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Easy Media Creator Suite 9 is a full media editing solution that includes video, audio and photo editing tools. This version can work with numerous video formats including HD???V, Windows Media Center recordings, DivX, TiVo, Blu???ray and MP4s.
This program has a good collection of video editing tools, such as transitions, special effects and audio mixing. But does not have the ability to stabilize or refocus video.Read More…
Premiere Elements is Adobe’s version of video editing software. However, this program is not limited to camcorder downloads; it can also download and edit MPEGs, AVI, Windows Media and Quick Time files. It works with many devices including cell phones, camcorders, digital still cameras or it can pull from unprotected DVDs.
Premiere Elements includes a long list of editing tools with previews including scene indexing, audio conversion, transitions, drag and drop edits and many more useful and fun features. On the downside, it only has a timeline view and does not provide a storyboard option.
This product, developed by Ulead, offers tools beyond basic video editing and includes the ability to create 3D images for Macromedia Flash, Neptune MediaShare, Movie Screensaver, batch conversions, download updates and a free guide to shooting digital video.? It is? a good choice for publishing to the Internet since it can work with QuickTime, Windows Media and RealVideo.
For editing, VideoStudio offers some excellent automatic functions and helpful features including,
ShowBiz DVD is uncomplicated and straightforward. Through this program, you can easily burn or copy existing DVDs or edit your own video in a few short steps. It also has an easy to use slideshow builder.
The main screen is well organized and uncluttered, with three quick buttons across the top and drop down tabs for effects and transitions. It gives you a choice of either storyboard or timeline view and you can select specific portions of video for playback.
The layout of the editing screen is similar to PowerDirector’s. This program excels in transitions with over 330 different choices, so transitions between clips can appear professional and clean and you can fashion them to fit your music selections easily.
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This video editor is perfect for non-professionals without access to high-tech, expensive editing equipment. Its??? Magic Tools do all the hard edits for you and take the guess work out of complex fixes. PowerDirector???s Magic Tools include:
In Sony???s new line up of AVCHD based Handycams, the HDR-SR1 is probably the model the serious video person would look at as against it???s sibling, the UX-1. The major difference between the two is media; the SR-1 uses hard disc technology for video storage as against the UX-1???s DVD.Up to 7 hours of video can be stored utilising the AVCHD? H.264 (MPEG4) compression system. Using CMOS technology instead of the more standard CCD, the image quality is excellent with vibrant colours and image depth.
The XH A1 shares its design structure with both the GL1 and the XL2. The body and chassis is most definitely GL1 with a single ???barrel?? shape topped with an attached top mounted swooping handle containing the stereo microphone at its tip. This handle contains duplicate start/stop and tele/wide controls plus a photo button. Additionally a hot shoe is accompanied by a side mounted external mic holder directly above twin balanced SLR inputs. Finally, the transport controls for playback are also incorporated in the handle.
The FX7 is also a lot lighter than its predecessor by almost 25% but certainly has a more solid heft with many commentators criticising the FX1 because of its ???plasticky?? feel. The only criticism of the shape of the FX7 is that some videographers who had a play with this review unit felt it was a little right hand side heavy for single handed use. But the major talking point will be about image quality.
The term video editing can refer to:
Video editing is the process of re-arranging or modifying segments of video to form another piece of video. The goals of video editing are the same as in film editing ??? the removal of unwanted footage, the isolation of desired footage, and the arrangement of footage in time to synthesize a new piece of footage.
Prior to the 1990s video editing was done in a linear manner, using one or more video players and a separate video recorder to piece together the final video. Video editors used video controllers or mixing consoles to play segments of original footage out of order, blended, or modified by other equipment, with the result captured to a master video recorder.
Non-linear editing systems are computer-based. Footage is played into a computer and captured on a hard drive. Editors use software such as Adobe Premiere or Avid to manipulate the captured footage. High Definition video is becoming more popular and can be readily edited using Apple Final Cut Pro and related motion graphics programs. Clips are arranged on a timeline, music tracks and titles are added, effects can be created, and the finished program is “rendered” into a finished video. The video may then be distributed in a variety of ways including DVD, web streaming, Quicktime Movies, iPod, CD-ROM, or videotape.
Adobe announced that its Production Studio software will be available for both Mac and Windows, bringing Adobe Premiere Pro back to the Mac platform for the first time since Premiere???s last Mac release, version 6.5 in 2002. The company said it will also offer all of its content creation applications such as Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Encore DVD and Soundbooth for the Mac. Adobe plans to ship both the Mac and Windows versions of Adobe Production Studio in mid-2007
