Free Video Editor

There’s a pretty high chance you’re not entirely satisfied with the original output of your camera shot, which might require additional tweaks. Depending on the depth of your requirements, you can always rely on applications like Free Video Editor to rotate, split into multiple chunks, and convert to different formats.

Once installed and launched, the set of features show up in an organized interface, with a large section acting as the preview area, as well as a structured section for playback controls and edit operations. Note, however, that only one video can be processed at a time, which is a considerable inconvenience.

Adding a file is either done through a drag and drop operation, but you can also use the browse dialog to insert clips under formats like AVI, MPG, MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, WEBM, and WMV. As output, the application can deliver your new file as AVI, GIF, MKV, MP4, MP3, as well as JPG frames.

As far as editing is concerned, the application keeps things rather simple. Without any options to manage color configuration, add watermarks, enhance with effects, or bundle multiple clips together, your only options remain rotation and chopping the video into multiple sections.

On the bright side, the tag tool brings up a floating window to make section management comfortable. Tags can be manually set and represent cut sections. In case you choose to export frames, tags need to be placed at the exact position, because the application doesn’t export the entire video frame set. If videos are longer than 3 minutes, these can have playback speed adjusted.

To sum it up, Free Video Editor comes with good intentions, but is rather underprepared to be a fully-fledged video editor. The set of features leaves much to be desired, with the only outcome being multiple clips out of a video, or rotated at 90 degrees in a clockwise fashion.