Everybody knows Final Cut Pro for its professional video editing tools that came from Apple Inc. it gives its users the opportunity to edit their videos with lots of features, such as trimming and moving clips, 360 degree VR editing, with a VR headset playback, multicam editing and other special effects. It also has its downs, mostly with the fact that it’s only compatible with macOS High Sierra.
In this article, we’ve prepared the best alternatives for Final Cut Pro.
Joyoshare Media Cutter for Windows and Mac
This one is a very good cutter, editor and joiner. You can split a video into pieces, get rid of the unwanted parts, even merge clips together. You can also adjust the brightness and contrast as you’d wish, put watermarks and special sound and video effects. It goes for every video and you don’t have to worry about the loss of the quality at the 60x faster speed. There are many audio and video formats that work for this one and you can export your finished project into your device after.
The only problem – it can process only one audio or video file at a time.
Adobe Premiere Pro for Windows and Mac
Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional editing program that lets you create awesome videos. You can trim your clips, add effects and transitions and set color adjustments, edit the tiles and captions – even see a 360 degree VR footage. The best thing about it is that it works with many other Adobe apps, like Photoshop or After Effects. Its interface is very friendly.
The problems – it’s way expensive if we are to compare it with other similar products and it will take you some time to learn how to use it.
DaVinci Resolve for Windows, Mac and Linux
This one is mostly used by editors, audio professionals and colorists. You can enjoy advanced color correction and audio post-production in one place. You’ll be able to edit and trim videos, and the images will be processed, mixed and sent to you in a blink of an eye. It also supports UHD videos. You get a free version so you can carefully look into it before deciding to pay for the one that you need.
The problems – it seems that the application is a bit unstable and it’s way too complicated for beginners.
Avidemux for Windows, Mac, Linux and BSD
This one allows you to cut videos in parts frame by frame! How amazing is that! You can adjust the brightness of the video, the color, saturation and contrast. You can put subtitles to your videos, reduce the noise and sooth the images. It’s free and it supports many common file formats.
The only problem – it doesn’t really have many video editing features.
Filmora Video Editor for Windows and Mac
If you need a video editor for Windows, this one is really easy to learn and it’s perfect for beginners. You can edit your videos in very simply ways. It supports lots of file formats. Beginners can learn how to split, trim, crop or merge clips. They can even add filters and motion effects. The features are amazing and people cannot complain that it’s an incomplete application when it comes to them.
We do not consider this a problem. However, professionals had said that Wondershare Filmora is too easy to use and not suitable for them.