si84 Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Could people recommend some video editing software to use on Windows 7? It's for a college but a very wide range of abilities need to be catered for so probably need something fairly basic. Needs to work with FlipCams too. We have some money available to buy something reasonable if necessary. (Have Windows Movie Maker but having issues getting it to work on network drives. Tried the reg fix via GP but it fails.) Thanks.
SpuffMonkey Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 The Serif one was pretty comprehensive & fairly cheap - a lot easier to deploy than the Adobe stuff too.
bodminman Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 +1 for Serif. Have had a few issues in the past but the new xml based software loads better!
Dom_ Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 I used Magix at my last place - was pretty good... You can get a free trial by clicking the link on the right: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro- Video editing
dhicks Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Could people recommend some video editing software to use on Windows 7? MovieMasher is open source and web-based, so you just install it on a server and away you go: Movie Masher: Free Open Source Online Video Editor 2
danbuntu Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 we've used jaycut.com with students and it's pretty good. Just make sure you sign up for a free account so that you save your work. Having said that I'm going to take a look at movie masher thansk to dhicks
clint0n Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Serif looks intresting. Can it easily be deployed over the network and do students require admin rights? We messed around with Pinnacle but deploying is a pain + it does not work well without giving the student admin rights.
K.C.Leblanc Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Serif looks intresting. Can it easily be deployed over the network and do students require admin rights? We messed around with Pinnacle but deploying is a pain + it does not work well without giving the student admin rights. I didn't have any trouble deploying Serif using PSEXEC. Our students have power user, but defiantly not admin rights. If you contact Serif and say you're interested in buying they'll probably send you a copy to have a look at.
SpuffMonkey Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 I didn't have any trouble deploying Serif using PSEXEC. Our students have power user, but defiantly not admin rights. If you contact Serif and say you're interested in buying they'll probably send you a copy to have a look at. It was not a problem to install. As said - they are happy to send demo disks - however their sales drones will harry you to the grave & beyond
mac_shinobi Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 video lan movie creator ?? VideoLAN - VLMC, open source video editor 1
clint0n Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 I looked at the VLMC and it looks promising. However still a beta version. It sometimes gives errors during usage. We'll keep an eye on it.
Guest TheLibrarian Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) Wax Wax - [ Homepage ] has been mentioned on EG before now. We're about to start looking at Lightworks Beta Lightworks; the Lightworks Beta EULA states only one copy can be run by the customer however Editshare (the company behind Lightworks) have confirmed to me today by e-mail that we can use it through out our school as long as someone has signed up to the Lightworks forum. I can't find any downloads for VLMC; I think it's in very early planning / development stages. Edited April 5, 2011 by TheLibrarian Forgot something.
jdoyle Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 I'm currently using Camtasia Studio for a screencasting project and quite like the video editor. It appears OK for editing video from sources other than Camtasia Recorder. Haven't looked at things like network deployment. Working fine on my Windows 7 laptop and desktop. Speech to text option, iPad output, creation of SCORM packages, good zoom and pan features, captioning etc. Camtasia
Arthur Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 I can't find any downloads for VLMC I keep the following webpage bookmarked... http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VideoLAN_Movie_Creator The latest pre-alpha version was released just over a week ago.
Guest TheLibrarian Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 I keep the following webpage bookmarked... VideoLAN Movie Creator 0.2.0 pre-alpha - VideoHelp.com Downloads The latest pre-alpha version was released just over a week ago. It wasn't there when I looked - honest!
m25man Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Isn't Windows Live Movie Maker cheap enough for you? Our production team uses Sony Vegas 10 which is about £90 Inc VAT try it free for 30 days.
TheScarfedOne Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 What issues are you finding with WMM... not got any problem with it for us and we have it on Win 7 with mapped home and shared drives; and redirected app data.
DAZZD88 Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 On a slight side note, has all the Serif software moved to using XML?
Gibbo Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 have you tried Avid FreeDV Avid FreeDV is available for both Windows and MAC operating systems, and includes basic video and audio editing capabilities, as well as up to two streams of real-time effects. On the whole, a solid video editing program that is slightly hard to use, but very powerful once you learn its ins and outs. From Avid's website: Looking for Avid Free DV? We're sorry, but we no longer offer Avid Free DV. However, you're in luck because we have an incredible alternative--the latest release of Avid Studio by the same Avid technology used by the pros in major motion pictures worldwide. We invite you to experience the power, yet simplicity of digital video editing with Avid Studio. Packed with exciting new features, a super-simple interface, as well as new designs, titles, effects, and Montage Themes, this very special trial offer is free with full functionality for 30 days after installation.
Dynamax Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Ever thought about using a cloud based software that you can add your videos to and then display them on the school screens?
dhicks Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Ever thought about using a cloud based software that you can add your videos to and then display them on the school screens? "Cloud" based as in a remote cloud? I don't think it would be practical in most schools to upload raw footage to a remote server for editing, not if you have a class worth of children all editing different bits of footage. I think it'd be practical locally, though, using something like MovieMasher as I pointed out in my post above - do you know of anything else similar?
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