Tag: YouTube

YouTube is a great place to watch videos as well as share videos with viewers worldwide. The platform couldn’t be easier to use but creating powerful YouTube content that generates likes, comments, shares, subscribes, and views isn’t as easy as just uploading your video and hoping for the best. If you want to make your mark on YouTube, you’ll need to create content that is engaging and entertaining… and aesthetically pleasing to watch. That means your videos need to be well put together. Fortunately, there’s a number of free video editing software for YouTube and we’re going to share our favorites with you!

How to Choose the Best Free Video Editing Software for YouTube

Before we jump into our list of free video editing software for YouTube, let’s talk about how to choose the best software for your brand. We’ve taken these same details into consideration when choosing the software included on our list. When selecting the video editing tool you’re going to use, here are some things to look for:

Platform

Whether or not you’re going to edit your YouTube videos on your phone will make a difference in which video editing software you can use. Computer-based software is likely to have more features and be more powerful than the software you can use on your iOS or Android device.

Compatibility

Not every software works on every platform. iMovie, for instance, will only work with Macs and iOS. While a lot of software and apps are cross-platform, be sure to look into it before committing to specific software.

Cost

Are you looking for completely free software or one that you can upgrade as needed? The software on this list is free but some of the options listed give you the option to upgrade for more features.

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10 Free Video Editing Software for YouTube

To get the most from your YouTube videos, you’ll want to have software to edit your videos before you upload them to the platform. Here are our picks for the best free video editing software for YouTube. There are video editing options here for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Linux, so you can get a great free video editing software no matter what platform you use.

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Platforms: GNU/Linux, Mac, Windows

Shotcut isn’t pretty. It’s open-source software that looks exactly like what you would expect free, open-source software to look like. But, looks aren’t everything, right? This platform performs very well and offers the features you need. If you can make it past the ugly exterior and not-so-intuitive user interface, Shotcut can be used for trimming and exporting. It does have limited transitions available, but if you just need to edit your creations for uploading to YouTube, Shotcut has you covered.

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Platforms: Mac, iOS

If you’re a Mac or iPhone user, you’re probably familiar with iMovie. We think it’s one of the best options out there for YouTube influencers who need an easy-to-use software for Macs. iMovie offers up the basic video editing features you’d expect like cropping, trimming, and clip arrangement. You can also use it to add visual effects or titles to your videos as well as editing audio files, so iMovie covers your bases. And, once you have your video looking just how you want it, you can share directly to YouTube, Facebook, and Vimeo quickly and easily.

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Platforms: Steam, Linux, Mac, Windows

Blender is not only a video editing software but can also be used for animation, rendering, modeling, VFX, or even game creation. The video editing tools are a bit limited; you can trim videos and add transitions or filters. Blender uses a timeline so you can add your video, audio, and image files to your projects and arrange them easily. In addition, Blender offers a live preview, histogram, and chroma vectorscope displays. To up the creative freedom game, Blender offers speed control and layer adjustment as well as audio mixing and waveform visualization.

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Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows

Despite its dated website, Lightworks offers up a user-friendly interface and a great collection of features. It provides a selection of transitions, visual effects, and trim options that help YouTubers create stunning videos. Lightworks supports all popular video file formats and is optimized to help you save time on exporting files so you can get them up on your YouTube channel faster. There’s even a Multicam editing feature that makes it easy to edit footage that was captured by two or more cameras.

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Platforms: Mac, Windows

Wondershare Filmora makes it easy for YouTube creators to produce and edit videos that look just as good as anything a video editing professional could do, even if they don’t already have video editing skills. This free video editing software for YouTube has an intuitive user interface that makes it a standout option for beginners while still providing all of the video editing tools you need to create gorgeous YouTube videos that your subscribers will love. Filmora lets you add video, image, and audio files to your project and includes all of the basic video editing tools like cutting and trimming videos, as well as advanced features like video stabilization, de-noise, and more.

Filmora also includes an effects library so you can add interest to your videos with color grading and text and image overlays. It also has a large royalty-free audio library with music and sounds effects you can use on your videos. Up the creativity with chroma-key (green screen) and split-screen video features.

