 Believe it or not, there is such a thing as good free editing software. Today, Mike is your wallet's best friend as he shows you which editing programs give you the best bang for your buck. This episode is brought to you by Game On Snacks, jerky that's changing the game. Enter the promo code FREEDOM at checkout for 10% off all orders. What's up everyone, my name is Zesty Mike and today we're gonna be talking about... Alright alright, I get it. Today we're gonna be talking about free editing software solutions. Editing software will either make or break your channel. We all know Movie Maker and of course iMovie if you're on a Mac. However, I'll be flat out honest with you guys, I would much rather use PowerPoint. If you use iMovie or Movie Maker, don't take offense, just listen up to this next section. I did a lot of research trying to find the best editing software out there for you guys and to be honest, it was really hard. I had a hard time finding something that I would actually want to use personally. And finally, I found one. It is the one and only Lightworks. Lightworks is a fancy boy editor that actually feels really similar to Adobe Premiere. I instantly installed it and then I understood what went where, how to use it, how to export the video, how to actually edit a video. To be honest, I tried editing one of our daily vlogs in it and it gave me zero hassle. I made the whole entire thing from scratch and worked just fine. There is only one downside to the average YouTuber and that's the fact that it only lets you publish 720p. It doesn't let you go 1080 and that's because there is a paid version which gives you full features including 1080p. But you still get to upload HD which is still pretty cool. Now of course if you pay for it you get more features than the 1080p option. But most of it is not something that the average YouTuber is going to need. There are a couple cool things but for the most part it's for big Hollywood type films. So needless to say you should be more than happy with the free version. However if you do feel the need to buy the pro account, if you are a student you have the option to get it 50% off which is a nice hunk of change. But like I said before the free version has tons and tons of cool features like titles and effects with over 100 presets and multi-cam editing which supports up to 16 video layers. Now that is a ton better than most video editors one to two layers that they allow you to use. It even allows you to arrange the program how you need and how it works best for your work phone. It even supports two monitors so you can drag your timeline over to one monitor, your viewer section or whatever you need to do to make it most efficient for you. And of course one of the features I like most is it supports all file types. There's some editors that only support a certain type of file and there's other ones that only support this type of file. This one supports them all so if you have files you can edit them in the software for free. Now if you question the power of lightworks check out these Hollywood blockbusters that use lightworks to cut their footage. Even though I'm sure that these editors use the pro version the free version is just as powerful the pro version is just more convenient for Hollywood films. Has cool features like being able to share seamlessly from one editor to the other and makes it more efficient. But for the standard YouTuber you can get away with free as long as you're okay with uploading 720p. Lastly before I go I have two other programs I want to mention. First you guys all know it you guys all love it Xsplit. It has a free version that you can use to manipulate your video live by setting up scenes and adding text all while being able to record and pause without breaking your video file into separate clips. Now that is a pretty cool feature. Now it's not quite a post-production tool but it's a tool that allows you to edit your videos in a natural and live environment. So if you're looking for that quick workaround this might be for you. Secondly if you like animating or 3d modeling you can actually get 3ds max for free if you're a student. All you have to do is plug in the school you go to and then click download and then you can get this $3600 program for free. I personally am not big into 3d modeling but I actually downloaded this and took advantage of this while I was in school just to try it out and learn it because it was such an expensive program that I couldn't really turn it down. I'll link to those as well as lightworks in the description below. Anyways guys that's it for me today if you have a question in particular leave a comment down below I actually read each and every comment. If you want to see more of me you can come over to my daily vlog channel or my gaming channel which I just created because a lot of you guys have been asking me to start up gaming again. So I created a channel for you guys both those links are in the description below and you can check them out. Anyways guys I'll see you next week. Freedom Network. Ever wanted to earn revenue from your videos? Freedom offers a great partnership program which includes access to hundreds of thousands of audio tracks, sponsorships with great partners and most importantly a no lock in contract. You can leave at any time for any reason. We accept everyone both big and small. For more information click here or visit the link in the video description.