wedding stills photographer going to learn video editing-what software

[rocketman122]

im thinking ahead, for the future and Im going to learn to do video editing.
heres the thing. I am not an adobe fan at all. I despise them. dont ask me why I hate adobe. it isnt relevant.

I dont use PS or LR anymore for editing and unless I would really benefit from using adobe products, I prefer not to use them anymore. I would use them only if their software can do things other software couldnt.

looking to do wedding video editing. over time learn and slowly do the editing for clients I shoot stills for (we do a combo pack with stills and video) . then basically down the years leave stills photography and focus just on editing.

some insight would be appreciated.

 

[Joshua_G]

I'd recommend DaVinci Resolve, the freeware version: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ . At the bottom of the page click 'Download Now'.
For tutorial I'd recommend 'DaVinci Resolve 15 Essentials Bundle' by Ripple Training: https://www.rippletraining.com/products/davinci-resolve/davinci-resolve-15-essentials-bundle/ for $139.00. Though there are many YouTube free trainings, better save yourself the time and frustrations of weeding the good ones from the crap.

 

[Publimix]

+1 and the video's from Blackmagic itself and the tutorials from 'goat's eye view' most of the m about earlier versions but very god, short and clear.

 

[Doug_EX]

Davinci Resolve for sure. BMD has excellent free training videos on their Youtube page : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCufB8sMVyP9JEScMjLz74YA/videos

 

[Greg_E]

The official BM books are decent as well, just not a complete set of them yet.

 

[combatentropy]

Recent thread, similar sentiments, maybe more information: Is it time to dump Adobe?

 

[Justin Kuhn]

OP, What do you use instead of Lightroom?

 

[NorBro]

If you're a Mac guy, I recommend FCP X (for the video editing).

Super simple yet extremely powerful if you take the time to learn more about the software (and you don't have to which is the beauty of how it works...kind of like all Apple products).

 

[BrianMurphy]

+1 DaVinci Resolve. Made the switch from FCX and have not looked back. Check your system configuration with their suggestions : https://documents.blackmagicdesign....07/DaVinci_Resolve_15_Configuration_Guide.pdf

 

[TubEfingers]

Gottta be FCPX - its great for stuff like weddings and corporate when you need a fast turnaround. Some great free tutorials to get you up and running https://www.izzyvideo.com

 

[David W. Jones]

iMovie might be a no cost starting place to get a little practice in before you start spending heavy coin.