Any good FREE downloadable video editing softwares?

Question

So... Yeah....

I need one. One for windows... I want to get a good FREE and downloadable video editor with awesome effects and jazz like that... Something KINDA like sonyvegas, but free and downloadble.. also something that doesn't take up much space, generally easy to use, and you can do flexible things with it like making a clip play backwards, and something that won't harm my computer in any way... I was thinking about using a software called WAX, but I'm not so sure about it..

If you have used a good downloadble free software for windows, can you tell me about it? Tell me as MUCH as you can... Like the effects and stuff in it, also where I can get it. Even if you just post a link to a wiki page, or something, that'd be great. :) Thanks.

Answer 1

Wax is pretty good and probably the best free program of its type. In fact, it's the only free program of its type I know of - a sort of free version of After Effects. It's not the easiest program in the world to learn though.



There's a few free editors around....



Take a look at the tutorials for Windows Movie Maker at http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Tutorials/ - it may be WMM is all you need. It really is foolproof except that it's picky in what file formats it takes and the lack of native support for multiple video and audio tracks are a definite disadvantage (but there are workarounds)



The version 2 series were probably the most versatile, you can find them here - http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/windows-movie-maker.html - but you'll have problems installing the older versions on Windows 7.



Other free video editors are...



Wax - http://www.debugmode.com/wax/ - this is also a compositor - a bit like Adobe's After Effects - - unlimited video and audio tracks

VideoLAN Movie Creator - http://videolan.org/vlmc/ - up to 64 audio and video tracks

TrakAxPC - www.trakax.com/software/pc/

VideoSpin - http://videospin.com/ - just 1 video track so you may as well use WMM

VideoPad - the free version - http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/

Lightworks - http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ - I like this one - unlimited tracks ?

Serif MoviePlus - http://serif.com/free-video-editing-software/ - unlimited tracks ?

Ezvid - http://ezvid.com/ - 32 video and audio tracks



VirtualDub, RAD Video tools, AVITricks and Avidemux are also good tools you should look at. Although not full editors like the others they have some useful features.



Lightworks and Wax together are a very good video editing system for free.



All are safe, at least from the sites I've linked to.

Answer 2

For basic editing, AVS Video Editor is a great choice: It's also free trial, so that's always nice.

Answer 3

Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD or Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum