Posted: 8/9/2016 12:24:43 PM EDT
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For someone who wants to edit videos for YouTube, what should I use? There's a lot out there, some more advanced than others...and I'm kinda new at this. Want something that is kind of easy to use, probably around $100 or less or free that will let me add in audio and overlays. What are people using for animated intros? |
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Quoted: For someone who wants to edit videos for YouTube, what should I use? There's a lot out there, some more advanced than others...and I'm kinda new at this. Want something that is kind of easy to use, probably around $100 or less or free that will let me add in audio and overlays. What are people using for animated intros? While I acknowledge that it busts your $100 budget, consider Adobe CC. Adobe CC gives you a load of packages, but particularly Premiere (for editing), After Effects (if you want to get fancy with your effects), Audition (if you want to tweak the audio), and Media Encoder (for easy output to a range of formats, including Youtube friendly ones). It also gives you Illustrator and Photoshop which can be useful for additional graphics work. Animated intros is a bit of a mixed bag because there are a few ways to do it, but After Effects/Illustrator/Photoshop in some combination will handle most things. Although it's coming in at about $50 a month for a year-long subscription, it's a mighty big package and one of the very few subscriptions I would consider paying for if I didn't already have CS6. If it's a one-off project and you'll never use the packages again, I think you can get a one-month subscription for less than your budget (but more than the usual monthly cost). |
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Would the Premier Elements do what I need?$20/MO for Pro doesn't justify the cost for me. I have Photoshop Elements and I get around just fine with it picture editing For your needs, Premiere Elements will be just fine. I teach video editing software. Pro can do more, and I use it, but Elements can do most of what you will ever need and will have a much simpler learning curve. |
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video editing software, you can have cheap, and you can have good. You can't have both.
I fucked with a bunch of shit for a long time before I finally got a mac and started using iMovie. Holy shit, nothing else I've used even comes close. Super low learning curve, super stable, super flexible and lots of features that are easy to use. |
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For a simple editor that gets the job done, I use AVS4You for my YouTube videos. You get a suite of programs for $100. I sell and train people to use professional editing systems. Premiere is great, Vegas is great, but for simple stuff, AVS4You is what you seek. |