For one thing, you can start out with a free trial. If you want to get serious about HD video editing on a Mac or Windows PC, then Adobe Premiere Pro CC is an easy choice.

Best for Tutorial and Presentation Videos: Camtasia at Tech Smith, 'Camtasia is a multi-track editor like the others on this list, but its built-in screen recording software will make it easy for you to capture footage from your computer.'.

Best Freeware: DaVinci Resolve 17 at Blackmagic Design, 'DaVinci Resolve 17 is a complete solution for HD video editing with a multi-track timeline.'.Best Freeware for Beginners: Lightworks at LWKS, 'You'll be able to use Lightworks on almost any computer you own since it can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux.'.Best Basic Editor for Mac: iMovie at Apple, 'It’s a fairly capable editor, and it’s totally free for you to use for Mac users.'.Best Windows-Exclusive Editor: Vegas Pro 18 at Vegas Creative Software, 'Beyond the basics of non-linear video editing with a multi-track timeline, Vegas Pro 16 Edit gives you plenty of tools to make your video look more professional.'.Best for Beginners on PC: Corel VideoStudio Ultimate 2020 at Amazon, 'Motion tracking is a first for consumer software and enables video editors to follow one specific object (person, physical object, face, etc) throughout a video cut.'.Best Mac-Exclusive Editor: Final Cut Pro X at Apple, 'Final Cut Pro X will let you edit HD video content from a wide variety of sources, including phones on the lower end of the spectrum and ProRes RAW and REDCODE RAW 8K files on the higher end.'.Best for Pros and Hobbyists on PC and Mac: Adobe Premiere Pro CC at Amazon, 'Adobe Premiere Pro CC is a professional editing software that will let you work with a wide variety of video sources.'.

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