Video Editing Reviews

Suitable for even the most demanding users, Adobe Premiere Pro is an expansive, professional-level digital video editing program with excellent collaboration tools.

Apple's professional-level video editing software, Final Cut Pro, brings a wealth of power in an interface simple enough for pros and consumers alike. Recent highlights include AI-powered cropping for social media output and support for Apple Silicon-based Macs.

Apple's entry-level desktop video editing application can turn your footage and photos into impressive productions.

PowerDirector is a fast, full-featured consumer-level video editing program. It offers macOS and Windows users all the latest technology support yet is surprisingly easy to use.

Corel VideoStudio is a feature-packed and intuitive consumer video editing program. New tools give you fun ways to edit faces, create GIFs, generate captions with speech-to-text, and more.

A massively powerful professional video production application, DaVinci Resolve includes all the cutting, keyframing, color grading, and audio tools pros want. It also offers a capable free version, but there's a learning curve.

Movavi packs a lot of video editing power into a clear, simple interface. You get PiP, chroma key, titling, basic keyframing, and even motion tracking. It’s not quite as feature-packed or fast as some of the competition, but it lets you easily produce attractive work.

Pinnacle Studio is a fast, full-featured, near-pro-level video editing application without a steep learning curve. Performance upgrades and new mask motion-tracking, titling, and audio tools make it even more appealing.

Adobe's consumer video editor is easy to use and offers plenty of help. It trails the competition when it comes to features and rendering performance, however. New for 2022 are the Auto Reframe feature, more aspect ratios, and additional guided edits.

Windows 11 will soon include a dedicated video editing app that’s good for TikTok and small business marketing, but Window’s existing Photos app is a more powerful video editor.

For less money than the competition, Nero offers a wide array of enthusiast-level video editing capabilities, but the interface is dated and it trails in support for new formats and techniques.

Wondershare's Filmora video editing software may not have multicam support or the hottest new VR tools, but it does offer a pleasing interface and lots of effects.

Though it can boast some advanced effects and tools, Magix Movie Edit Pro remains an also-ran video editing program in usability and performance.

Vegas Pro offers a full slate of video editing tools, but they’re not organized in a way that nonprofessional enthusiasts can easily grasp, despite some recent improvements.