Vsdc Free Video Editor Review
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Everyone's a filmmaker these days. Actually, everyone shoots a lot of video, but few people take the time to actually do anything with those clips.
One reason: editing on a smartphone is not fun. Another: desktop video-editing software tends to be pricey, or at least expensive enough that you maybe think, 'Nah, why bother?'
Turns out there's a pretty good freebie option: VSDC Video Editor for Windows. And today, and for a limited time, it gets even better: You can get VSDC Video Editor Pro for free when you apply discount coupon CNet_VSDC100 at checkout. Regular price: $19.99. (Be sure to click Buy Now and complete the checkout process; don't just click Download.)Update:Owing to a glitch in the company's payment-processing system, which was producing a $1.99 charge for some folks, I've changed the above link to take you to a special landing page just for this giveaway. Which, by the way, runs through April 3.
VSDC Free Video Editor is a solid product that our experts evaluated with a 8.9 score and with a 100% user satisfaction rate. It's price starts at free.
On the video-editor spectrum, VSDC falls somewhere between Microsoft Movie Maker (free, but very limited) and Cyberlink PowerDirector (around $75, but very capable). It offers some decidedly higher-end features, including masking and chrome-key tools and support for 4K video.
What does Pro get you? Support for hardware acceleration and more media types; more advanced settings; and audio waveform editing. It also includes extra masking and chroma-keying capabilities and premium tech support.
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Now for the bad news: Although VSDC's interface is attractive and fairly straightforward, there are a couple major UI headaches. First and foremost: There's no real-time video scrubbing. As you drag your cursor along the video timeline, the video position image doesn't update until you release the cursor. What's more, video preview happens in a separate, pop-up window. I also had to manually export (and then import) the audio from an imported video; VSDC didn't automatically divide the clip into two layers. The notorious big big poppa.
Assuming you can live with issues like that -- and, truthfully, all video editors have their UI oddities -- VSDC Pro can help you produce some polished movies.
Oh, and did I mention the price? It's free. You don't like it, you uninstall it. No harm, no foul. Not a bad deal, eh?
If you want to learn more before downloading and installing, check out the reviews at Download.com. They're quite positive overall. But you may also want to see PCMag's deep-dive review, which is less positive.
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VSDC Free Video Editor looks and feels just like a professional video editor. In fact, if feels almost identical to Final Cut Pro in a lot of ways. If you want to experience that style of in-depth video editing, this program is an epic way to do it for free. Be warned, though, that there's a steep learning curve unless you already have some experience.
This program checks in at about 26MB, which isn't gigantic, but is still relatively large. For that, you'll get a program that is a dead ringer for professional editing programs. It has the same sort of timeline editing style that lets you combine multiple cuts, add transitions, and render them into a complete project. As such, it isn't very easy to use unless you really know what you're doing. Few things are labeled or intuitive, and all of your tools are spread out across multiple menus. If you can find the features, there are plenty of ways to cut, reshape, and modify your video's picture and audio, though. You can even kick the quality up to 30 FPS and 1080p HD. VSDC Free Video Editor supports just about every video format you can think of, so you'll have no problem turning any video into a project.
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This video editor gives you tons of control and editing power, but you'll have to know how to use it. The program could use a manual to help novice users comb through all of the features. Without that, VSDC Free Video Editor will take a lot of experimenting or previous editing know-how to figure out. It's worth spending plenty of time with, though.