I may be done with vidding

[switch842]

As the program I use is apparently so old, it can't even be registered. Which means I only have a free trial which only lasts 30 days. I've tried other vidding programs but I just don't like them at all. I can't get the hang of editing the actual clips I have and all that. They're all just waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too complicated for me.

This fucking sucks.

ETA: So I can use the first gen of the software that we have an actual CD for. Ugh. Whatever...

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[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

If I could sit down with you I am sure I could get you comfortable with Vegas really quickly, but I know what it's like to be overwhelmed. Final Cut did that to me. It was all just too different. And the "Quick Start Guide" was 585 pages *facepalm* That's why I went for Premiere. It was closer to what I knew, though everything was in a different place.

With regards to trimming the clips, I think you'll find the majority of the vidding programs now use a trimmer window. In Premiere you have the trimmer window top left, and the preview screen top right. In Vegas, it pops up as required. You drag your 10-second clip into the trimmer window, "scrub" through it (basically drag a button from left to right that slowly scrolls through the footage so you can find the exact frames you want). You hit I to select your in point (where your clip will start) and O to select the out point (the end) and then drag that section onto the timeline. You can then fine-tune by dragging the play-head through the clip on the timeline and using the trim tool to cut off any stray frames. In Vegas you just hit S and it splits it wherever the play head is sitting on the clip. The beauty of the trimmer window is that you can scrub frame by frame so what you drop into the timeline needs very little extra trimming.

Hopefully most of the major programs will have trial versions you can download so you can see if any of them feel right.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

I did find a download trial for CyberLink. We have their DVD player interface and it got good reviews on that website you pointed me, too. So I might give that a try and see how it goes.