Denist

Thanks, new words acquired. 😁

Thanks for the response. I finally used DaVinci Resolve because $299 FCPX is a relatively big cost for me. 😆

My Macbook has much better performance than laptop, and the majority of my clips are 1080P and 4K footages. So hopefully I may skip creating proxy media.😄😄😄

Thank you all. I just installed DaVinci Resolve 16 on Windows, and tried simple edits on some minute-long 4K clips following the video shared by heart0less. (Also watch other video about DaVinCi Resolve from John’s Films). I never thought a free editor could be so versatile. I don’t see any necessary features missing comparing to premiere. Color grading and VFX pages is not straightforward for me, but guess it is not a big deal as there are a number of awesome tutorial resources I can follow.

I heard many people say that Kdenlive and Shotcut are not stable on Mac. Really they are?

Hi, New there. I’m using the free version of Premiere Pro knowing it is illegal. (Sorry) As it is not an official release, there are lots of bugs and crashes. And I happen to see that the FCPX now allows for a 90-day free trial. https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/trial/ I can use Premiere to make some simple edits, so perhaps I’m not a complete novice on editing, but heard that the workflow of FCPX is very different from PR. I want to know it is worth to install and learn FCPX if (very possible) I won’t pay for FCPX once the trail ends. Or I should go with some free editing software like DaVinci Resolve, HitFilm. I read lots of posts like: https://www.oberlo.com/blog/best-free-video-editing-software https://www.videoproc.com/video-editor/free-video-editors-software-review.htm However, as you can see, there are too many options, the best 6/22/46 editors. Also, I don’t know whether I could trust those monetized sites or not. If set on free apps, which is your recommendation? Could you share with me some real use experience. Thanks!! I'm using HP ENVY X36 (Windows) + Macbook Pro 16(Almost forget) . BTW😨