Video Editting Software

[Clyde]

Hello there, it's Clyde Spielberg here on the quest for knowledge from any fellow video dabblers.

Im in the search for some good and easy to use and Navigate Video Editting Software; to be able to do most of the following features.

Cut a desired length of video and edit / or save for editting seperatly later ron.
Edit ( eg with special effects, shorten )
Clean up parts.
Remove unneccassary frames.
Able to convert to different formats.
No farting or fannying around swapping packages, if possible.

How I used to edit small animations was with Jasc Animation Shop which I liked as you could add effects and remove / alter the individual frames, also with this approach you'd be able to save as a single image and edit in Paint Shop Pro. But a lengthy video file of 40 minutes ( A VHS converted to DVD, then converted to a recognizable PC Vid file ) will break it. So, I'd really love to hear about good editting software.

Cheers and big thanks,
Clyde Spielberg.
 

[Jim]

virtualdub

[Clyde]

Thanks for the suggestion, will find out what it's like.

I gave the trial of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 ago, but ran too slow as it wanted 2GigaByte of system Ram, and it was confusing for my tastes. 

I dont suppose anybody else on here, has done any Video Editting / Video Authoring? If yes, what software do you use?

Thanks,
Clyde.

[Jim]

VirtualDub is very good.  If not, maybe Adobe AfterFX would be better.

Jim

[Clyde]

Thanks dude, got to pull my finger out and try it.