# Video editing software? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986 "2008-04-26T19:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986/1 "2008-04-26T19:16:54Z")
I’m not looking to be a movie-maker, but I wouldn’t mind having some kind of software to add titles and such to videos. Don’t need nuthin’ special. Any ideas??? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986/2 "2008-04-26T19:18:22Z")
If you’re using a windows box, you should have Windows Movie Maker. If not, sorry can’t help. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986/3 "2008-04-26T19:30:23Z")
If you’re on a mac there’s iMovie. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986/4 "2008-04-26T22:40:20Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] Don’t need nuthin’ special. [/QUOTE] Windows Movie Maker fits this specification exactly. It is nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986/5 "2008-04-27T10:16:38Z")
If you’re willing to spend money, but not at the level of a professional level suite, consider [Sony Vegas](http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/vegasfamily.asp). Not to be confused with Johnny Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986/6 "2008-04-27T10:43:51Z")
I use a program called Editstudio - the company that originally made it - puremotion - was bought out by someone else, but it’s still available - it’s a layer-based non-linear timeline-oriented (as opposed to frame-oriented) editor - you can add as many effects/transition/video layers as you like, making it capable of quite powerful and versatile editing. I’m using version 4.1, which I got free off a magazine cover - and it’s perfectly adequate for my requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-editing-software/446986/7 "2008-04-28T19:49:48Z")
I second Vegas…it’s not that hard to figure out most of the basic stuff. I still can’t get the 3D effect to work right, but I don’t want to spend hours playing with it to figure it out. I highly suggest staying away from Microsoft Movie maker. For whatever reason later versions of it render terribly. Lots of artifacts and just general crappy encoding. I can’t get anything to come out of it looking good…no matter what my original source, or what format I choose. I think they screwed something up in there someplace.