Create Video

The maker of some the best smartphone lenses on the market, Moment, also has online lessons to help you shoot and edit videos for the internet.

Their video courses include lessons in video storytelling, making short videos, editing, shooting for brands, working with models and working with drones. Moment Lessons costs around $99 each.

The Moment smartphone lenses are high quality, and the range includes wide angle, tele, fish eye, macro and more lens types.

Udemy is an online training service with thousands of courses available, including video production.

One of their most popular courses is The Complete Video Production Bootcamp. It's a general course to help you whether you shoot videos with a smartphone or a cinema camera.

The bootcamp includes nine hours of video instruction and 14 downloadable resources such as guides and case studies. Wait for when there is a deal available on the course and can costs as little as £20.

Not everyone wants to be a journalist, but learning to shoot and edit video to create stories like a journalist is a great starting point.

TheVJ.com is one of the best video courses around. Its founders, Lisa Lambden and Michael Rosenblum, used to work in the TV industry and run online and classroom courses which teach you how to create videos using five basic shots.

The online course costs just $12 a month and you get a 2-week free trial.

If you use Adobe products and you want to edit videos with their Premiere video editing software, then it's a good idea to take a course specialising in the package.

One of the most popular Udemy courses is 'Premiere Pro CC for Beginners: Video Editing in Premiere'. It's 12 hours of video lessons, downloadable resources and articles.

At full price it's $199. But, if you are patient Udemy runs regular deals when you can get it for as little £14.29 (~$19).

Another popular video editing app for desktops is Final Cut Pro. Designed for Apple Mac computers, it's a powerful and easy to use app, which is why it's a favourite among video editors.

On Udemy, 'Learning Final Cut Pro X - Video Editing Mastery' has good reviews for the course.

And, it's good value at $49 for the 6.5 hours of video training and downloadable documents. Again, wait for a deal on Udemy to buy it cheaper. Check which OS version you before signing up.

The challenge with video editing software is the power of the desktop computers need to run them. You can need a lot of processing power to edit videos. If you don't have a powerful computer, what's the solution?

Online video editing software - You don't need as much processing power on your computer to edit videos. What is the best video editing website? The best is WeVideo.

It's easy to use, but there is an 'Academy' to show you how to use WeVideo for editing your videos.

Does WeVideo have an app?

Yes! WeVideo has a mobile app version of its editing software. The app is useful for uploading your clips to the online version of the video editing app.

The app is not as to use as the web version of WeVideo, but it is good for uploading your clips into the Media section of the online editor in readiness for editing.

It's a free app available for iOS and Android.

Kinemaster is a mobile video editing app which looks and feels like a desktop app. You can create layers, cut and crop clips, add multi-track audio and use the Chroma key for green screen work.

It's a feature-rich mobile video editing app which will help you create compelling videos. The Pro version costs £4.49 per month or £25.99 a year.

Kinemaster is available on iOS and Android. You need to have an up to date version of iOS or Android installed to be able to download and use Kinemaster.

Being able to edit video with the same app across all your devices would be handy, right? But, are there any video editing apps which will work on your mobile app and desktop computer?

Yes, Adobe Premiere Rush. You can edit video taken on your smartphone and edit the clips on your device. If you prefer to edit it on your Mac or WIndows machine, you can too.

You can start using Adobe Rush for free to try it out. If you want to export more videos and store more clips it's £9.99 a month.

Another excellent video editing app is PowerDirector. This powerful video editor can handle 4K videos and export them in the same resolution. In addition to the basic features (crop, split, rotate), you can add voiceover, effects, and use Chroma key, plus more features.

User rave about it and over 50 million people have downloaded it around the world.

It's available on Android and costs £4.79 a month or less quarterly or yearly.