For people who are new to video editing, one may wonder which may be the best software to use. There are plethoras of video editing software that are available online today. While some of these are prohibitively costly other are reasonably prices and some are totally free.

For people those who are Apple fans and prefer using Macintosh OS, here are a list of free to try video editing software that one can tryout as a beginner before buying the commercial ones. With these video editor for Mac OS one can get the hang of basic video editing skills before trying out the more complex editing software with multiple especially effect stuffs.

iMovie is one of the best video editor for Mac users. It is Apple’s consumer video editing software which has been the testing ground for the company. iMovie 11 is the latest version of this multimedia software, which is capable of importing videos and clips from all know external devices, shuffle them around and make the user preview the results after arranging them on a timeline. This wonderful video editor for Mac has a clean interface with a bunch of new generic themes and neat features like ‘face finder’, and applications like ‘quick create movie trailers’. With this much adored software one is also able to apply effects while they watch the video in real time.

The Adobe Premiere Elements is one other editing software which is also debated by a number of people as the best video editor for Mac.  The version 12 of this software is highly admired by movie editors as it introduces the feature of ‘adjustment layers’, which was erstwhile found only with advanced movie editing software like Premier Pro CS6. This feature is a big time saver for the movie editors as it unlocks various creative techniques. The ‘Opacity control’ feature with this software is also highlighted by its users which is a neater technique than the older ‘mask functions’ which was at times pretty cumbersome to work.

Wondershare Video Editor is another all in one video editor and burner for Mac OS. With the new introduction of the feature whereby one can add intro and credit screen to their videos, and render effects like mosaic, tilt and shift of frames, this video editor for Mac is also admired by many.

Apart from these, Video Pad and Blender are two other powerful video editing programs for Mac, which are famous for their 3D video editing capabilities. These multimedia editors are also adept in making stereoscopic conversions from 2D to 3D along with a wide range of transitional effects.

Avidemux, MPEG Streamclip and Jahshaka are few other well accepted video editors for Mac. While Jahshaka uses Open GL and Open ML hardware, it is also popular for its ‘fx’ effects. MPEG Streamclip is famous for its powerful video converting resources. This software is also capable of downloading streaming videos from YouTube and Google sites just by entering the selected page’s URLs.

Lightworks is another video editor for Mac users which dates back 20 years. It has been used and reviewed passionately times and again by several Oscar winning editors from all parts of the globe.

Last but not the least Kdenlive is also considered as one of the best video editor for Mac Os which is famous for its multi-track video editing skills. This software uses all recent video editing facilities and is well known for its intuitive controls which make it one of the best known video editing tools.