**Free and Capable Software for YouTube Creators**

As a YouTuber, having the right tools can make all the difference in creating high-quality content and managing your online presence. In this article, we'll explore some of the best free and open-source software options available for YouTube creators.

**GIMP: A Great Piece of Software**

One of the most popular free alternatives to Photoshop is GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). It's a great piece of software that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. GIMP offers many features similar to Photoshop, including support for layers, plugins, and a wide range of editing tools. With its user-friendly interface and flexibility, GIMP is an excellent choice for creating thumbnails, graphics, and overlays for your YouTube videos.

**OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)**: Screen Recording and Video Streaming

Another essential tool for YouTubers is OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), a screen recording and video streaming software that allows you to record or stream just about anything. With its powerful features and capabilities, OBS is capable of handling 4K and 60fps videos with ease. While it may require some learning curve, OBS is completely free and offers many advanced features such as chroma keying, audio mixing, and plugin support.

**NVIDIA Shadow Play: Smooth Streaming**

For those with an NVIDIA graphics card, NVIDIA Shadow Play is a game-changer for smooth streaming and recording. With virtually no performance hit to your computer, you can use it to record 4K videos at 60fps. This software is ideal for creators who want high-quality video without sacrificing performance.

**Lightworks: A Free Video Editing Platform**

Another great tool for YouTubers is Lightworks, a free video editing platform that offers many features similar to Premiere Pro. With its user-friendly interface and sequence-based workflow, Lightworks is an excellent choice for creating and editing videos. The software also has a free version with limitations, but it's still a great option for getting started.

**Snipping Tool Alternatives: Light Shot**

While the built-in Snipping Tool can take screenshots, there are better alternatives available. One of the most popular options is Light Shot, which offers more flexibility and convenience than traditional screenshot software. With its user-friendly interface and features such as annotation, drawing, and keyboard shortcuts, Light Shot makes taking and editing screenshots a breeze.

**TubeBuddy: Amplifying Your YouTube Backend Experience**

Finally, no discussion of free software for YouTubers would be complete without mentioning TubeBuddy, an extension that amplifies your YouTube backend experience. With its features such as automatic video scheduling, SEO optimization, and keyword research, TubeBuddy makes managing your YouTube channel a whole lot easier. The best part? It's completely free, with optional paid upgrades available for those who need more advanced features.

