Review by Andy Anderson

I am not good enough yet at video editing to provide the quality advice that some of the other reviews are providing. In other words, my review is restricted to issues that are likely to arise in the minds of an amateur video editor:nn* Is it easy to install?n* Is it user-friendly to get started in editing?n* How long does it take from initial setup to tutorial? To editing?nnINSTALLATION: I have Windows 10, which I regard as, finally, a decent operating system after several iterations of agony. With this OS, and with High-Speed internet available, installation is reasonably fast and quite easy. Still, I would have preferred the basic program to have been on the disc, rather than being forced to download the entire program. With anything less than a high-speed connection, the time required will try one’s patience. Update patches install quickly and, of course, it is good to know they are updating the software on a regular basis.

INTERFACE: The interface is intuitive similar in ease of use to that which I love with Mac and iOS. In fact, this design almost makes up for my disappointment in the lack of a backup on the disc.

All in all, I was ready to commence learning within an hour and I had already begun editing some sound files within another half hour.

I’m still learning and will try to update this review in the near future, after I have edited some of my YouTube videos.

Until then, however, I’m rating this at four stars out of five