Video Editing Software

[Clark Addison]

I am looking at doing some rather simple video editing. Any recommendations for Windows software? I will not (at least at this time) be doing anything all that advanced, so I am looking for something in the free to $100 range. A lot of folks seem to like Sony Movie Maker, and then there are the old standbys such as Adobe Premier Elements and Pinacle. Anyone have any suggestions or preferences? Am I just as well off sticking with MS Movie Maker?

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[old_gregg]

lightworks. free and good.

[clackamascoug]

I am looking at doing some rather simple video editing. Any recommendations for Windows software? I will not (at least at this time) be doing anything all that advanced, so I am looking for something in the free to $100 range. A lot of folks seem to like Sony Movie Maker, and then there are the old standbys such as Adobe Premier Elements and Pinacle. Anyone have any suggestions or preferences? Am I just as well off sticking with MS Movie Maker?

Thanks. I promise my next thread will be more interesting.

I use Adobe Premier Elements, but since it's the only one I've ever used, I can't say how it stands up to others. I payed $99.

If it's a how to video, I may be interested.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'm interested in doing some editing. Clark, what did you settle on? Any recommendations? And old_gregg's recommendation of Lightworks looks good, as the online tutorials seem helpful. Any other recommendations, positive or negative?

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[Clark Addison]

I'm interested in doing some editing. Clark, what did you settle on? Any recommendations? And old_gregg's recommendation of Lightworks looks good, as the online tutorials seem helpful. Any other recommendations, positive or negative?

I tried Lightworks, and for some reason didn't use it, though I don't remember why right now. I used Sony Movie Studio, which was easy enough to use and did what I needed it to. I am probably not the expert that you should rely on, though.

[Shaka]

MS Movie Maker is great for something simple. Lightworks is also awesome.

Almost all of them are similar and use the same codecs for compression.