Simple video editors for beginners

Laptop

Movavi Video Editor Plus 2022
It takes half an hour for a beginner to figure out how the program works. Movavi supports many formats. After installing the video editor, a dialog box opens where you can enter your email address and get a quick tutorial on the program. You can read how to load your video, cut it, add transitions, apply special effects, add titles, save the finished video, and do many other things before you start.

If your movie is edited with the trial version of the program, it will be watermarked with a Movavi Video Editor watermark after the video is saved. The audio track will cut off in the middle. Therefore, you will need to buy the full version to have your movie watched by other people.

“VideoMontage.
“VideoMONTAZH” is a video editing program designed for a wide audience. Inside the editor there is a preview window and an editing table, on which there are 4 tracks for placing video and audio files, text and voice comments. There is a directory of tracks with an open license – clips with such music are not blocked on YouTube.

What you can do in the program:

trim video and split it into fragments;
slow down and speed up the video;
add screensavers;
place captions, stickers, and clipart;
adjust color correction and apply filters;
stabilize the image;
add music from your PC and microphone recordings;
arrange animated transitions between fragments;
use chromakey technology;
record video from a webcam;
create greeting cards using templates.

VideoPad
VideoPad is a program with interesting tricks for work and rich functionality. The free licensed version lasts 14 days, there is no watermark. Fine-tune all transitions: change duration, angle, color, speed. Works with all popular formats, including 3D.

What you can do in the program:

“merge” clips by adding audio, titles, webcam video;
process batches of video;
slow down or speed up video, rotate it in different directions;
edit 3D video and convert video from 2D to 3D;
add a news ticker, translate speech into text and vice versa;
use chromakey technology;
record your own commentary;
stabilize video;
work on changing the pitch, panning the sound, or creating your own soundtracks.

Sony Vegas Pro
Sony Vegas Pro is a professional video editor. There are very few ready-made templates, but a lot of fine-tuning for each effect. Why is it in the review of programs for beginners? If you plan to be constantly engaged in the creation of video content, it is better to start learning to do it with the help of professional programs.

The program is technically demanding: for its full performance requires about 800 MB of free space, at least 8 Gb of RAM, 6th generation Intel Core i5 processor or similar AMD. And Sony Vegas Pro only works on 64-bit Windows.

Choosing a program, assess the simplicity of the interface and the availability of necessary features. All of the programs in the review have a basic set of features. But not all of them have Instagram or chromakey filters. Install the trial versions of the video editors you like and evaluate them in practice to see if it’s worth buying the full version of the program.