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Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows

Openshot is a free video editing software for YouTube that has a relatively user-friendly interface. Similar to Shotcut, it offers limited animation effects. Having said that, though, Openshot is a great option for YouTube creators. While there are minor differences with editing features, Openshot’s editing environment is different. Instead of on-screen editing, Openshot uses floating windows. This essentially means that your editing happens through the use of layers represented by separate windows within the software.

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Platforms: Mac, Windows

HitFilm Express is a free video editing software for YouTube that doesn’t feel like it should be free. It comes with tons of features that YouTube creators will love and, with a small investment, you can get access to even more features. To be honest, though, the software is great without any addons. HitFilm Express includes:

• Dozens of keyboard shortcuts
• Auto-save as frequently as every minute
• Labels for 3D effects, text, models, composite shots, images, and more
• Set a custom maximum undo level
• Crop a clip and animate it to control which part is visible
• Default template options including 1080p Full HD
• Helpful select tool to grab everything before or after the playhead
• Mix and balance audio
• Add unlimited video and audio tracks

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Platforms: Windows

Windows Movie Maker is, as the name implies, for the Windows operating system. Movie Maker 10 can help you make movies from your photos, video clips, and music and provides basic video editing functions like video joining, adding background music, and text caption to more advanced features like image filter, transition effects, and pan-tilt-zoom effects. Movie Maker supports most popular media formats: mp4, WMV, Mkv, MOV, Avi, MPEG, mpg, mts, jpg, png, gif, mp3, m4a, and wav files.

In addition to the features we’ve already mentioned, Movie Maker can be used to overlay text captions and emoticons, add still picture-in-picture, adding title slides, and access to 30+ transition effects (including fade, ripple, cross-zoom, wave, pixelate, square wipe, and more) for photos and videos and 30+ fonts for text overlay. You can also use the music editor for clip trimming, fade-in, and fade-out effects.

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Platforms: Online

Do you need a quick editor for your YouTube videos? Clipchamp is definitely worth a look! It’s an online video editor so you don’t need to download any software. Plus, it’s so easy to use. While Clipchamp doesn’t produce HD videos, it does export to MP4 and allows video, images, and audio. With Clipchamp, you can change the speed of any video clip, resize or crop, rotate and flip videos, fade-in or fade-out your audio or video files, and pick from a dozen filters to add more visual interest to your video.

To use Clipchamp, you simply upload your files to the Clipchamp website and drag them onto the timeline. From there, you can rearrange the files and clip what you don’t want. Since Clipchamp is online, it works for all operating systems.

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Platforms: Windows

YouTube vloggers, listen up! VSDC lets you import existing video clips or record directly from your webcam. The interface is user-friendly and VSDC offers several great options that seem like they were built with YouTubers in mind: Instagram-like filters, titles, shapes and effects (both visual and audio), and voiceovers. Plus, you can export directly to YouTube or your other social media platforms easily.

There’s always that one YouTube video we’ll always remember. You know, the one you couldn’t stop watching over over and over again with your friends when you all were supposed to be studying? The one you randomly start thinking about while waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store? They’re such nice distractions from reality. 

YouTube is the birthplace of sharing memorable moments in life with other people around the world. And the platform grows more and more every single day. 

Let’s take a step back in time to reminisce on 14 of the viral YouTube videos everybody talks about. 

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14 of the Top Viral YouTube Videos Everybody Talks About:

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“Charlie bit my finger – again!”

The “Charlie bit me video” is mixed with so much effortless cuteness and also incredibly hilarious. It wouldn’t be a surprise if you’ve already seen this one, but if you’ve not, you more than likely had to watch over five times to be satisfied (for the first time). 

It is one of the most viral YouTube videos of 2007 and could have easily gone viral in any other generation – well, that’s if they had anything as cool as our lovely YouTube. What’s more about this video? It is even said that the video was found in one of Osama Bin Laden’s devices in his compound. 

The video is so widely loved that kids, all grown up now, made another video (with over 5.4m views) demonstrating their iconic with the elder’s brother’s finger in Charlie’s mouth. 

