General / Off-Topic FREE VIDEO Editor Programs - WANTED

RhymeRhyme · Apr 25, 2017

Hi, I want to make some videos, now that the Camera Suite is out.

Please post the best and free video editors for Windows 10 available. PROs/CONs if you want as well.

Maybe also some hints which resolution I should set in Shadow Play and what's the best resolution to upload to YouTube?

Thanks a lot, folks!

RhymeRhyme

Cmdr Delmonte[VR] · Apr 25, 2017

Try This

Overwhelming at first but awesome
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead · Apr 25, 2017

Try Blender.

As always, it takes time to learn, but it's very powerful for a freebie.

As for shadowplay, no idea, but 720p is usually what i see uploaded to YouTube.
1080p if your internet can upload pretty quick.

shadragon · Apr 25, 2017

Windows Movie Maker is free and does a lot. I used it to generate 70+ videos before I bought PowerDirector.

Jacobius · Apr 25, 2017

Second vote for Davinci Resolve. It's very powerful, but there's a huge learning curve as well.

patttiat · Apr 25, 2017

to Shadow-play

it depends on your harddrive, if you use a ssd, than you can get 1080p 60fps and maybe 1440p 60fps when your cpu and gpu is not the slowest (decoding speed).
with a ssd raid you can record 4k 60fps.
two updates ago you was able to see how much writting speed you need for the recording, but nvidia change that.

make some test recordings with different resolution settings and you see how far you can go., but let the bit rate in the shadowplay setting always above 50-60
my pc> i7-4790k @ 4.9ghz 12gb ram ddr3 and two gtx 980
here are my settings, higher settings and the video lags for me

RhymeRhyme · Apr 25, 2017

Thanks a lot, folks! So many responses within such short time. Super community.

equex · Apr 25, 2017

KDEnlive on Debian is very good
theres an experimental Windows build now too (latest build has lots of features comared to Stable verison of Debian)

Hellakitty · Apr 25, 2017

Another vote for Davinci Resolve here.

Get it, go look up some tutorials on the yootoobs and practice practice practice.

Morbad · Apr 25, 2017

Blender for actual editing. Handbrake for simple cutting and transcoding.

Arguendo · Apr 25, 2017

For the Davinci Resolve crowd; any of you have issues with the sound? Installed it and after a fresh restart it plays maybe 1 second of the sound in a video clip, and then plays no sound at all. The sound also disappears from the wave-thingies on the right. I can't figure out what the issue is

Blender looks more like a 3D tool, with video editing as an add-on. Is it actually good for video editing?

Commander Dave · Apr 25, 2017

Davinci Resolve.
#awesome

RhymeRhyme · Apr 26, 2017

So, Davinci seems to be the best choice. I'll give it a try at the loooooooong weekend!

RhymeRhyme · Apr 26, 2017

patttiat said:
to Shadow-play

it depends on your harddrive, if you use a ssd, than you can get 1080p 60fps and maybe 1440p 60fps when your cpu and gpu is not the slowest (decoding speed).
with a ssd raid you can record 4k 60fps.
two updates ago you was able to see how much writting speed you need for the recording, but nvidia change that.

make some test recordings with different resolution settings and you see how far you can go., but let the bit rate in the shadowplay setting always above 50-60
my pc> i7-4790k @ 4.9ghz 12gb ram ddr3 and two gtx 980
here are my settings, higher settings and the video lags for me

http://i.imgur.com/cEmImc4.jpg

I'm running @ i7-6700 / 16 GB Ram / GTX 1080. I think I can handle it. But I don't want to go over the edge for a few vids noone is going to look at anyway. So, 4k is way over the top.