mkdesigner Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 I have a Sony M1 camera and want to utilize the movie feature for short how-to's about my crafts. I need some suggestions on editors, please? Just want to be able to cut out portions, maybe do fade-in-fade-out and add titles. I don't mind paying a reasonable price, but ... which one? Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 Microsoft offers Windows Movie Maker for free which will allow you to do those things. You can convert them to .mpg format to put on your website. Be aware that the files are going to be quite large and consume a lot of bandwidth. Quote
mkdesigner Posted March 24, 2008 Author Posted March 24, 2008 Thanks, Bruce! Woo hoo! Got it to work. But you're right, the file on a quick 5-second clip is larger than I want. I don't want huge files so may have to re-think this whole concept of mine. Quote
btrfld Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 Bruce, when you say 'You can convert them to .mpg format' do you mean in MovieMaker itself or using another program? I've never seen an option in MM to convert. Of course I may just be more than usually dull on this one. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 No, you would need something else. Sorry if I mislead anyone. Quote
Samrc Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 Craft projects? Consider using still shots strung together in a FLASH program with instructions. WINK is a free program that makes nice instructional type flash pieces. h**p://www.debugmode.com/wink/ Low bandwidth, you can build in stop/play functions for users. Or very popular in crafting circles, a downloadable PDF file. Instructions with photos on pages that can be printed. Build in just about any software and "print"/export to PDF file format. Again lower bandwidth and portable. As a life-long crafter, I have MANY such PDF's that I have gathered from many sites. Quote
mkdesigner Posted April 1, 2008 Author Posted April 1, 2008 I used the trial version of AVS Video Converter. It does embed a watermark so I would have to pay for the full program and it's quite reasonable. Am exploring various other options such as the PDF files mentioned and also PowerPoint with sound. There are some other free trial programs out there and I want to check them out before I consider which one to purchase. The AVS can be found at: http://www.avs4you.com Quote
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