Video Editing

Photo by Holger.Elgaard

Our last weekend of class really focused on digital video editing using Windows Movie Maker. (So how many of you Windows XP users knew that this cool software was even  on your computer?) A pretty basic movie editor, but it gives you what you need to put together a film relatively quickly and easily. (Also see Animoto for super simple photo/video movies.)

I'd done video editing before on my computer using a software I paid for. The thing crashed all the time when using still photos. I experienced some bizarre things when using Movie Maker as well, so I think both programs have their quirks and issues.

Whether you go paid or not, it really is amazingly easy to create simple video to share with friends, family, or coworkers if needed.

The perfectionist in me tends to spend hours syncing up music and video/photos, so I'm going to leave video editing land for a while. (Though I may take advantage of it to create an instructional video for my other class! I'll let you know if that works out.)