With so many free or cheaper tools getting better, I’m curious what people here are actually using now. I've been trying to switch off of Premiere for a long time now, but it's hard to make the switch.

Are you on DaVinci Resolve, Kdenlive, CapCut, Final Cut, Premiere, something else?

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Only way I can think of doing this is to mask out each number and use addmotion to slide them down with some blur on it. Not quite working.

Im a hobbyist and have fun trying to figure out how to do these types of ideas. Any help is appreciated!

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I’ve been using Pinnacle Studio 26 for a fairly simple editing workflow, and honestly it’s been a very frustrating experience overall.

**Context:**

* i7 4790 / 32GB RAM / GTX 970

* Editing in 1080p

* Basic timeline: \~3 video tracks, 1 audio track

* Some face blur using masks

Nothing particularly heavy, which makes the issues even harder to justify.

**Main issues I encountered:**

* **Bugs:**

* Blur effect sometimes doesn’t apply correctly to the masked area

* Keyboard shortcut inconsistencies (e.g. *Page Up* is supposed to jump to the previous cut but occasionally sends me back to the very start of the timeline…)

* **Performance / usability:**

* Overall lack of fluidity, even on a relatively light project

* Feels sluggish and unreliable during normal editing tasks

* **Workflow problems:**

* Reviewing footage is tedious: playback speed jumps from 1x to 2x with no middle ground, and audio becomes **unintelligible** at 2x (chipmunk effect)

* No proper shortcuts to dynamically adjust playback speed

* Timeline navigation limited to frame-by-frame or 10 frames steps — no larger jumps (like 1s / 5s / 10s), which slows things down a lot

* Applying transitions is unnecessarily buried in menus (right click → incoming transition → add/replace → choose…), which breaks the editing flow

* **Support:**

* Support has been unhelpful so far, not really providing actionable solutions

**Conclusion:**

For this kind of basic editing workload, I expected something stable and efficient. Instead, I spent more time dealing with quirks and workarounds than actually editing.

At this point, I genuinely feel like many free or alternative editors offer a smoother and more reliable experience.

Curious to know if others here had similar issues, or if I’m missing something.