I am looking for advice in selecting a solid video editing tool that I can use as backup or as a new primary tool.
I have worked with 4 or 5 video editing tools over the years. Recently I'd settled on using Adobe Premiere Elements - mostly because it was free with Photoshop which I like very much. But a recent Mac OS upgrade has made it impossible to use .mov files. I finally got through to Adobe support. They were aware of the problem and are "working on a fix". I've been waiting at least a month and no sign of a software patch from Adobe. I'm not sure it will ever come as I bought Premiere Elements 2020 and they are now trying to sell the 2021 version. Also, their focus seems to be their online tools
I also have iMovie, but have found the interface sort of clunky. It's chock full of gimmicks that don't appeal to me, but clutter up the interface.
These days I only work on my own personal projects - including travel videos and family history videos. So I'm not interested in spending thousands of dollars on something designed to edit feature films.
I have worked with 4 or 5 video editing tools over the years. Recently I'd settled on using Adobe Premiere Elements - mostly because it was free with Photoshop which I like very much. But a recent Mac OS upgrade has made it impossible to use .mov files. I finally got through to Adobe support. They were aware of the problem and are "working on a fix". I've been waiting at least a month and no sign of a software patch from Adobe. I'm not sure it will ever come as I bought Premiere Elements 2020 and they are now trying to sell the 2021 version. Also, their focus seems to be their online tools
I also have iMovie, but have found the interface sort of clunky. It's chock full of gimmicks that don't appeal to me, but clutter up the interface.
These days I only work on my own personal projects - including travel videos and family history videos. So I'm not interested in spending thousands of dollars on something designed to edit feature films.