Wednesday, October 11, 2006
A quick comparison of 4 free video editing systems:
Contestants
T@b - www.zs4.net
Windows Movie Maker - www.msn.com
Jahshaka - www.jahshaka.org
Motion DV Studio LE Edition - free with panasonic camera
Judging
Jahshaka is the most professional and feature rich of the bunch. It has the ability to add color filters, layer multiple vide images together and a huge library of realtime effects. However, since its difficult to learn and constantly crashes, its gathering binary dust.
Windows movie maker is the best for arranging clips that are already set up. Its really easy to set up transitions, change clip length and add titles. Its storyboard feature is wonderful. It also provides export features that enable users to set a target filesize.
T@b is not too user friendly. But if you need facilities to change the colors in a clip or crop a clip, then it provides features that other programs lack. Just watch out which codec you use!
Motion DV Studio is great for organizing a collection of video, and for chopping up a long clip into smaller bits.
Verdict
If I only had one choice, motion DV is the clear winner. But the combination of the last three is a potent punch.
Contestants
T@b - www.zs4.net
Windows Movie Maker - www.msn.com
Jahshaka - www.jahshaka.org
Motion DV Studio LE Edition - free with panasonic camera
Judging
Jahshaka is the most professional and feature rich of the bunch. It has the ability to add color filters, layer multiple vide images together and a huge library of realtime effects. However, since its difficult to learn and constantly crashes, its gathering binary dust.
Windows movie maker is the best for arranging clips that are already set up. Its really easy to set up transitions, change clip length and add titles. Its storyboard feature is wonderful. It also provides export features that enable users to set a target filesize.
T@b is not too user friendly. But if you need facilities to change the colors in a clip or crop a clip, then it provides features that other programs lack. Just watch out which codec you use!
Motion DV Studio is great for organizing a collection of video, and for chopping up a long clip into smaller bits.
Verdict
If I only had one choice, motion DV is the clear winner. But the combination of the last three is a potent punch.
