Are you planning to edit a slightly slicker looking video into a proposal, a presentation, or something that needs to be a little more professional?.

Are you mostly looking to edit some short clips you shot on your phone, along with a few pics, and add a simple voice-over – maybe creating something for a class, showing off a recent library event, or quickly sharing to social media?.

But which tool makes those basics EASY to do? Sometimes all we really need is to trim, split and join up some clips – add a title, some music underneath and let’s go. Well, it still depends on what you’re trying to do, how much time you have to learn something, and if you plan on getting more advanced in the future. So where do we turn for free, simple video editors now? If this is you – what are you going to use instead? I’d love to know what works so I can mention it here or in future posts and columns. Chromebook users got pointed right to YouTube and could do everything there – now … they will probably need to turn to a cloud tool like WeVideo or Loopster – but the free versions there are no match for the late YouTube Editor. The loss of the YouTube Editor is being especially felt by Chromebook users, including many teachers and students, since these ultra-basic laptops have no hard drives. YouTube Editor – dead, being withdrawn as of Sept 20, ’17 no plans from Google for replacement you can still make ‘Enhancements’ to videos you’ve already edited and uploaded to YT Windows MovieMaker – dead or dying, now unsupported since Jan ’17, unavailable to download (except by taking your chances on 3 rd party sites), no replacements available in App shop yet. Let’s take a moment to say goodbye to useful video editing tools … Time to update the list of free video editors, because things have changed! I’ve written about video tools before, I include links to apps on my resources and Fave Tools pages, but darn if those software makers don’t keep changing or killing off products!

Software Alternatives to Windows MovieMaker

Imovie for chromebook free