You can compare it with open source Lightworks, but it has a very long learning curve and you will need months of experience to actually produce good quality videos. HitFilm Express is a really powerful video editing software that provides everything you need to get mind blowing video editing results. Now they can use a free but very professional and feature loaded video editing and effects software called HitFilm Express. But now Windows users do not have to be satisfied with “OK” quality videos.
On the other hand, Apple Mac users have some of the very high quality video editors and you can see the difference in their videos posted on Youtube when compared to the videos posted by Windows users.
Yes, there are very popular video editing software available from Cyberlink, Adobe and TechSmith, but they are all very expensive. One of the pet peeves of Windows users is the lack of video editing software for preparing their videos for publishing them on Youtube.
