Which video editing software of windows can edit videos like a hollywood movie?

Ashok

Just I wanna learn the basic idea of video editing, like background editing and other dream effects like hollywood movie.
So, I wanna know which video editor of windows should I use.
If I can know it then I'll be very glad.
Please tell me.

Answer
Video Editing:

Lightworks; semi-free alternative to Avid ($1,200), Adobe Premiere ($240/year), and Sony Vegas ($600).
http://lwks.com

Lightworks has been used in the movie industry for more than 20 years. Lightworks also has the fastest workflow in the industry.

Lightworks used to cost more than $1,000, but now Lightworks Pro costs $60/year and you can download a free version from their website.

Editors using Lightworks have produced numerous internationally renowned and Oscar and Emmy award-winning feature films and television programs, including The King's Speech, The Departed, Mission Impossible, Braveheart, and Pulp Fiction.

Lightworks is FREE if you don't need pro video codecs and you can use the free version as long as you want.

Lightworks Tutorials
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCD45705BA08852C0

3D Animation and VFX Compositing:

Blender; free alternative to Maya ($3,700) and After Effects ($240/year).
http://blender.org

Blender has a complete VFX pipeline in one single software package. Blender has tools for modeling, sculpting, rigging, animation, rotoscoping, chroma keying (green screen), motion tracking, smoke, fire, and fluid simulation, particles, destruction, physics, color grading, node compositing, and video editing.

After Effects uses "layer-based" compositing. Blender uses "node-based" compositing similar to Nuke ($4,155); used in the movie industry http://thefoundry.co.uk/products/nuke

Blender has more advanced features but After Effects is easier to use.

The easiest and most detailed tutorial on how to use Blender is Neal Hirsig's tutorial at http://gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html

Start with the first four lessons of Neal Hirsig's tutorial.

Blender is 100% free with full functionality, no adware, no spyware, and no viruses, and you're allowed to use Blender in any production without having to pay for anything.

Blender Artists (community forum)
http://blenderartists.org/forum

Blender Cookie (tutorials)
http://cgcookie.com/blender

Blender Demo Reel 2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1XZGulDxz9o
Tears of Steel VFX Breakdown (Blender)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nawbpZOKpD8

Video editing software?

cset2

I was wondering does anyone know any good video editing software for windows. I have used windows movie maker before and it's okay I actually like it except it is quite basic (and often slow). I am really looking to make videos manly that I would put on Youtube. If anyone has used or knows some good video editing software (I prefer free but willing to pay if it is really good) please let me know. I must be able to add and edit audio in it as well as video, thank you.

Answer
Take a look at the tutorials for Windows Movie Maker at http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Tutorials/ - it may be WMM is all you need. It really is foolproof except that it's picky in what file formats it takes and the lack of native support for multiple video and audio tracks are a definite disadvantage (but there are workarounds).

The version 2 series were probably the most versatile, you can find them here - http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/windows-movie-maker.html - but you'll have problems installing the older versions on Windows 7. Windows Live Movie Maker is still good, but not so versatile.

Other free video editors are...

Wax - http://www.debugmode.com/wax/ - this is also a compositor - a bit like Adobe's After Effects - - unlimited video and audio tracks
VideoLAN Movie Creator - http://videolan.org/vlmc/ - up to 64 audio and video tracks
TrakAxPC - www.trakax.com/software/pc/
VideoSpin - http://videospin.com/ - just 1 video track so you may as well use WMM
VideoPad - the free version - http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/
Lightworks - http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ - I like this one - unlimited tracks ?
Serif MoviePlus - http://serif.com/free-video-editing-software/ - unlimited tracks ?
Ezvid - ezvid.com/ - 32 video and audio tracks

Another is Zwei-Stein. This is a good editor but I found the interface to be absolutely horrible.

VirtualDub, RAD Video tools, AVITricks and Avidemux are also good tools you should look at. Although not full editors like the others they have some useful features.

Lightworks and Wax together are a very good video editing system for free.

All are safe, at least from the sites I've linked to.

If you want to spend some money then there are reviews of 14 video editors under $100 at http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

More costly are video editors like Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere. Both of which are very good. Premiere is probably more advanced but harder to learn everything it can do.

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What camera/video software would be best for making videos of me playing music?

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Seth

I would like to be able to make the kind of videos were there are multiple squares each with me playing a diferant instrument. What video editing software is best for me? (I'm running windows xp) also what type of camera would be best I'm obviously looking for the best quiltiy for a reasonable price I'm broke so I can't get anything TOO fancy. Thanks in advance.

Answer
Sony Vegas: $600
http://sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro

Adobe Premiere: $20/month ($240/year)
http://adobe.com/products/premiere.html

Lightworks; semi-free alternative to Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas.
http://lwks.com

Lightworks has been used in the movie industry for more than 20 years. Lightworks also has the fastest workflow in the industry.

Lightworks used to cost more than $1,000, but now Lightworks Pro costs $60/year and you can download a free version from their website.

Sony Vegas costs $600 and that's the same price as using Lightworks Pro for 10 years.

Editors using Lightworks have produced numerous internationally renowned and Oscar and Emmy award-winning feature films and television programs, including The King's Speech, The Departed, Mission Impossible, Braveheart, and Pulp Fiction.

And yes! Lightworks is FREE if you don't need pro video codecs and you can use the free version as long as you want.

Lightworks Tutorials
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCD45705BA08852C0

Video editing software for alternating colors in frames?

