Windows Movie Maker is pretty cool for basic stuff but I would second Pinnacle. It is a little more robust and they have the whole DVD authoring that lets you create menus and stuff and really get creative.
Of course you can use this as an excuse to get a Mac and use iMovie which IMHO is dA bomb! J.J. On 9/5/07, Dharmesh Goel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like you will need to create DVDs if you expect the grandparents to > watch it. I have had good luck with this software - Pinnacle Studio. For all > it's faults and user gripe, it is probably better than learning 5 different > open source tools. > > http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/ > > Dharmesh > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:13 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Software for basic video editing? > > > I have a video camera on long term loan so I can take videos of my cute > little daughter. It records onto DV tapes, which is all fine and good. > Now I want to get the video off of there and turn it into video I can > show people, send to happy grandparents, etc. > > The camera has a Firewire port and cable and my laptop has a firewire > port (which I've never used). So the connectivity issue seems straight > forward. > > Now then...I plug the camera into the laptop and...do what? > > I obviously need some sort of software to capture the video and then > edit it and save it out to a file. > > I'm running XP Pro at the moment but am quite comfortable using Linux as > well, so suggestions on software and tips for either platform would be > delightful. > > Thanks, > Judah > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241968 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
