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Illavos Lin · Nov 15, 2010, 01:37 PM // 13:37

I've just started recording some videos for fun and I would like to know if there's an easy to use, Free/Cheap Software for editing videos. I find that watching the Beetle farm for rubys sapps sped up with my player is really annoying with sound and would like to edit it out along with touching up a few mistakes during recording, and I'm thinking about really getting into this and working on it for when GW2 comes out.

bsoltan · Nov 15, 2010, 02:16 PM // 14:16

http://www.virtualdub.org/ might do what you need.

RedDog91 · Nov 15, 2010, 04:09 PM // 16:09

Windows Movie Maker can do pretty much everything most people need. It comes free on your windows computer but different OS's have different versions. I found that the most useful version is 6, but it was only available on the earliest Vista machines. If you are on an XP machine, you most likely have version 2.6 or 3.2. Both are OK, but don't support many video file types. If you have Win7, you have Windows Live Movie Maker, which I find to be completely useless and a terrible "advancement" from previous versions. If you need version 6, I have a downloadable version I can send you if you contact me through a private message here on the forums.

The main editor I personally use is Corel VideoStudio Pro X3. It costs $40 (when I bought it, may be less now) and gives you a free copy of Corel's version of Photoshop (not great, but good for small picture edits). Its a more complicated to use than Windows Movie Maker but offers many more editing options. It has much better effect and transition options (nothing too fancy, but more than enough for what it sounds like you want to do). I personally use it for my farming guide videos that I produce each week as it allows me to overlay webcam footage with in-game footage.

I recently bought a new software from a store that allows for green screen effects and includes a green screen for a bundle price of $99. I cannot remember the name at the moment as it is on my desktop at my house and I'm currently on my laptop on campus. The software allows you to change to fade out color of the screen, so you can do in-game green screen footage (easiest would be to film segments at the end-of-the-world glitch and fade out the blue background). I'll edit this post when I get home and can give you the name of the software.

After you go past $100, you're mainly paying for features you most likely wont use for video game videos, so I don't suggest any of the more expensive softwares.

Illavos Lin · Nov 15, 2010, 04:17 PM // 16:17

ty I might try the windows one first because o know nothing about video editing atm I'm looking at Virtual dub now and i cant seem to get anything to work right I might try the Coral one when I'm more used to it too many options kinda screws with me :P ty

Ravenhawk · Nov 15, 2010, 04:25 PM // 16:25

I recommend Windows Movie maker for beginner stuff. It's what I used in most of my GW videos ^_^ It was pretty easy to follow and I never did video editing before that.

InfestedHydralisk · Nov 15, 2010, 06:53 PM // 18:53

I use Sony Vegas (I pirated it

), it's really neat to make awesome special effects and it's not so hard to understand. And if you ever want to know something, there are alot of tutorials on youtube.