Date: 2008jan19 Q. Best video editor A. I have used five... Final Cut Pro Mac only $1300 Adobe Premiere Mac and PC $ 900 Avid Xpress Pro Mac and PC $1600 iMovie Mac only included with Mac OS Windows Movie Maker Windows only included with XP and Vista Notes... As you'd expect the free editors are extremely limited. Final Cut Pro is the best choice if you're using a Mac. Adobe Premiere integrates nicely with Adobe After Effects (special effects) and Adobe Photoshop. There are also cheaper Adobe Premiere Elements and Express versions. Avid is used more in professional environments. You can buy a device called the Avid Mojo ($1300) to accelerate Avid. Which makes editing on a laptop practical. I have heard good things about Capcut on Android. Its made by ByteDance -- the TickTick company.