Program for Video editing?

[Fusion Fox]

I think this is the right section...

A question for the FanVid creators out there, what programs do you recommended for video editing?

I mean we've all heard of Adobe Premier, but its expensive (and complicated)

Preferably it should have enough features to be able to place text, images or other video streams over the top of each other so they play at the same time... I'm getting fed up with Moviemaker

[manicspike]

I made a video earlier, and it worked really good, shame it was only a 30 day trial.

Cyberlink PowerDirector is what I'll suggest. I do remember being able to place text somewhere, I don't know about images or video streams though.

[xsasweet]

Vegas 7.0 is the best, but it also is a trial (and it cost 500 dollars). But mine isn't a trial, it's a great software.

EDIT: an example of what you can do with it (video game video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0MDQN785s

[Fusion Fox]

That looks interesting... it seems to be able to do some impressive things.

One of the best edited videos I've seen is the famous AMV, Euphoria

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrqag42kjJ8

Expertly overlaps video streams... but I'm almost completely sure it was made with adobe...

[kristessential]

I use a mix of Windows Movie Maker and Power Director 5.

[mrpotty]

fusionfox said:

I mean we've all heard of Adobe Premier, but its expensive (and complicated)

Expensive? Yes. Complicated? Hell no! It's the easiest program I know!

[Fusion Fox]

mrpotty said:

fusionfox said:

I mean we've all heard of Adobe Premier, but its expensive (and complicated)

Expensive? Yes. Complicated? Hell no! It's the easiest program I know!

Really? So I'm guessing that's what you use ;D

Too bad my computer cant handle it

[RavenStar]

Personally, I use Vegas Video. But in reality, it really doesn't matter what program you use. Everyone seems to think you need a high-end pro program like Premiere or Final Cut Pro to make a good video. But you can use Windows Movie Maker or iMovie and get great videos (case in point: This awesome Avatar: The Last Airbender video, made in Windows Movie Maker.)

All you need to do for a vid is fit video clips to an audio track in a way that expresses whatever concept you want to express with the vid. The only two things I think about while making a video are A) whether the video clips are timed right with the audio, and B) whether the clip I'm currently looking at fits the video or not. It's not about putting as many big, flashy effects and transitions into a video simply because you can. It's about putting the video and audio together in a way that gets the story you want to tell across. If you're gonna use some big pro effects, you better be using them because you've come to the conclusion that said effects are the only way you can put the right feeling into the scene that you want the viewer to get out of it when they see it.

[nabusan]

Yaay for sexy Avatar plugs!

[teztor123]

I've virtually no experience with this ... so I've not to much to say on it.

While I've got a video editing program that came with my All In Wonder card ... I've never used it and don't remember what it was ...


But ... what experience I do have is with capturing videos from what's going on - on screen. The program I used to do that was called Snagit. We used it a few times at work to capture windows/screen activity to a .avi video file. I've also used it to capture flash animations into a video file so I could watch the video I made instead of having to log into the web site that ran the Flash animation.

www.techsmith.com/

It's got a free trial, costs $40 and seems to have some editing capability (which I have not tried to use).

I'm not recommending this program as I've no basis for comparison with anything else, merely pointing out that it exists, has a free 30 day trial download and is cheap.

*shrug*

[Fusion Fox]

ravenstar said:

Personally, I use Vegas Video. But in reality, it really doesn't matter what program you use. Everyone seems to think you need a high-end pro program like Premiere or Final Cut Pro to make a good video. But you can use Windows Movie Maker or iMovie and get great videos (case in point: This awesome Avatar: The Last Airbender video, made in Windows Movie Maker.)

All you need to do for a vid is fit video clips to an audio track in a way that expresses whatever concept you want to express with the vid. The only two things I think about while making a video are A) whether the video clips are timed right with the audio, and B) whether the clip I'm currently looking at fits the video or not. It's not about putting as many big, flashy effects and transitions into a video simply because you can. It's about putting the video and audio together in a way that gets the story you want to tell across. If you're gonna use some big pro effects, you better be using them because you've come to the conclusion that said effects are the only way you can put the right feeling into the scene that you want the viewer to get out of it when they see it.

I've used MM for the longest time and I'm getting to the point where it doesnt let me do what I want.

It limits you to having one audio track and one video track playing at one time. This is fine for simple videos but ifI have a specific Idea for something then it's usually just a pain.

Its not the transitions etc. that limit me, more the lack of customisation. I mean, if you want to place text, you have to choose from preset layouts...


Anyway, I knew that my desktop wouldnt run Premiere but it turns out my (rubbish) laptop will, go figure

Now I'm just messing with trials of Premier and Aftereffects

[Lord Montezuma]

For my music videos, I used Windows Movies Maker. It's very easy to get used to, though for some reason, mine's not working at the moment

[fazhou]

I've tried making videos with Movie Maker but found I always had to wait forever for the clips to paste. Maybe I need to upgrade my computer.

[Adam]

There's only one music video I haven't used Movie Maker for...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXthpC2d9bc

I used CyberLink PowerDirector 3 (I think it's 3, anyway.. maybe not...)

[ignite444]

I'm switching to Sony Vegas, but WMM is so much easier to use.