Kapwing - free online photo and video editor

Kapwing is an online photo and video editor with a great free version that works on any device. 

It is a whole suite of tools to perform simple editing tasks such as trimming videos, creating stop motion videos, adding subtitles, converting videos to gifs, resizing photos and videos, adding audio to videos, creating photo and video collages, and a handful of other tasks--you can see a full list of the tools here. 

The most popular tool, Studio, has a few of the other tools built in (such as trimming video and adding audio), so that's a good place to get started. 

Kapwing is used in a lot of classrooms as a tool for both educators and students and there is an education section of their blog here with lots of ideas and use cases. 

It is very easy to use and has a lot of great features and tools that will be very useful for students and teachers.

Here is an article on Kapwing for classrooms on Medium (they have added more editing features since the article was originally published).

You can register for Kapwing for free here: https://www.kapwing.com/signin

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Lots of Photo Editing apps and resources

Lots of Video Editing apps and resources 

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List of some great apps for Education for all different projects

Great Apps for Education

·         Screen casting:

o   https://screencast-o-matic.com/

o   https://nimbus.everhelper.me/screenshot.php

·         Markup and Edit Photos:

o   Microsoft Remix 3D https://www.remix3d.com/

o   https://pixlr.com/

o   PicMonkey https://www.picmonkey.com/

o   http://sumopaint.com/

·         Note taking:

o   Google Docs

o   Google Keep

o   OneNote https://www.onenote.com/

o   Evernote https://evernote.com/ (desktop app is very powerful)

·         Creative App Bundle (WeVideo, Soundtrap, Explain Everything):

o   https://edu.google.com/products/class-content/ - video editing, sound editing, online whiteboard with recording

·         Video Editing:

o   Wevideo https://www.wevideo.com/

o   Animoto https://animoto.com/

o   http://www.techradar.com/reviews/lightworks

o   https://www.shotcut.org/

o   http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/

·         QR Code Reader:

o   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/qr-code-reader/9wzdncrfj1s9

·         Adobe Spark:

o   https://spark.adobe.com/ - images, videos and more

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Loopster - Free Online Video Editor

So, I'm watching American Chopper and Paul Jr. Designs is working on a new motorcycle for a company called Loopster, that has something to do with online video work. I go check it out and, lo and behold, it's a free online video editor! Very cool.

Loopster is a free service that let's you easily create and edit videos online. This is great for student projects and teachers looking to create videos. Since it's all online, there is no software to download and you can easily use it on thin clients.

You simply upload your videos, edit them, and then share them.

Easy to use, free, and easy to download and share videos. Check it out.

WeVideo - online video creation/edit - launches Education Plan

WeVideo is a collaborative online video editor. The free plan has some great features and it's easy to use. Simply upload your videos and photos, create the storyline, and then edit them online. There are great features and lots of help available. It is also integrated into Google Drive. Since it is collaborative, multiple people can work on a video project together, making it great for student projects.

Today, they have announced Education Plans with discounted pricing.  The free account allows for 5GB or 15 minutes of video per month. The Plus version, 60 minutes of video exports and 10GB of storage for only $19.99 instead of $49.99 and the Ultra version with 120 export minutes per month, 1280 x 720 resolution and 20GB of storage for $29.99 per year instead of $99.99 per year. Volume licenses for schools and districts are also available.

If you are looking for a powerful online video editor and creator, check out WeVideo.

Related:

WeVideo - online video editor - announces contest for educators

Lightworks - professional video editing software available for free

Lightworks is a professional video editing software that has just gone public beta. The software is open source and has won Academy Awards and Emmy's. 

an Academy and Emmy award winning professional-grade editor with over 20 years of history in the film and broadcast industry. Having cut hundreds of films such as Pulp Fiction, The Departed, Centurion and Shutter Island, it includes a full feature set of editorial tools -- from advanced trimming and media management, to stereoscopic support and realtime effects including multiple secondary colour correctors. Lightworks has an advanced effects pipeline, utilizing the power of your GPU. And with support for up to 2K workflows with realtime effects, it is the most advanced editing application available.

Lightworks is full featured, has a support page, and a growing community of users. 


This is great for teachers for working with video for their classrooms and also great for students who are creating videos as assignments.