Top 5 Best Video Editing Software (2018)

whether you're creating videos for YouTube or for personal or business use the video editor use can make all the difference in a prior video I showed you the best FREE video editors which are great for handling simple tasks in this video I'll show you the top 5 premium editing programs that can improve the overall quality of your videos and testing numerous factors were considered to determine the best with features available cost and ease of use being the most important after I show you the top pick I will give you a mini tutorial of the program that I use for creating videos here on YouTube let's get started [Music] starting off at number five is coral VideoStudio ultimate which is one of the most affordable premium options available it allows you to edit your HD 4k and 360 degree VR media with support for most of the popular file formats there are more than 2,000 filters and effects included you can easily resize and crop and apply pan and zoom effects to your video in addition there's now a 3d title editor and includes more than 100 animated templates to create cool looking titles video studio ultimate is only available for Windows there's a limitation of up to 20 video tracks and the rendering speed is not the quickest but other than that it's a good value for a one-time fee of around 100 bucks and right now they have it on sale for around 80 in at number 4 is Vegas Pro edit which used to be owned by Sony before being acquired by magic software in 2016 it offers one of the best easy to use interfaces that can be customized to suit your needs the latest version offers full 4k support with several great features including automatic crossfades instant freeze-frame media management and performance tools along with support for many popular file formats including support for raw photo files for most people vegas pro edit will be all that they need and right now it's available for $199 they also offer vegas pro with additional features for 399 dollars and their subscription service vegas pro 365 will set you back 1667 per month all the products in the vegas pro line are only available for windows in at number three is DaVinci Resolve studio which is the paid version of their software unlike the free version DaVinci results studio at support for 4k and higher with frame rates up to 120 fps it's been designed for professionals with most of the tools you would ever need their built-in fusion effects allow for cinematic quality visual effects and highly detailed color correction DaVinci result studio has a high learning curve it has a one- time cost of $299 and is available for Windows Mac and Linux if you don't want to spend the coin the free version is also worth checking out in the runner-up spot at number two is Apple's Final Cut Pro X for those of you that own a Mac even though lacks a traditional time line found on most modern video editors it does come packed with many powerful features in addition to HD and 4k it also supports 360-degree footage and HDR multicam support is also included that lets you sync up to 64 angles of video with different formats frame sizes and frame rates Final Cut Pro is available for a one-time fee of around 300 dollars in the top spot at number one Adobe Premiere Pro CC is the best user- friendly video editing software that you can get it offers support for HD 4k 360 vr content and HDR video not only is the interface easy to use it's also customizable to fit your needs there's no limit to the number of video tracks that you can have in your project its feature packed it includes multicam editing dozens of transition effects and support for most of the popular file formats new features are being added on a regular basis that continue to make it better the only downside I've ever had with the program is that it requires an internet connection so if you lose your internet because of a storm or any other reason you won't be able to use this program other than that it's easy to use has a great user interface and it's full of features that make it excellent for editing videos Adobe Premiere Pro CC offers a 7-day free trial with monthly plans starting at around 21 dollars per month now that the countdown is done I'll slow things down a bit if you're new to Premiere Pro I'll give you a quick tutorial going over the basics to help you get started when you launch Premiere Pro your screen should look similar to this to begin a new project select new project here at the top you want to give your project a name it does not have to be the title of your video I'll show you how to do that later on when exporting your project since this is a Premiere Pro tutorial I'll just call this one PP tutorial below that click on browse to choose the location where you want your project to be saved select the drop down arrow for renderer if you have the option to choose GPU acceleration pick that one your video will render quicker later on when you export your video leave everything else the same and click on OK now this is the general layout for editing so make sure you have editing selected here at the top here's your preview window and below that is the timeline before we move any further knowing the keyboard shortcuts will make editing a lot easier and quicker for you to get familiar with the keyboard shortcuts here at the top select edit from the drop-down menu select keyboard shortcuts you can use the defaults and you can edit them to suit your needs to avoid confusion I'll avoid the use of keyboard shortcuts for this tutorial so let's exit out of here to begin editing your project you will need to import your videos audio images or any other media that you need to use if you have a single monitor the easiest method for you would be to select File here at the top then select import and then go find the folders and files that you need to work with those will show up here in the lower left then you can just drag and drop them onto the timeline I worked with a multiple monitor setup so I find it easier to drag individual files from an open folder and drop them on the timeline and as you can see Premiere Pro recognizes that this is both an audio and video file so you'll see the video is on a video track and the audio is listed here on an audio track I find it best to go down here to the scroll bar and grab the circle on the end and drag it left so I can see more of the clip to see more of the audio track when you see the double bars with the double arrows show up you can drag this down to make it easier to see the audio to remove anything that is not needed from your clips go to the timeline toolbar and select the razor tool in the timeline select a beginning and an end for the portion that you'd like to cut out the normal keyboard shortcut I use for this is ctrl shift and letter K go back to the toolbar and enable the selection tool select the portion from your timeline that you'd like to cut out and hit delete on your keyboard to remove the dead space just right click in the empty space and select ripple delete and then just repeat this process for any of the portions that you would like to get rid of adding an audio file to your timeline is easy as well just drag and drop it onto the timeline to see the audio better just do like we did before to the left where you see the double lines double arrows just drag down you may not want your audio to be very loud so right-click the file and select audio gain it defaults to adjust gain by I prefer set gain - you can hover your mouse over the decibel number and let's click drag left or right to adjust the volume I prefer putting in a set number so I just left-click and enter in a number on my keyboard when done select ok I will now add another clip to the timeline to the right of the one I first added and I'll use my scroll wheel to move to the right many of you asked how I create transition effects for my videos many of those are preset in Premiere Pro here at the top defects and over here to the right you'll find many settings for audio you would select audio transitions but right now we'll do video transitions and when you see in many videos is dissolve so I'll select cross dissolve left click and drag it down to the timeline where it appears slightly on both Clips and we'll see what this looks like here not too bad and there's a ton of transitions that you can use when you're done editing your video you will need to export it to do that select file here at the top move your cursor down to export and select media first you'll want to select your format h.264 is what I use then go down and select your preset and you'll see that they have a ton of presets available including ones down here for YouTube so just select the one you want to use you'll want to create an output name which should be the title of your video by selecting it name your file and then hit save and when you're done making your changes selecting cue will add your project to a list of videos to be exported but if this is the only video that you plan to export select export and then your video depending on the size should take several minutes to render in this mini tutorial I just showed you some of the basics and as you can see it's not too difficult for more detailed tutorials using Premiere Pro there are tons of resources on the internet so check those out that concludes this video. 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