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NickH
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 03:25
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Hi people

I've been wondering for a while if there are any good freeware video editors out there? Theres usually a freeware alternative to most things, GIMP, Open Office, Inkscape etc, but I can't find a good video editor. Any ideas?
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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 06:38
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What operating system are you runnning?


Check out my videos!
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JoelJ
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 07:09 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2010 07:18
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Here's some open source alternatives to iMovie

Also, I use Avidemux

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NickH
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 14:47
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Thanks JoelJ. It seems like the best editors are for Linux. I'll have a play with Avidemux today, thanks.

Quote: "What operating system are you runnning?"

XP. I know it has Movie Maker, but its worse than useless.
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Quik
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 17:48
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u couldnt be more right about the movie maker thing


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Thistle Studios
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 19:14
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I love Windows Movie Maker, its definitely a million times better than stupid Camtasia Studio


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NickH
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Posted: 24th Mar 2010 18:36
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Windows Movie maker is a million times better at editing than a lump of coal too

I want to be able to stick together different clips, edit the sound or at least enable me to save/ load sound so I can use something like Audacity to edit it with. Also a few simple transitions and allow me to insert images. I'd like to be able to manually edit frames (In GIMP) and re-insert them too. This might all be asking a bit much from a freeware bit of software I know!
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Nomad Soul
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Posted: 25th Mar 2010 19:00
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I'd like something which is simple to use like Movie Maker but has a little more functionality such as camera panning / zoom etc.

I've seem some good video tutorials for Sony Vegas and After Effects but they are still more studio than I'd prefer.

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Melancholic
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Posted: 25th Mar 2010 19:18
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Wax! Wax!, well its my favorite anyway, it can do simple stuff, has a simple interface, is free. But best of all has some advanced features such as chromakey.
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NickH
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Posted: 27th Mar 2010 14:18 Edited at: 27th Mar 2010 14:18
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In the past I've used Premier and another I think called Purple? It was used to make films including Twister. That was many years ago and both cost a fortune! If I had the cash I'd probably buy Premier...but its the cash part I'm having problems with right now Though if I were to spend money on software I don't think I could stop myself from spending it on upgrading my version of Lightwave!

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I have Wax installed, I'll give it another try, thanks.
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Fallout3fan
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Posted: 27th Mar 2010 15:08
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All I can think of when it comes to video editing is vegas... Is there anything like vegas for free?

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NickH
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Posted: 27th Mar 2010 16:17
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Vagas looks nice. I don't like the little numbers next to it though, thats either the price or the barcode, not sure
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bitJericho
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2010 16:26
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http://www.cinefx.org/downloads/

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NickH
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Posted: 5th Apr 2010 18:08
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Thanks, that looks quite good. I'll have a proper look later
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 11th Apr 2010 05:34
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Try WAX it even has greenscreen capabilties

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Posted: 11th Apr 2010 18:49
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Wax is good, but it's notoriously buggy.

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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 11th Apr 2010 19:51
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it freezes up all the time but its good

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NickH
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Posted: 14th Apr 2010 00:15
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Yeah I've tried Wax a little bit too. It worked, to a point.

Thanks
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