Video Editing Software for eLearning

I haven't used it since I switched to Mac but I remember having great luck with Vegas / Sony:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudiohd/compare

This contains a decent library of transitions and effects and also supports Chromakey. Not bad for $49. And they offer a time-limited trial if you want to give her a whirl.

Steve

Agree with Steve.  Vegas is a powerful software and will give you EXCELLENT results.  If you are up to it, then you can go with the Adobe Suite as well, Premiere, or After Effects.  Maybe overkill and high learning curve but they produce awesome stuff as well.

It is a Excellent software. Everybody should use it

If all you're looking to do is basic editing (simple cuts, etc.) then the Movie Maker program included with Windows should suffice.

If you're looking for more power with not a lot of expense. I've been using Pinnacle/Avid Studio for years. Multi-track audio/video, motion title generator, soundtrack generator, chroma key, lots of plugins/effects.

MoviePlus is an ideal software package for beginners, MoviePlus Starter Edition is the amazing free Video editing software from Serif. This version is to keep so just download it right now and start creating your very own videos today!  With some amezing features..

• Import, export and edit (WMV, AVI & MOV)
• Add transitions and effects
• Includes pan and zoom effect
• Cut and Trim
• Easy drag-and-drop editing

Regard's

Ben Almeer

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Looks like this thread is a little late, but I highly recommend Sony Vegas Pro. I currently have Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas Pro installed on my machine and Vegas is the one I use daily. It's well priced for the feature set, has a intuitive work flow and there is a lot of YouTube support. 

It really depends on what you want to be able to do with the software. I've never used Vegas Pro, but I have used Premier, Premier Elements, and After Effects. Both Premier and After Effects are professional level editing software Premier is mostly just video editing, while After Effects is to create special effects, but you can still edit video quite easily. Both have steep learning curves. If you want to test the waters and go with a beginner version, I would suggest getting Premier Elements. Its quite powerful and you can export to a variety of formats and sizes and its only a $100.

Agree with David. It also depend upon your work profile. I've used Movie maker for basic editing.

If your need is basic you should go with Movie Maker.

Good discussion here!  I actually ended up going with Sony Vegas Pro.  Having some video editing experience in the past, this wasn't too hard of a transition and what I couldn't figure out, I just went to YouTube and let a 12 year old kid teach me (no kidding).

That same 12 year old kid teaches me all the time as well  

Are you running 11 or 12?  I'm still running 11 and haven't seen any big reason to jump to 12.  I did find out this weekend that if you are working with .mov files in Vegas 11, you don't want to upgrade Quicktime past 7.7.1 as Vegas apparently doesn't like the codec.  I had to downgrade my Quicktime to work with the video I shot on my iPhone. 

Blender is a a 3D graphics video creation program which hosts a variety of features. These include modeling, animation, rendering, post-production and real-time interactive 3D, as well as  game creation. Playback with cross-platform compatibility for Blender is also included along with support for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Regard's,

Ben Almeer,

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I've been on Final Cut for years, however, Premiere is a great app with roundtripping to all your favorite Adobe software. Makes it very convenient, particularly for Master Collection customers.

Simple question - I plan on getting Serif in a few days.  I plan on using it for the most basic video editing - cutting out the mistakes.  Can it do that?  Does it do the audio at the same time, or does that have to be edited separately?

Windows Movie Maker just isn't cutting it anymore.

-Eric

Hi Eric,

Everyone's needs are different and I like Serif's products like Page Plus for example.

But when it comes to Video Editing, for the same money you might want to go with Sony's Movie Studio 12.  Uses the same basic engine as the pro version and can be had for ~$70 USD. 

Bob

AVS Video Editor is incredibly cheap and very easy to use. The video that comes out is good quality, and the software isn't too complex, like some of the above, good for a video editing beginner such as myself, who doesn't want to do a lot of fancy stuff.  They also have a video converter, great for making flv files.

Since this just popped up again, the newest version of Camtasia is actually a decent video editor. I wouldn't spend the money on it just for that, but if you have it already it's worth messing with. 

I've also been recommending Sony Movie Studio to my friends for cutting together their home movies and such. It would work fine for the vast majority of what people are doing and can be had for well under $100. 

It seems a little "off" that NONE of the ARTICULATE tools offer a decent video editing tool

I use a free software program called Hitflim Express - https://fxhome.com/express

There is also a pro version if you need more capabilities.

The software is both a video editor (like Premiere) and video compositor (like After Effects).