VSDC Free Video Editor is a free application for editing and editing video clips. This program offers the possibility of non-linear editing - combining several clips or their separate fragments, imposing on them sound and text accompaniment, using transitions, using built-in or personally created filters and effects.
You can use the application to convert audio and video in various formats. You can use ready-made settings optimized for a large variety of devices - iPAD, iPhone, PlayStation, iRiver, etc. The final video can be copied on DVD directly from the program.
Main features of VSDC Free Video Editor
The interface is divided into several parts. On the left side is the program explorer where videos, images, audio and other files used are displayed. In the upper right part there is a window showing the clip being edited. This is the player, which scrolls, pauses and starts up again if desired. In the lower right area there is a timeline (scene). There you can add different tracks and elements that will go into the finished video. On the left side of the timeline editor there is a panel of all the tools.
When creating a project VSDC Free Video Editor immediately offers the ability to choose settings for the final video. You need to enter the title, aspect ratio, number of frames per second and quality features of the sound.
Using the program you can overlay video, add sound and pictures on top of your video, stitch and edit existing clips. When your work is done, the application will offer to save the created video in any format. You can also set the parameters of the clip.
Advantages and disadvantages of VSDC Free Video Editor
Among the advantages of the program stand out:
- the possibility of placing clips in any convenient location;
- everything is displayed on the desktop as personal objects;
- accepts many different formats;
- large number of video and sound effects;
- video source is a file or an external device (camera). The ability to record a clip directly from the screen or upload from YouTube;
- availability of the video editor allowing to cut fragments of video, drag and drop the image and sound from it to another file;
- the ability to convert the original file into different formats and for a variety of devices.
The disadvantages of the application include:
- during installation you need to carefully control the loading of unnecessary software spam;
- during the work does not use all of the memory, the application is 32-bit;
- The controls are not intuitive. It takes time to learn the program.
VSDC Free Video Editor is compatible with all versions of Windows.