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video editing software

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    Video Editors (free +no watermark)

    Hello, I am have this old mac and I have a personal project which requires video editing, if you guys know any video editing software or an give me the link to Parallels Desktop for 10.11.6 I would be grateful. Here are some of the Editors that I have tried but they are mehh for one reason or...
  2. PowerMac5500

    Video Editor for Both iPad/Mac

    Hey all. Looking for a video editor (anything really) that works across iPad and mac. What I want to do is be able to start a project on either my iPad or my Mac, and then be able to continue working on it from either device. Everything I'm seeing is either one or the other. For example, right...
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    Why is exporting from Compressor of FCPX is beyond slow

    Anybody have any ideas on why compressor is so ungodly slow at exporting a 2:17min long movie to Vimeo? I made a time-lapse movie in 4K in FCPx and sent it to compressor to publish to Vimeo and at 1 hour and 5 min mark it has only finished about 2/3rd of the way. Why is it taking so long? Same...
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    Video editor - 10.11.4 on Mac Pro 1 1 to 2 1 conversion

    I am currently running 10.11.4 on a MacPro 1 1 upgrade to 2 1 with 20 gigs RAM. I am trying to find a compatible video editor. It’s very clear to me the Apple is blocking a lot. Can’t even get iMovie because installer require 10.11.6. Tried Davinci with similar issue. Any advice would be...
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    Macbook Pro for Adobe Premiere Pro / After Effects

    Hi there I'm looking to buy a Macbook Pro, and need to run photo and video editing software (namely Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro and After Effects) on it. Due to budget, I've been thinking of purchasing a refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro (2.0GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5 with...
  6. DominikHoffmann

    iMovie: the best tutorial for the current version?

    My teenage son wants to experiment with iMovie. Where can I find the best tutorial for him to learn, especially some of the things that aren’t obvious. Either a book or a web link would do. Thanks!
  7. Apple fanboy

    Learning video editing

    So Mrs AFB has asked me to shoot some video for her. These will be craft tutorial videos as she is a card maker. I'll be using my Nikon D750. So there is a glut of tutorials out there, but anybody found any particular good ones on the editing side. I was originally going to use Davinci...
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    cMacPro for Video Editing (FCPX or Premiere, no matter)

    Dear friends, I'm in very need of your advice. I'm having Mac Pro 3.1 2008 (1 x 4-core Xeon 2.6Ghz, 6GB RAM, NV GTX 285 1GB). And it is very slow even in web-browsing on clean install SSD! What are your ideas what to upgrade? I'm sure that I need to upgrade it to at least 12-24 or better...
  9. Asuna

    Editing with .MKV files?

    I have a few videos that I'd like to edit in either Final Cut Pro or in Adobe After Effect but since those two programs don't support .MKV files, I'm trying to get them converted. So far I've looked around and found a few paid programs that were recommended but I'm not trying to spend any money...
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    "Upgrading" MacBook Pro

    Hello I have a late 2011 13" MacBook Pro laptop with 512 GB hard drive 4 GB ram. Is there a way to make it more powerful with compatible parts to be able to video edit effectively. I've heard that I need a bigger laptop to use programs effortlessly. Will any data from my laptop be lost in doing...
  11. MadDoc

    How can I split a .mp4 in two?

    I have a bunch of .mp4 files (DRM free). Each file comprises two episodes of a kids TV show. I would like to simply split the file in two without re-encoding. What's the best way to do this? Preferably with a GUI (as I need to skip to the correct part of each file to find the divider between the...
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    iMovie alternatives?

    TL;DR I can't get iMovie, so I need an alternative (that is free and 10.7.5 compatible). Any suggestions? Operative word being free. It doesn't have to be the best, I just need something where I can upload a video, put a song in the background and play the video on fast foward while the song...