Movavi is a software company that provides video, audio, and image editing solutions for different needs.
Recently I went on a day trip in northern Germany and captured footage with my Sony Alpha and Insta360 One RS action camera.
When I thought of creating a video with all my photos and videos, a friend told me I could use Movavi Video Editor. I’ve never heard of it but I was open to trying it.
In this Movavi Video Editor review, I’m sharing my experience and interaction with this great video editing tool.
I have installed Movavi Video Editor on two computers. My custom built PC has the Ryzen 7 5700x and 32GB of RAM, and my Macbook Pro M1 is the one with 13 inches, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage.
First impressions
When I first launched the editor, Movavi impressed me. The user interface is clean and intuitive, so I didn’t waste any time searching through menus just trying to figure out how to cut some footage. It felt like even a total beginner could get a grip on using the software and edit their first video in a matter of 30-something minutes.
Hovering over an effect, transition, or a text template will show you how it’ll look in your video, so you don’t have to apply anything to try it. And the drag-and-drop approach makes editing even faster.
Video editing preparation
I found it very straightforward to import my videos and photos into Movavi – it’s very easy to select the files en masse and import them into the app just by dragging and dropping them (or using the Add Files button).
You can import files from your computer, capture footage from a webcam, or record audio directly onto the app with a microphone.
Your videos are shown as thumbnails on the top left, a preview player at the top right, and a timeline at the bottom. It couldn’t be easier!
It also imports your videos pretty fast; all of my clips were 4K, and it took a few seconds to add them all and start editing them.
The video editing process
If there’s one thing that Movavi excels at, it is making you feel like a professional video editor – even if you have limited experience!
The whole process was extremely intuitive and unlike apps designed for novices, the wealth of options is staggering. Despite this variety and customizability, I never felt overwhelmed or out of my depth.
Some of the highlights of Movavi’s editing suite:
- The transition tools are great. It is easy to add and connect my clips with smooth, seamless transitions.
- Music, sounds, backgrounds, and other effects are easily added in a way that doesn’t look cheap or cheesy. There’s a good library of copyright-free music and sounds built in, and if you want more, there’s also a Movavi Effects subscription with more awesome things.
- Although I personally prefer not to use filters, Movavi offers a lot of them if that’s your thing. It’s possible to get super creative with these and make your video really unique and memorable.
- You can easily insert special graphics such as stickers, emojis, objects, drawings, and shapes into your video.
- It’s remarkably little effort to use basic editing tools such as cropping, panning, and zooming, and there’s now a one-click AI auto-crop that keeps the main subject in the center when you turn horizontal footage into vertical.
- Speaking of one-click AI, there’s more: auto subs in many languages, noise removal for both video and audio, motion tracking, background removal, and even automatic silence removal (I didn’t personally need it for my project, but it’s cool for videos with speech).
- If you want to dub your own audio into a clip, you can easily do so with a microphone.
- There are a lot of options to tinker with a clip within the timeline. You can change the volume and speed, add a fade-in/fade-out effect, and even reverse it.
- There’s also effect copying, so you don’t have to transfer all the effects to other clips manually.
Video export options
Once you’ve finished editing your video clips, you’re naturally going to want to export them. Whether to YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, or TikTok, Movavi makes things very easy for you.
You can export your files in different formats: MP4, MP3, MOV, AVI, and GIF are all supported, plus many more.
It’s also possible to optimize output for the device you’re exporting (like iPhone, Android, different TVs), and you can export directly to YouTube and other social media from within the app, making everything effortless and easy!
Movavi Video Editor Pricing
Movavi offers a free trial to take the editors features for a test drive. The catch is that it limits the video length to 60 seconds and adds a watermark. To get rid of these limitations, you need to get a paid subscription.
Movavi Video Editor is reasonably priced for such a versatile and capable editing suite. The most flexible entry point is a 1-month subscription at $19.95, and one year will set you back USD $69.95 for just the video editor.
If you like the way Movavi works, you can add $25 more, and you buy the whole Movavi Video Suite that includes:
- Video Editor
- Video Converter
- Screen Recorder
- 3 effect packs
Summary
Movavi Video Editor is a fantastic package for editing novices and everyday content creators.
Given the sheer breadth of all the editing options, it’s reasonably priced. The full scope of the app is beyond the remit of this review, but there are many more features I haven’t touched upon here. In my opinion, it’s worth fully exploring it yourself!
