

It took me a few days to get up and running with the software but after a week or so I was spitting out multiple news packages every week at the news station I was working for.

Final Cut Pro 7.0 was a dream to use and was the first pro video editor I used. If you had asked me a decade ago what video editor to use, I would have said Final Cut Pro. In the process of researching this post, I tested/used, Final Cut Pro 7.0 and 10, Adobe Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve 11, iMovie and Lightworks. (Side Note: The one major editor I have not used is Avid and I have a reason for that which I will get into in a bit.) I feel I should note that I am a producer/director who likes to edit her own movies, but I do not consider myself an “Editor” per say, as I have not been hired specifically for that job, but have had jobs where the skill of video editing is expected to be in my repertoire. In this post, I will outline why I believe this is so. I have used all but one of the most popular video editors (or NLEs which stands for “Non-Linear Editors”) on the market and feel strongly that the best one to use for most independent video productions and film productions is Adobe Premiere Pro. There is a huge range of possible options and you not only must assess your current video editing needs, but also your future needs for editing video.

Perhaps you have even downloaded a few free trials to find out what software works best for you. If you are like me, you have dug through a huge amount of information trying to figure out the best video editor for your production.
