afilina, 11 days ago

@carolynporco I had a good experience using Camtasia for my online tutorials.

cragsand, 11 days ago

@carolynporco I've tried a lot of free video editing software but I always find myself coming back to #ShotCut.

Using effects can be a bit tricky to figure out at first but just for basic transitions and editing in multiple track layers it does the job well.

Sometimes it crashes when you zoom to quickly from the timeline but saving with CONTROL+S is instant and restarting the same. https://www.shotcut.org/

carolynporco, 11 days ago

@cragsand With ShotCut, can you cut and paste a clip from one video and splice it cleanly/easily into another?

cragsand, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago)

@carolynporco Yes, you can drag and drop a clip into the timeline, split it in the middle, separate the two parts and drag in another clip in the middle.

If you drag the beginning of one clip over the end of the other clip, it will create a transition.

To show one clip on top of another, create a new track, and drag that clip on that track.

Here's a tutorial video showing how to use the timeline: https://youtu.be/PCMcyYAtRzw?t=10m
Best of luck!

TerryHancock, 11 days ago

@carolynporco
I use Kdenlive.

Has a nice built-in title editor, simple transitions, handles all the video formats I've thrown at it, and after v22 has automatic subtitling.

carolynporco, 11 days ago

@TerryHancock Thank you! Will it work on a Windows-based PC?

TerryHancock, 11 days ago

@carolynporco
Apparently. There's a Windows download for it:

https://kdenlive.org/en/download/

carolynporco, 10 days ago

@TerryHancock Thank you. What is the difference between StandAlone and Installable?

TerryHancock, 10 days ago

@carolynporco
I don't know.

But my guess is that "standalone" is some kind of self-contained binary that runs in place, while "installable" is some kind of package that installs natively. (?)

The last time I did anything on Windows was 2017, though.