Comments on: Which software do you use for minor digital video editing?

Question: Which software do you use for minor digital video editing?

rhapsodie — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:28:03 -0800

Which software do you use for minor digital video editing? I'm wanting to crop and color correct a few .avi files on Win2k and/or WinXP, but I'm sure others would appreciate different systems and formats being represented.

By: jeremias

jeremias — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:19:17 -0800

True confession: I'm writing on a book on it, but even if I wasn't I would strongly recommend for beginners or editors on a budget the new Premiere Elements from Adobe.

Premiere Elements is the little brother to Premiere Pro, one costs 99$, the other costs $699. But you know what? They both use the same code . Elements has removed some of the tools and there's some other stuff gone. But there's one thing Elements can do that Pro can't, which is make Dvd's with menus from within the program.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:12:48 -0800

virtualdub is very light, often good for little touch-ups, and quite free

By: scarabic

scarabic — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:20:28 -0800

Just messed with it to check for your specific needs - just open your AVI file, select Video --> Filter, add the "HSV Adjust" to do your color balance, show preview, select values, click OK, then click "cropping" once you're back at the filter list. Enter your cropping coordinates, and save.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:20:10 -0800

Thanks! I'll check out virtualdub while convincing my boss to purchase Elements.