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“Children interrupt BBC News interview.”

It’s not unusual to get hilarious memes and costumes from most BBC interviews—there’s always something to go away with aside opinions. Although it is mostly an expression from the interviewee, this time, it’s from the embarrassing moment where Professor Robert E. Kelly’s kids decided to join his interview with BBC. He was being asked about his opinion on the impeachment of the former South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s when one of his kids came strolling in, followed by his toddler in a wheel. 

However, what made it more amusing was Kelly’s wife – Jung-a Kim – speeding in after the kids to drag them out. However, it was already late as the Prof got a bit distracted, while the video made its way to YouTube to attract millions of views!

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“Leave Britney Alone”

We’ve seen extreme demonstrations of love for celebs, but there are levels to it, and the “leave Britney alone” video is one of the most viral YouTube videos for this particular reason. Perhaps what made the video draw widespread attention is that it’s from a known internet personality at that time. 

As of 2007, Chris Crocker made a tearful, passionate video pleading with people – the media – to “leave Britney alone.” This came up following Britney Spears’ major criticisms for her 2007 MTV Video Music Awards performance. 

The effect of Crocker’s viral YouTube video is like that of a whole fan base making a physical campaign. The video caused a widespread emotional trigger that could be seen in the comment section, with some finding it ridiculous and another skit from the comedy videos prodigy. However, ten years after the video, Crocker posted on his Instagram page that the video was one of the few where he was actually serious.

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“Rebecca Black – Friday”

If Friday partying and “TGIF” (Thank God its Friday) were campaign movements, Rebecca Black would have most likely been given an award of recognition for pushing the movement to greater heights. The video was literally telling us how much we should keep looking forward to Friday, “with partying,” “Friday,” and “the weekend” being continually mentioned in the video. 

The video was posted in 2011 and quickly started pulling insane amounts of views. The 13-year-old Rebecca – the performer – and the ARK Music Factory must have been shocked as the song blew up and became a household hum, especially when we’re getting to the weekend. The teenager’s lovely smile is something else to go with from the video. 

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“Daft Hands – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”

About six years following Daft Punk’s hit song – “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” the infamous “Daft Hands” was offered to us on YouTube, which remains one of the most viral YouTube videos till date. 

The clip, which has over 71 million views, contains the hand-eye coordination whereby Austin Hall, the animator, wrote every word in the song lyrics on his fingers and hands. He reveals some of the words in halves to meet the song’s timing. For instance, he shows “strong- and -er” to follow the song’s pause. The video blew up the internet to the extent Hall got an invitation to The Ellen DeGeneres show.

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“Miss Teen USA 2007 – South Carolina answers a question.”

In this viral YouTube video, Caitlin Upton – Miss Teen South Carolina – gives a uniquely perplexing ramble of an answer to a question thrown at her about “why a fifth of the American population can’t point out the United States on the map?” 

The video was more embarrassing than hilarious, so it might be a little wonder why it got so much attention online to become on the most viral YouTube videos. Going not too deep into the comment section, you might see people asking what’s particularly funny about the video. Well, after checking, if you haven’t, you can come back to tell us.

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“Numa Numa”

One of the things that make some of the most viral YouTube videos sensational and remarkable is that they aren’t staged or mainly made with the intention to sell a particular message. They mostly come from embarrassing, unexpected, and incredibly ridiculous moments or experiences.

The video shows a 19-year-old young man, Gary Brolsma, cheerfully miming the popular Romanian track “Dragostea Din Tei” in his room. What makes the video so remarkable is that there’s nothing out of the ordinary Gary was doing. 

He was only singing while making silly expressions with his hands going up in a frenzy following the song’s catchy tune. Perhaps it got so much attention because most of us could easily relate to it, whether when alone in the car or the bathroom. 

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“Shoes – the Full Version”

With this video, Liam Kyle Sullivan, a comedian, showed the world another side of his “Kelly,” with her profound love for shoes. Yeah, that’s what this one is all about – shoes. We can all agree that the video quickly took its place in the most viral YouTube videos because it was posted in the mid-2000s, a web comedy boom period. 

