How to Use Windows 11’s Built-In Video Editor

On Apple gadgets, macOS has iMovie, a easy, free video editor that anybody can use to put collectively film initiatives. But since Microsoft phased out the previous Movie Maker app, there hasn’t been an equal, bundled app for Windows customers to reap the benefits of.

Now that is altering. Clipchamp, the video-editing software program package deal Microsoft bought last year, is making its means into Windows 11 as an “inbox app”—in different phrases, an app that seems once you first set up the working system, equivalent to Notepad.

At the time of writing, Clipchamp is just included within the preview construct of Windows 11, however it ought to attain everybody quickly. Even earlier than it formally turns into a bundled app, yow will discover it and set up it from the Microsoft Store (seek for “Clipchamp” or comply with this link).

Here we’ll introduce you to a number of the options and capabilities of Clipchamp. It’s not a tough software to get to grips with, and also you would possibly discover that it offers you every little thing you want by way of video-editing performance.

At the second, Clipchamp is freemium software program: You can use it for no price, however some choices (together with high-definition exports) and nearly all of the inventory content material requires a paid subscription. That would possibly change as this system will get wrapped into Windows 11, however for now a premium subscription begins at $9 per 30 days.

Find Your Way Around

Clipchamp has been constructed to be as simple to use as attainable, so you are not going to be left scratching your head for too lengthy questioning the place every little thing is. Along the underside is your film timeline, above that’s the preview window for watching clips and your film as a complete, and on the left of the display you may drop in media recordsdata to make up your undertaking.

You have the choice to load up movies, photographs, and audio from disk, or you may file straight into the applying utilizing the cameras and microphones linked to your laptop. Clipchamp additionally comes with a wide range of inventory clips, footage, and sounds that you just’re ready to drop into your undertaking. Some of those are free, however most require a premium Clipchamp subscription.