Please Give Me Your Suggestions For A Good Video Editing Program
By cableman67
@cableman67 (872)
United States
August 4, 2011 10:11am CST
I am hoping that some of you out there have had some experience with some types of software to edit video and burn to dvd.
I have used picture editing software and made posters, banners, flyers with software like printmaster gold and the like but I haven't needed the use of any video editing software until now.
It is more a favor for a friend than anything else but I can't really get out of it so I need some advice on some user friendly video editing software for beginners. I only need to edit video content and add background music; things like that but I don't know what format the video will be in yet so I need something versatile. I have access to a lot of different software programs so I'm not worried about the cost as much as I am the need for something easy to learn since I have no experience in video editing yet.
I am not an expert yet, but I am a moderate to advanced level computer operator so I can handle most software it will just take me a minute to learn the program controls. If you have any advice on some software that would be good for me to try please let me know. As I said I have to edit some video for a friend and I really don't want to get involved but you know how it is with friends. I don't know how to say no but I wouldn't mess with this if I was getting paid.
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6 responses
@radiels (2)
• Indonesia
4 Aug 11
know from my previous greetings
I am also an editor from Indonesia
I prefer to use software from Ulead / COREL and ADOBE in adobe premire and after-effects are suitable for editing
but if you use a MAC can use the PCF (Pinal CUT PRO), many TV stations in Indonesia using PCF programs for their events
@cableman67 (872)
• United States
4 Aug 11
Thank you for your suggestions. I will look into what corel and adobe have to offer in the way of video editing software.
@derek_a (10874)
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5 Aug 11
For many years I have used video software called, Pinnacle Studio. I found it to be quite reasaonbly priced and that you can download it from the pinnacle site - www.pinnaclesys.com
What I have found is that you need quite a powerful computer or the rendering of videos can be very slow. I have a 64-bit system with a quad processor that I have had now for about a year and it renders my videos quite quickly and I have not complaints about the software at all.
It comes with video tutorials and it very easy to use in my opinion. 
_Derek
_Derek@cableman67 (872)
• United States
6 Aug 11
Thanks for your suggestion. I will look into the Pinnacle Studio. I have heard if it before but never had the need for it and just didn't have the extra time to just check it out for the fun of it.
I understand what you mean about needing the right computer. I have a 2.0 dual core processor with 4 gb of ram and I have burnt dvd's before without any problems on the playback. I have converted different formatted movies (like mpeg 4, .avi, etc.) into NTSC format and burned then onto dvd's so I could play them in my regular dvd player on the television.
I am using the 32 bit version of windows xp but it should work ok. I just need something easy and quick to learn and burn since I won't be using it much.
@reploid (1371)
• France
4 Aug 11
If you are using windows 7, there is a video editing software that comes along with it, it does not has all the necessary tools to run a video studio, but you can make presentations etc.. very easily. I don't remember the name of the software though, all I know is that it comes with windows 7.
@cableman67 (872)
• United States
4 Aug 11
Thank you for the response but I am currently using windows xp so I will have to install a separate software program.
@kaylachan (57804)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Aug 11
Windows comes with its own movie maker and it's a drag-and-drop type of editor. It allows you to create moviees and gives you the option to format it to dvd. Meaning when you go to publish it, it'll do the hard work for you. It'll format it so it can be burned and read on most if not all dvd/cd style drives. It'll give you qulity options, and it's up to you how you want to go about it. If you're looking more advanced editors, try download.com and type in "video editing" in the search field. It'll give you software, reviews, and help you best decide which software is right for you. They have everything from free, to paid licences avaible.
@cableman67 (872)
• United States
6 Aug 11
This is the second comment I have had about windows having it's own video editing software. I wasn't aware of this and I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the advice, it sounds like what I am looking for.
@blackscrumpy (152)
• Philippines
4 Aug 11
Hi cableman..
For video editing that's easy to use even for beginners, and still pretty powerful, I'd recommend Sony vegas..
Is windows movie maker familiar to you? If it is, I'm sure you know how easy it is to use and get a hang of it. The same goes for Sony vegas, just a thousand times more powerful.
Try it.. I'm sure you won't disappoint. Plus there are lots of video tutorials out there regarding vegas, so no problem there.
Good luck..
@goggles213 (735)
• Philippines
4 Aug 11
Windows Movie Maker is a good video editing software, if you want a more lightweight and free video editing tool for beginner to novice level, I would also suggest the Videopad video editor from NCH Software. The Interface for videopad is easy to master and you can save the video to different formats based on your preference. You can search Videopad to download it.
