My digital camera, a Nikon Coolpix 990, will record a 40 second QuickTime .mov file. I would like to edit these down some, but I don’t know what software to use. There is no sound involved, and I basically just want to pick out the good sections and make them into stand alone movies.
Any recommendations for shareware or freeware editors? (You can recommend the pricey stuff, but I am not that anxious to do this. :D)
QuickTime Pro is $30 and can do simple stuff such as trimming the lengths of and splicing segments into movies. I don’t know if that’s in your price range or not, though.
Oh, I forgot to add – there are both Mac and Windows versions of QT Pro, so your platforum shouldn’t matter.
And when you think about it, Manos The Hands Of Fate was recorded in 30 second increments, so… just think what you could do with 40 seconds!
Im surprised your camera didnt come with software to do that. You could find some at download.com if you search for quicktime.
BTW, lok, doesn’t windows have a media player that lets you edit?
If you own a recently (past 4 years or so) purchased Mac…you already have some flavah of iMovie installed on the HD.
If you don’t own a Mac…whatthe hell are you doing digital video editing fer then ya big dummy! 
(Thats it on the low end Mac side…QuickTime Pro or iMovie…otherwise you’re moving up to Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, Premiere or some Avid type of thing). I’m sure there are plenty of Wintel programs that will accomplish what you want. Maybe start here.
Thanks for the responses. Mockingbird, I might have 40 seconds, but I don’t have any sound. I needed to wait for the CoolPix 995 to get that. 
Handy the software that came with the camera was pretty much only for the still pictures. And it wasn’t very good for that. I don’t have it installed on my system anymore, it was a waste of space. The Windows Media Player doesn’t even recognize the .mov as a type of media file.
beagledave, since I only have some small videos to cut up, wasting the money on a Mac just for that would be kind of stupid. 
Thanks for the link, it looks like there is a lot of information there.
Lok
Hal Warren, who did Manos, didn’t have sound either.
It was looped in later.
For home/amateur/non-pro movie editing work, iMovie still spanks everything else out there, for both Macs and Windows computers. If you really get into it, you can get additional transitions and special effects from various third-party companies.
And the best part is that it’s free. You can download it off Apple’s web site if you’re so inclined, or pay $50 for the entire iLife (iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, iTunes) package.
(What? You don’t have a Mac? Guess you bought the wrong computer… )
If I was going to do a lot of video editing, I would certainly agree with you. OTOH, since I spend most of my time playing games, I have the right system.
Lok