I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
I like this one. It is pretty simple.
Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12
windshoppe wrote:
I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
Thank you. I'll have a look at that.
DOOK
Loc: Maclean, Australia
I do a fair bit of video editing with my drones & have several editing programs. Strangely, the best of them is the only free one--'GoPro Studio'. Don't be deterred by the name--it can be used with any videos, not just GoPro videos. It is easy to use, & does a great job. Just download & install it from Google--make sure it is the latest version (2.5.....). Earl.
. Thanks, Earl.I'll give that a shot.
bwana
Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada
windshoppe wrote:
I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
I use NCH's VideoPad Editor. It does everything I require including the processing of 4K video off a Sony A7R II and also off a Phantom 3 Pro quadcopter. I also use it for creating time lapse movies and slideshows.
bwa
windshoppe wrote:
I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
PowerDirector does a good job with video - lots of options.
windshoppe wrote:
I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
I use Apple's Final Cut Pro - seamless on their platform, one time cost of $300. Adobe Premier is fantastic, can upgrade your CC account if you have one. For freeware check out
http://filmora.wondershare.com/ for Mac or PC - it's very robust for a free option with a workflow similar to the two aforementioned paid options.
-Brian
windshoppe wrote:
I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
I like Corel's Video Studio, but I use it mostly for animating slide-shows. It is inexpensive and quite capable for that purpose - better than Adobe's Premiere Pro. The Adobe product has some advantages for editing videos but it is considerably harder to use and it is pretty expensive - as are most of the competing products.
Corel gives a 30-day trial so I'd suggest downloading it and giving it a try. Be aware though that even though Video Studio is pretty easy to use, that will become apparent only after a bit of a learning curve.
A lot of Video Studio's power comes through the FX tab and on first inspection you might not even notice that tab.
windshoppe wrote:
I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
I have Premiere Elements 12, found it fairly easy to use, although like all software, there is a learning curve.
Much help may be obtained from a website
http://muvipix.com- several levels of information, you subscriber for 2 months at a time. There is some free stuff as well to give you a taste.
Whatever you have access to at the level you subscribe for, you can download, so you don't have to learn it all in those two months. What I have actually done, was buy the two month, then let it expire, and when I'm ready, buy another package for two months.
But with that, I definitely recommend Premiere Elements, into version 14 now.
don26812
Loc: South Bay of Los Angeles, CA
I am on Windows and I use a variety of programs based on what I want to do. My prime program is Adobe's Premiere Elements. But I also use MS Movie Maker, and Camtasia.
The GroPro Studio sounds interesting. I also shoot video from a quad.
windshoppe wrote:
I don't do a lot of video, but have recently begun using a quad copter for aerial photography. I have Lightroom and Photoshop 5, but don't have a good standalone program for video editing. I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for software that I could use to do some basic editing without a steep learning curve.
**Time to move up to the CC subscription. I do Real Estate Videos and others. I use only Premier Pro. Easy editing, quick turn around. Being Adobe it does have a learning curve as do all video editing programs. However if you are going to be doing UAV videos, they always need to be edited, if nothing else to remove the audio. It's better to learn a good program up front because most quad video has to be color corrected. Distortion corrected, and you almost always need b roll. Quad video does not stand on its own in most cases. Here is a Real Estate example I did recently. And a video I did for a couple on off road motorcycles. Even this off road video was not all Quad video, it had to be supplemented in the beginning.
https://vimeo.com/154066577https://vimeo.com/129163029
There are several open source video editors than can do basic editing such as cut, paste, fades, add audio, etc. Unless you really need all the extra features and plugin capabilities, why pay money for something you can do for free?
rook2c4 wrote:
There are several open source video editors than can do basic editing such as cut, paste, fades, add audio, etc. Unless you really need all the extra features and plugin capabilities, why pay money for something you can do for free?
Even if you're not doing it professionally quad video requires a lot of work, especially on the cheaper quads that use GoPro's and similar cameras. Because of the wide lenses, distortion needs to be corrected. Most will not take a filter either so that has to be done in Post. Who wants to hear spinning propellers, so audio has to be replaced. You also need different transitions. To me all these things point to a decent video editor. It does not have to be Premier Pro just because I use it. I do think the OP should look for a decent editor however. Spending up front means not buying two or three times when you find out you can't do what you want too.
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