With my concern about the loss of Windows Live Movie Maker (WLMM) and my “love affair” with my Surface Pro 4 (SP4), I tend to overlook that I have a perfectly good MacBook Pro (13 inch 2014 model) with iMovie.
Up until Apple replaced the old iMovie HD with the new iMovie, I always used iMovie HD on my MacBook for video editing. This was by far the best of the free video editors. In hindsight, I can see why it was replaced as who would spend money on things like Premier Elements or even Final Cut if you had this program – apart from serious amateurs or professionals.
I had a quick look at the Apple Download site and I can’t see a download for iMovie HD. There are updates but they won’t install without the original program.
However, as part of my search for an alternative for WLMM, I have “revisited” the “new” iMovie to see if my opinion (dislike) has changed.
Well, after playing around with it, I have to admit that it is a good basic video editor. More than anything else, my preference for WLMM was probably due mainly to familiarity with that program. The old iMovie HD looked and operated like WLMM and the new iMovie had a completely different interface. (Us old people don’t like change.)
In fact, iMovie does all of those handy things like direct uploads to YouTube, Vimeo etc. and, just like WLMM, is perfect for most ordinary video editing tasks.