What is a good video editing software for making a movie for a school?
by admin on Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 7 Comments
If my school approves my request, I will be making a movie for Jackson Creek Middle School. I was wondering if any of you yahoo answer-ers would let me know of any good video editing software for something like this, maybe even for effects like plasma weapons, etc., but I’m getting off track. I was looking for something that will let me cut and compile videos, add music in with different volumes, movie-like credits, etc. Thanks! Well, that took a bit to type.
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If you want effects, there is really only one decent option, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. In all honesty as much as Vegas and the like are great programs and simple to use, nothing compares to Adobe for special effects.
editing software
here is a list of the best video editing programs
if you want a free program you could use
windows: windows movie maker
mac: imovie (i think this comes with mac computers)
I prefer Adobe Premiere and After Effects for compositing effects. Of course you need to learn it. You gave no info on you level of understanding just that you want to do it. If you have no experience, that won’t work. There are, however, several editing packages with different learning curves from Movie Maker to Avid (or Premiere. Final Cut, or Vegas Pro).
Your answer will depend on that AND, just as important, your budget. Obviously, the better products are more experience.
windows movie maker
Adobe sound booth (for editing sounds)
Adobe media encoder… for more editing
MPEG Video Wizard DVD can do things like that. It allows you to add effects (transitions:2D/3D and filters), to cut out some parts of a video file, to compile videos, to merge clips, to add musics, and to adjust volumes, etc. It provides a 30-day free trial period for their potential customers with no functional limitations (no watermarks as an example). You can download free here http://www.womble.com/
If you are looking for special effects such as light sabers, lasers, running on roof tops then you will need Adobe After Effects very good program that can produce some genuine looking film effects however does take some learning.
http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects
I have used a few video editing programs and the easiest one has been DVD Slideshow Builder. Very easy to use with professional features and same sort of layout as Movie Maker however a lot more powerful.
http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/photo-gallery-samples.html#150