Want to edit a video on your PC? Microsoft would prefer you use its new Clipchamp tool, which is an online app complete with AI integration.
Recently, I shared how to find the hidden video-trimming tool buried in the Photos app. It's a great tool for quick video trimming. At the time, I said this was the last surviving video-editing feature in the Photos app.
But a reader pointed out something to me: You can still find the classic Video Editor that Microsoft once offered in its old Photos app. You just have to know where to look.
And, unlike Clipchamp, you don't need to sign in with a Microsoft account to use these free video-editing tools.
This week's reader suggestion??? Microsoft is pushing Clipchamp as its modern video editor, and all you can do in the modern Photos app is trim a video.
But all those old video-editing features that Microsoft once included in the Photos app are still available. I'll show you how to find them.
?? This works on both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
? An anonymous Windows Intelligence reader wrote in and pointed out something I didn't notice: All those old video-editing features are buried in the older Photos app, which Microsoft still offers.
To get the classic Photos app, open the Photos app on your PC. Click the gear icon at the top-right corner of the window to view settings, scroll down to the "Photos Legacy" section, and use the button here to either get Photos Legacy (if it isn't installed yet) or open Photos Legacy (if it is.)
After installing Photos Legacy, you can also launch it from your Start menu. Yes, you'll have two different Photos apps on your PC: "Photos" and "Photos Legacy."
The Photos Legacy app has a convenient "Video Editor" tab on its main pane after you launch it. You'll find the classic Video Editor from Microsoft's Windows 10-era Photos app right here.
You can use this Video Editor to do a wide variety of things that the current Photos app can no longer do: Add multiple videos to a project and combine them, insert text, apply filters, choose background music, and more.
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