Photo & Video editing software

For photo editing you might like to try GIMP. It's a freebie download too. Seem to remember reading somewhere it's very similar to photoshop (not that I've used photoshop to compare....it's too darned expensive).

I know your post is quite old now, but I only just saw it. I used to do a lot of video editing - less now. I mostly used, and still use on occasion, Adobe Premiere. However, this is complex for your needs I think - especially on a laptop where you are short of screen space - and rather expensive. (Unless you subscribe to the whole Adobe Creative Suite which is relatively cheap at about £40 a month given the massive amount of very powerful software it provides for all graphics, film and layout related work - including Photoshop for your still editing). But, from your post, that would obviously be overkill for you for sure, as well as hard to learn if you have not used Adobe software before.

I have used a lot of different video editing packages at the cheap end of the market; AVS, Windows Movie Maker, Movavi and others; but the one I would highly recommend above all of these is Wondershare's Filmora9. It is very easy to use and learn - the most intuitive by far - has some excellent, advanced features, lacking in many other cheaper end products and, above all, IT WORKS.

There is a more advanced version - I think it is called Wondershare Pro - but the basic Filmora 9 is all you would need I think. You can get a lifetime licence for $69.99 

I use the Adobe Creative suite for all my photography and video editing (I'm jealous of the drone). It's ideal and they have handy tutorials online for those a little less experienced in the world of editing. 

I did media at university and we used it for everything and now I can't move away from it. It's ideal and have access to everything I need including After Effects for those cool looking titles and photo-grading software such as Lightroom. 

It's not that expensive if you get it on a monthly subscription. 

I use Adobe Photoshop (limited editition) for stills but don't think it is available anymore? I do have a video editor, Roxio Creator 2010, but find it quite tedious to use. Tto be honest I am not that keen on video and that could be down to me being too lazy to learn how to use it properly. I bought it for the many other functions it performs e.g burning and copying discs. Its a bit long in the tooth now but It gets so little use that I cannot be bothered to update it. Perhaps the latest version is ok.

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Has anyone tried >this photo editing software< As I said above my editing software is rather old and I was considering up dating it and I am looking for recommendations.

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