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VideoSpin: Free video editor gives Windows Movie Maker a run for its money
Overall, the two applications have a similar look and feel. Both are designed for use by people who don't have a degree in video editing. You simply locate your video and audio files, arrange them on a timeline, and start snipping or rearranging. You can add a variety of transitions or sound effects to your movie. And unlike Windows Movie Maker, VideoSpin sports a pretty decent title editor. There's also an option to upload your finished videos directly to YouTube or Yahoo! Video.
The program is almost too user friendly in some places. For example, VideoSpin assumes your files are in your My Videos folder, which is fair. But while you can easily change directories, there's no simple way to navigate to a separate hard drive or partition. Fortunately, you can drag and drop audio and video files into VideoSpin from Windows Explorer, no matter what drive their on.
VideoSpin is basically a slimmed down version of the commercial Pinnacle Studio, which normally sells for $50. As such, there's no official support for VideoSpin, and you have to put up with some in-program advertising. And while you can save files in a variety of formats, you'll receive a notice the first time you run VideoSpin letting you know that your MPEG-2/4 codecs will expire if you don't purchase a $15 codec pack within 15 days. But you can try to use other codecs installed on your computer with VideoSpin.
[via Digital Inspiration]
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Subscribe to commentskuanhoongFeb 9th 2008 11:16AM
OMG not again!, you guys should really be more authentic.. If every Digital Inspiration's postings are going to be appearing in Download squad.. I don't see what's the point subscribing to your rss feed.
Ben WrightFeb 9th 2008 3:20PM
I was looking for a free, simple video editor. Any users recommend something different?
jfjbFeb 9th 2008 4:34PM
Just check this link, dude:
http://www.osalt.com/movie-maker
Hany HannaFeb 9th 2008 7:09PM
The main reason I despise Windows Movie Maker is because of its scene detection feature where it divides your clips for you b4 you even get started. Videospin does the same thing. How can ANYONE be that braindead to think we want software to do that for us? It's like making a car that can drive by itself...but it decides where it takes you. You wanna go to the store, it takes you to the bowling alley. Just import the d*$# clips and we'll do the editing, if you don't mind. Mankind can be soooo retarded.
iuqiddisFeb 9th 2008 7:09PM
you can select the clips and then merge them. Or you can just leave the cut clips and merge/ cut where you think it is necessary. I actually like that it cuts the film into smaller clips. Becomes more manageable for me.
LinzApr 8th 2008 8:37AM
Hany...
A little tip if you don't want to waist your time reemerging each individual clips is once you import the clips and they become divided is to hold down ctrl-shift on the keep board select the very first and then the very last so that all the clips are highlighted then finally press ctrl-M to merge. It saves you a lot more time I find. Then you can go on cutting and cropping the clips on how you want it. Just remember a piece of advice, decent video editing isn't something you can rush through with doing. It's obviously going to take some time.
Hany HannaFeb 9th 2008 9:03PM
iuqiddis ....why waste time to unmerge stuff that was merged then more time to remerge them. It's rediculous and NEVER EVER has it helped me....it ALWAYS wastes my time. I guess if you know what you're doing, you don't need a program to do something unsatisfactorily for you that you know how and want to do for yourself.
NameFeb 12th 2008 3:41PM
Why don't you uncheck create clips before starting capture?
MarkFeb 9th 2008 11:08PM
Avoid this piece of $@#$ like the plague!
Shame on you DS for even mentioning this horrid software.
It took forever to install, it never loaded a single avi clip I tried to load because I had to go online and register for some kind of codec registration and after cancelling the prompt the clip would not load.
It then took forever to uninstall too. It was in an endless loop asking me to shut down programs that were closed already. Eventually it uninstalled itself but, what a hassle!
AVOID!
rumon_uttaraFeb 12th 2008 8:20AM
i think thiz softwar iz da best,i lik thiz....
Hany HannaFeb 12th 2008 7:10PM
Name....I'm not talking about capture.....I'm talking about IMPORT you no name, know nothing knuclekead.
taraMar 4th 2008 8:28PM
im looking 4 a free video maker!! but i dont have windows xp. does that def. mean i cant get a free video maker!?!?!
lantisMar 7th 2008 9:17AM
Hany Hanna,
Like Name said, just "uncheck create clips". Are you blind or you just can't see it?
Hany HannaApr 8th 2008 11:23AM
There is no option to "uncheck create clips"
EternalAshley225Mar 8th 2008 4:24PM
can someone please tell me where to get a good movie maker that can import GIFs into it? please?
Androu1Mar 11th 2008 6:09PM
OMFG! Pinnacle.I am downloading this simply because I want to try,but I have REALLY bad experiences from Pinnacle's Studio.Yeah,it's good until you try something awesome.I did an awesome video and what next? It fucked up my Project file.Before I even got to render it... (because the motherbleeping thing just didn't render right).
I hope VideoSpin isn't the same shit.
britt-brittMar 16th 2008 7:51PM
I HAVE THE NEW WINDOW'S VISTA, WILL THIS WORK OR SHOULD I JUST NOT EVEN WASTE MY TIME DOWNLOADING IT???. . .
Annna BananaMar 18th 2008 8:45PM
so i have windows movie maker and i think it sucks so i have been looking for somthing new....so idk if this works good and stuff cuz i like to do slide shows and my last one was so gay cuz the pics comw out blury so im downloading this one hopeing it doesnt suck.
davinaApr 26th 2008 2:52PM
what dose this do???
TempeApr 30th 2008 7:38AM
There is an option to uncheck create clips. If you are running Movie Maker 2.6 9 or older (read: not Vista), the option is right in the "Import Videos" dialog box, at the bottom- look for a checkbox.
The Vista version of Movie Maker (version 6.0) does not even have a "create clips" option, as far as I can tell.