it has its place but may not be what you're looking for. Several people have talked about registrator viewer in this thread. and i thought blender was some sort of 3d rendering program, but i could be wrong. they're for transcoding (converting between AVI and other formats like mp4 or mpg), so probably won't be what you want anyway. A simple program for a simple mind and empty wallet are all I need for now.Īs far as i know, avidemux and avisynth are not normal editing programs. I can't emphasize enough how little I know about cameras and videos. When I read reviews or check forums about these the opinions are all over the place: Witness the back-and-forth just in this forum! Therefore I haven't downloaded any of them yet.

Some other free programs I've heard of are: I already have Windows Live Movie Maker on my machine. Photos will be from either of those or my Canon point-and-shoot.

My videos are recorded by an SJCam SJ4000 or my Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. I'm running Windows 7 on a Toshiba laptop. I don't care about uploading to YouTube at this point, it's just for me to send videos to family and friends. I've never edited any videos before and don't have a clue about file types. I only need to trim the beginning and end of videos, cut out stuff in the middle, cut or boost the audio here and there, join clips together and insert the occasional photo. I'm looking for the simplest, easiest free video editing software for a newbie, i.e., for me.

Lightworks free version