Are you looking for a good video editor software for mobile?

Are you just searching for a well rounded video Editing software for your professional editing tasks?

If the above two questions are ‘Yes’ then read ahead this post is just for you!

Video editing is  a very popular topic these days.Whether you are an amateuer just started your own Youtube channel or a high end corporate organization,video marketing is one of the key aspect of overall growth strategy.

Why Video marketing is Important?

According to an article published in Forbes, Youtube and Periscope are  one of the most powerful medium of communication in recent days.According to Techcrunch online video will be responsible almost 80% of all online traffic by 2021.

There is also an inherent characteristics of human being that they are intended more towards video than text.For example,think youself about your favorite drink.

I still remember that TV ad about Cocacola performed by Amir Khan in those old good 90’s in India.

Not only me there are many like me who still remember that.

Google also confirms the fact here in their article What the ’80s can teach us about modern video marketing

Basically video are more versatile, engaging and interactive.

You can present your services or express your emotions in a way no other medium can do .

It is that simple!

Now that is the power of video marketing.

Do you remember any such other ads of some kind?

I don’t think so.

The Role of Video Editing Softwares:

Now comes the hard part!

Video editing is not easy.It requires a lots of resources to do it correctly.

From shooting a video,editing it and then final production it takes a lot of time to make a video ready for final output.

Not everybody possesses high end Cameras, equipments or resources to do it.

If you look at the current trends people tend to shoot their videos in their mobile phone and want to use it .

Hopefully there is some good news also.

In this scenario a good video Editing Software can be really handy.With some basic skills you can convert your mobile video into professional looking video.

Now I have tried to compose the best list of the modern day video editing sofwares.As you know there are much more options popping out each and every day,I will try to update the list as I get more information about the latest updates.

So let’s  begin:

10 Best Video Editing Software 2017(free and paid)

#1. Adobe Premiere Pro(Windows and Mac):

Adobe Premier Pro is no doubt one of the best video editing software available in the market today. Whether you just started as a video editor or you are a professional, Adobe Premiere Pro have all in its arsenal.

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Pros:

Adobe Premiere pro is not only a video editing software but  you can think  it as a video editing ecosytem.When you buy it you can have all that support needed for your photos which you have composed in Photoshop, After Effects for animations, or Adobe Audition for audio etc. It is a complete package.

• Comprehensive Camera Support:

Now Adobe Premiere pro’s biggest advantage is its extensive camera support.So when you shoot a video in your favorite camera you don’t have to worry about it’s format.It supports  almost any video format virtually you can think of.

• Faster editing process:

Adobe has made its every effort to make the editor works fast for everyone.For example when you edit a clip and apply specific filters on it, all your specific filter settings remain available. When you import the whole media file you don’t need to reapply those filters again.All your filters can be readily available to apply in the whole clip.

Now its a great time saver.

• Faster synchronizing:

When it comes to video editing the synchronization part is a great deal.Now  Adobe Premiere Pro comes with a unified solution where all your different audio and video files can be synchronized as an unified file much more faster.

So Adobe Premiere Pro has all those elements you expect from a true professional video editing software suite.

Cons:

I really don’t find any.

Supported Platforms: Windows, macOS

Supported Input Formats:  MP4, MPEG, MPE, MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2), M2V (DVD-compliant MPEG-2), MTS (avchd), MOV, FLV, AVI

Supported Output Formats: H.264: AAC, 3GP, MP4, M4V, HEVC (H.265), MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, among others

Price: $19.99/month (Billed annually)

System Requirement:

Adobe Premiere Pro supports a wide range of platforms ranging from Windows to mac.For more info check the official System requirement specifications here

#2. Windows Movie Maker(Windows):

Now you all may surprise why Windows Movie Maker is in my second list?

But can you deny that most of the common users use Windows and want a basic free Windows video editor?

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That is why Windows Movie Maker is here.It comes from Microsoft and one of the  most popular video editing software.

Pros:

• It is free.
• Is’t it enough?
• Easy to use for starters:

If you are just starting out then it works great.It’s user friendly interface offers many elements which you can expect from a professional video editing software.

• Great for making photo slide shows:

Now everyone of us have some vacation photos of our summer holidays.Is’t it?

Now if you want to make a photo slide show without much hassels Windows Movie Maker is your perfect go to option.

• Exciting after effects:

Though it is a free tool you will be surprised to discover  it offers many great after effects and transition which you can mix and match.Great I think!

Cons:

• Hangs a lot:

It freezes and hangs it you want to do much more in it.As it takes a lot of your windows resorces I think you can understand the reason.

• Not for very advanced users:

Now if you want some high end after affects like Adobe Premiere pro you cannot simply find this as it is aimed to beginners only.You cannot apply those alpha channels or green screen footage in your project.

Supported Platforms:

Video file types (format)

Windows Media Video (WMV) files

.wmv Windows Media files  .asf and .wm etc.

System requirement:

All major version of Windows operating system.For more info check the official System requirement specifications here.