The music video was easily relatable with viewers, and they quickly connected to it. Almost all of us walk around with Kelly speaking in our minds. Liam went on to bag a People’s Choice Award and a couple of applause from famous comedians of that period, such as Margaret Cho and Andy Samberg. However, his catchy video has dropped in popularity as would most viral YouTube videos.

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“Evolution of Dance”

Back when YouTube was first introduced to us, simplicity was much more essential to get views. It was a time when viewers and users still couldn’t make out what the video was meant for. The “evolution of dance” video shows inspirational comedian Judson Laipply on one of his shows ]at that time. 

The video is a six-minute of hilarious demonstrations of famous dance moves from the “Hound Dog” hip swivel to “Bye Bye Bye,” both from Elvis Presley and N Sync. The video had its moment as one of the most viral YouTube videos of all time, with people still referring to it to date as we haven’t seized to see several dance moves on the internet today.

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“Tim and Eric – Celery Man”

This video became a home run when it was aired in May 2010, after “Knocked Up,” “I Love You, Man,” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” before “Wanderlust” and “This Is 40.” This tells you that it came while Rudd was busy developing his comedic status. 

The video even went on to resurge out of the original context years later on YouTube. It evolved around the ludicrousness slipping into New York’s notable alt-comedy spaces to the web and TV. It remains out there as a bizarre forerunner to the kind of humor that blossoms on Adult Swim and “Celery Man” homepage, where you get to call your Mozza-Rell sequences any time any day. 

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“Have you ever had a dream like this?”

Just like several viral YouTube videos, this video seems as though from a dream. It originates from the 1999 TV exciting shows, “Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales.” 

The question of how this video got to YouTube is still a question yet to be answered, and it has been left to the discretion of Child Protective Services. However, this perplexed kid’s kicker has become an all-time famous classic headline among professional comedians.

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“David After Dentist”         

If you’re a YouTube faithful, you’ll understand that one of the most consistent types of viral YouTube videos is kids being extremely wacky and funny. One of them is the “David After Dentist” video, a homemade video showing a seven-year-old boy responding to anesthesia right after oral surgery. 

David was filmed by his dad while he was wobbling questions to know why he was feeling funny – he wasn’t just feeling funny, but also acting funny as he keeps trying to hoist himself up while he keeps falling back. 

The video quickly became viral as people began to share it across several social media platforms. It’s an adorable sight and a funny one at that.

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“Boom Goes the Dynamite”

Spotting on a mistake, before the internet era, was like sighting an asteroid crossing the earth. Fortunately, video streaming has helped reemerge these flubs. Meanwhile, some are still as remarkably painful as the “boom goes the dynamite” video, a “boom” in a sports section that aired on Ball State University’s TV station in the year 2005. 

Brian Collins, a Telecommunication major, lost his way on his words right on the teleprompter and found himself mumbling all through updates. However, compared to major train wrecks we’ve experienced since then, you might give Collins a free pass, as he still has hope.

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“Antoine Dodson’s ‘Bed Intruder’ Remix”

This is a news story that went insanely viral on the internet. It’s about a lady, Kelly Dodson, who was nearly raped by an intruder right in her room. Fortunately, we escaped the horror and were able to tell the story through a news report. However, Antoine, her brother, furiously gave his take on the matter. His original message went viral as “Bed Intruder,” before a remix was made that also found its way into the most viral YouTube videos. The video became a popular source for memes, with his notable warnings – “hide yo wife,” “hide yo kids.” 

The video didn’t end on YouTube as the Gregory Brothers, a musical comedy act, got hold of the message and used it in their “Autotune the News” TV series. They successfully modified the horrific story into an insane hit that swooped into the Billboard Hot 100 countdown. Antoine quickly became a star, featured in Tyler Perry’s TV ingenious works – “A Madea Christmas.”  

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 In Conclusion

Viral videos become viral for a variety of reasons: brilliant execution, a relatable subject, or just plain dumb luck. Viral videos go viral because they deliver the things people want. They get talked about and shared for a very long time. They’ve greatly impacted culture and society by that form of connection and communication. And these 14 viral videos we shared with you today precisely prove our point.