

Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. The previous update, Version 16, added several capabilities, too. Capture on-screen action as a video file.

This fixes geometric distortion and is based on a database of lenses it's particularly applicable to wide-angle action cam lenses. For editing operations like decoding AVC and HEVC it works with AMD as well as Nvidia GPUs, which is rare. 25 templates for kinetic text let you dazzle viewers with bouncing, flying, and twisting titles. "Optical flow technology" creates smoother slow motion effects. This smooths out jump cuts and a companion Smart Split tool lets you apply this smoothing. A more elegant way to deal with those portrait mode shots from smartphones than black bars. Ditto for Transitions and Media Generators (shapes and text.) View effects by category or favorite them for easy recall.


Add to that hardware acceleration for both Nvidia and AMD, black bar filling for vertical shots, and very detailed keyframe editing, and you have a powerful-if still less than intuitive-video editor. The software now also gets points for supporting 360-degree, HEVC H.265, and 4K content. The latest version includes interface tweaks that help a little in this regard, and adds powerful color-grading, slow motion, and a screen capture tool. Instead, usability has long been the main problem for this software, which appears more like a modified pro-level video editing program than a consumer one.
