I'm starting to learn video. Win 10 does not come with a video editor. I'd appreciate suggestions on which to get. I am a beginner and would like to get an editor that is easy to learn and easy to use. If it matters, the video will be shot with a Nikon D3300 or a Panasonic Lumix G85. Thank you.
Go to the lower left corner where the "Search" box is and type in "Video Editor" and the W10 video editor comes up.
I shoot with Panasonic gear including a GX8.
I've been using and enjoying Adobe Premiere Elements for several years and several versions. It is about $100, but sometimes on sale for about $60. It is exceptionally good. But, better is the third party training available.
I can list the other choices if you want.
How can I help you get going?
Davinci Resolve is free, full featured, incredibly powerful, and a very steep learning curve with lots of online instruction, 1600+ pg manual..
Wondershare Filmora is $40-$100 depending on purchase decision, simpler to learn/use, not as powerful, also lots online instruction.
Be prepared to stay up lots of nights learning video ediiting. It's a "Hill for a Stepper".
Good Luck............. R
Paloviejo wrote:
Go to the lower left corner where the "Search" box is and type in "Video Editor" and the W10 video editor comes up.
That's a sub function of "Photos", Win 10 photo/video editor and storage.
Good suggestion.
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I have the Photoshop/Lightroom package so use Photoshop's video capabilities. It's not as good as some of the dedicated software but lets me use all the filters and such in Photoshop. I've had a couple of videos that were too dark to use and lightened them to usability with PS. I use Corel VideoStudio V7 for the few finished videos that I do.
Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
I'm starting to learn video. Win 10 does not come with a video editor. I'd appreciate suggestions on which to get. I am a beginner and would like to get an editor that is easy to learn and easy to use. If it matters, the video will be shot with a Nikon D3300 or a Panasonic Lumix G85. Thank you.
Camera choice does not really affect editing software choice.
The G85 records better video than the D3300, but both do a good job. (My wife uses a D3300 at work, and my GH4 has a similar video “look” to the G85.)
Look at Adobe Premiere Elements. Plenty of online training content is available for it. DaVinci Resolve is another good and free option, with a paid growth path to greater functionality.
Pay attention to sound. On-Camera mics are universally awful. The golden rule of audio: Even a $25 microphone, placed a foot from your sound source, is 100 times better than a $1000 microphone placed ten feet away.
That’s not hyperbole — just physics. The inverse/square law applies to light, sound, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum: 1/D^2 where D = distance. Sound dissipates as the inverse of the square of the distance. At ten feet, you have 1% of the desired sound you have at one foot from the source. And you also have 100 times as much background noise in the signal, relative to the sound you want... once you turn up the volume (gain) to compensate.
Windows Movie Maker is a good place to start.
burkphoto wrote:
That’s not hyperbole — just physics. The inverse/square law applies to light, sound, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum: 1/D^2 where D = distance. Sound dissipates as the inverse of the square of the distance. At ten feet, you have 1% of the desired sound you have at one foot from the source. And you also have 100 times as much background noise in the signal, relative to the sound you want... once you turn up the volume (gain) to compensate.
Thank you for clearing that up. Everything makes sense now.
burkphoto wrote:
Camera choice does not really affect editing software choice.
The G85 records better video than the D3300, but both do a good job. (My wife uses a D3300 at work, and my GH4 has a similar video “look” to the G85.)
Look at Adobe Premiere Elements. Plenty of online training content is available for it. DaVinci Resolve is another good and free option, with a paid growth path to greater functionality.
Pay attention to sound. On-Camera mics are universally awful. The golden rule of audio: Even a $25 microphone, placed a foot from your sound source, is 100 times better than a $1000 microphone placed ten feet away.
That’s not hyperbole — just physics. The inverse/square law applies to light, sound, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum: 1/D^2 where D = distance. Sound dissipates as the inverse of the square of the distance. At ten feet, you have 1% of the desired sound you have at one foot from the source. And you also have 100 times as much background noise in the signal, relative to the sound you want... once you turn up the volume (gain) to compensate.
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"Pay attention to sound. On-Camera mics are universally awful. The golden rule of audio: Even a $25 microphone, placed a foot from your sound source, is 100 times better than a $1000 microphone placed ten feet away. "
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lamontcranston wrote:
Thank you for clearing that up. Everything makes sense now.
You're welcome. That's why I clip lapel mics on people for interviews. It's why I put a shotgun mic on a boom pole and hold it above talent's heads. It's why I use wireless mic transmitters near a source, and wireless receivers at the camera...
When we participate in the 48 Hour Film Project in a couple of weeks, we will use a wireless transmitter and a shotgun mic on a boom pole. We will use two cameras, and use the awful audio on one of them to synchronize to the other one that we plug the mic into.
"Get close..." the number one rule of audio.
Try Shotcut for software. It's free and there are tutorials for it. I just edited my first movie with it. I'm now trying Davinci Resolve. More complex, but it builds on what I learned by using Shotcut.
I bought a pair of the new Rode Wireless Go's. I like them. I did by a lavalier mic to go with it - so the receiver, albeit small, doesn't have to be seen.
And I would own two of them now, but they're not available from dealers just yet! I've been searching for them for weeks.
dandev wrote:
Try Shotcut for software. It's free and there are tutorials for it. I just edited my first movie with it. I'm now trying Davinci Resolve. More complex, but it builds on what I learned by using Shotcut.
I bought a pair of the new Rode Wireless Go's. I like them. I did by a lavalier mic to go with it - so the receiver, albeit small, doesn't have to be seen.
dandev, where did you find the Wireless Go's? All my usual sources don't have them yet.
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