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| Thread ID: 84601 | 2007-11-11 22:33:00 | Preferred video editing software? | motorbyclist (188) | PC World Chat |
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| 610604 | 2007-11-11 22:33:00 | basically, i've got myself a video camera and have alot of bike riding footage. from what i can see, windows movie maker, at face value, seems a bit weak, and frankly, not very good at all, but i'm a complete noob on this one so maybe (big maybe here) it will suffice once i learn all the tricks. what i'm really after is a decent video editer that will allow me to splice two videos together nicely (say, tacho and where i'm going), dub in sound accurately, is easy to learn how to use, and gives me large control over video format. oh, and seeing as the raw video files may be up to 2gb in size (avi format), software must be pretty stable and not too ram intenstive:lol: i found once windows movie maker had imported 30 minutes of footage (1GB) it spilt it into scenes or something automatically, all of varying length. dunno what decides where to split but being a ride down the motorway it was all pretty uniform. any way to turn this off and just grab segments as i see fit, or am i right in looking for better software maybe windows media player does all this and more, maybe it doesn't, anyone got a suggestion? discuss (mods if you feel the need to do so you may move this to pf1 section, but i thought this would make as good a discussion as anything) |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 610605 | 2007-11-11 22:38:00 | oh, and i need to be able to pixelate faces (and number plates). it's a privacy and probably legal thing - many people see the camera and ask that i do so before posting any footage, and i intend to respect their wishes. and no you wont see any "240 kph down queen st." footage from me, before you all start assuming ;) |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 610606 | 2007-11-11 22:42:00 | Adobe After Effects will do the pixelating stuff. You can use a tracker and pixelate moving objects. I use Adobe Premiere and After Effects together for good results. Not cheap, but damned good. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 610607 | 2007-11-11 22:42:00 | basically, i've got myself a video camera and have alot of bike riding footage . from what i can see, windows movie maker, at face value, seems a bit weak, and frankly, not very good at all, but i'm a complete noob on this one so maybe (big maybe here) it will suffice once i learn all the tricks . what i'm really after is a decent video editer that will allow me to splice two videos together nicely (say, tacho and where i'm going), dub in sound accurately, is easy to learn how to use, and gives me large control over video format . oh, and seeing as the raw video files may be up to 2gb in size (avi format), software must be pretty stable and not too ram intenstive:lol: i found once windows movie maker had imported 30 minutes of footage (1GB) it spilt it into scenes or something automatically, all of varying length . dunno what decides where to split but being a ride down the motorway it was all pretty uniform . any way to turn this off and just grab segments as i see fit, or am i right in looking for better software maybe windows media player does all this and more, maybe it doesn't, anyone got a suggestion? discuss (mods if you feel the need to do so you may move this to pf1 section, but i thought this would make as good a discussion as anything) Movie maker will split using the time codes from the tape . In other words, when you press the record button it puts a mark on the tape . Have you got SD or HD camcorder? SD methinks as time codes don't get picked up in Hi Def capture software when you have a Sony camcorder . MM in Vista allows you to do the whole job, from capture to burning DVD and it works well enough . XP doesn't allow you to burn DVD so you have to use a 3rd party app . I use Pinnacle Studio 10 . So easy a trained monkey could create a home movie . Much simpler than other software I have tried over around 6 yrs of video editing . Capture in full resolution, not MPEG and use NTFS so as to remove the 4GB file limitation . Capturing in AVI enables very accurate editing . . . . My thoughts Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 610608 | 2007-11-11 22:55:00 | Capture in full resolution, not MPEG and use NTFS so as to remove the 4GB file limitation. Capturing in AVI enables very accurate editing.... device is limited to a 2gb SD card, but records in avi |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 610609 | 2007-11-11 22:55:00 | Premiere Elements. Cheap. Easy. Powerful. Though I suggest you ask at a more video specific forum to see if it can do the tasks you want There is a new version out in the last couple of weeks. (dont shop at DSE, they have the old version for more then everyone else has the new version) Windows Movie maker is crap, Though some can use it well, I hate it iunless the PC has nothing else, then its a god send. I chop all my videos into pieces with VirtualDub, then re-assemble in Premiere Elements. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 610610 | 2007-11-11 22:56:00 | Movie maker will split using the time codes from the tape. In other words, when you press the record button it puts a mark on the tape. i'm talking 2 to 20 second splits at random through out a single shot |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 610611 | 2007-11-11 23:00:00 | Also, Keep in mind that AVI is just a container, The quality of the footage is in no way garenteed by the fact its designated as Audio Video Interleave, Its determined by the codec (compressor/decompresser) Mpeg is just a set standard to enable playback on hardware based devices. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 610612 | 2007-11-11 23:01:00 | MM does have some good features in it (It can send back edited video to a DV cam) . It has some good transitions in it . BUT, doesnt support a hell of a lot of formats, without plugins / codecs, or you paying for it . And only saves in WMV format . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 610613 | 2007-11-11 23:04:00 | And only saves in WMV format. argh, that would explain why i can't change that |
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