Digital Video editing: I just had old home movies and VCR tapes converted to digital. Is there a recommendation for a very simple editing program? All I need to do is cut out and...

AVG Loc: Pittsburgh

I just had old home movies and VCR tapes converted to digital. Is there a recommendation for a very simple editing program? All I need to do is cut out and delete certain sections and maybe cut and paste in a few other places.

I apologize that this isn't a still photography question but I couldn't resist asking here with the immense and diverse expertise on this blog.

JimmyDK

HD Movie Maker Pro

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hd-movie-maker-pro/9n9kbwp6hvqq?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

df61743 Loc: Corpus Christi, TX

I would recommend you look at DaVinci Resolve 16.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the free download button.

They have some training stuff on their web site, and many tutorials on YouTube.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

AVG wrote:

I just had old home movies and VCR tapes converted to digital. Is there a recommendation for a very simple editing program? All I need to do is cut out and delete certain sections and maybe cut and paste in a few other places.

I apologize that this isn't a still photography question but I couldn't resist asking here with the immense and diverse expertise on this blog.

Photoshop is a great video editor, you can rent for a couple of month for 20 bucks and be done with it, if that's what you "wanna" do.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

df61743 wrote:

I would recommend you look at DaVinci Resolve 16.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the free download button.

They have some training stuff on their web site, and many tutorials on YouTube.

Just not the pro version (that's $29,000)!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

iMovie on a Mac and Photos on a Windows PC are the free/included video editors that are on your computer. If you have an old PC, it might have Windows Movie Maker.

John Sh Loc: Toronto, Australia

Try this. http://www.videosoftdev.com/ The free version does most things. I have used it to make videos from stills, cut videos and rejoin. You can add music and stretch it to fit a clip. I have never had the need to use all of the tools available. It only works on windows.

alabau Loc: Ft Lauderdale, Florida

BandiCut it's free. https://www.bandicam.com/bandicut-video-cutter/

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

The program that came on your Mac or Windows computer should be able to do what you want. There are many free editing programs.

https://www.oberlo.com/blog/best-free-video-editing-software

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

AVG wrote:

I just had old home movies and VCR tapes converted to digital. Is there a recommendation for a very simple editing program? All I need to do is cut out and delete certain sections and maybe cut and paste in a few other places.

I apologize that this isn't a still photography question but I couldn't resist asking here with the immense and diverse expertise on this blog.

If you use a Mac, you have iMovie on it. It is a very capable video editor. I’ve used various versions of it for 20 years. It would do nearly anything you need.

AVG Loc: Pittsburgh

Thanks to all! I have some experimenting to do on my PC.

kscanman Loc: Wisconsin

How about PowerDirector for pc?

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

kscanman wrote:

How about PowerDirector for pc?

Cyberlink PowerDirector, Adobe Premiere Elements and Vegas Movie Studio are the primary under $100 video editing programs. There are differences in workflow and a few features, but all three are very good. My choice is Premiere Elements.