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Pros
The best part of this software is that it has a free version which is a sophisticated editor for any home video editing.
Overall, VSDC Video Editor is an amazing software for those who have a limited budget. It is inexpensive and allows users to create high quality content with ease (if you know what you are doing).
Even the free version of the software contains lot of useful and amazing effects and other editing options that can help to create interesting and beautiful videos.
The overall experience of using the video editor is quite favorable as it provides a wide variety of useful features to make amazing videos.
Cons
I remember having a similar problem with Shotcut in which text elements from one clip can overlap and bleeds thru the other especially when it has text effects applied to it. It is the same with VSDC.
If you have been frustrated or think you cannot do this please try AVS Video Editor, I have so many FINISHED a projects now.
We turned to VSDC while trying to finish some hurried video work, after encountering a fatal technical glitch in our standard video-editing platform.
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"Good software and easy to use!!!"
Overall: I have a wide positive experience with VSDC Video Editing. It's easy user interface, easy to post from there to social media, and many more.
Pros: What I like most about VSDC Video Editor is its extensive feature set and versatility. It supports a wide range of formats and provides powerful tools for both basic and advanced video editing, all within a user-friendly interface.
Cons: The least I like about VSDC Video Editor is its steep learning curve, which can be challenging for beginners.
"Amazing App to Edit Youtube Videos!"
Overall: Beautiful experience to edit my youtube videos! Fast to produce videos. Fast to edit. Simple and efficient video editing software with VSDC Video Editor!
Pros: I really love this product VSDC Video Editor! I love this product because I found it to edit my YouTube videos. Ever since I've been using it, it has made my videos so much easy to edit and work on. I love how it's easy to navigate and makes my edit so fast & precise to edit. Some apps are hard to use, but VSDC is so easy! It has green screen available for editing, It has zoom tools, color changes, video effects, cutting tools & so much more to offer. This is a wonderful app!
Cons: What it can improve on is modernizing the software more. If they can upgrade the style of the software. It will be more technologically modern to use. As there are lots of competition with video editing software's. I do find it a little bit old school, but other than that. It's very easy to use, just needs a little bit of upgrade!
"If you are a beginner in the world of editing videos, I advise you to start with VSDC Video Editor "
Overall: I recommend it for a beginner in the field.And I recommend that he not continue to work on it a lot, because no matter how much you learn on it, the program will remain poor and not professional.It is the first stage of learning video editing, but it is not professionalism.
Pros: The interface of the program is easy and simple, and after a short time of using the program, you can master the work on itThis program will be useful for content makers on social media who do not have much experience in the correct sizes of the video.It includes a wide range of effects and transitions that can be used in promotional videos on social media.
Cons: Too many symbols can hinder editing time.In addition to the difficulty in putting some things on the timeline. And this is very strange, as you may find yourself taking the file more than once so that it is finally put on the timeline and shown to you.
"Money Saving and Flawless Editing Experience"
Overall: It’s value for money, easy to use, and faster than other free software. I can edit videos here for YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook in a short time with effective features that my viewers find interesting. Overall, my experience with VSDC has been efficient so far.
Pros: In this software, one can easily merge different kinds of media like video, sound, pictures, and other ones. The dragging and dropping options are super easy to use. It also comes with a recording feature where we can capture videos from external devices. I could also save my projects in any format like mp4/mav and likewise. I find VSDC reliable to use and money efficient.
Cons: Each time it updates, it gives me a different layout and I have to re-study the whole process of video editing every time. Plus, it's tough to watch video previews while editing. Even though it’s fast and simple to edit, this is a drawback for me.
"Effective Video Project Creation"
Overall: Our ability to effectively edit recorded presentations for YouTube promotion, Google Slide presentations and some for fun is why I am pleased to currently use, plan to continue to use and find the value for the cost to be very high.
