Hi,

Actually there are so many video editors in the market today that one is spoil by the choices available. You could check out this website https://vogueballroom.com.au/what-do-profes...eo-editors-use/ for a list of video editors and it's pros and cons.

Personally, I've used a few of them base on the OS. For Windows base, I've started with Pinnacle Studio, Corel VideoStudio until finally using Premiere Pro. For the Animation Effects, you could utilies on Adobe After Effects where most of the effects can be downloaded if you want a crash course of doing it. Since you're referring to the Cartoon Effects on Vlad & Niki, this effect might come in handy https://motionarray.com/after-effects-templ...nts-pack-170282. Just bear in mind some effects need "investments" unless you're good enough to do it on your own.

Then I dive into the Mac environment so started of with iMovie before moving into Final Cut Pro. MacOS have their own effect software call Motion but guess I'm stuck with Adobe After Effects since it has more resources and I feel more comfortable using it since it also has a Mac version.

At the end of the day, it's not on the software you use on editing but more on your creativity, time and passion on doing it. It's good if you have a project to do since you could have more focus on doing it plus good video editing laptop (nowadays people would just buy a gaming laptop) and lots of storage. Notice nowadays people are using smartphones Apps to do video editing since it's getting more powerful.

Stop doing it as current job and family occupies most of my time but occasionally do it out of favor or boredom. Good luck.