After the booming of online video sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook etc. people love to record a special moment or a special event. Vblogging is also getting popular among the folks. As the video recorders are available in the mobile phones now, a lot of people shoot videos and try to edit them to give the videos a better view. But sometimes we get confused while finding out the best video editors to edit videos. Below is a list of 25 best video editors or video converters to edit videos. Hope readers will like the list and pick up the best one according to their need.
- Camtasia:
Camtasia is professional and one of the favorite video editor software available for both Mac & Windows. If you have chosen this application to edit your first video then you have made the best choice. This application is so simple that user learns most of it within few hours of its installation.
Best Features of Camtasia
- Screen Recording
- Import videos from Mobile
- Edit/Customize Video as per need
- Add/Manipulate Videos
- Insert Visual Effects
- Insert Animation in Videos
- Share Videos to social circle
Supported Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: 30 days trial
Price: $99
- Debut:
Another gem of a software that capture, recover, edit and share videos on OS X Mac and Windows PC. Developed by NCH Software, Debut is available for free for non-commercial purposes. Though after few trials of Debut it will asks you to register the product in order to enjoy full features.
List of great features of Debut Video Editor tool are
- Record screen of your desktop
- Save recorded video in many formats like MP4, MOV, FLV and WMV
- Captures video from Webcam
- Record only video or both audio-video
- Records business video conferences
- Burns video to DVD through its windows
OS Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: $30
- Stellar Phoenix Video Repair:
This is professional video repair software that repairs following corruption in a video file – header, sound and slider movements. This software runs on Intel Mac OS X however it doesn’t have a Windows version. It supports repairing of MOV, MP4, M4A, M4V, FLV and 3GP video files on Mac.
Best Feature of Video Repair
- Repair corrupt videos
- Batch repair multiple files
- Preview video files before save
- Yosemite compatible
- Bundled with Photo Recovery & JPEG Repair software
Supported Platform: Mac OS X 10.6 and later
Demo: Preview repaired files
Price: $69
- Eyespot:
This software provides video editing features that can be easily embedded in any website. Eyespot also allows users to add special effect, transitions in videos.
Some of its features:
- Easy to use software
- Users can upload their video clips and share them
- Add soundtrack to videos
- Add transitions effect in Videos
OS Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: Free
- Jumpcut:
It is an online video editing website which lets you to edit video, create screenshots and slideshows and use on a webpage. You can also add special effect using Jumpcut.
Jumpcut features are as follows:
- Dozens of transitions and special effects
- Provide support to upload photos from Facebook and Flickr
- Vlogging support
- Video podcasting support
Supported Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: $99
- VideoEgg:
VideoEgg is another well-known video editing platform for Mac as well as PC that lets you to create a movie and edit it. It allows adding special effects like slideshows, mash-up and that is too from within your browser.
VideoEggs helpful features
- Easy to use video creation
- Support for YouTube Video
- Users can pause the videos at any time
Supported Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: Free
- PhotoBucket:
PhotoBucket is an image hosting website that also provides features like editing videos using Flash, adding transitions in videos, cool effects etc.
Cool features of PhotoBucket
- Free access to basic video remixing
- Drag and drop feature
- Easy to use interface
Supported Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: Free
- YouTube Remixer:
YouTube Remixer helps the users to add special effects, text and audio, overlays and transitions to your YouTube Videos within your web-browser.
Some of its features
- Upload YouTube video on Remixer directly
- Less cluttered user-interface as compared to other video editor
Supported Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: Free
- Movie Masher:
Movie Masher is an open source online video editor and encoding API tools that lets users to add sequence and trim clips, transitions, music with the help of user-friendly editor.
MovieMasher Features
- Magic enhance to fix brightness
- Provide support for animated transitions
- Trim unwanted fragments
- Support for animated transition in images and videos
Supported Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: Free
- Cellsea:
Cellsea is a freely available online video editor and converter for Windows & Mac. The software allows the users to add effects, add sound and also used for converting audio, video into other formats.
Features of Cellsea
- Users can upload video from PC or website
- Support for AVI, MOV, 3GP file format
- Users can add graphics in audio and video
Supported Platform: Mac & Windows
Demo: Free for Non-Commercial
Price: Free
- AVS Video Editor:
If you are looking for an easy to use, professional and high quality video editor for Window OS, then AVS Video editor is the best choice. This video editor developed by online media technologies provides plenty of useful features like support for Blu-ray videos, multilingual support etc.
Features of AVS
- Supported Input format: AVI, MP4, MPG
- Supported Output format: MPG, FLV, SWF
- HD Support
- Single Video track
OS Platform: Windows
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $59
- Final Cut Pro:
Final cut pro is popular video editing software that helped many filmmakers to edit their movies including The Girl and The Social Network using the help of Dragon Tattoo.
