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Good/Cheap Video editing software?

post #1 of 19
1/3/05 at 4:15am
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hey guys, just got a new jvc gr-d72u camcorder and it came with some crappy imagemixer editing software......i just basically wanna make simple home movies of my car and stuff and have the ability to ad and edit music and have slides with text and stuff like that...but this software sucks..any suggestions of some maybe under 100 bux thats really good to capture and edit video and audio and make vids with? thanks.
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post #2 of 19
1/3/05 at 5:35am
Check out the dvdrhelp site, it has tons of info. Here's a link to the section you want. http://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=8#8


Also, your camcorder almost certainly has a built in analog to digital converter which means you can use it to import video to your computer (thru firewire), if you want to record TV shows, home movies, etc.
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post #3 of 19
2/3/05 at 2:50pm
http://www.virtualdub.org/ That IMHO is good and cheap(free).
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post #4 of 19
2/3/05 at 6:16pm
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Originally Posted by greenflash00
hey guys, just got a new jvc gr-d72u camcorder and it came with some crappy imagemixer editing software......i just basically wanna make simple home movies of my car and stuff and have the ability to ad and edit music and have slides with text and stuff like that...but this software sucks..any suggestions of some maybe under 100 bux thats really good to capture and edit video and audio and make vids with? thanks.
iLife

oh wait thats for macs.
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post #5 of 19
2/3/05 at 6:17pm
Just use Windows Movie Maker...and if that doesn't meet your needs pick up Pinnacle Studio from Best Buy or something...
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post #6 of 19
2/3/05 at 6:20pm
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Originally Posted by Astu222
iLife

oh wait thats for macs.
lol what a noob....first of all he doesn't have a mac..second of all even if he did why would he want iLife which would come with 4 additional software titles besides iMovie which would be the only one he needs...what's next...recommending a mac mini for DV editing? lmao
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post #7 of 19
2/3/05 at 10:31pm
what's wrong with a mac mini for video editing?
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post #8 of 19
2/4/05 at 2:38pm
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Originally Posted by twoodcc
what's wrong with a mac mini for video editing?
It simply does not apply to this thread.....
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post #9 of 19
2/8/05 at 12:39pm
Pinnacle Studio is probably the easiest to get to grips with quickly, although Sony VideoStudio is more flexible.

The good thing about Windows Movie Maker is that it is free. The problem I had last time I gave it a real try is that it kept crashing, losing lots of work. This may have been fixed.

Steve
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post #10 of 19
2/8/05 at 1:11pm
i've used pinnacle studio 8, and i don't like it. it depends on what you want to do. i have more than one on my computer:
sony vegas 5.0 - more advanced
windvd creator 2 - i like this one pretty good
arcsoft showbiz - came with sonicmydvd, i like this one also
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post #11 of 19
2/17/05 at 3:27am
Try this and you can download the "e" version and start using it right away. Very nice app Supports mpg1 2 and 4

http://www.magix.com/select.html
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post #12 of 19
2/17/05 at 6:29am

Adobe Premiere Elements

Adobe recently released Premiere elements ($99). I use the full version and love it, the elements version is reported to be nearly as powerful.

Also, Pinnacle studio version 9 is leaps and bounds above version 8. Version 9 supports such high end features as picture-in-picture and "green screen" editing. It is also around $99.
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post #13 of 19
2/17/05 at 1:59pm

software

I started with unlead and was going to move to pinnacle but got scared off by horror stories of multiple crashing form web

unlead 7 basice se was ok sort of, but that version i got did not have the mpeg2 encoder, which kind of defeats the purpose

After scouring the digital camera forums I saw that sony software was consistently rated highly

sony vegas is expensive and Very powerful

i bought sony moviemake and can recommend it:

Very good interface, it prompts and walks you through steps, powerfull with very good encoding

fairlry cheap too at around $99us

google it and you can download it from the web
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post #14 of 19
2/27/05 at 11:10am
Or download Avid Free DV and learn a real editing product.
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post #15 of 19
3/16/05 at 11:05pm
Or do the ole' eBay for Premiere 6.0 or 6.5. Should be able to snag one of those for $80 US.
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post #16 of 19
3/21/05 at 6:34pm
if you want to just edit rather than mess around with stuff that doesn't work then go with a Canopus product - I have used the old 'Raptor' for years and more recently their 'Let's Edit' software - it's very capable and yet is easy to learn/use.
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post #17 of 19
3/23/05 at 1:45am
Avid Free DV.
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post #18 of 19
3/23/05 at 6:48pm
Since it's already there, why not use Movie Maker 2? Once you outgrow it, then you can go spend money. There's a pretty good online community to help you get the most out of it. I find it does pretty much what I want to my home movies, though I did buy the combo Adobe Premiere Elements/Photoshop Elements for $80 AR. However, I haven't gotten into Premiere Elements yet. It's just so easy to quickly whip out a movie with Movie Maker2.
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post #19 of 19
4/9/05 at 9:23pm
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Originally Posted by ddown
Or download Avid Free DV and learn a real editing product.
I was about to download it but the system requirement is 1 GB of RAM. Wow!
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