Pros: It's intuitive. Not only am I user, but I have to train others on how to edit our weekly videos. It's also flexible in the type of output. We create videos not only for YouTube but for other educational purposes, so to have the ability to export the video in a variety of formats has been great.
Cons: I'm a little bothered by past updates which have changed the menuing and layout of the product. As I mentioned above, I have to train others, and these changes can be very damaging to those who 'need to go through a process - step by step'.
"One of the best professional video editor for Windows expecially on low end devices."
Overall: One of the efficient and reliable free video editor available for windows. I'm not going to switch from VSDC any time soon it handle all my task pretty well.
Pros: Highly stable. Efficient and Least resource hungry (I run VSDC in an Intel Celeron 2 core N3350 it ran smoothly and i used 1 - 4K and 7 - 720p videos + many transition effects + Text ). Great amount of tutorials by the guys from VSDC on YouTube and in their own Website. Hardware acceleration. (Has a lot of option to play with). Changing preview quality in player screen. (Very useful for low end devices). Lot of export formats and custom export settings. No adware in free version. The full version is avilable at a very cheap price. Full version contains most almost all features for professional grade editing. The export quality of videos is highly efficient. (I mean it got me better quality and low size files compared to shotcut. Comes with various other features like screen recorder, audio recorder, converter etc.
Cons: Couldn't find the keyboard shortcut for trimming tool (Every time i had to open the editor tab to use trim) Only windows version available. I couldn't find any other cons.
"An honest review about VSDC"
Overall: Overall, even if you get the free version, it is fine because you have access to most of its basic to mid video editing tools. VSDC also receives updates until now and it gets better and better. I highly recommend VSDC software if you don't have the budget to buy premium video editing software.
Pros: I like that VSDC has so much capability and on its free version. Unfortunately some of its best features is locked behind a paywall, but you still have access to almost all of its features on the free version.
Cons: the only thing I didn't like about VSDC is that some of the best features of it are locked behind a paywall.
"Dynamic, affordable, worth the learning curve"
Overall: Overall using VSDC has been a great experience and I keep going back to it again and again. It has its limits, which can be frustrating in the short term, but the overall package that VSDC Video Editor provides makes it a favorite. It is also a favorite of content creators online so finding answers to problems is easy.
Pros: I love that with this free product I can do high-level customizations of videos. I especially appreciate how thorough and precise the text-add feature is, as I do a lot of adding subtitles for my music. I'm always impressed at how much this free program can do. The online support is good with thousands of tutorials if you ever get stuck. I love how much control I have over my projects.
Cons: The menus are not necessarily intuitive. To be fair, this is a problem that media editing programs have as there is SO much you can do and SO much to cover. But I do find myself googling a lot to figure out how to do something, even if I've done it before. You really need to get familiar with this program to use it quickly.
"HAPPY VSDC VIDEO EDITOR USER"
Pros: Easy to use, simple but superb interface, lots of features to choose from, pre-set template settings, hi-resolution output, lots of transitions effects to chose from, different output format compatible with almost all social media requirement.
Cons: None at all, all we need is all incorporated and available.
"Full Video Editor Suite at an affordable price"
Overall: We needed a software that could allow us to edit , merge and link various trainings into one professional package. This software allowed us to do that and then export them easily.
Pros: We use the editing tools for developing fun sales training videos. It easily allows us to merge videos and trim our recordings so they look professional. Very pleased with the software for the past 3 years.
Cons: There are allot of editing tools, take advantage of any training videos and you will pick it up quickly.
"Great Stress Free Video Production & Editing"
Pros: The ease of use and greenscreen capability
Cons: Nothing to complain about. I find no negative aspects of the software.
"Professional video editing software made for the general public"
Overall: VSDC allowed me to approach the editing of my first professional clips, its ease of access, handling and its performance are to be welcomed!
Pros: What is particularly interesting in VSDC is the ease with which it is possible to edit even complex videos. it is very powerful and the resolution processing quality goes up to Ultra 4k. No need to render with Vsdc, the effects apply live, editing is therefore greatly accelerated. I really enjoy using it.
