Zydala Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 So I have a YouTube where I put up videos of timelapse drawings. So far I have used a Logitech c920 camera and Windows Movie Maker, but I just upgraded my camera and thought heck why not get something more substantial as far as editing software too? Mostly I'm looking for something to edit the color balance of the movies if possible, saturation and all that. I'm playing around with an Adobe Premiere trial and it seems to be a bit more than what I need since I won't be doing complex editing, but is that sort of what I'm going to find? Am I going to have to pay $$$ for the tools I want, or is there a program that's a little less money and a bit more simple but still has the finer color balancing features? Anyway this is just a shot in the dark to see if people have opinions on the subject. Thanks! C: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazooie Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 avisynth and MeGUI are a pretty powerful (and free) editor/encoder duo, if you're willing to dive into a bit of code http://salp.wikia.com/wiki/AviSynth_Basics http://salp.wikia.com/wiki/Encoding_with_MeGUI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatFanatic Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yeah I have some. Don't listen to me. I suck when it comes to video editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Well I really have no idea if it's best for what you're looking for, but you could check out Lightworks. It's a fully professional video editor (Martin Scorsese has used it), and it has free and paid tiers. The free version lets you do pretty much anything, while just restricting you to 720p (or less) MPEG-4 output. It's pretty damn powerful, but there's a fair bit of a learning curve and it seems a bit touchy from my experience... But hey, it's free! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zydala Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks guys! Lots of new choices for me to explore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I haven't upgraded for several years but Sony Movie Studio is really nice and really easy to start using. their cheapest one is around $50 but you said you don't need a lot of tools so I'd recommend that one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazooie Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 15 hours ago, 6tails said: Try VirtualDub. It's old, but it's very useful for all kinds of stuf, and free. If you're going the Virtualdub path, you might as well use Virtualdubmod, for its improved h264 support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazooie Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Just now, 6tails said: It's been ages since I've used vdub. Has the GUI improved any? Nope!! That said, I'm pretty sure virtualdub is basically a shell for avisynth, and you can actually feed it avisynth scripts, so yeah, the two work nicely in tandem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ves Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I've been using Sony Vegas for several years, and I believe older versions are free now. At least that's what a friend told me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maug Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 8 hours ago, Ves said: I've been using Sony Vegas for several years, and I believe older versions are free now. At least that's what a friend told me I seriously doubt that. As for free solutions There is the excellent Lightworks for editing and Blackmagic Fusion for compositing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ves Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 6 hours ago, Maug said: I seriously doubt that. As for free solutions There is the excellent Lightworks for editing and Blackmagic Fusion for compositing Yeah, Vegas is like $400 so giving away any version sounds absurd. Personally haven't seen anything official, all I know is that friend has it, he said it's legally free now, and he's open about piracy. Also +1 for Lightworks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I recently discovered Blender. Yes, the 3D animation software. It can do video editing too, which totally surprised me! Its UI is much more intuitive to me than that of Lightworks. I didn't go in the details yet but I really liked the way the basic controls work. I couldn't get Lightworks to export a usable video file. As of Blender I'll have to test it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maug Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 4 hours ago, Jerry said: I recently discovered Blender. Yes, the 3D animation software. It can do video editing too, which totally surprised me! Its UI is much more intuitive to me than that of Lightworks. I didn't go in the details yet but I really liked the way the basic controls work. I couldn't get Lightworks to export a usable video file. As of Blender I'll have to test it. I wouldn't get to comfortable with the video editor, Blender is considering getting rid of it along with the game engine part. they probably wont though http://code.blender.org/2015/11/the-2-8-project-for-developers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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