There are many types of video editing software for PCs. The following programs are the most popular for PC video editing.
Movie Maker, the free video editing software that comes with new PCs, is perfect for beginning video editors. With Windows Movie Maker you can edit and share video and audio files easily on your home PC.
Avid Liquid's powerful SD and HD video editor offers integrated DVD authoring, surround sound audio processing and thousands of powerful real-time effects. Liquid's integrated toolset provides all of the tools needed to create the highest quality productions and finish to tape, DVD or web streams.
Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum is a PC-based editing software that blends simple, intuitive editing software with cutting-edge HD technology. The major advantages of Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum include Blu-Ray DVD burning and Sony AVCHD capabilities.
Corel VideoStudio X2 Standard is a PC-based editing program that provides user-friendly drag-and-drop editing, as well as a wide variety of titles music and special effects. Though it doesn't support HD editing, Corel VideoStudio X2 Standard includes a Blu-Ray DVD authoring package.
Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8 is video-editing software with real-time HDV, DV or MPEG editing capabilities. Unfortunately, you can't burn Blu-ray disks directly from Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8, which can be a drawback if you're working on an HD project.
Pinnacle Studio Version 12 calls itself the simplest and most user-friendly editing software on the market. Pinnacle Studio provides easy to use montage and transition effects for video editing. You can use Pinnacle Studio to upload edited movies to YouTube, or export for your cell phone.
