In addition to several standard trimming and cutting tools, the program lets you apply filters, transitions, and effects. However, it still comes with a wide range of features to ensure you’re able to edit videos with ease. It doesn’t resemble standard video editors (even the timelines are vertical instead of horizontal) and you often have to open another window to complete a task such as editing text.Movie Maker Free Video Editor is a free-to-use tool. Even though working around the ads that appear on the site is manageable and the site’s help and tutorials are easily accessed, the interface can be challenging. Having easy access to free music, photos and sound effects is certainly a bonus.īut - and this is a major caveat - the user interface can be a major stumbling block, especially for newcomers to video editing. And its 10-minute maximum duration should be more than sufficient for those seeking a free, online video editor.
The software also has all the basic components needed to produce a video that will please most consumers. Because it’s browser based, the program is easily accessible. Movie Maker Online is really a mixed bag. Rendering a completed video, albeit a short one, was surprisingly fast.
Upload time, of course, will depend on the size of your files and your internet speed, and I often found myself wishing for a faster connection.īrowsing through the site’s step-by-step help tips and playing tutorials was speedy, but some tasks took longer than expected, such as previewing special effects. My upload speed varied between around 5 and 11 Mbps during testing, so upload times for 100-150MB clips varied from a minute or two to even longer. The key to a smooth experience, though, is the speed and stability of your connection combined with, we assume, how many other people are processing videos on the site’s servers. I also tried creating a video on my iPhone 11 with OS 13.3, directly accessing clips from my Photo Library, but the screen felt too cramped and it was difficult to navigate by touch. I had no problems using the site with this configuration. One of the benefits of browser-based software such as Movie Maker Online is that you don’t need a high-powered computer to edit video on it, since the site’s server handles most of the heavy load.īrowser-based also means that you can run the software on any device that has an internet connection, so I decided to test the program on an older, slower laptop: an early 2015, 13-inch MacBook Air with 8GB RAM running macOS Catalina (10.15.3) and Safari 13.0.5. (Image credit: Theano Nikitas/Tom's Guide) Movie Maker Online review: Performance
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