I use an old version of Showbiz; it's not free, it's no longer available and it's a tight little editor, but crashes when stressed and is limited in options.
Any suggestions for a good video editor? It should have storyboard/timeline, filters, effects and other std editing, and blue screen would be great.
Your ideas? And thanks!
BEST FREEWARE video editor?
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promytius1
MemberPosted 12 years ago # -
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming AcolyteThe Windows freeware below is not compatible with every video format, but it's a start...
Pinnacle Videospin 2 is a NLE with:
— Storyboard/Timeline view and 'standard' functions.
Download URL: http://www.videospin.com/
URL of Forum: http://community.videospin.com/CineGobs Keyer 2.3 is a:
— Dedicated stand-alone Chroma Keyer, for blue screen processing.
Download URL: http://cinegobs.com/software/cinegobs-keyer
URL of Blog: http://cinegobs.com/A couple of special-effects filters...
vReveal 3 is a:
— Stand-alone application for stabilizing video footage during post-production.
Download URL: http://vreveal.com/NewBlueFX Cartoonr is a:
— Plug-in for giving video a hand-drawn look.
Download URL: http://www.newbluefx.com/cartoonr/An Open-source project for video plug-ins...
FreeFrame is:
— An open-source, cross-platform, real-time video effects plug-in system.
Webpage: http://freeframe.sourceforge.net/Posted 12 years ago # -
mikiem2
ModeratorSadly I'd have to say go *nix or buy one. THere are some nice apps they're working on for *nix, & there are some liveCD packs I think you could try. In the Windows world you have VirtualDub, which is a fast & lean linear editor with loads of filters available, but you won't get your timeline or storyboards etc. WAX is a decent enough alternative, but it hasn't gotten a lot of attention or any updates for quite some time -- it does have some neat FX. The folks behind the VLC player have an editor [VLMC], but in pre-alpha stage it's still a bit minimal. Lightworks is in beta, aiming to be a full-fledged NLE, & at least one movie has been edited with it, but if you're looking for story boards I don't think you'd be happy with it -- this is NOT a dive right in sort of app.
Adobe's Premiere Elements might do the trick if you don't want/need HD -- I've seen it cheapest on sale bundled with Photoshop Elements, including from Adobe, but those deals often had MIR. Sony Vegas & Premiere Pro focus more on editing in a sort of preview window, but both have timelines -- Vegas is much more intuitive, they have 30 day trials, & you can pick up the home versions cheap on sale with MIR. Roxio & Nero have pretty much exactly what you're after I think, but Roxio has no trial & Nero's is too crippled to be much good. Roxio is easier to use, but has a *NASTY* install, & is probably the faster of the two -- it also has many more FX. Both have upgrade pricing & often coupon codes circulating on-line -- I got Nero cheap as an upgrade for a <$10 Nero Essentials disc I bought on-line, plus I used a coupon, plus it was on sale. :-)
IMHO stay away from Cyberlink -- PowerDVD is the only thing they make that's worthwhile, but if you want to find out for yourself you can usually pick up older versions of their suites on-line free at various magazine sites etc. I suggest backing up 1st. I used to like Ulead, but under Corel I've had problems just getting their stuff to run let alone work. Still, you can pick up some of their video apps very cheap on-line if you find the trial works for you -- be careful though, since while not as bad as Roxio, Corel installs are pretty poor. TMPGEnc is a company with a lot of enthusiast fans, & they do have trials. I personally found their editing apps too limited & too complicated but you might have a different opinion. I don't like Magix video apps, & Pinnacle I think is either a love or hate sort of thing [I'm the latter], but that doesn't mean you shouldn't check them out if you want -- videohelp.com has a fair listing, & there's a few I've never heard of let alone used.
For blue/green screen check out CineGobs.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruI'm always on th lookout for a decent free video editor. As yet I've not come across one that will enable me to edit data from a re-recordable DVD from my DVD recorder. Anyone any suggestions? :)
Posted 12 years ago # -
I'm not in video editing, however I think a very comprehensive place to go is http://www.videohelp.com/ , otherwise I always ask gizmo when looking for a certain software (and then I install what BuBBy advised...):
The Best Free Multimedia Software for PC
Best Free Video Editorgraylox
Posted 12 years ago # -
promytius1
MemberWow! Great answers and I copy/pasted them all and will definitely check them out. Thank you very much! Mikiem2, I agree totally on Cyberlink - they recently sent me a free trial copy of their PhotoDirector package - it is simply awful, and they want money for it as well!
I do have a copy of Magix Movie Maker, not free, and all but unintelligible - Their software is sometimes very difficult to become comfortable with, and I can't figure out many things, so I ignore it. ShowBiz is pretty good, but it is always do one thing and save, do and save, as it crashes a lot. I Tried Pinnacle, and it never installed properly and took literally hours to install or do ANYTHING, just awful. Windows MM crashes, and you cannot TOUCH the list of clips, or the database gets corrupted and the program crashes.
You are right though, it's probably not doable for free. Anyway, I've got my whole day ahead of me with all these links!
Thanks again.Posted 12 years ago # -
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming AcolyteProviding you have a Broadband connection to the Internet, editing video in your Web browser (for free) may be worth a look. For example...
Jaycut:
http://jaycut.com/
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/editor
Posted 12 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruThanks guys (and gal)
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