What's the Best Video Editing Software?

I haven't tried it yet but I printed out instructions for making a video from a kim komando website question. It was a very detailed answer to a question about making a training video, so it should also work for what you want. She recommended using windows movie maker which comes with both xp and vista. If you go on her website this was posted on 4/24/08 and was called "create a professional training video".

I have used windows photo story 3 to create video tours from still photos and like it alot. You can add music or do a narration. I'll be glad to send you one that I did for a condo recently if you want.

Lisa

Lisa R Said...

"I have used windows photo story 3 to create video tours from still photos and like it alot. You can add music or do a narration. I'll be glad to send you one that I did for a condo recently if you want."

Lisa,

I would love to see the one you did for the condo- This is something I am now trying to start up. Thank you for your time and help.

Lisa Anderson

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London Properties

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Kingsburg, Ca 93631

559-643-5997

There are many good video editors on the market today. Many are free or less than $100 and do a good job. My advice is to choose one and spend some time learning it.

I use Corel's Videostudio 11. It has a powerful editor and has more flexibility for creating the final product than most. It costs anywhere from $60 to $120 depending on the special deals at the time.

Key things to look for are a powerful editor and flexibility to use different input file formats and to output to lots of formats like DVDs, flv, iPhones, iPods, Macs, Windows, cell phones, TVs, etc, etc.

The reason you want lots of flexibility is that you will have a big investement of your time learning and honing your skills with your video editor. You might want to change your camcorder or your video source, or you may want to take advantage of mobile formats. If you've chosen a video editor capable of handling the new file formats, you won't have to start from scratch and re-learn a new editor that does the job.

I would suggest looking into Sony Vegas.

www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/vegasfamily.asp

It's very and easy to use. If you really want to get serious and make studio-quality DVDs, Vegas Pro can do it all.

If you're looking to do some complex animations and effects, I'd look into Adobe AfterEffects. I have been using that for years and still love it :)

www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/

I do it myself on the Windows Vista make a movie it looks good and cost me 20min of work.