Editing Software

I have been using MAGIX Movie editor to edit all moving images for my cousework, i find it a very easy program to use and supports a large variety of file types. there is an incredibly large limit to the amount of footage you can have in one project and you can have over 32 layers of sound which makes it very easy to move around and manipulate sound files such as recordings for narrations and background noise from the video.

I have used a variety of movie editors including MAGIX windows movie maker Imovie and (insert name) and i have found magix the easiest. It is well labeld so i know what each tab does Once footage is in place, the editing tools are fairly standard. There are a couple of different ways to view the editing timeline and you can call on the library of effects and transitions to help you beef up your footage. Getting Footage into the program is very simple, just drag and drop the footage into the program and it will appear in the editing bar. same goes for sound. Exporting files is just as easy - File > Export as...
there are a variety of file types to choose from AVI MPEG being the most well known. there is one draw back i have found from using it though is that the files can be very big.

Before i put any sound that isn't from the original footage i quickly cut and edit it as much as possible in a free program called Audacity, it again like magix is very easy and straight forward to use and unlike magix the files when exported are a much smaller size