**Conclusion**

As you can see, there are many excellent free software options available for YouTubers. From GIMP to OBS, Lightworks to TubeBuddy, these tools can help you create high-quality content, manage your online presence, and amplify your backend experience. Whether you're a seasoned creator or just starting out, these software options are definitely worth exploring.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone my name is Adam repos box and welcome back to another top five video in this video I'm talking about the top five tools that are free for YouTubers there's a lot of expensive stuff that everyone recommends for using for youtubing myself included I'm a huge fan of the Adobe CC Suite of software which is expensive though with my student discount I'm only paying 20 bucks a month for it but for beginner YouTubers that may not be money that you have so here's five free pieces of software plus plus a bonus at the end that you can use to do everything most people do here on YouTube let's get into it audacity audacity is an audio editing and recording software you can use it to record your audio in raw completely high quality you know quality and then edit it up I've already put up tutorials on how to process your audio like I do to give it a bit more punch and make it sound a bit more epic um on the channel so I'll post link to YouTube card icon over here for the tutorial playlist for those videos and it it's basically a free alternative to Adobe Audition or you also have voice recorder on Android which is a paid app that I use to record audio on my Android smartphone it's quite useful totally free open source works on uh Windows Mac Linux it is a great piece of software and quite capable and there's lots of different plugins for it and everything you can you can do a lot with it so I highly recommend it and check pick up my tutorials on it is a free Graphics editing program it's basically the free alternative to photoshop there's another free alternative called paint.net but is typically more popular it works in layers very similarly to photoshop it looks very similar to photoshop's UI at least as of Cs 5ish um it's very flexible it you can use it for creating your YouTube thumbnails for creating graphics for your videos overlays stream overlays doing just about everything that you're going to be doing for YouTube that you would use Photoshop for again another alternative is paint.net if you'd like to see some basic tutorials I'm certainly not a graphics designer but if you'd like to see some basic tutorials on how to do stuff that I normally do in Photoshop like making a thumbnail in let me know in the comments down below OBS or open broadcaster software it's screen recording software and video streaming software to let you record or stream just about anything I have lots and lots of tutorials up on my YouTube channel already for obs and their newest version OBS multiplatform or OBS Studio it is completely capable you just have to know what you're doing it is very complicated to learn but it's totally free and completely capable I use it to record 4K 60 tutorials I use it to stream 1080p60 to Twitch record 1080p60 gameplay All That Jazz Great Piece of software another alternative is NVIDIA Shadow play if you have an Nvidia graphics card it has virtually no performance hit to your computer so you can literally use it to record anything at 4K 60 if you have a 4k monitor use that all the time as well this is of course a free alternative to programs like wirecast xsplit v-mix Etc light works is a free video editing platform it actually works pretty similarly to Premiere Pro in that it's very like sequence and nesting based like Premier Pro is and a lot of people have quite enjoyed it uh and been able to trans you know transition from that to Premiere Pro a lot easier because the software Works similarly you do have a free version that you can get I believe the free version is limited to 720p 60fps video though but for getting started that should be totally fine and then you can even just pay for the license to upgrade later on if you like uh paid alternatives are of course uh CyberLink power director Camtasia Studio Premier elements Premiere Pro Sony Vegas Etc light shot light shot is a great tool for taking screenshots which sounds really stupid that functionality is built in right yes in two different ways you can hit the print screen button to automatically take and copy a screenshot of your entire desktop or you can in Windows you can use the Snipping tool to automatically take annotate and save screenshots of certain areas of your screen well light shot takes the approach and makes it a lot more convenient you hit the print screen button and then you select which area the screen you want to screen cap and then you can draw on it you can type on it you can add arrows and then you can either save the file copy it to the clipboard to important to photoshop or something like that or automatically upload it so then you can share the link to someone else it just uploads it to imag so fastly flexible of course alternatives are that Snipping Tool snagg it which is a paid piece of software or Gazo which is another commonly used screenshot software but it's nowhere near as capable lastly we have a bonus tube buddy if you are a YouTuber tube buddy is a Google Chrome Firefox Safari Internet Explorer extension which allows you to amplify your YouTube backend experience essentially it allows you to automatically schedule videos from the unlisted state that way you can go ahead and give your patreon patreons Early Access or things like that and not have to use YouTube scheduler they can automatically publish your videos to Facebook uh bulk card and annotation copy into your various things you can automate giveaways with it you can create YouTube thumbnails with it it it has great SEO and keyword Tools in it has a ton of stuff I've been working with two buddy for quite a while now love their software and I do have an affiliate link if you want to sign up it is totally free they do have paid versions and if you're in an CN Network they your network might also have a deal with them as well so link to TU buddy will be in the description below along with all the other software so hope you enjoyed this video Guys