10-12-2006, 08:28 AM
You are not going to find a GOOD and FREE video editing software. In the past I have used Adobe Premier, but for the cost associated it isn't worth it. Now I use Pinnacle Studio 9, it cost about $60 or so and works pretty well, the new version can do PIP and some other neat things. I have also used ULead Pro, but there's no way I'd pay for it. The only thing I like about ULead over Studio is the video editing window is much larger.
For encoding I use Windows Movie Maker, I know MAC users bitch but hey, they are cool and get do create neat slideshows and don't crash often, so it's a trade off. If you encode at 320x??? and cut the audio back you can make movies with decent quality and pretty workable file sizes. There's nothing that irrates me more than downloading a 100MB 3 minute video file, you are not Stephen Spielberg, so don't kid yourself.
For encoding I use Windows Movie Maker, I know MAC users bitch but hey, they are cool and get do create neat slideshows and don't crash often, so it's a trade off. If you encode at 320x??? and cut the audio back you can make movies with decent quality and pretty workable file sizes. There's nothing that irrates me more than downloading a 100MB 3 minute video file, you are not Stephen Spielberg, so don't kid yourself.