If you are wondering what software to use for editing your home/professional videos, Avid Media Composer is one of those heavy duty softwares.

It is one of the fastest, most powerful editing tool available. With Media Composer 6 software, you can work with more formats and other ways than ever before, and encroach common media barriers to get right to what really matters — the story.
 Media Composer gives you full-featured editorial tools, the fastest file-based workflows around, dependable media management, and innovative features that save you time — and money. You can cut any kind of stuff, be it TV shows, short-format videos, or other media, in the studio or on the road, you can edit the way you want, and in ways you never thought possible. The Media Composer also gives you the platform to record audio with sufficient amount of audio effects and transitions.

The first look to the software might be a bit intimidating but once you start using it, it will be quite easy for you to decipher its nook and corners.

Remember, editing is not about using a lot of effects. Editing is much more inclined towards aesthetics. Anyway, happy editing.