Simple Video Editing Software

[a2z]

My Wife recently got a video camera for work purposes (she’s a teacher and wants to video practicals) and we are looking for an easy to use software package that will let her;

1, Make sense of the jumbled scenes downloaded from the camera i.e. change the order, shorten the length, etc.
2, Add titles to scenes.
3, Add commentary/music.
4, Possibly improve quality i.e. brighten scenes, reduce background noise etc.
5, Burn to DVD so that the results can be shared with other people through a standard DVD player. (On this issue is it better to use writable or re-writable discs?)

We have Movie Maker on Windows XP and tbh we have not found it that easy to use.

Is there a software package that will allow us to do what we want for around £50? Or is it worth us persevering with Movie Maker? (is there a book or set of instructions that we can get for this?)

I was reading and article the Sunday Times a few weeks ago and it recommend Sony Vegas Movie Studio. Does anyone have any experience of this?

Ta

[GetCarter]

Movie Maker is much easier than any others I've come across. (I've used lots). I think you'd be best playing with that for a while... it will do all you want and it's already on your computer.

just work your way down the 1, 2, 3, 4 on the left hand side and MM will do everything for you.

If you go this route and get stuck... e mail me.

Steve

Edited by GetCarter on Thursday 9th November 09:23

[ErnestM]

Premier Elements will do everything MM does and it burns to DVD IIRC

ErnestM

[GetCarter]

I also use Premier... and the interface has a learning curve a bit like the face of Everest.

[GetCarter]

...but it is better than MM

[ErnestM]

Premier elements is the consumer offering:

www.adobe.com/products/premiereel/

Premier Pro is the top of the line, big-daddy, better be in the biz to afford it offering:

www.adobe.com/products/premiere/

Both have a free trial download.

ErnestM