Software for photo / video editing?

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I'm just looking into this - but can someone recommend some software for me? Could be free or $$

Looking to take a lot of photos and set it to music to create a video. Pretty simple I guess. But I'm not a mac user (imovie) nor do I have windows movie maker installed on my operating system

don't need something advanced because I have no experience with this. but I really would like to time the photos well with the changes in the music. So that may rule out any freeware.

Thanks
 
I am interested in this type of software as well :)

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-Beach
 
looks like maybe adobe elements 12 is capable of this??

my GF has elements 10 but I don't know if that has what I'm looking for
 
There is a free one out there that my wife used a lot before but we cannot find it on our computer anymore. She now uses Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, so I am sure that the Elements 10 or newer will work out just fine.
She has recently been using Powerpoint, so it seems to have worked pretty well for what she was doing. She made a presentation for the daughters elementry class and it was slides with music.

Hope this helps.
 
You should be able to download Windows Movie Maker from the Microsoft website for free if you want to use it..I believe they might have different versions depending on the OS
 
I use lightroom and photoshop for photo editing. Lightroom does the bulk of the work for me.
 
zmanjohn said:
There is a free one out there that my wife used a lot before but we cannot find it on our computer anymore. She now uses Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, so I am sure that the Elements 10 or newer will work out just fine.
She has recently been using Powerpoint, so it seems to have worked pretty well for what she was doing. She made a presentation for the daughters elementry class and it was slides with music.

Hope this helps.
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thanks. I'm gonna look into using elements 10 on my girlfriends laptop. Are you sure your wife is using 'photoshop' elements or adobe 'premiere' elements ?

appreciate the other comments too. will try to download windows movie maker if elements 10 is a bust.
 
Gurge said:
any problems with it?
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Not that I can think of. The videos come out nice. Most I can think of is to continue to keep learning the program. Other than that it works great. I watched some YouTube videos to learn how to use it some.
 
Gurge said:
I'm just looking into this - but can someone recommend some software for me? Could be free or $$

Looking to take a lot of photos and set it to music to create a video. Pretty simple I guess. But I'm not a mac user (imovie) nor do I have windows movie maker installed on my operating system

don't need something advanced because I have no experience with this. but I really would like to time the photos well with the changes in the music. So that may rule out any freeware.

Thanks
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IMO, Photoshop Elements for photo editing.



IMO, Premier Elements for video editing.



IMO, ProShow - The Ultimate HD Slideshow Tool for slideshows set to music. Take a look and see what you think.



I've done lots of slideshows set to music, proshow by photodex seems like the best/easiest/simplest/fastest/most professional looking to me, IMO.
 
Windows Movie Maker should have the capabilities to do what you want in some capacity or another. Slideshows tend to be one of the simpler uses for these programs, and there are even some dedicated programs just for that.

I figure Movie Maker would be considered one of the more basic programs, both in interface and capability, but for what you might be doing, it should be fine. In fact, there will still be features that you probably won't use on it if you're using it for slideshows.
I haven't been using Movie Maker myself since Windows XP before 7 and 8 came out, but even then it would work for things like that.

Sorry if I come across as pushing Movie Maker or whatnot.. I'm just recommending it before you spend some money on a more higher end program that might possibly be overkill! :xyxthumbs:

At the very least, I would say to play around with Movie Maker first - either just for 5 minutes or actually setting up what you are making, and if it doesn't suit you, then of course definitely try another option! :dblthumb2:
 
jhodges said:
IMO, ProShow - The Ultimate HD Slideshow Tool for slideshows set to music. Take a look and see what you think.

I've done lots of slideshows set to music, proshow by photodex seems like the best/easiest/simplest/fastest/most professional looking to me, IMO.
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I'll second the proshow suggestion. Been using it for years to make BluRays for my photography business. Excellent program and easy to use.

For photo editing, I use Nikon Capture NX2 for my NEF/RAW files, then Adobe Photoshop for the extensive "editing".

Good luck!
 
jhodges said:
IMO, Photoshop Elements for photo editing.



IMO, Premier Elements for video editing.



IMO, ProShow - The Ultimate HD Slideshow Tool for slideshows set to music. Take a look and see what you think.



I've done lots of slideshows set to music, proshow by photodex seems like the best/easiest/simplest/fastest/most professional looking to me, IMO.
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thanks for the recommendation on proshow. looks comparable in price to premiere elements but there were a lot of unfavorable reviews out there for the adobe software. gonna look into that further
 
Gurge said:
thanks for the recommendation on proshow. looks comparable in price to premiere elements but there were a lot of unfavorable reviews out there for the adobe software. gonna look into that further
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Photoshop, the standard in the industry, has gotten outrageously expensive over the years so that now, it is out of reach for us normal people. Elements, a subset of Photoshop, is generally all most of us need or can learn to use in the limited time we have.

The good thing about Elements is that it accepts most of the plug-ins written for Photoshop. There are some affordable plug-ins that are exceptional for helping us novices get some professional results in our photos in post-processing.

You might take a look at:

ononesoftware.com

and

topazlabs.com

I haven't seen anything better that proshow for professional looking slideshows.
 
For picture I agree with photoshop elemets.

As far as video, I recommend something like Sony Vegas Movie Studio or Cyberlinks PowerDirector. Both are extremely easy to learn and won't break the bank for your video needs. From past experience, these are more than capable of getting the job done.

If I had to recommend one I'd go with Power Director. It is much easier to use/learn and encodes videos much faster than Sony Vegas while still creating videos with great quality.

Hope this helps :dblthumb2:
 
Best to download a few programs and demo them before you buy - you just might be able to complete your project for free!
 
ABHernandez said:
For picture I agree with photoshop elemets.

As far as video, I recommend something like Sony Vegas Movie Studio or Cyberlinks PowerDirector. Both are extremely easy to learn and won't break the bank for your video needs. From past experience, these are more than capable of getting the job done.

If I had to recommend one I'd go with Power Director. It is much easier to use/learn and encodes videos much faster than Sony Vegas while still creating videos with great quality.

Hope this helps :dblthumb2:
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and power director is more than capable of doing what I'll call an 'advanced' slide show ?

pretty much looking into proshow and power director. I gotta demo proshow tomorrow when I have a few mins
 
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