Best and easiest to learn Video Editor

[Bastinka]

I'm soon to be working on an important project, and am required to make a video out of it. So I thought, why not make it something worth my while?

A video editor with a lot of features, the ability to manipulate keyframes, easy to navigate UI, and allows for advanced filters and/or presets.

[InnerGoat]

Permiere, Premiere Elements, Sony Vegas, or you could try Ubuntu Studio (http://ubuntustudio.org/)

Ease of learning is probably lower on Vegas, hardest on Ubuntu Studio because it's a Linux distro, but the latter is free.

[Cortexian]

Premiere is actually fairly easy to use for basic video editing. However if you want to start doing actual "special effects" you'll need to learn how to use After Effects or something similar.

[Lateksi]

Sony Vegas has got a trial, and I use the program. There are LOTS of tutorials on YouTube. It's a pretty simple program, but is actually capable of creating some awesome and "complex" stuff also.

[kenney001]

It took me all of an hour to get a good grip on premiere...

[Bastinka]

Premiere and Vegas it is.

[Pope]

Premiere is actually fairly easy to use for basic video editing. However if you want to start doing actual "special effects" you'll need to learn how to use After Effects or something similar.

Sorry the correct answer is "visual effects." And to be honest, After Effects has to be used with extreme disclaimer. It can look like shit if you do it wrong, and it's more often.

As for easy, basic with the ability to do more I recommend Final Cut Pro if you got a Mac and Premier for PC. Both are great programs but I find looking for basic stuff in Premier is a little more tough.

[Siliconmaster]

On a side note, Avid Pinnacle Studio is cheapish, easy to use, and user-friendly. The only problem is that it does have limits that at first do not seem at all imposing, but eventually become a pain. I know people who love Vegas, and Final Cut is always great.