wherein Liz requests video editing software advice

[edenfalling]

Hey, does anyone have advice on free video editing software?

I need to learn some basic video editing quick for work, and like BLEEP am I paying money for it.

What I need to do is:

1. add a title sequence (animated clip with sound) at the start of an apartment tour video
2. maybe edit out some background noise
3. replace video of bathrooms and other tricky areas with still photos (mirrors are the devil)
4. add a closing sequence (still image, scrolling text, and sound) at the end

Lawyer Man has also been adding little text overlays to reinforce some of Mr. Geniality's spiel, but I think that's unnecessarily cluttered and would prefer to leave that info in the video notes on YouTube.

So far the programs I've found recommended are, in no particular order:

-Lightworks
-OpenShot
-Shotcut
-HitFilm Express
-VSDC Free Video Editor
-Movie Maker Online and/or Movie Maker 10
-VideoPad

Please do not recommend iMovie to me. I don't have a Mac; it will not do me any good. This is especially annoying since the videos were all shot on an iPhone and I may have to do some interesting file conversion contortions, but we work with what we're given. *sigh*