Cons: What is less interesting is its weak media library. VSDC does not provide its users with enough video effects, transitions and others.
"Compatibility and comprehensive use of VSDC Video Editor"
Overall: My overall experience is quite satisfactory. I am very happy to use it because it saves my time and helps to increase the quality of my work. I have no issue and can use its all features. I sometimes feel that I am unable to use its all compatible features and functions. I would like to keep it and try to use it in future. I would love to recommend this software.
Pros: It saves time and easy handling with respect to trimming and splitting of the video. If I do any mistakes I can restart my editing and get finally finish the quality. It supports all types of videos and photos.
Cons: Overall its functions are very good and excellent, however, it needs some improvement. For example, it needs to add some Poll-type features with its Title card. It will enhance its user ability and capability.
"VSDC Video Editor "
Overall: This Software can be crowned as the best video editing software to produce in this decade for a reasonable price. Before we purchase the pro version we had to utilize the software to experience the effectiveness of the software to our company. Indeed, it has exceeded our expectations as this helped our organization to produce a plethora of videos to attract customers and meet the sales targets. This has many handy features that help us to make various videos with the picture in picture and side videos. Last but not least we can use this to produce solid graphs for presentations also. I highly recommend this tool for your video editing purpose.
Pros: 1. Allow users to experience maximum features to make quality videos in the free edition. 2. Quite easy to learn as icons on the interface help to interpret the outcome for the edit. 3. Return on investment is beyond the limit since the price of the software is relatively low compared to the competitive brands in the market 4. Enable to export the completed video to various formats (YouTube, Instagram, and social networks) 5. The resolution, encoder mode and aspect correction can configure to have a low size video without losing great quality from videos. 6. Making green screen video can be done less than minutes. 7. Advance features are enabled to make text, parallax and rewind effects for videos.
Cons: 1. Fewer shortcut keys to acquire the desired output within seconds 2. Object position setting not placing to the right place in the timeline, though given the right command 3. Too many icons sometimes hinder the editing time. 4. Screen capture not having continuous smoothness 5. Need to add a shortcut key in the interface to contact a support person 24/7 to support creators
"Solid option for video editing "
Overall: It's the best option I've found to fit my needs. As far as the editing tools go, they offer more options than most even in the free version. Works well on any system I've used it on and has some good features for adding text, including music or other sound files and adjusting the color and feel of the complete product using filters.
Pros: 1. The fact that they have a free version is always a plus. They show ads for the paid version but do not penalize you in any way if you opt to stick to the free one. They don't even add a watermark. 2. Works even on my older PC, doesn't strain the system like many video editors. 3. Easy to use import and export features to start and complete your project. You don't really have to mess with converting anything which saves a lot of time. 4. You have a lot of control over the file type and sizes when you are finished.
Cons: 1. The layout is a little difficult to manage at first. It takes some work to figure out where to find things. 2. Previewing your videos can also come with challenges while you are editing. 3. Working with the timeline feature can be frustrating if you are using layers. It can be hard to avoid overlapping.
"Powerful, yet easy to use"
Overall: I've been able to create high quality videos for inclusion in the video games my company produces thanks to VSDC, and don't have any plans to switch to another video editor anytime soon.
Pros: VSDC combines an intuitive interface with powerful features designed to allow the end user to create remarkable videos, complete with animations and even includes professional Hollywood type features such as chroma-keying, more commonly referred to as the "green screen" effect. The program does a great job of combining powerful video editing features with easy of use, and really helps to streamline the entire multimedia editing and production process.
Cons: Earlier versions of VSDC seemed a have a few software bugs here and there when performing certain features, however, these wrinkles seemed to have been ironed out in the most recent releases.
"VSDC Regular Usage Review"
Overall: My Overall VSDC experience was not really that well.
