Video editing software recommendations

[Sonic3]

Hi,

 

Just wondering what everyone's using to enable their students (ages 11 to 16) to edit videos? Our students mostly use Chromebooks and we've been recommended WeVideo a few times, but we're open to suggestions (for both Windows software and Chromebook compatible software).

 

Thanks!

[nwkeene]

these two edugeek posts are worth a look:

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/av-multimedia-related/200427-video-editing-software-recommendation-needed.html

and slightly older:

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/educational-software/199634-video-editing-software-recommendations.html

 

I don't think Chromebooks would work in this scenario as they have very little internal storage... and generally not much CPU power... for anything more than 'a cut and trim', you start to need some serious hardware...

 

Personally i use Avid Media Composer, but i'm ex BBC so that's what i was used to... most have a fairly steep learning curve...

 

my 2p

[chazzy2501]

I've used Wevideo (you can create a trial account) it worked great! I've recommended it going forward over our old Serif Video x4

[colly72]

If you allow Google Play apps to be installed on your Chromebooks, I believe that you can sign up for Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education for free and install Adobe Premiere Rush as part of the package. I've only ever used Premiere Pro myself so can't speak for how good it is though:

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/express/using/express-for-education.html

Edited April 28, 2022 by colly72
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[Alis_Klar]

these two edugeek posts are worth a look:

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/av-multimedia-related/200427-video-editing-software-recommendation-needed.html

and slightly older:

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/educational-software/199634-video-editing-software-recommendations.html

 

I don't think Chromebooks would work in this scenario as they have very little internal storage... and generally not much CPU power... for anything more than 'a cut and trim', you start to need some serious hardware...

 

Personally i use Avid Media Composer, but i'm ex BBC so that's what i was used to... most have a fairly steep learning curve...

 

my 2p

 

Yeah but if you use a web based editor all that is done by the Server right? I guess you could use a SD card to get around the local storage issue or just upload to the webservice on a teacher's beefier machine. Then once it's uploaded the local resources are irrelevant.

[dhicks]

Yeah but if you use a web based editor all that is done by the Server right?

 

Certainly for WeVideo all the video storage is held server-side. There'll be a bit of caching client-side, but local storage shouldn't be an issue. I seem to remember you can even record from a laptop's webcam (or, indeed, any camera you can plug in via a USB adaptor) straight to a video project if you have a reasonable Internet connection. I think a good amount of processing is done server-side as well, so you don't need that powerful a device, although having something reasonably up-to-date is probably going to give you a smoother user experience.

[jodebrode]

Hey there! Apologies for the late response, but I thought I'd share some recommendations. For video editing on Chromebooks, WeVideo is indeed a popular choice with its server-side video storage and recording capabilities. Another option I stumbled upon while browsing online is an automatic video editor I found. It offers features like adding audio to your videos, and I came across a helpful guide on their website: https://www.movavi.com/support/how-to/automatic-video-editor.html/. It might be worth checking out! While I'm new to this forum, I'm excited to contribute. Good luck with finding the right software for your students' video editing needs! Edited May 18, 2023 by jodebrode