Started shooting videos & need advice

So I picked up a ContourROAM and have been using it to shoot my mountain biking and airsofting games but Contour Storyteller isn't an editing program.

I need something beginner-oriented for basic editing for white balance correction, leveling the framed footage and doing edits for breaks and merges of video files.


Curious as to what program I should start out with and if any of them offer free trials to test with.

Thanks!

I started with windows movie maker then moved to Sony Vegas
Was very easy to learn and not that different just a lot more features. When i dont know how to do something in Vegas I just search it on youtube

I use Serif MoviePlus X5 (X6 is out now) they have a free version http://www.serif.com/f​ree-video-editing-software/ They also have a very good user forum.

Thank you!

Ditto One2nite. Vegas has stood me in good stead. You can trial it for 30 days free and it has various versions at various prices subject to the level of complexity you need.

That said, if you want to do more compositing I would go for HitFilm. The editing front end isn't as easy to use as Vegas but in all other aspects it is far more powerful and effective.

I use Premiere, but have also used Vegas and liked it alot. Also look into CCCP codec pack. After installed it will help you edit and play most all movie formats. quite helpful.

Finally somebody posted something which I could relate into. Like you I am looking for some tutorials or somebody who can help me regarding this matter. Thanks for posting I got a lot of great suggestions and ideas from other users.