these are my top five and a bonus recommend well I guess that's 10 but top five plus a bonus recommended free software tools for doing YouTube and make sure you get subscribed and I'll see you in the next videohey everyone my name is Adam repos box and welcome back to another top five video in this video I'm talking about the top five tools that are free for YouTubers there's a lot of expensive stuff that everyone recommends for using for youtubing myself included I'm a huge fan of the Adobe CC Suite of software which is expensive though with my student discount I'm only paying 20 bucks a month for it but for beginner YouTubers that may not be money that you have so here's five free pieces of software plus plus a bonus at the end that you can use to do everything most people do here on YouTube let's get into it audacity audacity is an audio editing and recording software you can use it to record your audio in raw completely high quality you know quality and then edit it up I've already put up tutorials on how to process your audio like I do to give it a bit more punch and make it sound a bit more epic um on the channel so I'll post link to YouTube card icon over here for the tutorial playlist for those videos and it it's basically a free alternative to Adobe Audition or you also have voice recorder on Android which is a paid app that I use to record audio on my Android smartphone it's quite useful totally free open source works on uh Windows Mac Linux it is a great piece of software and quite capable and there's lots of different plugins for it and everything you can you can do a lot with it so I highly recommend it and check pick up my tutorials on it is a free Graphics editing program it's basically the free alternative to photoshop there's another free alternative called paint.net but is typically more popular it works in layers very similarly to photoshop it looks very similar to photoshop's UI at least as of Cs 5ish um it's very flexible it you can use it for creating your YouTube thumbnails for creating graphics for your videos overlays stream overlays doing just about everything that you're going to be doing for YouTube that you would use Photoshop for again another alternative is paint.net if you'd like to see some basic tutorials I'm certainly not a graphics designer but if you'd like to see some basic tutorials on how to do stuff that I normally do in Photoshop like making a thumbnail in let me know in the comments down below OBS or open broadcaster software it's screen recording software and video streaming software to let you record or stream just about anything I have lots and lots of tutorials up on my YouTube channel already for obs and their newest version OBS multiplatform or OBS Studio it is completely capable you just have to know what you're doing it is very complicated to learn but it's totally free and completely capable I use it to record 4K 60 tutorials I use it to stream 1080p60 to Twitch record 1080p60 gameplay All That Jazz Great Piece of software another alternative is NVIDIA Shadow play if you have an Nvidia graphics card it has virtually no performance hit to your computer so you can literally use it to record anything at 4K 60 if you have a 4k monitor use that all the time as well this is of course a free alternative to programs like wirecast xsplit v-mix Etc light works is a free video editing platform it actually works pretty similarly to Premiere Pro in that it's very like sequence and nesting based like Premier Pro is and a lot of people have quite enjoyed it uh and been able to trans you know transition from that to Premiere Pro a lot easier because the software Works similarly you do have a free version that you can get I believe the free version is limited to 720p 60fps video though but for getting started that should be totally fine and then you can even just pay for the license to upgrade later on if you like uh paid alternatives are of course uh CyberLink power director Camtasia Studio Premier elements Premiere Pro Sony Vegas Etc light shot light shot is a great tool for taking screenshots which sounds really stupid that functionality is built in right yes in two different ways you can hit the print screen button to automatically take and copy a screenshot of your entire desktop or you can in Windows you can use the Snipping tool to automatically take annotate and save screenshots of certain areas of your screen well light shot takes the approach and makes it a lot more convenient you hit the print screen button and then you select which area the screen you want to screen cap and then you can draw on it you can type on it you can add arrows and then you can either save the file copy it to the clipboard to important to photoshop or something like that or automatically upload it so then you can share the link to someone else it just uploads it to imag so fastly flexible of course alternatives are that Snipping Tool snagg it which is a paid piece of software or Gazo which is another commonly used screenshot software but it's nowhere near as capable lastly we have a bonus tube buddy if you are a YouTuber tube buddy is a Google Chrome Firefox Safari Internet Explorer extension which allows you to amplify your YouTube backend experience essentially it allows you to automatically schedule videos from the unlisted state that way you can go ahead and give your patreon patreons Early Access or things like that and not have to use YouTube scheduler they can automatically publish your videos to Facebook uh bulk card and annotation copy into your various things you can automate giveaways with it you can create YouTube thumbnails with it it it has great SEO and keyword Tools in it has a ton of stuff I've been working with two buddy for quite a while now love their software and I do have an affiliate link if you want to sign up it is totally free they do have paid versions and if you're in an CN Network they your network might also have a deal with them as well so link to TU buddy will be in the description below along with all the other software so hope you enjoyed this video Guys these are my top five and a bonus recommend well I guess that's 10 but top five plus a bonus recommended free software tools for doing YouTube and make sure you get subscribed and I'll see you in the next video\n"