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Best Mobile Photo and Video Editors

Although it’s more common to edit videos and photos using desktops and laptops, mobile editing is also revered for its convenience. Mobile editors are more practical, especially when you’re traveling and want to share the images and clips you took. 

Let’s say you’re on a trip to Tokyo; with the best mobile video and photo editors, you can immediately enhance and edit your content and post to showcase your trip! Since there are many video and photo editors, we’ll provide you with a list of the best ones you can use on your mobile device and with your media files from your mobile.

Movavi

Movavi has a video editor free to use online and a separate photo editor that you can download on your mobile device, Android, or iOs. With the video editor, you can directly upload your media files on Movavi’s online site and proceed with editings like how you’d do with desktop software or mobile editor application. 

Key features include: 

  • Plenty of transition styles to choose from. 
  • You can add up to 500 MB of total files, which can be MP4, GIF, JPEG, and PNG files. 
  • You can add your own audio track or choose from the built-in library. 
  • You don’t need to download and install any app. 
  • It has a neat and straightforward interface that is suitable for beginners. 
  • It’s completely free to use. 

FilmoraGo

FilmoraGo is the mobile application version of the popular Filmora editing software for desktops. It’s a free-to-use app without usage limits. For example, if you want to edit your instagrammable trip in Paris photos into a slideshow-like video, you can post it without having to worry about watermarks. 

Key features include: 

  • It has a wide variety of effects and presets. 
  • Importing from social media sites like Facebook is allowed. 
  • It has an extensive library of licensed songs. 
  • Offer basic video adjustment options like trimming, rotating, and more. 
  • It supports more than five international languages, including English, Japanese, Italian, etc.

Quik

Developed by the infamous GoPro, Quick is a free video editor app that’s most known for its compatibility with motion photos and is available for both Windows and MAC. With Quik, transitions and effects are automatically added to produce amazing videos, including free background songs. Additionally, you can also choose from more than 20 themes to use for any occasion. 

Key features include: 

  • You can add up to 75 photos and video clips from your phone’s gallery, GoPro Plus, or cloud storage. 
  • You can edit your videos into different dimensions: square, cinema, etc. 
  • Supports 1080p export. 
  • Offers unlimited backup at 100% quality.
  • With the Pro version, your GoPro footage will automatically be backed up.

Adobe Premiere Rush

It’s one of Adobe’s most recent professional video editing apps for both Android and Apple devices. One of its most significant features is that it supports a multi-track timeline which means you can have more than one video and audio track simultaneously. 

I use remove.bg to remove background from an image to make it easier to work with images in Rush.

Key features include: 

  • It has over a hundred free motion graphics templates and music templates. 
  • It has a built-in camera for more control. 
  • For editing audio, you can use features like noise cancellation, balancing, etc. 

FXhome

FXhome is home to many video editing software and photography tools you can set up on your desktop device. Edit media files from your mobile device with the use of their products like HitFilm Express, HitFilm Pro, and more. All of these are developed to help you perform professional editing. 

Key features include: 

  • You can access tutorials for editing techniques. 
  • It’s available for free. 
  • It supports 4k exports under any professional format and without a watermark.
  • It has an easy-to-use interface. 
  • It has a free effects library where you can use various effect features like 3d effects and more. 

Lightworks (LWKS)

Lightworks is one of the most famous film editing software in the industry. It’s used by many professional editors and is an advanced and pro editor with countless features. You can automatically download the software for a free trial upon registration. Additionally, you can choose from different subscription plans for more exclusive features. However, this software doesn’t have an official mobile app, but you can edit and upload your files from your phone through a desktop or laptop. 

Key features include: 

  • It supports many video file formats. 
  • As a user, you can share media, bins, and edits in real-time and give full permissions control over which user has access to the project you’re working on. 
  • You can customize its interface. 
  • It has built-in presets and effects. 

Shotcut

This is a free open source and cross-platform video editor. You can use it when editing on your desktop, with files from your mobile device. It’s continuously being updated so that you may encounter different versions. To start editing, you simply need to download and install the Shotcut software. The only downside of this platform is that Android and iOs mobile devices aren’t currently supported. If you have a mobile device that runs on Windows, you can use this. 

Key features include: 

  • It supports a wide variety of audio and video formats and codecs. 
  • You can screen, webcam, and audio capture once installed.
  • It offers numerous video effects and filters. 
  • You can detach audio from video clips. 
  • It has multiple flexible UI layouts you can choose from. 

Conclusion

There are many photo and video editors you can choose from. Pick the ones you’re most comfortable with and those that answer your needs. Take advantage of these editors’ features to get the best results and put your travels to photo and film!

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