I have tried blender within the last year. There is no doubt that it is capable of many things beyond 3D, such as motion tracking, digital makeup and the aforementioned video editing,  but it is a classic case of jack of all trades and master of none. Video editing in blender is downright painful. Anyone used to editing on even basic lite versions of any commercial editing software will start pulling hair. Too many free options available to bother IMHO to bother. If I were going the freebie route I would use Davinci Resolve for editing and color grading ,Fusion for compositing. The learning curve for Fusion is steep, but Blender is just as steep and not nearly as powerful for compositing and keying. I would keep Blender around for 3D modeling and animation though. 

dubdisciple
I have tried blender within the last year. There is no doubt that it is capable of many things beyond 3D, such as motion tracking, digital makeup and the aforementioned video editing,  but it is a classic case of jack of all trades and master of none. Video editing in blender is downright painful. Anyone used to editing on even basic lite versions of any commercial editing software will start pulling hair. Too many free options available to bother IMHO to bother. If I were going the freebie route I would use Davinci Resolve for editing and color grading ,Fusion for compositing. The learning curve for Fusion is steep, but Blender is just as steep and not nearly as powerful for compositing and keying. I would keep Blender around for 3D modeling and animation though. 

There are free versions of Resolve and Fusion?? I only found the 995$ ones.

Kalle Rantaaho

dubdisciple
I have tried blender within the last year. There is no doubt that it is capable of many things beyond 3D, such as motion tracking, digital makeup and the aforementioned video editing,  but it is a classic case of jack of all trades and master of none. Video editing in blender is downright painful. Anyone used to editing on even basic lite versions of any commercial editing software will start pulling hair. Too many free options available to bother IMHO to bother. If I were going the freebie route I would use Davinci Resolve for editing and color grading ,Fusion for compositing. The learning curve for Fusion is steep, but Blender is just as steep and not nearly as powerful for compositing and keying. I would keep Blender around for 3D modeling and animation though. 

There are free versions of Resolve and Fusion?? I only found the 995$ ones.

Yes, there are free versions. Scroll to bottom of respective comparison pages:
 
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/compare
 
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/fusion/compare
 
Free version of Fusion is closer to full version than Resolve lite is to full, with the primary lacking elements mostly involving multiple machine rendering and workflow. This is less of a restriction than it seems because you can always send project to the fairly low cost render farms springing up. 

konradh
...Thoughts on the quality and capabilities of PowerDirector?

Konrad,
 
I've been using Power Director for several years and now on Power Director 13. I just did a video of a wedding ceremony at the Enchanted Resort in Sedona, using a HD Video Camera.
 
Looked great on our large screen HD Flat Screen. The effects are great for my use. Easy to use.

Walt