Video Editor.

[LeeRatters]

Hi all,

I've just gotten into video a touch with drone footage & some phone to go with it. Purely for personal pleasure.

I've been using VideoProc but find it pretty laggy in all honesty. It's workable but also doesn't have the ability to colour grade properly.

I don't really want the Adobe subscription Premiere Pro (?) & I'm on Windows 7 so Davinci is out the equation too.

I basically want something I can colour grade the shadows/highlights as I do my images and that will take 4K drone footage. Obviously we're only taking smaller (<1 minute) clips rather than 10 minute videos.

Loads of LUTS in VideoProc but they are all a bit.... Meh!

 

[4wd]

Shotcut is worth trying

 

[Goldthirst]

I'm using CyberLink PowerDirector 19. That runs on Windows 7. I got it as a standalone version as I don't like the subscription model. The latest is version 20 and it looks like it still runs on Windows 7 64 bit.

 

[ABTog]

I know what you mean about wanting to avoid the Adobe subscription.
You can still buy outright Adobe Premiere Elements. Currently £86.

Easy video editing software | Adobe Premiere Elements 2024

Tell your stories and share your memories in creative ways. Have fun transforming your video clips into great-looking films with automated editing and step-by-step guidance. It’s never been easier to edit, create, organise and share your videos just the way you want.

www.adobe.com

But I'm not sure it'll give you the colour grading options you want.

Is there any reason for not wanting to use Windows 10? That would allow you to run DaVinci.

 

[LeeRatters]

Thanks guys I'll look into them.

 

[LeeRatters]

I know what you mean about wanting to avoid the Adobe subscription.
You can still buy outright Adobe Premiere Elements. Currently £86.

Easy video editing software | Adobe Premiere Elements 2024

Tell your stories and share your memories in creative ways. Have fun transforming your video clips into great-looking films with automated editing and step-by-step guidance. It’s never been easier to edit, create, organise and share your videos just the way you want.

www.adobe.com

But I'm not sure it'll give you the colour grading options you want.

Is there any reason for not wanting to use Windows 10? That would allow you to run DaVinci.

I'm not sure I can upgrade. And I'm not sure I'm confident in an 'upgrade' tbh.

I have a few programs that are older and there's no application to install. I'm guessing I would lose everything and have to start afresh?

 

[sep9001]

I'm not sure I can upgrade. And I'm not sure I'm confident in an 'upgrade' tbh.

I have a few programs that are older and there's no application to install. I'm guessing I would lose everything and have to start afresh?

Can you get a second HDD or SSD connected to the machine? If you can you can use this to make a clone and then try and upgrade the clone to win 10 and see how it all works. If it does not work as expected you revert to your original drive.

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[ABTog]

Can you get a second HDD or SSD connected to the machine? If you can you can use this to make a clone and then try and upgrade the clone to win 10 and see how it all works. If it does not work as expected you revert to your original drive.

Macrium Reflect Free Trials

Macrium Reflect - Incredibly powerful software that allows you to create and schedule effective backups

www.macrium.com

If you're going down the route of adding a second hard drive, you could always create a dual-boot system.
Keep your Windows 7 drive and install Windows 10 as a second OS on the other drive just for using DaVinci.

If you are just going to test out Windows 10, you can install it without having to buy a licence, it'll run happily with a little watermark in the corner saying "activate Windows" for months. I've done this with a few systems I've tested out. (Obviously if you're going to keep Windows 10, then you should licence it properly )