Is Apple and iOS the better choice for video editing?

[dizmo]

So, I know Final Cut Pro is used by a lot of people, influencers included is it the easiest to use software, adopting Apples "anyone can use it" style of design? Or is there easier/nicer to use Windows based software out there? 

 

I'll be making short top down videos for a project I'm going to be working on. It'll be on it's own system so the system being tied up isn't an issue. 

[da na]

Personally I use VideoPad on PC. It's quite easy to get the hang of and has some pretty advanced features. Although, the paid license is $100, but there's a 10 device limit which is much higher than others.

[WereCat]

IMO the Davinci Resolve is quite easy to use and it's a free proffesional video editing SW as well.

 

I rarely do video editing but Davinci is easy enough for me to cut video properly and some quick edits.

 

There are some minor pains associated with the free version like x264 encode absolutely sucks for example so don't bother encoding in that. I just encode to ProRes and then quickly re-encode with Handbrake to whatever codec I like. Fully GPU accelerated as well.

[DrMacintosh]

Davinci Resolve is a powerful video editor and its free. But something like Final Cut is a paid app (The Pro Apps for Education Bundle gets you permanent licenses for Final Cut, Motion, Compressor, and Logic for only $200) and has a lot more features than the free tier of Davinci Resolve. Would you use those features? Probably not. Does it make sense to buy a Mac just to use FinalCut on one project? Also probably not. 

 

If you were already looking at getting a Mac, having access to Final Cut could be a selling point, but I would not buy a Mac just to get Final Cut Pro for one project.