What is the best free editing software

[Add2017]

Hi Guys I am looking to start a youtube channel but I have no idea what editing software I should use. I don't want to pay anything for it but I want to be able to do at least some basics such as time lapses with sound overlay and some simple transitions, captions, ect.. aka the basics, but nothing too fancy.

In case it makes a difference I am using 4k 30fps video shot on a Samsung s7 edge and audio recorded on a BTSKY BM-800 a low end condenser microphone 

[Oshino Shinobu]

DaVinci Resolve. 

[knightslugger]

DaVinci Resolve 14

[koolerone]

well obviously it's windows movie maker duh /s 

 

I've used davinci resolve before but it's really laggy with my system and it's kinda hard to figure out too, so i've just used windows movie maker lmao...

 

If you have an quad core system i'd say go with resolve but if you have a pentium dual core like me just go with windows movie maker  

[Bananasplit_00]

DaVinci Resolve is probably the best, i have had a good experience with Lightworks free too but its pretty limting in a way so just go for Resolve and be happy you are using one of the best options even paid considered

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

1. lightworks

2. hitfilm express

 

[steffeeh]

I've used HitFilm as well, it's pretty good. Can't remember if I've tried DaVinci Resolve though.

[Enderman]

Lightworks, hitfilm 4 expreess, and davinci resolve are all free.

If you want something really simple then use windows movie maker.

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

6 minutes ago, koolerone said:

well obviously it's windows movie maker duh /s 

 

I've used davinci resolve before but it's really laggy with my system and it's kinda hard to figure out too, so i've just used windows movie maker lmao...

 

If you have an quad core system i'd say go with resolve but if you have a pentium dual core like me just go with windows movie maker  

Intel Pentium G3258

 

^isnt everything laggy on that? lmao

[InertiaSelling]

17 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

^isnt everything laggy on that? lmao

@tmcclelland455 Is everything laggy on a G3258?

[Add2017]

1 hour ago, koolerone said:

well obviously it's windows movie maker duh /s 

 

I've used davinci resolve before but it's really laggy with my system and it's kinda hard to figure out too, so i've just used windows movie maker lmao...

 

If you have an quad core system i'd say go with resolve but if you have a pentium dual core like me just go with windows movie maker  

Its a brand new system with a ryzen 5 1600 so I'll go with resolve but thanks

[Add2017]

 

1 hour ago, Enderman said:

Lightworks, hitfilm 4 expreess, and davinci resolve are all free.

If you want something really simple then use windows movie maker.

I'm looking for something that is pretty easy but that has a little room for growth as I learn more

[Enderman]

26 minutes ago, Add2017 said:

 

I'm looking for something that is pretty easy but that has a little room for growth as I learn more

Hitfilm Express is probably the best IMO, pretty similar to premiere but not hard to learn.

Lightworks is not as easy.

[flibberdipper]

2 hours ago, InertiaSelling said:

@tmcclelland455 Is everything laggy on a G3258?

1080p30 isn't that bad, but 1080p60 kinda pisses it off (using Premiere, either with shit pre-rendered or not). Resolve was making my graphics card piss itself so I couldn't actually get very familiar with it.

[Carbongrip]

DaVinci Resolve 14 is really nice, professional, free, and seems to make better use of hardware than premier. Make sure you use the newest Resolve 14, it's way easier to use than 12.

[koolerone]

20 hours ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

Intel Pentium G3258

 

^isnt everything laggy on that? lmao

gta5 gets like 25-50fps depending where i am lmao but i get 120-180fps on csgo and 55+fps on everything else i play (dirt series, assetto corsa, nfs, ksp etc) with medium-high settings depending on the game, i wanna overclock to 4.2ghz but i keep having stability issues at 4ghz so it's at 3.8

[Add2017]

On 11/17/2017 at 6:04 PM, koolerone said:

gta5 gets like 25-50fps depending where i am lmao but i get 120-180fps on csgo and 55+fps on everything else i play (dirt series, assetto corsa, nfs, ksp etc) with medium-high settings depending on the game, i wanna overclock to 4.2ghz but i keep having stability issues at 4ghz so it's at 3.8

Just looking at your specs sheet I'm curious why you went with a 512gb ssd before upgrading either your cpu or gpu as those are both pretty low end parts  

[koolerone]

On 11/18/2017 at 1:01 PM, Add2017 said:

Just looking at your specs sheet I'm curious why you went with a 512gb ssd before upgrading either your cpu or gpu as those are both pretty low end parts  

i got it for free from my dads last job 

[knightslugger]

10 minutes ago, koolerone said:

i got it for free from my dads last job 

aka, stole it.

[Add2017]

On 11/20/2017 at 4:56 PM, koolerone said:

i got it for free from my dads last job 

makes sense shame you couldn't get a new processor