Thanks for the reply, Rupert. Another option is Adobe Premiere Elements, which I can get at an educational discount. Has anyone had experience with that? The advantage for me of Premiere Elements is that our license would allow me to install it on my office machine and my home machine, where as the Sony TOS states that it can only be installed on one machine.
Thanks, Chad -- Chad F. Boeninger libraryvoice.com - blog libraryvoice.com/videos - videoblog twitter.com/cfboeninger On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Rupert Howe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would use Sony Vegas, even though it seems like overkill. You don't > have to use all the bells and whistles. > There isn't really an intermediate option between that and WMM, I > don't think. And it's much better than WMM - even at simple tasks > like importing clips, cutting them together and exporting the finished > video in nice formats that aren't WMV. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > > On 13-Aug-09, at 8:49 PM, Chad Boeninger wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I just got one of the new Canon Powershots, the SD 780 IS, and it > > records in > > 720p HD. I'm looking for a basic editor to stitch and trim clips. I > > generally use Movie Maker or the FlipShare software with my Flip > > Mino and > > Canon Elura 60, so I'm not looking for anything too fancy. Since > > MovieMaker > > won't take .mov files, what do you suggest? I've never used > > Quicktime Pro, > > and they don't have a trial. Would QT Pro have what I need? I mainly > > post > > to Blip.tv, so I don't really know if HD is that important to me at > > the > > moment, although I would like to get quality that is better than my > > Flip > > (which is why I bought the Powershot in the first place). > > > > I guess another option is to just use the 640x480 recording mode, > > and then > > convert the files to AVI with Quick Media Converter or Handbrake. > > Converting the HD files to 720x480 AVI(or as close to 16:9 as you > > can get) > > works okay, and I am able to pull the files into MovieMaker. > > However, I > > lose the HD and there are some conversion artifacts. What are my other > > options (buying a Mac or a new computer is out of the question) ? I've > > also been dinking around with a trial of Sony Vegas Movie Studio > > Platinum > > Pro, which someone recommended on this list. However, it appears to > > be a bit > > overkill at the moment for my needs. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > > > > -- > > Chad F. Boeninger > > libraryvoice.com - blog > > libraryvoice.com/videos - videoblog > > twitter.com/cfboeninger > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
