Windows Movie Maker is a freeware video editing software by Microsoft. It is a part of Windows Essentials software suite and offers the ability to create and edit videos as well as to publish them on OneDrive, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. Movie Maker is a simplistic tool to edit basic video files. Some features include trim, cut, add narration, add webcam picture-in-picture, add credits, add title, pan, zoom, basic transitions, and basic color effects.
Snipping Tool is a screenshooting utility included in Windows Vista, 7 and 8. It can take screenshots of an open window, rectangular areas, a free-form area, or the entire screen. Snips can then be annotated using a mouse or a tablet, stored as an image file (PNG, GIF, or JPEG file) or an MHTML file, or e-mailed. Snipping Tool allows for basic image editing of the snapshot, with different colored pens, an eraser, and a highlighter.
To access the Snipping Tool, click the start menu and type “snip.” The search should find the utility and you can press enter to launch. If it does not find anything you can launch a file browser and navigate to C:\windows\system32 and double click on the SnippingTool.exe file.
Quicktime Player is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The basic player is built in to all versions of MacOS and is available for download for Windows. The player can be used to play a wide variety of audio, graphic, and video files, including some proprietary formats.
Quicktime X for Mac has several additional features including screen recording, movie recording, and audio recording. Audio and movie recording can be accomplished with a built-in microphone or webcam, or a compatible external microphone or webcam. Screen recording will only record the entire screen and will not allow you to record a single window or segment. Record microphone audio is an option when caturing. These features can be used to produce quick and easy recordings, videos, messages, or tutorials, but it does lack editing capabilities. Do do editing, try iMovie.
A basic version of Quicktime is integrated into the MacOS and is available on windows systems here. Quicktime Pro can be purchased through the Apple App Store.