Must known features of Final Cut Pro
- Supported input formats: Videos compatible with QuickTime
- Supported output formats: Video compatible with QuickTime
- HD Support
- Non-destructive editing
- Storyboard mode
OS Platform: Mac OS X
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $299
- Flash Intergo Video Editor:
Supports video conversion to popular formats. Get audio effects on your favorite videos by adding audio files, volume correction, echo etc. and video objects such as effects, color correction, video filters and images
Best Features of this editor
- Adds all audio/video effects to files
- Interactive user interface
- Supports multiple video formats for file conversion
OS Platform: Windows
Demo: NA
Price: NA
- Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate:
Termed as the quickest converter for Mac & Windows with dozen of features to offer. With this tool you can convert, edit, enhance, download, burn and capture videos.
Features of Video Converter Ultimate
- High end conversion output
- Wireless video transfer
- Professional level video editor options
OS Platform: Windows & Mac
Demo: 30 days trial with watermark on output
Price: $59
- Kdenlive:
This video editing software built on MLT framework provides the users a complete solution for open-source software. It is available for Mac, Windows and FreeBSD.
Features of KdenLive
- Supported platforms: Mac, Linux, FreeBSD
- Supported formats: MP4, MPEG2
- Linear time code display
- HD Support
OS Platform: Mac
Demo: Free trial version
Price: Free
- Adobe Premier Pro:
Premier Pro is another time-line based video editor for Mac and Windows OS. If you are looking for video masking feature, After Effects and Photoshop, then this video editing software is the best one available in the market.
Features of Adobe Premier Pro
- Unlimited audio and video
- Linear time code display
- Multi track editing
- Support for HD
OS Platform: Mac and Window
Demo: Free trial version
Price: Different plan for different version
- iMovie:
iMovie is video editing software that is primarily designed for Mac OS X. Being an Apple product, iMovie can help the users to edit their videos even from the iOS based devices like iPhone, iPad etc.
Features of iMovie
- Supported Input Formats: QuickTime compatible with HD support
- Supported Output Formats: QuickTime compatible with HD Support
- Storyboard mode
- Linear time code display
OS Platform: Mac and iOS
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $15
- Ephnic Movie Maker
Ephnic Movie Maker for Mac OS allows the users to quickly pull videos from their system and allow them to make a stunning movie. This software is a perfect replacement for the free utility provided by Apple.
Features of Ephnic
- Streamlined interface
- Support for iMovie
- Option for uploading YouTube or Facebook Videos
- Support for different audio and video format
OS Platform: Mac OS X
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $29.99
- Avidemux
Avidemux is a video editing and encoding app. It also provides encoding features like converting video files (mp4, mva, 3gp, wmv) from one format to another.
Features of Avidemux
- Support for AVI, MP4, ASF etc.
- In-built scripting languages
- Zoom in and Zoom out features
- Improved x264 dialog
OS Platform: Mac OS X
Demo: Free trial version
Price: Free
- ShotPut Pro for Mac
It is an automated copy utility app for video and photo files. ShotPut for Mac has a simple user-interface, which makes it indispensable for today HD workflows.
New Features in version 5.3.3
- Well optimized database
- New ShotPut Pro logo
- Advanced option for checking source integrity
OS Platform: Mac OS X
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $99
- HitFilm 3 Express:
HitFilm 3 is a completely professional video editor. It is also used for visual effect compositor.
Features of HitFilm
- Ability to design visual effects
- Easy to use for novice users
OS Platform: Mac OS X
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $99
- FastCut for Mac:
FastCut is one of the best video editors software for Mac. For accelerating the graphical calculations, it uses the power of GPU.
Features of FastCut
- Clean and intuitive user-interface
- Core Image technology
- Support for 3 D motion
OS Platform: Mac OS X
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $38
- Liquivid:
Liquivid is a video and photo editor for Mac that is easy to use. It has a basic and advanced mode for fine-tuning videos while editing.
Features of this software
- Copy, paste and reset filter settings for the Mac users
- Improve video decoded performance
- Support for various file formats for audio and video
OS Platform: Mac OS X
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $19.99
- SWF Converter for Mac:
SWF Converter for Mac converts files from SWF format into another file format. Users just need to select the file format from a large list of options and within few minutes, you will find a new converted copy.
Features of SWF
- Clear user-interface: Adding new files, selecting the file format and conversion are happen through a clear and easy to use interface.
- Quick conversions from one format to another: This software convert file at a very fast speed.
- Plenty of new options: Users can add logo, copyright, or image into the converted video.
OS Platform: Mac and Windows
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $99
- Cisdem Video Converter:
Cisdem is all-in-one software for video file conversion. It converts various audio and video files from one format to another.
Features of Cisdem
- Option to download videos from YouTube, DailyMotion etc
- Basic editing options like cropping, rotating etc
- Rip videos
- Support for 3D videos
OS Platform: Mac
Demo: Free trial version
Price: $39
A word from the Author:
The 25 best video editors listed above are surely the best apps that can be found for editing, repairing and converting media files. However, news video apps are thriving daily so who know when the list of 25 may grow to 50. 😉
#1 Is correctly spelled “Camtasia”