Looking for a Free Adobe Premiere Alternative? Meet Olive Video Editor!
My fellow pro and hobbyist video editors and geeks, our prayers have been heard!
Do you ever find yourself needing to simply edit a couple of clips together, regardless of their format? Maybe you want to add a soundtrack, a title or two along the way. Or perhaps do some basic color correction or time warping on the source material?
Here's how it usually goes: you get an idea, either write it down or jump straight into your NLE and get ready to bring it to life.
But first, you need a full-fledged video editing app on the computer you're using. But even if you have one installed — say, you open up Premiere, Final Cut, or DaVinci Resolve — you'll quickly realize that professional NLEs are picky about the video formats they accept. Then you discover you need to transcode clips and re-save images in different formats...
Now you're questioning that sudden wave of euphoria. You look for reasons not to keep going, and finally...
Nope. Not worth it. I'm outta here!
And that, my friends, is exactly how ideas DIE...
Quietly... In the corners of your mind... Overtaken by a barrage of complications and tedious procedures needed before you can actually work on that damn clip.