Documentation:Video Editing Tools

Commercial Video Editing Software

• Final Cut Pro (OSX) http://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/
• Adobe Premiere Pro (OSX, Windows) http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/premiere.html
• Adobe Premiere Elements (OSX, Windows) http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/photoshop-premiere-elements.html
• Avid http://www.avid.com/US/Products/ArtistSuite/detail.html#video
• Lightworks (OSX, Windows) https://www.lwks.com/
• Sony Vegas Pro (Windows) http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro
• Pinnacle Studio (Windows) http://www.pinnaclesys.com/
• Sony Movie Studio (Windows) http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudio
• Corel VideoStudio Pro (Windows) http://www.videostudiopro.com/en/

Trial Versions for Commercial Video Editing Tools

• Adobe Premiere trial version http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=premiere_pro
• Adobe After Effects trial http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=after_effects

Bundled With Operating System

• Apple iMovie https://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/
  • iMovie tutorials http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/
  • Editing with iMovie tutorial https://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/33/video-101-editing-with-imovie
  • About.com How to Edit Video in iMovie http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/imovietutorials/iMovie_Tutorials_Learn_How_to_Edit_Videos_in_Apple_iMovie.htm">
  • iMovie tutorials on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=imovie+tutorial

• Windows Movie Maker http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/movie-maker
  • Getting Started with Windows Movie Maker http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/movie-maker-get-started
  • Movie Maker tutorials on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=windows+movie+maker+tutorial
  • About.com Windows Movie Maker Tutorials http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/moviemakertutorials/Windows_Movie_Maker_Tutorials_Learn_to_Edit_Video_With_Movie_Maker.htm

Open Source / Free Video Editing Tools

• MPEG StreamClip Probably the most useful for creating clips from downloaded videos http://www.squared5.com/
• Videopad (Mac/Windows) http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html
• VideoLAN Movie Creator (Mac, Windows, Linux) http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/
• Wax (Windows) for special effects like After Effects http://www.debugmode.com/wax/

Web Based Video Editing Tools

• WeVideo http://wevideo.com Our top recommendation!
  • WeVideo Academy https://www.wevideo.com/academy
• Memplai http://memplai.com/
• Creaza http://www.creaza.com/movieeditor/
• Pixorial http://pixorial.com

Mobile Video Apps

• Adobe Premiere Clip (iOS, free) http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/premiere-clip.html
• Directr (iOS, free) https://business.directr.co/

Guides for Video Editing

• UMW Digital Video site http://video.umwblogs.org/
• Video School 101 (vimeo) https://vimeo.com/videoschool/
• The Basics of Video Editing: The Complete Guide (LifeHacker) http://lifehacker.com/5785558/the-basics-of-video-editing-the-complete-guide
• About.com Desktop Video http://desktopvideo.about.com/
• Comparison of Video Editing Software (Wikipedia) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software