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mizarchivistETA 8.19.09: All this might be moot, as I realized I'm doing apples/oranges thing again. I need screencast software. I may eventually need video editing, but really- it's just this totally other thing. I have been struggling with Jing, but if there's an editing feature in it, I've yet to find it. I refuse to waste my time getting audio and video perfect in one go, dontchaknow. So, yeah. Color me frustrated.
My motivation to ask this question in the first place is that I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm very cautious when it comes to spending my employers money, doubly so when it comes to tech widgets that my boss will hope I will master and integrate into my skill set. (augh!)
What I'm looking for: editing software that will make it possible for me to clean up my 21st century film strips. I have scripts to go with screen shots and slides. There's a lot of material, so I plan on breaking them down into 5 min. increments. They will eventually be available to our members on a dedicated part of our website- on demand for whenever they want 'em. If we weren't hard up for members-only content, we'd probably put them on YouTube, so that sort of thing.
This was never really supposed to be my job, I feel I'm pretty tech savvy, but I'm not a techie by inherent gift or training. I'm hoping that whatever I end up with will be as intuitive as possible for the non-professional and not with an over-abundance of bells and whistles I'm unlikely to need without another degree or something.
I looked over this Top 10 list several weeks ago, so from this my instinct after reviewing it today is to go with Cyberlink or Showbiz. Maybe Corel.
Oh, and bonus- I should probably start considering video camera options after our last staff meeting. There's been further rumblings about how it'd be cool to do some short videos to add to our web content/HR/edu sort of thing. My first stop will probably be Top 10 again.
Thoughts on both requested.
My motivation to ask this question in the first place is that I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm very cautious when it comes to spending my employers money, doubly so when it comes to tech widgets that my boss will hope I will master and integrate into my skill set. (augh!)
What I'm looking for: editing software that will make it possible for me to clean up my 21st century film strips. I have scripts to go with screen shots and slides. There's a lot of material, so I plan on breaking them down into 5 min. increments. They will eventually be available to our members on a dedicated part of our website- on demand for whenever they want 'em. If we weren't hard up for members-only content, we'd probably put them on YouTube, so that sort of thing.
This was never really supposed to be my job, I feel I'm pretty tech savvy, but I'm not a techie by inherent gift or training. I'm hoping that whatever I end up with will be as intuitive as possible for the non-professional and not with an over-abundance of bells and whistles I'm unlikely to need without another degree or something.
I looked over this Top 10 list several weeks ago, so from this my instinct after reviewing it today is to go with Cyberlink or Showbiz. Maybe Corel.
Oh, and bonus- I should probably start considering video camera options after our last staff meeting. There's been further rumblings about how it'd be cool to do some short videos to add to our web content/HR/edu sort of thing. My first stop will probably be Top 10 again.
Thoughts on both requested.
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I forwarded your question to a friend who does multimedia editing. If anyone knows about what would give you the most bang for the buck, it would be her.
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Let me get the business part of this e-mail down first. I don’t know MizArchivist but am happy to put my 2 cents in: it was a bit confusing her asking for video software but wanting to “clean up” film strips. I guess she wants to animate them. The clean up part should be done with photoshop (or powerpoint, if she is more confident with that).
The easiest and cheapest video editing software is Final Cut Pro but it is only for Macs so that is a pretty hefty investment right there, although 24 inch iMacs can be had for not much more than $1000. If anybody has a school id, the price for Final Cut goes to less $500 so that gives you an idea of what can be done.
That being said, I found a free trial for Adobe Premier on line which may be a good thing to try first. The original Pro versions of Premier were incredible expensive and difficult but they have made what they consider a consumer version. It’s free for 30 days so it’s worth a try.
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