#3. Final Cut Pro X:

Now if you use Mac then Final Cut Pro X can be your best video editing software for mac.

It is one of the best video editing product from Apple and it has all elements for your video editing tasks.

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Pros:

• Great user interface:

The first notable part of it is that it looks very eye candy and sleek compared to its competitors. All the importing and capturing functions has been trimmed to a single panel so no more cluttering around.

• New Magnetic timeline:

Another great feature is its magnetic timeline .When you edit a clip it automatically adjusts your clips in your timeline making it more easier to work.

• Compound clips:

Another feature from Mac is the ability to create compound clips.It has also the ability to treat sequences to treat as a single unit.

Cons:

As a Product from Apple itself there is no such thing to complain about it rather than the fact why only for Mac!

Supported import format:Apple Animation codec

Apple Intermediate codec

Apple ProRes (all versions)

AVCHD (including AVCCAM, AVCHD Lite, and NXCAM)

For more information visit Apples official page:https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12754?locale=en_US

Export format:Apple ProRes (all versions)

AVC-Intra Class 50/100/200

DV (including DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50)

DVCPRO HD

H.264 ,HDV

For more information visit Apple’s official page

System Requirement:

MAOS X 10.11.4 or later.

For more info check the official System requirement specifications here

Price: $299.99

#4. Avid Media Composer:

Avid Media Composer is on my list because of their new and truly good approach towards normal users.

Avid Media Composer is initially released in 1989 on the mac is a flagship product of Avid Technology.

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Firstly it was an offline  editing system but later on they came up both online and offline versions.

It is originally a paid version and used in high end professional movie making projects like  the Guardian of Galaxy (vol. 2), the Martian etc.

Those special effects you love are all created by this.

But the good news is Avid technology comes up with a free vesrion of its namded ‘Avid Media Composer  First’ which can be used by general public.

Pros:

• Great quality.
• High end functionality,professional quality.
• Ability to edit remotely:

One of the best feature of it is its ability to edit video projects remotely via the cloud.

Now imagine if you are editing a movie  in  New York  and your video editor lives in Uganda than it is no longer to be present in the studios!

He can do this remotely right from his comfort from home.

Cons:

To mention the cons it has no ability to author optical media discs like DVD and Blu-ray directly within the software suite which  other rivals are offering. It is a bit odd but it is like that.

Supported Platforms: Windows, macOS

Supported Input Formats: MPEG, DV, DVPRO, H.264, XDCAM, MPEG-4, AVCHD, and more.

Supported Output Formats: MPEG, DV, DVPRO, H.264, AVC, AVC-Intra, MP4, and more.

Price: (Free, $49.99/month)

System Requirement:

Avid-qualified Windows-based computer. For more details please check here for the Avid  official documentation

#5. Filmora:

Are you looking for best video editing software for Youtube?

Then Filmora can be your best video editing software package for many reasons.

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Filmora,best known as Wondershare Filmora is developed by a Chinese company Wondershare .

It is mainly targeted to those beginners video editors who do not know much about video editing skills.

If you run a survey you can find there are almost 60% budding youtubers areusing Filmora for their video uploads and editing.

The reason is simple it is much more user friendly and easy to use compared to others.Specially if you are a youtuber then it can be very handy.It gives you more time to actually create your videos and cut the editing time in a significant manner all without compromising the quality of the work.

The main user interface screen consists of three main sections Timeline, Media, and Preview.

You can add music,text,design special popups and teaser one liners with a matter of some clicks.

You  can wonder how easy it is to make a professional quality video.

Not not all you can also share it in your favourite social media platforms just from the suite itself..

It has both a trail version and a paid registered version.

The trail version  has limitation like watermark on converted file,one minute limitation of output audio files etc.But it is enough for starters.

Pros:

• Easy to use, trail version available.

Cons:

It is more focused towards beginner and lacks  functionalities like Adobe Premire Pro.

It is also a bit slow to Import and Export media .

Supported Input Formats:

Video Formats  AVI, DV, DIF, NUT, H261, H264, NSV, FLV, MKV, MP4, M4V, PSP, 3GP, MOV, MPG, MPEG, VOB, DAT, EVO, TS, TP, TRP, M2TS, WMV, ASF, DVR-MS

Audio Formats  AAC, AC3, APE, AIF, AIFF, FLAC, APE, CUE, AU, AMR, OGG, WAV, DPE, MKA, M4V, M4A, MPA, MP2, MP3, RA, WMA

Supported Output Formats:

Common Video/Audio:

WMV, AVI, MOV, FLV, MKV, MP4 Video(AVC), MP4 Video(Xvid), MP4 Video(MC), ASF, M4V, Xvid, DV, MPEG-1 NTSC, MPEG-1 PAL, MPEG-1 SECAM, MPEG-2 NTSC, MPEG-2 PAL, MPEG-2 SECAM, DVD-Video NTSC, DVD-Video PAL, HTML5, DVD-Video SECAM, MP3

HD Video:  TS, TRP, AVI, MP4, MPG, WMV, MOV

You can see more detalied information here:

System Requirement:

Supported OS: Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 (64 bit OS recommended)

Processor: Intel or AMD processor, 2GHz or above

RAM: At least 2GB physical RAM (8GB required for HD and 4K videos)

Download here

#6. Shotcut:

Shotcut is an open source cross platform  free video editing software.

