'Easy' video editing software

Guest2 · 12 Nov 2022 at 12:01

Does software exist yep where you feed it say 10 short movies and it compiles it (maybe with basic edit options) into one long movie?
Something similar to the short movies iPhone software creates automatically from photos

I've got loads of footage over the years of nights out, festivals and holidays but most goes unseen because there are so many short movies burried in 300 odd folders. It would be good to have a 'X holday' or 'X festival' where it's one movie of maybe a couple minutes of great footage.

I know software like Adobe Premier pro exists and did try using that or something similar years back. It ended up taking too long deciding on clipping parts from films, transitions, normalising it all etc. and have up after maybe 2 hours of messing around.

Paid or free is fine

Grimley · 12 Nov 2022 at 18:58

W10 has its own video editing app AFAIK, worth a try?

Guest2 · 13 Nov 2022 at 14:44

Grimley said:
W10 has its own video editing app AFAIK, worth a try?

Thanks. I did try 'Video Editor' but it has no transition effects from one clip to another, even basic transitions. It can at least combine a few clips into one long one

andy_mk3 · 13 Nov 2022 at 14:53

I've used Wondershare Filmora in the past with good results, quite easy to use with a lot of features. I believe there's a free trial.

EGuitarStar · 13 Nov 2022 at 14:57

@Guest2 The Windows 10 video editor does have transitions between clips/photos, I've previously used it for basic work. Also Microsoft recently released another video editor, ClipChamp available from the Microsoft Store.

If you want something that is free and professional, look at Davinci Resolve, it is free but it will take a bit of learning to make use of it.

Guest2 · 13 Nov 2022 at 15:03

EGuitarStar said:
@Guest2 The Windows 10 video editor does have transitions between clips/photos, I've previously used it for basic work. Also Microsoft recently released another video editor, ClipChamp available from the Microsoft Store.

If you want something that is free and professional, look at Davinci Resolve, it is free but it will take a bit of learning to make use of it.

Am i just being blind? I cannot find a transition option on the storyboard. Is it hidden away somewhere?

EGuitarStar · 13 Nov 2022 at 15:15

No, you are correct, between a picture and picture or picture and video you cannot do transitions, not with the Photo/Video Editor app but the newer Clipchamp App does allow you to do transitions, I've just tried this.

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drakulton · 13 Nov 2022 at 15:22

Windows movie maker still works with win 10 and 11. It's free, and you don't have to install the whole windows live package.

Guest2 · 13 Nov 2022 at 22:25

drakulton said:
Windows movie maker still works with win 10 and 11. It's free, and you don't have to install the whole windows live package.

Isnt windows movie maker now just 'photos' / 'video editor' (the same thing)
Thanks @EGuitarStar I'll try Clipchamp

Edit - Clipchamp works perfect, drag a transition in e.g. 'Cross Blur' and it just works.

Thanks all

drakulton · 13 Nov 2022 at 22:34

Guest2 said:
Isnt windows movie maker now just 'photos' / 'video editor' (the same thing)
Thanks @EGuitarStar I'll try Clipchamp

Edit - Clipchamp works perfect, drag a transition in e.g. 'Cross Blur' and it just works.

Thanks all

No, it's part of the old windows essentials 2012. still downloadable from other sites, and still works in win 11.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...ker-2012/c1b6ffd4-2b45-4322-ae25-1bdde13fee8b

Guest2 · 13 Nov 2022 at 23:24

Thanks @drakulton Windows Essentials 2012 installed (only movie maker and photo gallery installed) retro, not used that for a few years

Still works great though

drakulton · 14 Nov 2022 at 01:21

Guest2 said:
Thanks @drakulton Windows Essentials 2012 installed (only movie maker and photo gallery installed) retro, not used that for a few years Still works great though

An oldie but still a goody. Microsoft Expressions is also free, and has some different transitions plus screen capture functions.

Sirrel Squirrel · 17 Nov 2022 at 23:33

Davinci Resolve is free and excellent but little bit of a learning curve if you haven't edited before.

Puzzled · 22 Jan 2023 at 12:30

Guest2 said:
Thanks @drakulton Windows Essentials 2012 installed (only movie maker and photo gallery installed) retro, not used that for a few years Still works great though

Bumping an old thread but has this been updated for recent codecs?

Just looking for a basic easy to use video editor to export in MP4, the windows equivalent of iMovie really.

drakulton · 22 Jan 2023 at 12:55

Puzzled said:
Bumping an old thread but has this been updated for recent codecs?

Just looking for a basic easy to use video editor to export in MP4, the windows equivalent of iMovie really.

It's not been updated but it does handle MP4 files.

Alex53 · 8 Feb 2023 at 07:37

I use Pinnacle Studio. Easy enough, and affordable.