Video Editing

[TheGuard]

Question for you technophiles out there. What's the easiest way to edit videos,

I know I'm not being too clear - for example, if I have downloaded a movie (one that I play in WMP Quicktime Real etc.) and I want to cut out a scene that I'm not too crazy about so I'm not wasting Hard Drive space how do I go about doing this (and issues like syncing the audio etc.)

[Jericho]

You need to be a bit more specific.
What format video?
[assuming you're using windows]

[TheGuard]

Hmm, WMV right?

I don't know, I'm a technological retard.

[Kriss]

To add to Gaurd's question, WHAT IS THE BEST VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE OR PROGRAMME. IS THERE ANY GOOD FREE AND USER FREINDLY PROGRAMMES OUT THERE? I CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO SEARCH www.sourceforge.net but am sure there are good free downloadable programmes.

Are you also editing mpegs gaurd? they are a common format

I would like to find a programme similar to 'audacity' for audio, where i can import different file types from various sources and edit and maybe compress video.

[Jericho]

There's plenty that are free, and there's plenty that are user friendly, but not many are both! ;-)

One of these should cover most of what you'll ever want to do:

Cut Assistant
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/cut_assistant.cfm

Virtual Dub [not the easist to use, but there are plenty of guides]
http://www.virtualdub.org/

Asfbin
http://www.radioactivepages.com/english/asfbin.html

And one you probably already have, Windows Movie Maker.
It's not great, but it's simple to use.

For compressing vids take a look at the DivX & Xvid codecs

Some guides:
http://neuron2.net/avediting.html

[justatransgirl]

Hi, I'll try to give you a good answer here.

Jessica does all our video editing.

Many producers use Macintosh - "Final Cut Pro."

We use a program called "Vegas 7" which is the high end for Windows platform. It's a more complicated program, but provides for rendering in any format and you can control transitions and audio very precisely.

We also use Adobe Premiere and Encore for rendering. It's about $800. I dont' know how much Vegas was.

The movie editor that comes with windows is OK, but limited. And I think Mac's come with a free software insalled.

Here's a photo of Jessica's Video workstation.

And people wonder why videos cost $$.

PS - we just launched a new 5 Minute clip store - all 5 minute clips for under $5! Please visit our web site for a link to our video and DVD stores!

http://www.justatransgirl.com

Giggle,
TS Jamie

[classydtwngrl]

Hi, I'll try to give you a good answer here.

Jessica does all our video editing.

Many producers use Macintosh - "Final Cut Pro."

We use a program called "Vegas 7" which is the high end for Windows platform. It's a more complicated program, but provides for rendering in any format and you can control transitions and audio very precisely.

We also use Adobe Premiere and Encore for rendering. It's about $800. I dont' know how much Vegas was.

The movie editor that comes with windows is OK, but limited. And I think Mac's come with a free software insalled.

Here's a photo of Jessica's Video workstation.

And people wonder why videos cost $$.

PS - we just launched a new 5 Minute clip store - all 5 minute clips for under $5! Please visit our web site for a link to our video and DVD stores!

http://www.justatransgirl.com

Giggle,
TS Jamie

OUTSOURCE :lol:

Dont waste time editing videos work your charm on some guys then ask'em to do that work for ya, kinda like JWBL and hollywood :lol:

[TheGuard]

Thanks for the replies guys and gals. ;)

[DimitriWolfe]

If you only want to cut down videos you have already downloaded, all you need is this simpel tool:

http://www.boilsoft.com/videosplitter/

It will chop what you have anywhere you tell it. VERY easy to use. There is no need to load a video editing program, edit, then render out because not only is that a waste of time, but you will lose quality when you re-render a rendered (compressed) video.

On the flip side, if you download a lot of clips that you want to join into one movie... http://www.boilsoft.com/avi-mpeg-rm-joiner.html

Same company, just as easy.

Hands down these are the best tools for doing what you want.

Trust me on this one.

[BigTime]

If you have windows XP, it should have included Windows Movie Maker. It can split, join, mute, add sound tracks to a movie file. (doesn't work with quick time or real pleayer files).

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

[TheGuard]

If you only want to cut down videos you have already downloaded, all you need is this simpel tool:

http://www.boilsoft.com/videosplitter/

It will chop what you have anywhere you tell it. VERY easy to use. There is no need to load a video editing program, edit, then render out because not only is that a waste of time, but you will lose quality when you re-render a rendered (compressed) video.

On the flip side, if you download a lot of clips that you want to join into one movie... http://www.boilsoft.com/avi-mpeg-rm-joiner.html

Same company, just as easy.

Hands down these are the best tools for doing what you want.

Trust me on this one.

Thanks! Really great tip - This is exactly what I was looking for - Windows Movie Maker is a piece of junk.