How to edit your own videos in Windows 8: the best applications

In the old days our home recordings were stored on camcorder tapes or DVDs at their original length, just as they were recorded. Digitizing these tapes, of poor image quality, mounting them and exporting them in another format, was a cumbersome process, a matter of patience. For a few years, we have had digital cameras of all kinds, which provide video files of highest quality

Thanks to your team Windows 8 and a selection of great apps, accessible from your Store, put together a great home video, or even your own movie with amazing effects will be a matter of few mouse clicks.Let's meet the best video editors for Windows 8.

The video montage

As we said before, we have always stored tapes and more personal video tapes with their original duration, and the truth is that this does not change with the new formats: we have stored hundreds of video files (generally short ) that separately have no interest

We constantly see, both online and on TV or in the movies, elaborate audiovisual montages spectacular audiovisuals, with very attractive effects and titles, which require advanced knowledge of video editing and that seems impossible to imitate on our computers in many cases, but that is not the case.

With these tools we can assemble our videos by adding special effects, titles embedded in the image itself, particles, sub titles, time-lapses, chromas, 3D videos, high-quality professional menus, and everythingwithout having a very advanced knowledge of assembly, since they are very intuitive and easy to use for any user.

Your sports video, family celebrations or your first steps in the world of cinema, will look like you may not have imagined until now both in Full HD and 4K , the new image format that is four times higher in resolution than Full HD.

In the Windows 8 Store we find several video montage desktop applications that have undergone the same spectacular evolution as cameras in recent years: CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultra, Corel VideoStudio Pro X5, Pinnacle Studio 17 and MAGIX Video Deluxe 2014.

CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultra

CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultra offers a comprehensive selection of tools for high-quality video productions, all with easy-to-use features. New multi-camera editing compatibility allows you to import up to 4 videos recorded by different devices and sync them via audio tracks so you can easily select the best shots from each camera.

The Theme Designer is a powerful and simple tool to turn your videos and photos into elegant 3D animated video slideshows. Overlay graphics on your videos and design their animation with the PiP designer.

Customize title designs with various font types, color gradients, and animated effects with the title designer, design your own particle effects , customize menus with titles and chapters, shoot videos in front of a green or blue sheet and combine them with other videos to create the chroma key effect, Quickly insert captions, add motion blurs, hand strokes, and a host of other options.

CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultra is priced at 69, 99 €.

Corel VideoStudio Pro X5

Corel VideoStudio Pro X5, known for years as Ulead VideoStudio, is a comprehensive video editor that combines creative editing, advanced effects, screen recording, video for interactive webs and full disc authoring.

Packed with intuitive tools, it lets you create everything from home movies and slideshows to fun stop motion animations, screen recordings, tutorials and much more.

Unleash your creativity with advanced compositing and creative effects Get the most out of your multicore processor. And share everywhere with native HTML5 video support and enhanced DVD and Blu-ray disc authoring.

The price of Corel VideoStudio Pro X5 is 48, 98 €.

Pinnacle Studio 17

With Pinnacle Studio 17 you can import videos and polish them correctly within the integrated media organizer. You can create quick first drafts and even automatically create movies.

Fine edits intuitively with a 6-track timeline and animate elements with over 1,500 2D/3D effects. Access to built-in cloud media from Box makes your files available anywhere, anytime, including projects launched in Pinnacle Studio for iPad.

Create custom soundtracks with Scorefitter, or easy layered titles and animations with Montage templates. With one click you will share your HD videos on Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo.

The price of the Pinnacle Studio 17 is 59.55 €.

MAGIX Video Deluxe 2014

MAGIX Video Deluxe 2014 is very easy to use. It has a mode for beginners, you can cut videos in detail in more than 30 tracks, you will have automatic assistants, it also has touch control for screens that support this function .

We will have effects, animated transitions, the possibility of using the Chroma Key system, a multitude of personalized templates, we will be able to make color corrections, and image stabilizationin motion, among many other things.

We will have full compatibility with 4K and HD, being compatible with all types of modern and old cameras with their various video formats.Once the project is finished, we can burn DVD, Blu-Ray, export it to a memory card or upload it to the different video hosting services on the web.