# What software can make a video like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 12, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199 "2009-08-12T17:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/1 "2009-08-12T17:38:55Z")
[This is from youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_5Vstf6OHk). The subject’s unimportant for this question but I’m referring to the video itself- it’s a fairly simple but effective homemade documentary that incorporates clips, still images, zoom-ins and narration. What software would allow you to make this? (Doesn’t have to be the software that made it, just one that will do the same thing.) Thanks J ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/2 "2009-08-12T17:40:23Z")
iMovie ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/3 "2009-08-12T17:41:19Z")
That doesnt look too complex to me. Adobe Premier or Final Cut Pro should be able to handle that just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/4 "2009-08-12T18:28:41Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > iMovie Is iMovie for Macs only or is there a PC version? > [@HorseloverFat](#): > > That doesnt look too complex to me. Adobe Premier or Final Cut Pro should be able to handle that just fine. Thanks- I’ll check those out as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/5 "2009-08-12T18:39:00Z")
A colleague of mine told me that windows movie maker is capable of decent video editing. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/6 "2009-08-12T18:49:15Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > A colleague of mine told me that windows movie maker is capable of decent video editing. I don’t have a PC, but I would probably start with this and see if that has the functionality necessary. Premiere and Final Cut are a bit too complex for that task (in my opinion). I would try Adobe Premiere Elements before Premiere, personally. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/7 "2009-08-12T18:55:28Z")
It looks like iMovie to me too. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/8 "2009-08-12T20:44:56Z")
As for what created it, that’s a PowerPoint Slide Show, either captured as a movie (using VMWare View / vSphere Client, XenDesktop, an NTSC capture board or something similar), or created in Mac PowerPoint and Saved as QuickTime. Recorded Narartion, embedded movies, Cut transitions, Fade, Crawl and Zoom In From Screen Center animations…it’s got PPT all over it. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-can-make-a-video-like-this/506199/9 "2009-08-12T21:01:21Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > That doesnt look too complex to me. Adobe Premier or Final Cut Pro should be able to handle that just fine. **Pulykamell** is right. Those two are what you turn to when you _want_ something complex. They’re not cheap ($800 and $1000 respectively). I’ve done moving photo-slideshows better than the one linked to in the OP using nothing more than the crappy video editing software that came free with a DVD burner. (Actually, the photo-manipulation tools were surprisingly good, but the rest of it made me angry using it.) Premiere Elements is the way to go (for PC).