Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
These video editors vary in shape and size, but not in price. Here are the Top 5 Free Video Editors of 2016 and beyond.
5. Blender - an open-source program primarily used for 3D modeling and animating, Blender is also has a great built-in video editor. The advantage of Blender is the fact that you can do awesome advanced 3D camera tracking and particle effects such as explosions, fire, rain, and more - but the time it takes to master this application is counted not in days, weeks, or hours, but in years.
4. Windows Movie Maker - comes installed on your PC andis very simple, although limited in effects and controls.
3. iMovie - comes installed on your Mac and is superior to WMM in that you have many more advanced effects and controls.
2. DaVinci Resolve 12.5 - primarily a grading program, Resolve has now become a powerful, feature-packed editor with professional Hollywood-level grading features.
1. Hitfilm 4 Express - This program has all the advanced editing features you need, along with advanced visual effects. This program seamlessly blends the worlds of editing and VFX with an advanced editor, and amazing high-end effects and controls such as curves, lightsabers, lens flares, 3D particle layers, keyframing with interpolation, manual bezier and value graphs.
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These video editors vary in shape and size, but not in price. Here are the Top 5 Free Video Editors of 2016 and beyond.
5. Blender - an open-source program primarily used for 3D modeling and animating, Blender is also has a great built-in video editor. The advantage of Blender is the fact that you can do awesome advanced 3D camera tracking and particle effects such as explosions, fire, rain, and more - but the time it takes to master this application is counted not in days, weeks, or hours, but in years.
4. Windows Movie Maker - comes installed on your PC andis very simple, although limited in effects and controls.
3. iMovie - comes installed on your Mac and is superior to WMM in that you have many more advanced effects and controls.
2. DaVinci Resolve 12.5 - primarily a grading program, Resolve has now become a powerful, feature-packed editor with professional Hollywood-level grading features.
1. Hitfilm 4 Express - This program has all the advanced editing features you need, along with advanced visual effects. This program seamlessly blends the worlds of editing and VFX with an advanced editor, and amazing high-end effects and controls such as curves, lightsabers, lens flares, 3D particle layers, keyframing with interpolation, manual bezier and value graphs.
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