Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone could recommend some decent video editing software that's free. I'm interested in dabbling around at making gaming videos; but I've never done anything like that before. I've tried a couple so far but they either have really bad watermarkings over it or the majority of the software is locked behind a paywall.
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Have you tried Davinci Resolve ?? Not sure if that is any good for Gaming Vids.
DaVinci Resolve | Blackmagic Design
Professional video editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in a single application. Free and paid versions for Mac, Windows and Linux.
www.blackmagicdesign.com
Resolve is excellent software that was originally intended for color grading, but the editing part of it works very well these days. It's free and doesn't include malware. The color grading is second to none, but VFX is not really supported. Also the learning curve is quite steep. The best editing software is Final Cut for the Mac. That has everything you need and is exceptionally intuitive once you get started.
On the OBS Discord someone highly recommended Pinnacle Studio which has a free trial and is fairly cheap. Haven't come around to trying it though, my main experience is with Sony (now Magix) MovieStudio Premium and Resolve (free).
It's free and quite capable, but it has a bunch of nasty bugs (foremost Fusion being unusable for longer single clips due to a bug that I've been reporting since the beta versions of v15). The free version is also rather dumb when it comes to hardware accelerated video decoding, so editing performance will be more on the "meh" side of life, especially if you record in h265. Audio handling (Fairlight) is extremely nice though, and in a pinch it can double as a DAW. The h264 encoder is also not the worst and produces good results even at moderate data rates.
On the Resolve forums I've been told to just use Vegas for that, but I think the people who did so have a rather outdated idea of "gaming vids". The software will sometimes fall over if you confront it with wildly variable framerates, and on older and worse clips I've experienced more than one crash.
It's free and quite capable, but it has a bunch of nasty bugs (foremost Fusion being unusable for longer single clips due to a bug that I've been reporting since the beta versions of v15). The free version is also rather dumb when it comes to hardware accelerated video decoding, so editing performance will be more on the "meh" side of life, especially if you record in h265. Audio handling (Fairlight) is extremely nice though, and in a pinch it can double as a DAW. The h264 encoder is also not the worst and produces good results even at moderate data rates.
Thank you for the suggestions everyone. I will try some of these out.
Da Vinci resolve is only free if you buy the restricted version, the complete version costs quite a lot:
Amazon.com: Blackmagic Design, DaVinci Resolve Studio para Mac/Win/Linux (BMD-DV/RESSTUD): Electronics
Amazon.com: Blackmagic Design, DaVinci Resolve Studio para Mac/Win/Linux (BMD-DV/RESSTUD): Electronics
www.amazon.com
Edit: My bad, Da Vinci Resolve is free, the one which costs is Da Vinci Resolve Studio.
I know my reply is a bit late, but I’d like to drop in and say that there are indeed many options when it comes to free video editing software for gaming videos. It's important to do some research and find the one that offers the functionality that suits you best. One great resource you can check out is https://www.movavi.com/learning-portal/best-4k-video-editing-software.html. Here you can find a list of both paid and free video editing software that offer fantastic features and tools to help you create amazing videos. Take your time exploring and finding the perfect fit for your gaming videos. Best of luck and happy editing!
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