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1 - EDITING SOFTWARE

Gone are the days of video-editing software costing big bucks. It is now easier than ever to edit videos to a high standard, and do so inexpensively and quickly.

From well-established programs like Final Cut Pro, iMovie or Windows Movie Maker, to smartphone apps designed for every conceivable occasion, there are innumerable tools out there to help you, and they’re getting easier to use.

With such huge leaps in the quality of technology, the platform you choose generally doesn’t matter a great deal, unless you want to turn your hobby into a full-time profession. So focus on finding a program you find easy to use. Many of the big video-editing programs, like Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere, often offer 30-day free trials of their software, downloadable from their websites.

Above all, don’t get hung up on what the technology can do for you. The best movies are ones that could have been cut on celluloid, by hand, as all films were for decades. When it comes down to it, it’s not about the high-tech effects: good video relies on your ability to tell a great story and engage viewers. However smart it is, no computer algorithm can do that for you.
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