10 Free Apps for Working with Video

Video has become a must-have for every website or blog aiming to enhance its presence online. It’s a common practice that video-related orders are often assigned to freelancers, and these are not only simple video editing tasks, but the preparation of how-to’s, demos, screencasts, video embedding and distribution as well.

Freelancers need to be better equipped with all kind of software assisting with all those video tasks.

The reality is that most freelancers can’t afford the pricey Adobe suite of programs. Still there’s a great deal of similar desktop and online video tools available for free. Among them there are free video makers, editors, screen recorders, downloaders, and converters – in a word, everything that is needed to get your client’s video live on the web.

Here is a roundup of the most popular video software and services recommended for freelancers’ everyday use.

Windows Live Movie Maker

Windows Live Movie Maker

This renewed easy-to-use program is a real find for both amateur and savvy freelance video-makers. The program offers numerous opportunities for video production: it lets users turn photos, video clips and music into a polished movie or slideshow, add visual effects, and edit videos. The tool is also ideal for publishing video clips to YouTube, Facebook or Windows Live SkyDrive straight from the software interface. This is a Windows only app. Continue Reading