video editing software

[BaRoN30s]

been looking round for a FREE or very cheap way to convert my on board key cam & video camera that i take of the heli...

keep in mind that i would like to ad titles & prob music to the clips as well..

ive tried the trial versions of [B]Corel VideoStudio Pro X3[/B] & [B]Vegas Movie Studio HD 9.0[/B]... and to be honest im getting nowhere fast with the vegas MS.. im liking the coral VS but it ain't cheap just for what im wanting it for...

so question is... is there one out there that will be as good but not cost as much or better still FREE.. :cheers2:

or some other i could give a go (free trail)
what do you use.?


cheers
BaRoN.

[Mslater]

Have you tried Windows Movie Maker, fairly simple but effective.

[est1976]

yep seems to work ok for me too

[Vic.P]

How about Windows movie maker?
Works well with all the vids i do and it's free to download :)

[est1976]

thats 3 votes for WMM, mine was pre-installed on XP, give it a go, its fairly easy to use

[Balders]

The newer version (might be called Windows Live Movie Maker) has got some fairly advanced features, I like the "automovie" feature which puts a title at the start and end (editable obviously), asks you if you want music adding and will even upload straight to youtube for you if you like.

I've got an example I did, took all of 30 sec's to edit and then click upload.


[U][COLOR=#22229c][ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beRl8dCwf-8[/ame][/COLOR][/U]

Did have some music on one of my video's but Youtube blocked at work, so can't check which one :)

[Mart61]

I'm using Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10. I downloaded all of the other free trials and this one does all I need and more.

Might be worth trying this one to see if things improved from the V9 you were trying?

[BaRoN30s]

cheers guys for the very quick answers.. for some unkown reason my pc will not run WMM i think its my graphics card thats not up to it.. i tried it on XP & now just tried it on Win 7 & still wont run.. :(

cheers mart i will go download v10 now of sony.. but if its anywhere near the same as v9 i just couldn't get my head round it..

[Balders]

chances are, there'll be a basic beginners tutorial available on youtube somewhere...I've used a few things like that in the past and it's helped tremendously. Just think "Finless Bob" for video editing :)

[Gate88]

[quote=BaRoN30s;584661]
cheers mart i will go download v10 now of sony.. but if its anywhere near the same as v9 i just couldn't get my head round it..[/quote]

Stick with sony vegas its well worth the effort.
I found it a bid of a handful at first but if you look at all the tutorials on YouTube they cover (in step by step vidoes) everything from basic techniques to special effects and they're mostly produced by people who really know what they're talking about......

......10 year old kids!

[R1stu]

the xp windows movie maker ()2.6) can work in 7. you can download it fro free from the m$ website.

[debrooker]

I'm impressed with Vegas 9. Yes its not as easy as Movie Maker for small video edits, but I'm starting to feel my way round it and for £30 it has some pretty advanced features

[Steve]

[quote=BaRoN30s;584661]cheers guys for the very quick answers.. for some unkown reason my pc will not run WMM i think its my graphics card thats not up to it.. i tried it on XP & now just tried it on Win 7 & still wont run.. :(

cheers mart i will go download v10 now of sony.. but if its anywhere near the same as v9 i just couldn't get my head round it..[/quote]

Windows XP and Vista run 'Windows Movie Maker'
Windows Seven needs 'Windows Live Movie Maker'

I tried downloading the first one onto a Seven platform and it didn't work. The 2nd one works a treat.

[BaRoN30s]

:ack2: must be my old pc as i cant get WMM to work on it..(see pic below) it wont even run [I]AERO PEEK[/I] in win 7 its that old.

ive now downloaded v10 of SV so will give that another go but for now im liking VideoStudio pro3 but before parting with 50 quid for it i just wanted to get the views of whats out there & what you guys use...


if anyone uses anything other than above plz let me know..

:cheers2: BaRoN