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Best Free Movie Video Editing Software For Windows PC (2017)

Video editing is not only for professionals. Even regular users sometime end up editing videos for various purposes. And with increasing use of smartphones with decent video quality, we are taking videos more than ever - birthdays, videos of places we visit, and so many more. A regular user may not have any need of a video editing software for making fancy movies and high end editing stuff, but there comes a time when we need one to do some basic video editing stuff for our home videos, travel videos etc.  In this post, you will find video editors for basic video editing as well as for professional video editing. If you are looking for  "Best Free Movie Video Editing Software For Windows Computer", here are a few you can check out. They are not in any order.

Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is an easy to use, free video editing tool for Windows from Microsoft. It is a decent video editing software for simple video editing purposes. It contains features such as video effects, video transitions, adding titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie. The good thing about Windows Movie Maker is that it is very easy to use.

Video Input  Formats: 
ASF, AVI, DVR-MS, M1V, MP2, MP2V, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV2, WM, WMV

Video Output Formats: 
WMV, AVI, MP4 and publish to video hosting websites such as YouTube

Windows Movie Maker has been there since Windows ME in 2000. Windows Movie Maker has been used by many for editing videos and is still in use by a lot of people to do basic video editing. Many instructional and tutorial videos on YouTube are created using Windows Movie Maker. Windows Movie Maker was available as a part of the "Windows Essential Suite". However, Movie Maker was officially discontinued without a replacement on January 10, 2017 and download is no longer available from Windows website. If you have Windows Movie Maker, you can continue to use it. But if you want, it can still be used on Windows from other sources.

Where to download Windows Live Movie Maker?
Check out these links but I don't guarantee the availability of the software.
Shotcut

shotcut free video editing software
Image Courtesy: https://www.shotcut.org/

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor and supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. Its interface is sleek and easy to use. The user interface is flexible with dock-able panels. It can import video, audio and images. It comes along with webcam capture, audio capture, and lots of video filter options.

Shotcut is available on Windows, Linux, and macOS (OS X).

Learn more or download Shotcut here

VirtualDub

virtualdub-free-video-editing-software

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Virtualdub has video features such as video compression, video splitting, and the addition of audio tracks. It also has batch-processing capabilities for dealing with large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. User interface is simple and clean.

Download Virtualdub


VSDC video editor
vsdc free video editing software
Image Courtesy: http://www.videosoftdev.com
VSDC video editor is a free non-linear video editing software and features a lot of audio and  video effects which are grouped into the following categories - color correction, object transformation, object filters, transition effects and special fx. It also included instagram-like filters to dramatically improve your videos. It also includes masking for hiding, blurring or highlighting certain elements in your video. Some more features include-
  • YouTube Uploader
  • DVD burning tool
  • Video File Converter
  • Desktop video capture and video capture from webcams, IP cameras etc.
Download VSDC video editor here



Wax
wax free video editing software
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Wax is another free video editing software and is ideal for general purpose video editing needs. It is flexible video compositing and special effects software.


Wax can create 2D & 3D special effects and can work in two modes - as a standalone application which would appeal for home users/beginners, and as a "plug-in" to video editors/NLEs such as Sony Vegas®, Pure Motion EditStudio and Adobe Premiere® etc.

Download Wax video editor here.


Blender

Blender is not just a video editor, in fact, video editor is just another feature in Blender. The Video Editor allows you to perform basic actions like video cuts and splicing, as well as more complex tasks like video masking.

blender free video editing software
Image Courtesy: www.blender.org
Blender is free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports 3D modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation. Blender is cross-platform and runs equally well on Linux, Windows, and Macintosh computers. It you are looking for more advanced tools, Blender is worth a try.

The Video Editor includes:
  • Live preview, audio mixing, syncing, scrubbing and waveform visualization
  • Up to 32 slots for adding video, images, audio, scenes, masks and effects
  • Speed control, adjustment layers, transitions, keyframes, filters and more.

ZS4 Video Editor
zs4 free video editing software
Image Courtesy: zs4-video.en.lo4d.com

ZS4 Video Editor is another free video editing software for Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP. It is a video editing and compositing software with more than 150 built-in video effects. All the regular task of a video editor such as rotate, cut, adjust hue, saturation and lightness can be performed along with scale, wipe, dither, quantize, etc.

ZS4 can combine a variety of media types such as photos, videos, and audio files into one (or more) output file(s).

Download ZS4 Video Editor here


Lightworks

lightworks free video editing software
Image Courtesy: Lightworks
Lightworks is a professional non-linear video editing system (NLE) for editing and mastering digital video in various formats and is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Lightworks has been used in film making such as The Wolf of Wall Street, LA Confidential, Pulp Fiction, Heat etc.
Lightworks comes in two versions -Free and Pro. The free version comes with a limited number of features:
  • Realtime effects, Advanced multicam editing, Second monitor output, Ability to import a wide range of file types, Export to Vimeo (H.264/MEPG-4) up to 1080p HD, Export to YouTube (H.264/MEPG-4) up to 1080p HD
The free version if Lightworks cannot export to DVD, Blu-ray, or hard drive. So, if you are editing videos to publish on YouTube etc. it is fine but the free version won't let you save to disk, which may be a drawback if you need that feature in your video editor.

Learn more and download Lightworks here.

 
Ezvid Video Maker

Image Courtesy: Ezvid

Ezvid Video Maker is a video editing software along with a screen recorder. Ezvid video maker comes with cutting-edge effects and features - voice recording, facecam, voice synthesis, screen drawing, and speed control.

With Ezvid you can also do "screen drawing" which allows you to draw directly on your screen. It also features speech synthesis or  'text-to-speech' system that allows you to convert normal text into a computer language. Ezvid only allows upload to YouTube and cannot save video edits to the computer.

Check out features and download Ezvid

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