Recommend Good Free Video Editor?

I'm looking for a free full-featured video editor that can handle multiple file formats.

I see that MajorGeeks offers VSDC Free Video Editor 3.3.5.412 by Flash-Integro LLC, as well as AVS Video Editor 7.1.2.262 by Online Media Technologies Ltd.

I'd be interested in hearing about others' experience using either one of these, or other such programs.

 

Try Davinci Resolve

 

Anything I should know about it? For instance, I understand that AVS' free version puts their logo in the output video - I'd kind of like to avoid that kind of thing. And how intuitive and easy to learn quickly is Resolve?

 

I just tried downloading VSDC Free Video Editor from the author's site and from both MG locations, and for all 3 the signature was "corrupt or invalid". Should I be concerned about this?

 

LOL, I really don't think there'd be any logo/watermark, it's a full editor from a very serious company, something to learn on while you make enough money to be able to afford the Studio version. Check it out!

EDIT: if there's a glitch in the download, leave it for a few days/contact them, get something else to test with.

 

I read a few professional reviews, this seems to be a powerful but complicated tool for making studio movies, whose strongest suit is "color grading", whatever that is, but not intuitive or easy and fast to learn. All I want is something easy and quick to learn for things like trimming the non-performance parts off of music videos downloaded from YouTube. But thanks for responding.

 

Ah, so you don't want a full-featured video editor then.

Windows Movie Maker?

 

About the only one I have used extensively is Virtualdub:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/virtualdub.html

It's mainly for AVI files, but it does allow for trimming and audio manipulation. Another program I used for MPEG files a while back was TMPGEnc, but I don't know anything about it's newer versions, or even where to find it.

Avidemux is an option, though I have never really used it. I did play with it a while back. It purports to do everything Virtualdub can do, including multiple file formats. Like Virtualdub (or TMPGEnc for that matter) there is a learning curve involved. It also says it supports multi-threading, which is good. If it does operate as well as Virtualdub then this deserves a look.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/avidemux.html

 

I like to use Aviutl

 

OpenShot Video Editor.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/openshot_video_editor.html

Shotcut.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/shotcut.html

Lightworks.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/lightworks.html

Vidiot.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/vidiot.html

Windows Movie Maker.
http://movies.blainesville.com/p/wmm-60-on-windows-7.html

 

OK, I'll try this first.

Not to "flog a dead horse here", but I'm still just wondering.

 

Keep in mind, WMM has limited video format support.
You might find usefull info at the link I posted about using codecs for additional format support.

I have downloaded and installed VSDC Video Editor without a problem.
Where do you get the 'signature corrupt or invalid' message?

 

satrow, how does one download DaVinci Resolve?
Clicking the Download button takes me here.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/#!/products/davinciresolve

 

Ah, that's changed in the last day or so!

Try https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve and scroll down to the penultimate panel, left side for the free version. On clicking, there should be a popup requesting your details (looks like you could probably lie ), on completion, the download should auto-start?

Any issues seen otherwise may be down to ad/popup-blocking.

EDIT: just clicking the above link and then the Download button should get a version choice popup, clicking the Windows button left side there gets me the details form as above.

 

I scrolled to bottom of page. Had clickbox for free and paid ($999) versions. Gave some bogus info and download button came on (455mb). I x'd out.

 

Still doesn't work for me.
IE's pop-up blocker is set to medium. I suspect the TPLs.
And now that I know it's a 455 MB download, I'll give it a miss.

Thanks satrow and Imandy Mann.

 

You can see it here.

 

Is there any possible way that I could get a "false positive" indicating a bad signature? I don't see how, but "Whuhdoo I know?"

 

Something is seriously wrong with Internet Explorer - I'm also thinking about your other thread.
I just tried to download VSDC.

 

I just tried it. First time IE11 on 8.1 hung and knocked down. Second time -15 minutes later no problem. FDM kicked in only. I cancel out - then the download bar at the bottom. Save as and it downloaded good. Watched the progress and no virus. Ran clean.

 

I think the problem might be related to the download manager used by skulldugerys_dupe.
You've seen the other thread.
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?threads/why-the-different-save-message.296975/

 

IE seemed to be functioning normally; it was just that the FORM of the "run or save" message was different. Do you mean that you think IE may have been hijacked by malware?

I'm sorry Eldon, I didn't fully describe the situation because I assumed that you would know WHEN I saw the "signature corrupt or invalid" message.

I did in fact first see the "Do you want to run or save" message in the bar, just as you show. AFTER DOWNLOAD WAS COMPLETE is when the message in the bar changed to "signature corrupt or invalid".

I'll bet I should know this - what's FDM?

 

Free Download Manager. It's here on MG's. I use it for larger downloads in case of interruption or if I need to leave and resume later on.

 

Sorry Eldon, I was posting as you were also posting, so I didn't see your post until after I posted.

I guess FDM is "File Download Manager".

But what File Download Manager am I using? I've never heard the term before. Isn't that just handled by Windows? Or is FDM a component of Windows that may have developed a problem? Because as I said, the FUNCTIONALITY appears normal, it's just the FORM of the "run or save" message that's different.

 

I doubt it. But only the malware fighters can really answer that.

I sometimes get "The publisher cannot be verified", but I ignore it.

Free Download Manager.

 

I downloaded VSDC but I couldn't figure it out. All I wanted to do was trim a short clip from a video just to test it. But that option is greyed out.

 

Now it was YOUR turn for me to be posting while you were posting, so I didn't see your post until after I posted. Sorry.

In any event, I never downloaded and installed an FDM.

 

Anyway, I'll try WMM.