Good affordable video editing tool?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:30 am

Better than Windows Moviemaker? Need not be free, but shouldn't be expensive either.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:52 pm

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:29 am

...
/me slaps Issac around with a large trout

I liked Sony Vegas Movie Studio 6, but I\"m not sure how much it costs, though there is a trial version.

DarkFlameWolf · Post by **DarkFlameWolf** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:52 pm

well, Final Cut Pro can run up to $1000 bucks if you're really serious.

Deathwinger · Post by **Deathwinger** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:09 pm

Torrent a copy of Adobe Premiere, its great.

When you get money, then buy Final Cut Pro.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:31 pm

Deathwinger wrote:Torrent a copy of Adobe Premiere, its great.

You mean pirate? No way.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:18 pm

Hows this?

http://www.virtualdub.org/

Jon the Great · Post by **Jon the Great** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:25 pm

Premiere Elements. (Pretty much the best out there in affordable video editing imo)

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:42 pm

Top Wop wrote:Hows this?

http://www.virtualdub.org/

I have VirtualDub, but if I have understood this program right, all you can do is cut a video clip into parts and convert/compress it. You cannot put clips together and add sound and text. Or am I wrong?

Starken · Post by **Starken** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:06 pm

http://www.anova.org/software/index05.htm

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:51 am

Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8 is a good program. It runs 199 on Ulead.com but I'm sure other websites sell it cheaper. I'm using Pro 7 right and works great for my needs. So I won't be upgrading for a while.

http://www.ulead.com/msp/runme.htm

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:24 am

I have the Ulead VideoStudio Upgrade Version 10 Plus.
As long as you have Ulead VideoStudio 6,7,8,9 Full or SE versions. You can do the upgrade for $99 AUD.
I got the free Version 7 SE when I got a DVD DL burner nearly 2 years ago.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:42 am

Starken wrote:http://www.anova.org/software/index05.htm

VirtualDub (Avery Lee) Open Source

Taut. VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for Windows platforms, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. It is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images. I use it to crop the good porn parts from the boring porn parts of videos, and then create new AVI files instead. There I said it. VirtualDub also presents a clean interface layout: caption, menu bar, info panel, status bar. It's free, so check it out if you're a video hog.

lol

I'm gonna give this one a try, albiet not for porn. If I find this doesn't have the ability to compress an avi clip (with sound) from 640x480 to 320x240, does anyone know a of a freebie that does?

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:42 pm

if it is an option, I'd use iMovie. Really easy, really quick, and actually quite powerful. You need to have a Mac, of course.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:12 pm

Which I don't have, of course.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:47 pm

Testiculese wrote:If I find this doesn't have the ability to compress an avi clip (with sound) from 640x480 to 320x240, does anyone know a of a freebie that does?

I think it does. I use it all the time to clip the commercials out of the stuff that I record with my tv input card. I have never downgraded the video size, because I have it set up record at 320x240, but I think is has the capability. I'm pretty sure gordian knot uses virtualdub in the background to do all of its video modification. (resize/crop operations)

(I'm pretty sure everything I mentioned is legal... at least I have a clean conscous about it.)