Pros: I like this software's various features and its abilities.
Cons: I dislike this software's features; the accessibility and the useability of the features.
"easy make videos "
Overall: very power full this VSDC video i make easy to make videos instant make videos. my videos jobs quality good. I teal more video editors used this VSDC videotor.
Pros: This VSDC video editor is very powerful video editing animated, creating videos making. very easy handling this VSDC video editor. good mixing control colour balancing. sound very good and effects / time to cutting videos easy. audio effects / slide videos / little knowledge ok VSDC video editor use.
Cons: i like i make my music videos. very easy i make my youtube channel music videos and entertainment program editing used this VSDC video edotor.
"Great Video Editor"
Overall: I use VSDC to make makeup videos for my business' Instagram page and it has been and continues to be a great experience. VSDC has made editing quite easy and fun and I have had no issues with the quality of the audio or video.
Pros: This video editor is full of useful features that make it a powerful video editor. You can use the basics like cutting and splitting, transitions and clip importing, as well as the more advanced features like chroma key, mask and audio and video layering. VSDC supports virtually any and every audio and video file that I've used to make my videos and the result is always beautiful. Also, I love that VSDC allows you to make videos in HD and 4K quality, and the video stabilization feature (which is not found in every video editor) is awesome.
Cons: VSDC is not as user-friendly as some other editors that I have used throughout the years. It takes some time to really get used to the interface but, once you've become comfortable, everything is really a breeze. Also, the free version of the VSDC Video Editor has some restrictions which includes watermarks. If you don't mind the watermarks, then this is no issue. However, persons who are looking for a free video editor with no restrictions or prompts to purchase any other version of the editor, in this case the Pro version, will not enjoy using VSDC.
"Good editor"
Overall: I found it quite difficult for a novice to get started with the program, tutorials did help me get started but still not easy enough to pick up from there. I spent too much time with tutorials and not the actual program.
Pros: It's easy enough to bring in videos for some necessary editing and some enhancements. The program runs smoothly with no major glitches.
Cons: Very difficult to learn for a novice and I feel the free version could use more options, such as transitions, only a few are supplied. The program has many options for editing and rendering but many of those options are difficult to figure out how I would use them.
"VSDC free is awesome!"
Pros: VSDC is the first editing software that I've ever used. I was able to get started pretty quickly, so I would say that it is pretty user friendly. I never would've thought that I would enjoy editing videos, but I do thanks to VSDC.
Cons: I am currently using an older and slow computer for my editing and it struggles with the playback feature and converting the videos for export.
"The Developer Did A Good Job"
Overall: Making videos is fun while using the tool. Import, pick resources, cut, join and export your video. That's how you do it on VSDC.
Pros: Other free video editors lack many of the features found in VSDC, so that's why VSDC is unique.
Cons: VSDC interface isn't particularly user-friendly, it has some significant limits, and the free version effectively slows down the processing speed of your videos.
"Free Editor Best Bang for your buck!! "
Overall: Honestly, it works great and I really enjoy the save feature so all I have to do is insert the videos and the beginning and end are already set up to go.
Pros: That the free version is just as good as the paid version, which is only $20 something a year with free updates.. Easy to use and to the point. Great Youtube videos to guide newbies like me through the cool editing hacks. Can convert for multiple formats to upload too.
Cons: Make sure you download the right version 32/64 to your rig otherwise it won't work.. Crashing problems when working with larger vids so SAVE OFTEN..
"VSDC Video Editor is nice, free video editing software"
Pros: It is free. As far as free applications that do what it does, I cannot think of many. Features are somewhat lacking but that is expected with free apps.
Cons: Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, it may not have enough features and levels to it. In which case you will need to go with a paid editing system or application.
"VSDC video editor review "
Pros: Really easy to use and has all the necessary tools for a newbie really great software
Cons: There isn't much negative about it. It would be great if itt has its own video templates and also copyright free audio to use as well