Video Editing Software - a bit boaty

dylanwinter said:
so where are all these nicely mixed and shot sailing videos

how about a few links chaps

I want to see who else is insane enough to spend almost as long editing as they do sailing

Dylan
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I think the answer Dylan is that your videos have inspired us. I have loads of short 20sec clips of sailing video that I never bothered to do anything with but put together would hopefully make an intersting few minutes and I suspect many are in the same boat:):) sorry
 
Personally I use Cinelerra or Kdenlive, for a novice Kdenlive is ideal. Professionally I use FCP, Avid and Leitch.

Ideally your video format remains constant from camera all the way through edit, grade and post, only changing when you convert for final distribution eg encoding for DVD.
 
What's wrong with Windows Movie Maker!:mad:
I use that as it was already installed on my computer & I think it's Fab.
I have just stumbled through it as I do everything else in life but I am impressed with the things that you can do with it & find the whole process fascinating.
I don't know all the stuff you can do with it & have found out everything I know by trial & error (which Is'nt much) but I do produce my own movies to enjoy over the long winter months when sailing & having adventures seems like a long & distant dream.
I am surprised that they don't make little movies showing how you can use the software to produce great movies or do they?
 
dylanwinter said:
"SWMBO's not mine. And not sailing.

but nice imho. Done with FCP and professional kit. Editing etc took about 6 weeks.

http://ilri.blip.tv/file/2787368/ "


an amazing film - makes you think when you see items on the web such a "cheap" pair of winches costing £500. This is one crazy mixed up world.

And her I am crazier than most

Dylan
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Yes, I think there is something special about it. She was under pressure to give it a normal, smooth, professional voice-over, telling people what to think about what they were seeing. But she resisted and I think that the fact that the only voice you hear is the girl's own, and the fact that it is completely 'straight' account makes it incredibly powerful.

I love where she says something like 'sometimes we help tidy the school' and the film shows all the kids doing heavy duty agriculture!
 
if on a PC then what about Camtasia - free 30 day trial is available to give it a shot

I use it with work occasionally and it does me fine
 
CPD said:
Im looking for video editing software to edit lota of old cine film I have had transferred to CD, add music, photos, text etc.. It is really important that the software will allow a large single file to be cut into a number of smaller files. The very simple programs I have seen dont allow this. Im not looking for the really professional stuff, more for the capable amateur. I have sent a link to this message to Nathan Whitworth and Dylan Winter, as they seem to know what they are doing !. Any help/tips/comments welcome. Thanks.
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Windos MovieMaker does all that and more, is easy to use and comes with free with Windows (well my version of XP anyway, it is an extra install from the programme CD). It can split files into smaller sections, add music tracks, titles, overlays, add fade-ins and outs. Simple and effective. A couple of irrritations, like text overlays are not linked to clips so if you edit the timeline of a sequence, the text overlays get left behind, but I just get the timeline right first, then add the text.

If doesn't have any clever stuff like colour matching or frame to frame editing, but it is free. I did the videos on our website with it.

Best of luck

Angus
 
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I work professionally with both Avid (on a PC, hate that program, always difficult to keep audio and video sync, but better than Premiere) and Final Cut Pro (on a Macbook Pro, love that program, you can easily learn it by yourself with the help manual). And have seen many people wrestle with all kinds of less refined programs.
My experience is that with the more simple software the 'capable amateur' at the end always wants more - and certainly frame to frame editing! To avoid that frustration go for Avid or Final Cut right away.
Chris
 
Joyoshare Media Cutter and VideoPad. Both of them are professional video editor programs and give a free version. But in terms of operability, the former is preferable.
 
Total Recorder (Video Pro edition) by High Criteria is easy to use for the limited editing suggested by the OP.
Also good for audio edits .
And record any audio or video going through the sound or video card in variety of formats.
 
CPD said:
Im looking for video editing software to edit lota of old cine film I have had transferred to CD, add music, photos, text etc.. It is really important that the software will allow a large single file to be cut into a number of smaller files. The very simple programs I have seen dont allow this. Im not looking for the really professional stuff, more for the capable amateur. I have sent a link to this message to Nathan Whitworth and Dylan Winter, as they seem to know what they are doing !. Any help/tips/comments welcome. Thanks.
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You don't say if you use PC or Mac.
Like everyone else says Moviemaker or iMovie are great. You can easily chop longer clips into bits. I normally use iMove.

I use DaVinci Resolve on Mac as well. It'd available for PC and Linux. It is also free. . There are many, many Video Tutorials on line.
This program gives you just about every control you could want.
It uses Nodes for lots of the adjustments which sounds frightening, but once you watch the tutorials you realise it's just like Layers in photo-editing programmes.
The DaVinci Resolve Studio version is paid-for and gives you some very advanced features.

I did have Lightworks (free version) which gives you every control the Hollywood Studios use, but as the user version is free you are limited to YouTube size outputs.

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Halcyon Yachts said:
I use Sony Vegas... I find it a bit more accessible than Premiere Pro.
Here's a short film of a recent yacht delivery from Wales to the Channel Islands (undertaken just as the lockdown started to lift).
Pete
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Really nicely made film. Well done! Very good picture quality and the audio is excellent.. what camera are you using?

I use Adobe Premier and find it more than adequate and pretty easy to use. It has a good multi-track dubbing facility built in...

What nobody seems to have mentioned is the graphics and memory card in the PC/laptop that you are using, I upgraded a few weeks ago and it has made the editing so much easier although when I get too many video tracks going I get the occasional crash.

The following is my self delivery from Lymington to Boulogne in mid march with lock-down just starting to kick in...
 
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