Suggestions for decent video editing software?

[Greg]

Looking for something basic to add captions, transitions, some background music, and maybe a title/credits screen for online videos. Something of good quality, but reasonably priced, or better yet free. Suggestions?

[andyzee]

V's favorite, she does all the editing, has been Pinnacle Systems Studio. It's an extremely versitale product for the price. Be forwarned though, it can be a bit buggy in Windows, be sure to check out the minimum requirements, especially for a graphics card. http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSit...o_Software.htm

[riverc0il]

basic video editing starts at $50. decent video editing software usually starts around $100. i use pinnacle studio for my video editing which gives you a lot of control over stuff, that is a $100 product. they have a more basic version for $50 called dazzle. i also looked at the ulead stuff, which i found pinnacle slightly better for offering more control.i think the ulead product is video studio ($70) and the plus version ($100). check out the demos, you will quickly see the limitations of the cheaper versions. the freebie EOM versions of the products tend to be automatic sequences which i find to be rather terrible with no manual control. i have yet to find a cable open source product that can step up to the full featured versions of these programs. i did try a few freebie products (can't remember the names) but they were more hassle than they were worth and had inferior controls. you get what you pay for and i think it is worth while considering paying a little extra for a good product that offers more control.

[MichaelJ]

I have Quicktime Pro and Final Cut Express for my Mac. They've handled everything I've thrown at them so far. Unfortunately, neither of them was free; however, QT Pro is not pricy at all, and does do saving in different formats as well as basic conversions (like rotating a point-and-shoot camera's movie 90 degrees).

[ski_resort_observer]

I too would like some info on that. I just discovered, or should I say a 12 yo at the TD dinner I went to pointed it out to me, that I have video I my point and shoot dig camera as well.

When I bought the camera I really didn't want video, wanted ALL the technology focused on photographs. I was perfectly happy thinking I did not have it but now that I know I do might as well have some fun with it.

[YardSaleDad]

You can start off with Windows Movie Maker 2.1. It is free with Windows XP. It is pretty versatile for MS freebie. There is also a pretty good community for support. http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/

Once you want to actually drop money on this, then I prefer Sony Vegas. The Movie Studio edition of Vegas starts at $89.00 and is very full featured. It is an easy upgrade to the pro version should you get serious about this stuff.

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/pro...egasfamily.asp

[Greg]

Originally Posted by YardSaleDad

You can start off with Windows Movie Maker 2.1. It is free with Windows XP. It is pretty versatile for MS freebie. There is also a pretty good community for support. http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/

Wow! This is a pretty neat app. Certainly meets all my needs. I played around with it for a few hours and this is what I came up with:

Mount Snow - 11/25/2006

I have to be honest. I borrowed some techniques that Steve uses in his vids. It's my first attempt so please be kind, but let me know what you think!

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Good stuff Greg, looked to be some decent cover...

[Marc]

I thought it was pretty damn good Greg. Especially for a first attempt.

There was one real big thing missing, however, from the video.








That would be me, of course.

[Greg]

Originally Posted by Marc

There was one real big thing missing, however, from the video.








That would be me, of course.

That my friend is your problem!

Thanks for the kind words.