Often video editing software is complex and hard to use for ordinary users.
Predominantly designed for video professionals, software suites can be difficult for most people. Yet video editing tools like Windows video editor seem to lack the complexity of some of the higher-end video editing suites, and it seems that components are missing from some of the software packages.
That said, I tried Wondershare Filmora software from the Iskysoft site[1] on my Windows 10 PC. It is also available for Mac, and there are 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and 8, as well.
The app seems slow to initialize as it checks the GPU speed before the app launches. Once launched, import the media you want -- video clips, images, and audio files -- then drag and drop the clips, titles, transitions, effects, and other items to the video timeline.
You can split parts of video clips using the scissors tool and drag them to different tracks on the timeline.
Move the slider to where you want to start watching the video and click the play button. When you have finished editing, you can export the video to your PC or share it across social media. You can export video files in MP4, MOV, or GIF, or upload it to YouTube or Vimeo.
You can save projects that are in work as project files and come back to them later.
I like that Filmora shows tracks that appear in different layers, each individually configurable. Project media folders allow you to create different projects and see which files are in which project.
I could have more than one project on the go and split the screen so I could display the different components in the dashboard. I could also record