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Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:26 pm
by Teancum
I buckled down and got the registered version of Fraps. It was so cheap I couldn't resist. But now I'm hunting for a decent, free video editor. I want to be able to do transitions from one clip to another, as well as do text intos/outros, and text overlay on the game footage itself.
Also, does anyone know of a good DivX editor? Every time I slice up DivX files with editors I've tried it ruins the sync of the audio.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:37 pm
by MandeRek
I use Vista's window's movie maker. Maybe it's downloadable too.
Then you've got an awesome free program which let's you import, and compress, while keeping the audio, and edit and merge loads of vids..
Called 'virtualdub'
Too lazy to search for the link myself, sorry
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:22 pm
by Teancum
Yeah, I've used Vdub before. I didn't like it at all, but if that's the best one out there I'll figure it out.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:39 pm
by PhantoM
... I use windows movie maker, and it's a piece of [Diet Pepsi]. My birthday's coming up and I asked for any movie making program that's not WMM, so heck, if I get a good one, I'll tell ya what it is.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:43 pm
by MandeRek
I guess it's what you like, and what you're used too..
I learned to use WMM on school, and Vdub was free so i tried it and it worked out quite nice
If you need any help with one of them just ask Tean
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:14 pm
by MasterSaitek009
Supposedly
this one is good one. I haven't tried it but, it's being actively maintained, which is a good sign.
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:20 pm
by obiboba3po
i know this doesnt help, but i use movie maker and i really think its not that bad
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:05 pm
by Maveritchell
Like Caleb said, Movie Maker for Vista is pretty good - better than its XP counterpart. It doesn't have all the features you listed (or that I'd like) in an editing program, like a good set of transitions, but it is decent for simple splicing operations.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:09 pm
by MandeRek
Caleb?
I thought you were off! >.>
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:24 pm
by Maveritchell
MandeRek wrote:Caleb?
I thought you were off! >.>
Dangit, you two have the same (-ish) avatar.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:12 am
by [RDH]Zerted
I assume you're only looking for Windows software?
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:48 am
by Teancum
Yeah, no Linux stuff, otherwise I'd have to dual boot.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:16 pm
by Caleb1117
Maveritchell wrote:MandeRek wrote:Caleb?
I thought you were off! >.>
Dangit, you two have the same (-ish) avatar.
Lol, fixed.
My limited movie making experience has been with old Windows Movie Maker.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:12 am
by Commander_Cody771
Dunno if that helps.
That site was blocked by an internet filter. Was that a warez link? Such software is normally illegal in the USA, don't post links to it. -Staff
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:24 am
by Karnage
Super_Shadowman wrote:WMM is easy to use, but very unreliable. When I made my Hoth Tribute which spans over ten minutes, I had to deal with several unexplainable crashes and limitations. The worst part was trying to export the video - It just wouldn't do it! Every time when it was almost done it would break down. To fix this I had to split up the movie in two files, export them separately and later combine them into one movie again. Annoying!
I have had that happen so many times. So I
Googled the problem and found out it had to do with bad codecs.
There is a list of codecs that kill
WMM in
Problem Solver...XP/
Crashes and Hangs -
http://www.papajohn.org/
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:05 pm
by swbf_lase
Its not free, but my friend got a copy of Vegas 8 for Christmas and it really rocks! You can get a lower cost version for like $70 I believe.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:23 pm
by Dohnutt
Vegas is a sweet program.
You need a pretty good computer to run it fast though
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:28 am
by [RDH]Zerted
This topic is called Best FREE video editing software, please try to keep the list to software that is released for free by its developers. There is too much software to start listing all the pay ones too.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:34 am
by Teancum
Thanks Zerted.
Yeah guys I don't have extra money to shell out. Free stuff only please.
Re: Best FREE video editing software
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:13 am
by Dohnutt
OK then the only others ones are Linux programs. You could make a small partition, edit your videos, then move them to Windows?