Best Free Video Editing Software 2018 For PC and Mac

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in this video I'm gonna show you my top three video editing software programs especially when it comes to YouTube I've used all three of these video editing software programs in the past these are absolutely 100% free so I will leave a link to each one of these in the description box below I'm not affiliated with these these companies in any way I'm not paid by them so just keep that in mind these are these are some of the best free solutions for video editing so let me just hop on them up let me just hop on my computer real quick so I can show you each of these software programs alright so one of the best three video editing programs on the market right now is DaVinci Resolve and this is by far one of the best free video editing programs available to you now you will see a paid option but there's really no need to worry because they should offer a free option as well so I'll probably place a link in the description to this site below so that you can download this software or you can just go ahead and type it into Google and as you can see here it looks like they must be working on some new free software because this resolved fourteen came out pretty recently but as of now as of sometime in the fall of 2017 I am using the twelve point five version and it works just fine for me so once you have this software downloaded you might be able to figure out a lot of it on your own but if you can't don't worry because there's thousands and thousands of YouTube videos out there to help explain how to use this software to get the best possible finished videos so this is DaVinci Resolve it's definitely one of my top picks for free video editing software there's certainly a learning curve to it but that's okay and at any time you can choose to get the the paid option for this so maybe after a year of using the free resolve maybe your your YouTube channel or your business starts to take off and you want to make even better videos than what the free options for DaVinci Resolve offers well then you can just go ahead and get the paid option and you'll already know what what's going on you'll know what everything is and you'll you'll be a much better video editor at that time so number two on this list is going to be windows movie maker or iMovie and you've probably used these programs in the past but it's important to remember that they probably are are already on your computer and that they're very simple and straightforward to use so if you're just gonna make one or two videos for for a class or something or for a wedding or a birthday party I suggest using a movie maker or iMovie because there's really almost no learning curve to these programs especially when in comparison to something like Adobe Premiere Pro which I've been using for years but there's still so much about the program then I'm just completely unaware of there's no way I'm gonna be able to learn every single little thing in Premiere Pro and that's what's great about movie maker or iMovie because you can just turn on your computer open up one of these programs throw some video clips in there sort of mash them together and literally be done within 15 minutes you can be done with your video on something like movie maker or iMovie so you probably already have one of these on your computers but if you don't just go ahead on to the windows or Apple Store and just go and download it for free alright so the number one free video editor on the market right now is shot cut and here's their website it almost looks like something straight out of 2006 or something but don't be fooled by the website because once you download this software you'll realize what shot cut is really capable of doing and that is providing a wonderful free service for video editing and that sure maybe it might have a couple of limitations when compared to something like Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro but when you're getting a free product like this one you just can't pass it down there's certainly a learning curve to this as well but once you get the basics you'll be able to publish videos in 4k with amazing quality for absolutely free so don't forget I'll leave a link to all three of these software programs in the description box below one other thing I want to note is that if if you're planning on downloading shotcut just be careful on their website because there there will be some banners that will sort of be clickbait and they'll be advertisements just make sure you don't click on those make sure you actually click on this link right here this this is gonna be the one that you want if you if you accidentally click on this advertisement you might end up downloading something that you really don't want to download some type of virus or something but as long as you click on this link you should be perfectly ok you can read other reviews online shotcut is definitely a legitimate service just make sure you get the I don't know why they have those ads on there that take you to some other website to try to make you download something else so just make sure you're doing it the right way and this video is is certainly not sponsored by anyone I have no affiliation with these companies that I mentioned in this video these are simply in my top three programs and in case you're wondering I actually use Adobe Premiere Pro for my videos simply because it gives me so many more options to create high quality videos and that is a paid option I pay $20 a month for Adobe Premiere Pro but it's worth it for me so you just have to decide whether or not you want to get a free video editing software or if you want to pay $19.99 per month and get something like Adobe Premiere Pro so if you have any questions about video editing software just leave them down below in the comment section and I'll try my best to respond to you as quickly as possible thanks so much for watching and I will see you next time