Thursday, July 22, 2021

Free video editors...free and no watermarks

 When I had to do a little project that involved some video editing I found two entirely programs useful. Entirely free means just that....no payment needed for its use and no conditions like limitation on size and watermarks if using the free version.

For simple cutting and or trimming video clips I used the Windows Video Editor that comes with Windows 10. If you did not know that this existed....well it does. You can add text to the video, trim the sections that you don't want and do lots of basic stuff. I found the video trimmer of this built in program very useful and easy to use. To find this program you scroll down the apps list which pops up when you right click the windows icon at the extreme left of the windows screen. You can also access this editor using the Photo app that comes with Windows. 

I also needed to remove the audio track from one of my video clips and the Windows 10 Video Editor could not do this, but Avidemux could do it. All I had to do was the deselect the audio track and save the clip. 

Both programs have their limitations but if your video editing requirements are simple like mine, these two completely free editing programs will do nicely.

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