Video Editing Software

[Mudpuppy]

Anyone have any recommendations for Video Editing Software? I tried Ulead's free version but wasn't convinced it was too great and not convinced enough to drop $80 on it for the full version. I have several hours of video to put into movie format on DVD. Mostly the WOS Dragon Trip from 2007. What I want to do is create chapters for each different day and area that we went to and put music to the video. Seems simple enough. Oh and also I want to add text at the bottom that says www.wideopensportbikes.com

I am sure someone out there is a video editing guru.

[marko138]

I edit video every day. How professional do you want to get? I've used Avid and Final Cut Pro...both are extremely expensive. I use Windows Movie Maker for home shit...it basically sucks.


Adobe Premier isn't bad.

[Lamnidae]

Adobe Premier isn't bad.

Agreed.

However, I'm far from anything of an expert @ Vid Editing.

[Mudpuppy]

I edit video every day. How professional do you want to get? I've used Avid and Final Cut Pro...both are extremely expensive. I use Windows Movie Maker for home shit...it basically sucks.


Adobe Premier isn't bad.

Well I don't mind dropping say $50-$100.. I don't want to get super professional - more like moderate amateur - because the camera I am using to tape shit is low grade - its like a $400 video camera.. so something with good features - mainly:

1. Ability to split like Windows Movie Maker
2. Ability to do chapters
3. Ability to add music or narration or whatever and adjust the levels - i.e. leave the bike sound in with the music or switch back and forth
4. Ability to add text across the bottom during the whole movie and not frame by frame

Basically I don't want to edit frame by frame I want to edit clip by clip. I like that feature of Windows Movie Maker where it creates clips - not always perfect clips - and also the ability to split so you can edit out when Mudpuppy got drunk, fell down, dropped the camera, checked if it was still working for 10 minutes, dropped it again, fell down trying to get the camera, etc.

[dReWpY]

trip did something along these lines for last years rally but didnt edit music in movies, but had it split into chapters and shit, im sure he can help ya out

[Mudpuppy]

damn Adobe Premiere Pro is $799.. Creative Suite 3 is $1,699.. guess I will keep looking unless someone has some other suggestions.. either that or drop the $80 on Ulead's full version to see how it works..

[dReWpY]

there are ways around price tags... :whistle:

[Mudpuppy]

i don't mind paying just don't really want to pay more than $100 or in that range.. shit the camera was like $300-$400.. mfp.. i don't need anything too elaborate.. just something that will allow me to add music, chapters and text..

[zortness]

I'm just glad my macbook pro came with imovie and idvd. No-brainer free editing.

[t-homo]

I'm just glad my macbook pro came with imovie and idvd. No-brainer free editing.

Sweet. Another Mac owner.

[marko138]

damn Adobe Premiere Pro is $799.. Creative Suite 3 is $1,699.. guess I will keep looking unless someone has some other suggestions.. either that or drop the $80 on Ulead's full version to see how it works..
Yeah solid shit is expensive. You see those prices and then people understand why television stations (like the one I work at) still edit tape to tape...and not on computers.

[Lamnidae]

I'm just glad my macbook pro came with imovie and idvd. No-brainer free editing.

I've been thinkin' hard about gettin' a mac..... Damn tempting I tell ya.

[Mr Lefty]

I just bought another HP... told myself I'd buy a mac... but $$$ is an issue... and I want something I can go back and forth with my laptop with... when my laptop goes out... I'll probably make the switch... right now though... I'm good

[Lamnidae]

*nod nod*

My lappy's been doing me good while being out here. probably will be retired as a media center PC for the living room when I get home.......

Plannin' on building me up something nice w/ 2TB of storage (okay, really 1.5tb in RAID5 config and only truely 1.4TB useful, but still).


Imagine how many home movies i could put on that suckah!

[t-homo]

*nod nod*

My lappy's been doing me good while being out here. probably will be retired as a media center PC for the living room when I get home.......

Plannin' on building me up something nice w/ 2TB of storage (okay, really 1.5tb in RAID5 config and only truely 1.4TB useful, but still).


Imagine how many home movies i could put on that suckah!

My frat house bought a 1tb hard drive, we've got like 250 movies and a shit ton of music and its not even 1/4 of the way full.

Get a mac. It will honestly take you a day or two and you will be completely used to it. The main reason I bought mine was because I didn't like vista, and everything else had vista on it. I am 100% satisfied with it. You can get Microsoft office for mac so the format isn't messed up.

[Lamnidae]

Yeah my thing is I'd fill up that 1.5tb I think fairly quickly.... Got a lotta photoediting stuff to toss up that way.... and I plan on snappin' a fair bit when I get home..... well that's the plan anyways.

wiggle that in with the new house, the soon-to-be-wifey, the pups, the Hayabusa.... ehh.. might not be a very realistic plan.

[Trip]

Do you want adobe premiere?

[Mr Lefty]

I'll take a copy trip if ya got the hookup ;)

[Mudpuppy]

Do you want adobe premiere?

hell yeah that looks sweet..

[OneSickPsycho]

I'm interested too.