Getting into Video Editing

[Dick Montage]

Hi, I film a lot of video when I travel - little clips and some longer.  I'd like to do something a bit more useful with them than just a bunch of mp4 files on my NAS, maybe put them into montages and so on.

 

I know how to use iMovie but would like to do things a little more interestingly - not only for these videos but also for my own personal learning.  Maybe things like if I have a video of a city scape, be able to point out places but have their label follow their motion.  Or use motion to cut from one scene to another (eg moving past a column, the cut is the moving column).

 

I have access to both Adobe Premier/AfterEffects and Final Cut Pro - any suggestions as to which direction I'm best taking?  Once suggested, I guess I'll follow a udemi or skillshare course.

 

FWIW - I'm using a Mac.

 

Thanks

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Davinci resolve

[Dick Montage]

On 22/04/2022 at 11:03, cacoe said:

Davinci resolve

OK, thanks for the suggestion.  Can you suggest why?

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On 22/04/2022 at 11:09, Dick Montage said:

OK, thanks for the suggestion.  Can you suggest why?

You can get the most useful features in the free version, it's UI is tailored to the workflow (cut/edit/colour correct etc) and I prefer using node systems than panels of settings.

 

I also found it to perform quite a lot better than Premiere.

 

To answer your original question directly though, if you want to do editing and grading - learn premiere, after effects has a lot of overlap in toolset but it isn't for editing really.