[Software] Free alternatives to Windows Movie Maker for editing videos

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Videos are the most consumed type of content nowadays, hence more and more people are starting to make their first steps in video editing. One of the benchmark tools in this task was Windows Movie Maker for years, however, a long time ago Microsoft stopped supporting the famous video editor. Specifically, it was in the summer of 2012 as part of the discontinuation of Windows Live Essentials. Luckily, today we can find other tools that allow us to edit our videos easily. Next, we are going to show you some of the best alternatives to Windows Movie Maker.

If you are looking for an application with which to edit your videos, you have probably found that many of them are paid or their use is quite complex and requires that we have a lot of experience in using these types of tools. In the compilation that we show below, you can find some of the most interesting and easy-to-use applications if what you are looking for is a tool to edit videos, many of them are even more complete than Windows Movie Maker itself.

Alternative video editors to Windows Movie Maker
Wax
One of the great alternatives to Windows Movie Maker is Wax. It is one of the most veteran video editors, but it is undoubtedly still a great tool, especially for those users who are new to this type of task. Its great simplicity makes it ideal for amateur users, but that does not mean that it has numerous tools that allow us to edit and apply numerous effects to our videos to achieve quality results.

wax alternative Windows Movie Maker

Of course, the only drawback that we can find is that it is not compatible with some type of modern video file format. In that case, we will have to find an alternative tool or convert this format to another compatible with Wax. Download Wax.

It is the most complete free video editor for most of the users of this type of tool. It even offers more tools than some of the paid programs designed for clip editing, hence its great po[CENSORED]rity.

VSDC alternative Windows Movie Maker

VSDC offers all the basic tools to edit our videos, but in addition, it also has everything necessary to make corrections, transitions or to apply effects and filters to all types of videos. And, last but not least, it also has an integrated desktop capture tool with sound. On the negative side, it must be said that certain options are a bit hidden. Download VSDC Free
Another of the free and interesting video editors th

at we can use as an alternative to the disappeared Windows Movie Maker is VideoPad Video Editor. A tool that, in addition to offering all the typical video editing tools, also has the option of exporting 4K videos and tools for importing videos, adding audio and photos, etc. Download VideoPad Video Editor.

Videopad alternative Windows Movie Maker

Avidemux
Avidemux is another great alternative when we want to edit videos, although it also offers the possibility of making montages in a really simple way. It is compatible with Windows, mac OS and Linux and together with all the options to edit videos or create them quickly, it has a lot of video and audio filter so that we can adjust all the transitions or add subtitles in a simple way. One of the drawbacks of this tool is that it does not allow us to combine videos of different dimensions, that is, with a different height or width. To be able to combine them correctly, they must have the same dimensions. Download Avidemux.

As far as its interface is concerned, perhaps it is the alternative that most closely resembles the famous Windows Movie Maker for its appearance, buttons and the timeline it shows. In addition, it is a very easy to use tool that also includes really interesting functions such as adding filters or transitions to our videos.

An open source tool that we can get totally free and with which we can easily retouch our videos regardless of the experience we have in this type of task. Download Shotcut.

Jahshaka
It is another of the alternatives to Windows Movie Maker multiplatform, since it is available for Windows, Linux and Mac. It is a very complete video editor that we can also get for free and that offers multiple options for both video and audio.

Precisely, one of its main characteristics is that it has unlimited audio space, while perhaps its biggest drawback is that its use requires certain prior knowledge, since it offers a certain level of complexity when handling it. Download Jahshaka.

Openshot
Another tool available for Windows, Linux, and Mac is OpenShot. A video editor that offers great possibilities and is, for many, another of the most complete alternatives to Windows Movie Maker. In addition to all the basic tools for video editing, OpenShot has other interesting functions such as being able to record video directly from a webcam without the need for an external camera or being able to edit and export content up to 4K UHD at 60 fps. Download OpenShot.

VirtualDub

If we are inexperienced users in this matter, but we want to make our first steps in video editing, VirtualDub is another great alternative to consider. A program from which we cannot ask for certain advanced functions either, but which nevertheless allows simple video editing within the reach of anyone.

It allows the editing of large videos and has numerous filters to achieve different effects. It offers the possibility of recording video directly from a webcam and is compatible with video files of the most common formats. Download VirtualDub.

Lightworks
Last but not least, we could not forget Lightworks, a video editing program that we can get completely free, although it also offers a paid version with other functions.

Its interface is different from that of the rest of the editors of this compilation, but for that reason it does not offer worse functions and features. So much so that it is used by many people in the professional field and offers us high quality results. In addition to the ability to edit video, with Lightworks it is also possible to edit audio. Download Lightworks.

Wondershare Filmora Video Editor
It is another of the great alternatives to Windows Movie Maker, regardless of the use that we are going to give it, more than walking around the house or even at a more advanced level. And it is that it is a fairly powerful program but very simple and intuitive to handle. It has more than 300 effects included to create videos with incredible effects and in the simplest possible way.