While you can download additional content for other apps, most notably in Adobe Premiere Rush (which has access to Adobe’s extensive holdings), Filmora Video Editor & Maker has the largest and most varied libraries installed with the app. The dedicated YouTube channel has short how-to videos featuring quick edits to create unusual effects, such as replacing your shadow with one that mocks you. We had no difficulty selecting, moving, expanding/shortening and aligning/coordinating clips. What we liked about Filmora Video Editor & Maker Everything is responsive and clearly laid out, with thick, easy-to-manipulate, color-coded ribbons representing auxiliary tracks. We found Filmora Video Editor & Maker (formerly FilmoraGo) to be the best video editing app overall due to its interface that was intuitive and quick to master. $7 per month, billed monthly at Wondershare We noted things like ease of installation and setup, user interface, editing tools, features, content, graphics libraries, import/export and sharing options and availability of tutorials, among others.īased on our testing, Filmora Video Editor & Maker came out on top as the best video editing app to use on your smartphone. We put the video editing apps through their paces, building two different video projects featuring a Pembroke Welsh corgi named Gizmo. Over the course of several weeks, we used our smartphone to test five different video editing apps - Premiere Rush (by Adobe), Video Editor & Maker (by InShot), Videoleap Editor and Maker (by Lightricks), VlogNow VN Video Editor (by Ubiquiti Labs) and Filmora Video Editor & Maker (by Wondershare) - to see which one is the best video editing app on mobile for you. But before sharing videos on social media sites like TikTok and Instagram, via text messaging, on websites or through email, the most savvy mobile videographers should know they can quickly and easily edit their videos right on their smartphones using a video editing app. These days, everyone seems to be creating videos of their friends, family, pets and nearly everything they see or do. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account

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