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| 576668 | 2007-08-05 04:00:00 | I've just got home from a very interesting holiday; Perth, Istanbul, UK (visiting son), Dubai, Perth then home. We took quite a bit of video footage while we were away and now I'd like to play around with it; tidy it up etc and put it onto a DVD/s. Can anyone tell me what would be good, preferably open source, video editing software? |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 576669 | 2007-08-05 04:08:00 | From all accounts you could try the full package of NeroVision which does a pretty good job. If you buy it you get the plug ins as well. Pinnacle Studio www.pinnaclesys.com or Nero www.nero.com or Ulead www.ulead.com or Adobe Premier Elements (cheaper entry level) www.adobe.com or Adobe Premier Pro (full pro package)www.adobe.com Not sure about what good opensource video editing apps are available but other forum members may be able to suggest some. Personally I use/am using iMovie on the Mac. Good luck. Generally the stuff you pay for gives you more options than the free stuff. Sounds like you had a very interesting holiday! |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 576670 | 2007-08-05 04:15:00 | Nice Holiday:D. I use Ulead to edit all of my raw video and it works a treat. There are a lot of features in a very simple and easy to use layout and the results are a treat:thumbs: | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 576671 | 2007-08-05 04:25:00 | If you have Windows XP or Vista, Windows Movie Maker is a basic editor which will be more than sufficient if all you want to do is to chop and trim bits of video footage, with simple titles and transitions. It's free too. | somebody (208) | ||
| 576672 | 2007-08-05 04:26:00 | Also make sure that you have a lot of HD space as raw video footage chews it up very quickly. If your video camera supports Firewire transfer then use that instead of USB which tends to be slower for importing video footage as long as your PC has a Firewire card. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 576673 | 2007-08-05 04:28:00 | If you have Windows XP or Vista, Windows Movie Maker is a basic editor which will be more than sufficient if all you want to do is to chop and trim bits of video footage, with simple titles and transitions. It's free too. The only issue that a lot of people on this forum have had with Windows Movie Maker in XP is that it tends to be crap when xporting to DVD which can be annoying. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 576674 | 2007-08-05 05:05:00 | The only issue that a lot of people on this forum have had with Windows Movie Maker in XP is that it tends to be crap when xporting to DVD which can be annoying. Its good enough after youve transferred the video and edited it, just use something like Nerovision. Which can load WMV. It'll convert it to DVD format when u burn it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 576675 | 2007-08-05 07:02:00 | Depends on the result you want. Movie Maker is fairly basic and crap in my opinion. If you have a DVD Player/writer check what CD's came with it. I got Pinnacle Studio and Ulead with mine. Maybe some tips on our club site http://www.videomakers.org.nz |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 576676 | 2007-08-05 08:51:00 | Interesting site. Doing you only have Windows users in your video editors group? I ask this because all the software links are to Windows only software. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 576677 | 2007-08-05 10:27:00 | Thanks for all the responses. That's given me quite a bit to work on. I've actually got Nerovision on my computer; it came bundled with the machine when I bought it, so I'll give it a whirl when I have the dv tapes saved to the computer. Previously I just used Windows Movie Maker, but it's interesting to see how I can develop a new interest. | jcr1 (893) | ||
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