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Five good tools for editing your videos

By Brien Posey June 1, 2012, 4:44 AM PDT

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Five good tools for editing your videos

Introduction

Introduction

ntToday, video editing has become a completely mainstream technology, with countless video editing products on the market. Here are five video editing apps worth checking out.

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ntNote: If you’d prefer to view this information as a blog post, check out this entry in our Five Apps blog.

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ntPhoto: iStockphoto.com/iLexx

Five good tools for editing your videos

Pinnacle Studio

Pinnacle Studio

ntPinnacle Studio (Figure A) has been around practically forever. It provides a good balance between ease of use and a solid set of features. Overall, the software does a really nice job — however, it’s a little bit buggy. I have had some problems with the live preview occasionally freezing on me.

Five good tools for editing your videos

Pinnacle Studio

Pinnacle Studio

ntPinnacle Studio uses a timeline method for video editing, in which elements such as video clips, music, sound effects, and video effects are arranged along a timeline so that you can place each element at precisely the right spot within the video you are creating.

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ntPinnacle Studio HD Ultimate sells online for $79.95

Five good tools for editing your videos

Camtasia Studio

Camtasia Studio

ntCamtasia also includes a smart zoom feature that automatically zooms in on the area of the screen where you are working so that fine details are better seen in the finished video.

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ntCamtasia Studio sells online for $299.00

Five good tools for editing your videos

Corel VideoStudio Pro

Corel VideoStudio Pro

ntCorel VideoStudio Pro is designed to add polish to your home movies. Like most of the other products I have worked with, it lets you add video clips and other elements to your project in a linear fashion to form the finished video. Your projects can include things like graphics, titles, transitions, and special effects.

Five good tools for editing your videos

Corel VideoStudio Pro

Corel VideoStudio Pro

ntCorel VideoStudio Pro seems to work relatively well, but I did have trouble installing it on one of my lab machines. I received a message stating that the installation failed — no reason, no apologies. Fortunately, this seems to have been an isolated incident.

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ntCorel VideoStudio Pro sells online for $99.00.

Five good tools for editing your videos

VideoPad Video Editor

VideoPad Video Editor

ntVideoPad Video Editor also lets you add polish to your movies. It has all the basics of video editing covered and offers numerous options for creating disks (CD, DVD, Blu-ray), media files, and for uploading videos directly to YouTube.

Five good tools for editing your videos

VideoPad Video Editor

VideoPad Video Editor

ntOne of my favorite features is the set of audio editing tools. VideoPad Video Editor includes multi-track sound-mixing software that lets you blend voice-over, music, sound effects, and pretty much anything else you can dream up.

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ntPerhaps the coolest thing about this app is that NCH offers a free version for noncommercial use. If you want all the bells and whistles, the Master’s Edition is available online for $69.95

Five good tools for editing your videos

CyberLink PowerDirector

CyberLink PowerDirector

ntCyberLink PowerDirector has most of the same features as the other video editors I have discussed, but it also offers 3D support. You can create 3D videos that use the old school red and blue anaglyphic 3D glasses or you can create a full-blown 3D Blu-ray disk.

Five good tools for editing your videos

CyberLink PowerDirector

CyberLink PowerDirector

ntI didn’t have any native 3D content to test with PowerDirector, but it lets you convert 2D content into 3D. I really wasn’t expecting much from this feature, but I was surprised by just how good my 2D videos looked in 3D.

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