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If you are familiar with Snagit, you may know that Techsmith also has a tool called Camtasia. That is my go to video editing software. It is very powerful and pretty easy to use. The downside is that it isn't free but the annual cost is not overly expensive, especially if you package it with Snagit. There is also a free trial of Camtasia so you could try it out for this project.

Chad

We recently purchased Synthesia. It is amazing and a huge timesaver. You can create videos from word files, PDFs, PowerPoint slides, or a web site. Once the video is generated, you can edit the scripts right in the software so need for re-recording. You can also screen record and add that to the video. We've been very happy with it.

Hi Johanna,

Using software you already know may be more efficient than learning a new program. If your company is using Microsoft products you might already have access to Clip Champ. It is pretty robust and somewhat intuitive video editing software.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Hello, Johanna!

I use Clipchamp for most of my video editing. It is user-friendly, and Microsoft is good at keeping their documentation updated (to learn it - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/clipchamp?msockid=095de6db73716eee2497f0d6724b6f53). I would agree with Donna that it would be easiest to use as you are already using Microsoft.

Another tool that I have used is Adobe Express. There are paid and free versions. I have found the free version is sufficient, but it has a bit of a learning curve.

I agree with @Chad that Camtasia is very cost effective. They also have assets that include templates for a good price. Easy to pick up as compared to professional video editing tools.