Do we really need another program to edit videos and photo montages? Possibly not, and I must admit I was a bit dubious at first. But once I started playing around with Flexclip, I found it was a LOT of fun. I am no serious video editor, but I do seem to edit a lot of video. It’s time-consuming and frustrating half the time. But I must say Flexclip was actually fun to use, without the steep learning curve of pro-video editing software.

Note: While I received a free copy of the software for review, it is a completely independent review, all thoughts are my own.

What is FlexClip?

FlexClip is an easy online video editor developed by PearlMountain. It allows users to create videos for presentations, marketing campaigns, and personal purposes. The platform offers a drag-and-drop interface, access to a library of royalty-free videos and photos, and pre-designed templates for editing videos in a variety of niches. It is aimed at novice video editors, but it is honestly so much fun to use.

What can FlexClip do?

FlexClip is a versatile online video editing tool with a range of features designed to make video creation easy and efficient. Here are some of its key features:

  1. Intuitive Interface: FlexClip offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies navigation and project creation
  2. Templates: It provides a library of easy-to-use templates for various video types
  3. Video Editing: You can trim, merge, rotate, flip, and zoom videos. It also allows for brightness and speed adjustments
  4. Text and Music: Add dynamic text, logos, watermarks, and music to your videos
  5. Voiceover and Subtitles: Record voiceovers and add subtitles to enhance your video content
  6. Content Library: Access millions of stock photos, video footage, and music
  7. Cloud-Based: FlexClip is cloud-based, allowing you to work on your projects from anywhere
  8. Export Options: Choose from various aspect ratios and resolutions to export your videos
  9. FlexClip offers 4,000+ templates for education, business, marketing, festivals, special events, and social media platforms with great efficiency. Not only is it time-saving for video making but also extremely helpful to your needs for various occasions.
  10. You can make your video more engaging with animated texts, funky widgets, dynamic overlays, intros/outros, etc. Also, you will find royalty-free videos, music, and photos from 4,000,000+ stock assets for your needs.
  11. The easy-to-use video editor allows you to effortlessly cut, trim, convert, combine, speed up or slow down video clips.
  12. You can record from your PC or Webcam and do voiceovers too, right within the app

Pros

  • User-friendly and easy-to-use interface, quite intuitive to use
  • The free version comes with many excellent features.
  • Numerous templates are available, in different ratios
  • Entirely browser-based.
  • Great for presentations and promotional content.
  • The pricing tiers are suitable for different users’ needs
  • Huge library of help topics and a learning hub
  • Has screen recording and voice over features

Cons

  • Occasional lag due to internet connections
  • Limitations in certain features, depending on the tier purchased ie Free is max 12 projects and video length of 10mins
  • Comes up with Copyright usage warning in YouTube (but allowed to use all Copyright content)
  • Trying to edit out small sections of video can be tricky
  • Cannot increase the size of timeline for audio or video editing editing
  • Cost – the Plus plan is AUD$15.06 per month (billed annually)
  • When recording screen I could seemingly only record one screen, I couldn’t seem to swap screen.

Check out some of the videos I have created recently

Magic Tools

There is a whole raft of Magic Tools added in as well, which I honestly have not even played with yet, no need to. AI Translator, AI Audio Subtitles, and AI Video Generator. I did mess around with the AI Text to Speech, kind of quirky, but I think people may prefer either audio or my own voice, to something that is obviously AI-generated. However, for creators who wish to use a voice other than their own, it could be helpful.

AI text to speech feature
AI text to speech feature

Additional features

There are other additional features, but I have not really played with them, so I cannot comment on their ease of use or if they are good or bad

  • AI Noise Reducer: This feature enhances audio quality by reducing background noise, ensuring clearer sound in videos.
  • AI Vocal Remover: This tool allows users to isolate or remove vocal tracks from audio or video, making it easier to create instrumental versions of songs.
  • Optimized Text-to-Video: We have improved the Text-to-Video feature, making it more intuitive and efficient in converting text into engaging video content.
  • Refined AI Image Generator: This feature leverages artificial intelligence to create high-quality images based on user inputs, enhancing the visual appeal of projects.

Final thoughts

While it is fun to use, and I WILL continue to use it, I found certain limitations had me going back to other programs for certain things; Screen recordings were a little easier on Filmora (my usual go to). I also found if I wanted smooth jump cuts between photos to make say and animation Animoto was much easier and had better results. But at the end of the day I guess it depends on how much editing you have, how fiddly it is and exactly what you want to achieve. I honestly think starting with the free version is a great idea.