It was started in 2011 by Dan Dennedy, MLT Multimedia Framework.

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True to its name Shotcut is really the shortcut of video editing.

Just like Filmora it is one of the best choices for the youtubers who are not really ready enough to invest too much in a professional full suite video editing platform.

The best part of this is its ability in its raft of video and audio filters which can be mixed and matched for your customized needs.

Pros:

• Cross platform.
• Free.
• Easy user interface.
• Powerful features.

Cons:

The only con is there is no support to export profiles for different devices.

Supported Input Formats: Based on FFmpeg hence supports most of the video formats

Supported Output Formats: H.264, WebM, ProRes, MPEG-2, and others

Price: (Free)

System Requirement: Windows, macOS, and Linux

For more info visit Shotcut’s official FAQ page here

#7. Hit Film Express:

Hit Film Express is probably one of the best free video editing software if you are looking for a free version.

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Hit Film Express comes up with all bells and whistles of a professional video editing software in the price range of free.

Now it has many such advanced features like working with 2D and 3D composition tools along with other regular editing tasks.

Many people argue downloading of this software is somewhat a little different  as you have to promote the fact about your download in social media.

But I feel what is the big deal?

To get this great piece of software it is worth mention the name of the developer.

Pros:

• Free .
• Advanced filters and composition tools.
• 3D video support

Cons:

• Steady and significant time required to get accustomed with the tool.
• Resource heavy.

Supported format input:

Video: Quicktime, AVCHD, AVI, M2T, M2TS, MOV, MP4 (AVC/H264 & AAC), MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 (TS, PS, MPE, MPG, MPEG, M2V), MTS, MXF (DVCPro HD), DV, HDV, WMV

Audio: AAC, MP3, M4A, MPA, WAV, WMA

Images & sequences: BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF

Project: HFP (HitFilm Project), HFCS (HitFilm Composite Shot)

Camera data: MA (Maya formatted)

Export: Quicktime, MP4 (AVC/H264 & AAC), Image sequence (PNG, JPG, BMP), AVI (uncompressed, PAL DV, NTSC DV), YouTube direct upload

For detailed information please visit their official page here

System requirement:

Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7

32 or 64-bit operating system

Processor: 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64

RAM: 2GB

Graphics card: Intel HD 3000, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or AMD/ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT with at least 512 MB video memory and support for OpenGL 2.0.

Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 in 32-bit color mode

Sound card: Internal sound card

Hard disk space: 300MB free disk space for program installation

Optical drive: DVD drive (only for installation of the box version)

Internet connection: Required for online activation and HitFilm.com web services

Find More details in their official page here

#8. Adobe Premiere Clip(Video editor App for Mobile):

Surprise surprise!

Now you may imagine why the hell is this?

Adobe Premiere Clip is just a video editor app for mobile and widely used as a free video editing app in  mobile devices.

There are many of us who doesn’t have the time or resources to edit videos in a desktop editing mode.

So if you mobile video editor software or app Adobe Premiere Clip can be your number #1 choice.

Adobe Premiere Clip can be a boon to those people.You can easily auto-generate videos using your existing images and video.

You can also apply various effects in your video..

The best part of this it is free and can be  synced with  Adobe Premiere Pro  so you can easily toggle devices when editing your videos.

Download it here

#9. Free Video Editor((Video editor App for Mobile):

Free Video Editor is another free video editor app for your mobile devices.

You can organize your audios,texts,trim videos etc.If you wish you can also play with emojis with your videos.

It is no brainer to say that it is not comparable to Adobe premier pro but it does it job well.

Download it free here

#10. Funimate Video Effects Editor:

Funimate Video Effects Editor as the name suggests is  a free mobile video editing app.

If you only have 5 minutes in hand and want to edit some videos quickly then Funimate Video Effects Editor may be your go to option.It has also inbuilt 15 video effects you can apply.

Download it here 

Bonus resources:

Now if you are looking for a free video editor  online then you can checkout Clipchamp 

It includes Flipping,Trimming,Rotating and many more options for you.

There is no need of uploading the video into the site,you can just do with only a browser and a PC.

All editing will take place in the browser itself!

That is cool!

AVS Video Editor:

AVS Video Editor is one of the additional one I prefer to mention.

If you are a casual or beginner and just wanted to get a quick video editor it can work for you.

But I am not a huge fan of it as the output often deliver spotty and pixelated results.

Last Words:

Video editing and marketing  has come a long way and has a very bright future ahead.

So it is always wiser to have a good grasp on it.Choosing the right software is also critical as it largely depends on your budget and requirement.

Hope the above list can help you to choose the right one you need.

Do you use any other software which I missed  to mention?

Please feel free to make any views or thoughts about this topic in the comment box below.

I will be happy to answer!

Thank you and have a good day!

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