What is the best video editing software? I have an idea for an async way to do zoom conferences, and want to make a single page mockup, but need to copy the UX of the best video editing software out there

don't know if this is what you are looking for, but I find this one really interesting:

Descript looks awesome. buying now

I'm partial to Final Cut Pro these days. Some folks find it confusing compared to Premiere, but having used both for hundreds of hours, I feel like FCP offers a faster workflow. I also think FCP has a smoother learning curve, FWIW. My favourite timeline-based editing tool, though, is Ableton Live. It's for music, not video, but that difference is pretty insignificant once you get right to the heart of it. If you're looking for the holy grail of powerful but simple timeline-based editing tools, that's probably the one to beat. I'm also partial to the f-curve editors you find in animation packages like Maya, 3DS Max, Modo, etc. But those are probably the most complex tools in this category. Descript is on the opposite end of the spectrum. It's a fantastic tool for folks who don't know how, can't afford, or can't be bothered to use a professional tool. And much like other tools focused on making hard things easy, the result is actually a real joy to use for things that would otherwise be frustrating. Some professional podcasters I follow use Descript as their rough-draft edit tool, before going in to Logic or Ferrite to do a more precise edit. So like anything, there is no universal "best", not for such a broad category as "video editor". There are plenty of "favourite", but that's going to vary depending on who you ask. But feel free to say more about what sort of UX you're interested in, and I might be able to point to specific details of these (or other — I've been doing video/audio/3d since the mid 90s) tools.

I’ve been using Davinci Resolve these days and really enjoying it. It’s interesting that apart from being a non-linear video editor, it’s also a Hollywood-grade color correction tool, and it also includes video compositing and sound mastering capabilities. It’s free version is pretty feature rich.

@Stathis Yep, 3d was my main hobby in the late 90s through 2004, and then professionally until 2009-ish, when I switched over to programming. Blender was not great through those years, and by the time it got really good I was mostly out of the biz. I used it for a few months in 2010-ish to make a game. Tying back to the thread — Blender probably has some great timeline tools now (since they've done such an incredible job of redesigning the whole app multiple times in the past decade-n-change). I just haven't used them, so I can't vouch for them.

@Joe Nash had an opinion on this lately

I’m having a really fantastic time with Descript

+1 for Davinci Resolve; free and powerful.

@Ivan Reese Sadly the video editor part of Blender hasn’t received as much attention as the other parts, but I read that they are planning to do more work on it this year. “Everything nodes” is also on the roadmap for this year, with an emphasis on parametric modelling, much like Houdini or Rhino. The foundation have done a fantastic job overall: I’ve been using Blender on and off as a hobby for maybe a decade now and every time I come back to it I’m usually in for a pleasant surprise.

FWIW I’ve had good experiences with Camtasia. But not free.