Hi Forum, Is anyone familiar with a good music video editing software that is reasonably user friendly? I recently did a music video using my iPhone 6 plus. The camera on this device is excellent, and while the audio of me and the pianist is pretty good, some of the facial contortions I make while "emoting" makes it difficult to watch, at least in my opinion which of course counts. What I want to do is freeze frame the video and let the audio play throughout. Any of you experts know how I can approach this? -Carolyne
Hmmm, think I have some version of Microsoft Movie Maker. I'll go back to the drawing board. Thanks to all for the input, particularly the articles on shooting videos. As usual this forum is the best. If you can't find an answer here, it probably shouldn't be done. -Carolyne
here are a few tutorials on using windows movie maker. If you watch this and it makes sense, then you're all ready to make music videos since you probably already have windows movie maker
these videos are by different people because it has been my experience that some people explain things in ways I understand, while others don't. By picking 3 different presentations, I'm hoping one of them will present the information in a way that works for you.
If not, each of the videos will have plenty of related videos linked, and maybe you can find a good one in that group.
I own and have used a number of other products including Adobe Premier, but Edius is my tool of choice.
Any good product with lots of features will have a learning curve. There is a great forum with lots of support.
One of the excellent features of Edius is that most things can be done in real-time, no need to render, and it supports just about every video codec ever produced.
You can definitely do what you want with Edius and most other products. Separate the video and Audio tracks onto different channels. Take a still of the frame you want, place it on a higher track and drag it to the length you require. It will replace the section of the video below it. Add a dissolve at the start and end for a better transition. Wait... I'll be back...
OK, I'm back Done in Edius in about 30 seconds:
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I've pretty much just used Movie Maker too. Mostly because its free!
I like free.
A lot.
I like some things that are free too, but 'free' is not necessarily and is hardly ever 'best'
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Thanks everyone, I will start reviewing the tutorials tomorrow. Pretty bummed out tonight, worked on it all day to no avail. At the moment I'm not a friend of technology. The problem is separating the video from the audio recorded simultaneously on iPhone. What's driving me nuts is I can see the WAV form. The fact I can see it and not extract it doesn't make sense to me. Arrrgh! -Carolyne
Where'd you go? Ha,ha,ha. Sounds interesting. Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. -Carolyne
Where'd I go? Easy! To grab a screen capture of your avatar, start Edius, find a video clip I worked on recently (a very talented flautist by the name of Andria White) and place the still clip on a track above the other players which would replace the vision but keep the sound playing. Sorry I was away for so long (ha ha)
Might be more than you need to do, but that's the concept, no matter what editing program you use.
Cheers Trevor
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Hi Carolyn. My personal experience with video is that it is a very time consuming thing to learn how to do! So be prepared!
I use NCH Videopad. There is a free version but I have a sneaky suspicion that like all the NCH software they take away functionality over time until you eventually have to buy it. (I have bought my copy). I did not find movie maker flexible enough for what I wanted to achieve. Have a look at my channel here.
...The problem is separating the video from the audio recorded simultaneously on iPhone. What's driving me nuts is I can see the WAV form. The fact I can see it and not extract it doesn't make sense to me. Arrrgh!
I didn't think audacity had vision capabilities(?)
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Personally, I don't use Movie Maker - like Joanne said it was too basic. She's also right that it's going to take some time to get your head around whatever you choose.
I 'bout wore myself out downloading free trials last year. I have three. All my videos since last year use either - Adobe PE11, Corel VS6 Ultimate or Cyberlink PD13 Ultra (just upgraded to PD13 - upgrade price I couldn't refuse. )
If I were planning on editing a lot of live from the club performances, I'd get PowerDirector 13 Ultra - it has multi camera editing which can make that much easier in the long run. It's also intuitive, easy to use for whatever else and you can try it for free as you can all of them.
Good luck and looking forward to your video!
Josie
PS. I don't have an iPhone but it seems with all those apps there should be something.....
For a quick no nonsense movie (rather like biab) put in your pictures or video, choose a style and it does the rest. I use this all the time as I don't want to spend time putting a video together. You do have a certain amount of editing ability, but not a lot, like move pictures about etc. what I like about it is that it brings movement to the pictures probably take hours to do with other programs.
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