mp4 videos and didn't seem to work correctly under windows 10

Can anyone suggest a free simple to use editor?
Thanks in advance

arc@css · 13 Jan 2016 at 22:39

Avimedux seems to get a lot of praise.

I've also heard of another called 'Wax'.

Hitfilm 3 Express.

Kate's Video Toolkit (probably the quickest to get up and running). http://kate-s-video-toolkit.software.informer.com/

Jericho.u.k · 14 Jan 2016 at 21:10

Thank you for the suggestions but none of these seem to do what I need them to do

arc@css · 14 Jan 2016 at 21:28

Jericho.u.k said:
Thank you for the suggestions but none of these seem to do what I need them to do

Really? That surprises me. :confused:

Take a look at some of the suggestions here :

http://www.techradar.com/news/softw...re-9-top-programs-you-should-download-1136264

Buffalo2102 · 15 Jan 2016 at 10:21

Jericho.u.k said:
Thank you for the suggestions but none of these seem to do what I need them to do

Avidemux will do what you have mentioned.

To alter the brightness;

Open a video
Under video output select your codec, e.g. mp4 AVC
click on Filters
Select Colors in the left column
Double-click on Contrast in the middle column
Move the brightness and contrast sliders
Go back to main screen, select output format and save

Plenty of help online for how to splice and do other things too.

Jericho.u.k · 15 Jan 2016 at 18:09

Thanks to you both. To [email protected] just me being dumb bud and not seeing the options layed out right in front of me. Video editing software for some reason completely confuses me lol

arc@css · 15 Jan 2016 at 18:58

I did think you were wrong, but as I've barely used / looked at the ones I suggested, I couldn't be absolutely certain.

Don't worry about the complexity of the software; there are plenty of tutorials on YouTube and once you get the hang of the basics, constructing a video becomes much, much easier.