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I'm looking for an inexpensive, simple-to-use video editor. I need mainly basic functionality: splitting and deleting clips, changing volume, fade/transitions, slow and fast motion.
I've been using VideoMeld for a while, but have had a few issues with it, so wanted to see if I could find an alternative.
Today I tried out Filmora. It really is easy to use. But I was annoyed that the "watermark" that is put on the exported video in the free/trial version takes up a whole quarter of the video screen. Also, at first I couldn't find a way to scroll through the video by more than a frame at a time, so that seemed a drawback. Now I found out that you can use shift-arrow key to scroll by a second at a time, so that is no longer a problem. I'd prefer more robust audio editing options like VideoMeld has*, but I suppose one can't have everything.
So then I tried out Cyberlink Director, which has a 31-day trial version. I thought it wouldn't put any watermark on the exported video during that time, but it does. So that was annoying, although the watermark is much smaller than Filmora's. It seems to have the same functionality as what I used in Filmora, but some functions require multiple mouse-clicks instead of one. So it seems more unwieldy to use.
Update, 2019/11/03: I ended up using VideoMeld again. It works quite well for editing the video files from my camera. The problem it has seems to be with the video clips from my Wyze cams. Perhaps it is a codec issue; I'll have to research it some more.
*Update, 2019/11/07: Filmora9 lets you edit the volume envelope like in VideoMeld. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwqhBA2CoRA
I've been using VideoMeld for a while, but have had a few issues with it, so wanted to see if I could find an alternative.
Today I tried out Filmora. It really is easy to use. But I was annoyed that the "watermark" that is put on the exported video in the free/trial version takes up a whole quarter of the video screen. Also, at first I couldn't find a way to scroll through the video by more than a frame at a time, so that seemed a drawback. Now I found out that you can use shift-arrow key to scroll by a second at a time, so that is no longer a problem. I'd prefer more robust audio editing options like VideoMeld has*, but I suppose one can't have everything.
So then I tried out Cyberlink Director, which has a 31-day trial version. I thought it wouldn't put any watermark on the exported video during that time, but it does. So that was annoying, although the watermark is much smaller than Filmora's. It seems to have the same functionality as what I used in Filmora, but some functions require multiple mouse-clicks instead of one. So it seems more unwieldy to use.
Update, 2019/11/03: I ended up using VideoMeld again. It works quite well for editing the video files from my camera. The problem it has seems to be with the video clips from my Wyze cams. Perhaps it is a codec issue; I'll have to research it some more.
*Update, 2019/11/07: Filmora9 lets you edit the volume envelope like in VideoMeld. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwqhBA2CoRA