video editing software

Banzai_Joe

Banzai_Joe

Banzai_Joe

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Hi all,
so we're using a regular video camera to record some video and i want to be able to edit it, kill off all the audio and add our own sound/music/text captions to it.

I currently use Windows Movie Maker, but i'm not sure you can strip the audio out of that can you?
If so, then i'll just use that i guess.

The ability to be able to do slo-mo and double speed would be great.
To give a clue some of the footage will be sped up a la Benny Hill chase sequences style with the girls, with the same music overlaid (for those old enough to remember).

Software should preferably be free, but don't mind paying if it's not too expensive.

Cheers all.
 
Ahaaa, it does indeed, thanks buddy. i'll stick with the current version i have installed, which i think is the latest. CBA to downgrade it.
I've not had the problems others have had with win7 x64.

Thanks again.
 
Ok, so WLMM will do what i want.........but i've just been told that the film now wants to be in the style of the old fashioned silent movies (sepia fashion), ya know, brown-ish and grainy?
Any of the aforementioned software cope with this?

Thanks again.
 
I personally use VideoPad video editor software,it's freely available. This is good to runs as a stand-alone program on a user's computer. VideoPad video editor we can simple download/install and easy to use even for beginners.
 
Not exactly 100% certain, but I think WMM has this effect.

I've trained people up on WMM(WLMM) and I'm fairly certain I've come across that effect. It's a great little tool for beginners or people who don't want to get bogged down with lots of unnecessary features. The people I've trained use media in their work, and some have expressed interest in editing their own videos, so they're not really tech savvy. There are also a load of free tutorials online.

I personally use the Adobe suite of software, Premiere for editing video, Soundbooth for audio, After Effects and Encore if needing to add extra effects and produce proper DVD's. As well as this I use Photoshop and Illustrator for imaging and DTP, and Lightroom for working on my photography. Workflow in the Adobe suite is really smooth and easy to swap back and forth from within each software, for example, working on a video and the audio needs editing, I can simply open the clip in Soundbooth from within Premiere and not have to re-import and synch up when I'm done editing.

I do know a lot of people that hate adobe stuff though and prefer using the Mac based Final Cut - which I have to say is pretty awesome too. I'm looking to learn this too to add to my skill set.

If you really want, you can try the Adobe stuff for free for a month using their trial period downloads, or find an older version for cheaper.

Lightworks, as mentioned earlier is also a great piece of software (another one on my todo list). It's as features as Premiere and Final Cut, but free! Bear in mind, that these three packages do require some time to learn, and learning curve is fairly steep. However, once you master the basics, you can more or less pick-up the rest as you go along - not one single person I've ever met uses all of the functionality provided by any of these packages - but the right tool is always there should you ever find the need for it, either standard package or by using plugins.

Good luck!
 
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