Hopelessly

Hello,

I am trying to find video editing software that can color some old black and white footage.

Specifically, I want to find movie editing software (or maybe special effects software) that can change Black and White footage so that the final result is that alternate frames would be yellow and blue, meaning that the black in the frames gets converted into blue and yellow in alternate frames, and maybe other color combinations.

I can pay up to fifty dollars for software or a service that does this. I am not willing to pay for those big expensive programs, maybe a free download or low-cost software that comes with an instruction book would work. Again, I only want to do this one thing ( and nothing else!!!!) with some old footage, I do not want to spend a year learning how to do fancy stuff.

Suggestions welcome.......
Thanks, Lightworks sounds like a good idea.
A program with an instruction manual that would allow me to write a script with alternating colors in alternating frames sounds even better, would something like Premiere be able to do that?

Answer
Just about any video editing software will do it. You may need a script to do it because tinting every frame manually will take a LONG time (assuming 30 frames per second, a 1 minute video would be 1800 frames and you'd have to tint EACH frame individually). A good free video editing program is Lightworks:

http://www.lwks.com

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Video editing software for alternating colors in frames?

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Hopelessly

Hello,

I am trying to find video editing software that can color some old black and white footage.

Specifically, I want to find movie editing software (or maybe special effects software) that can change Black and White footage so that the final result is that alternate frames would be yellow and blue, meaning that the black in the frames gets converted into blue and yellow in alternate frames, and maybe other color combinations.

I can pay up to fifty dollars for software or a service that does this. I am not willing to pay for those big expensive programs, maybe a free download or low-cost software that comes with an instruction book would work. Again, I only want to do this one thing ( and nothing else!!!!) with some old footage, I do not want to spend a year learning how to do fancy stuff.

Suggestions welcome.......
Thanks, Lightworks sounds like a good idea.
A program with an instruction manual that would allow me to write a script with alternating colors in alternating frames sounds even better, would something like Premiere be able to do that?

Answer
Just about any video editing software will do it. You may need a script to do it because tinting every frame manually will take a LONG time (assuming 30 frames per second, a 1 minute video would be 1800 frames and you'd have to tint EACH frame individually). A good free video editing program is Lightworks:

http://www.lwks.com

Which video editing software should use for professional film editor?

Imran

I mean which most video editing software is using by professional editors?

Answer
Most professional editors use:

Avid Media Composer
http://avid.com/US/products/media-composer

Final Cut Pro
http://apple.com/finalcutpro

and

Lightworks; semi-free alternative to Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro.
http://lwks.com

Lightworks has been used in the movie industry for more than 20 years. Lightworks also has the fastest workflow in the industry.

Lightworks Pro costs $60/year but you can download a free Lite version from their website.

Lightworks Tutorials - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCD45705BA08852C0

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Which according to you is the best software to use?

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Jayus_11

1. I wanted to make a movie. We have a small community, and planning to make an event so can you guide me which software is best for video editing with all types of animations and visual effects.

2. As there is an event i wanted to connect different video camera on one computer while shooting the event. Which software is best for video making?

Both question are different first is for video editing software and second question for video shooting is goin on and at that which video editor is best

I hope you got it what i mean
I would appreciate your help.

Answer
Windows Movie Maker may be good enough for what you want to do. Version 2.6 was probably the most versatile and you can get that from http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/windows-movie-maker.html

There are tutorials for doing all sorts of interesting things with the video with WMM at http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Tutorials/

Another great solutions would be to use Lightworks - http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ and Wax - http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ as a compositor.

http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ reviews 15 video editors between $30 and $100.

A bit more upscale is Sony Vegas - http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegassoftware - which is $600

A lot more upscale is Adobe Premiere and After Effects which will cost around $1,700 - they are difficult to use at first but is the absolute best you can probably do on a PC.

Norpix - http://www.norpix.com/ - are probably one of the best companies to contact regarding connecting and recording multiple cameras. You can connect multiple cameras to a single computer using a specialized input card. These vary greatly in price but you are talking several hundred dollars - http://www.anymaze.com/camera.htm

It also depends on what sort of inputs you're talking about from the cameras, USB, Firewire, coax? so long as the hub has enough bandwidth and the computer is fast enough a simple hub may do for what you want, and so you'll just need the recording software to take care of all the separate inputs.

You may find it cheaper to record each camera directly to it's own DVD recorder then copy all the DVDs to a single computer for compositing and editing - http://www.google.com/search?q=dvd+recorder

If you're talking about live video mixing then you've got lots of choices and many of the mixers have loads of effects you can use. These range from a couple of hundred dollars to thousands - http://www.google.com/search?q=video+mixer

A couple of tips - make sure all the wiring is taped down. Gaffer tape is best - it looks like duct tape but is less sticky (unless you manage to stick it to itself) which means you can safely use it on almost any surface. I can guaranteee you that if you don't use it someone will trip over the wiring.

The other thing is whichever way you decide to do this test it all thoroughly and well in advance of the event. Also test it again just before the event. It's easy to forget to turn something on or leave a wire unplugged.

What are some good, video editing softwares?

Kerry

I'm thinking about starting a vlog and I was wondering if you guys knew of any free video editing software that I can download off on the internet, perferably not a trial.
Thanks Guys, Kerry.

Answer
Sony Vegas is amazing, There are ways of acquiring this free if you wish to do so, But if you're straight and Legit, i hear that Lightworks is not bad, and free http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_docman&gid=8&task=cat_view&Itemid=189

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