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Originally Posted by DESCO
Hi
What you need is an editing program of some sort, eg Windows Movie maker or one of the many video editing programs. These have a capture program that when camcorder is connected loads video into the computer.
You can then edit into a film adding titles joining bits together with fades to produce a film without jumps, you can also remove any unwanted scenes, or rearrange to produce the required result
When finished they then have a section to burn to CD/DVD to produce your finished disc.
I would warn you this becomes a time consuming hobby which you will find needs a computer with loads of memory and the faster the better as you get into it but I have found it a great hobby, but it is possible to start with a reasonable computer, providing you have a reasonably large hard drive, as editing eats memory.
Dave  |
Hi Dave , good advice
I have used both Windows Movie maker and iMovie on the Mac .. both are good and reasonable easy to understand.., however IMO, Apple iMovie is the better.
When shooting video, take lots of short clips of no more than 1 min, this makes it easier to edit..
Once you have imported all the clips, there is nothing worse than a long boring video.. people's attention span is short, so keep the finished product to a max of 3 - 5 mins. .. be ruthless, cut out all the bad bits, out of focus or shots of feet , peoples heads etc. you can also add still shots from your digital camera to use as transitions between video shots. .
Now add a good soundtrack, having a selection of music in iTunes makes this easy. .
You can save the finished product in several formats depending on how you want to use, ie .. internet, YouTube,email or for DVD, So, save the raw project in a master file for later use or editing.
good luck, it's a very time consuming hobby, but very rewarding
This one I made is less than 2 mins, but it feels quite long..
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jim