Does anybody know of any good, easy to use movie editing programs for Windows?

Question

And before you post, I'm trying to work with Windows Movie Maker but I find it a bit too.....restrictive. I want to remove audio from a movie, but it doesn't appear in the "Audio/Music" bar. Looks like it's "built in" to the movie. And it doesn't appear that you can capture sound from a movie and save it as a file for sound effects on another movie....

eldritchmuse, you didn't answer my question.

Answer 1

Hmm... in the version of Windows Movie Maker I have (Win Vista), you can mute playback of the audio on a video file by right-clicking the video in the timeline and selecting Audio Options... or something like that. But I'm getting from your question that's probably not what you're looking for.

Personally, I use Adobe Premiere Elements for editing video. It has a fairly light learning curve and lots of professional features, such as splitting audio and video, color management, timeline, and chroma key. To forewarn, however, it's not the simplest program out there, it costs about $100, and, like any decent video editing program, it hogs system resources. But, if you're looking for lots of professional editing tools at a lower cost than Final Cut or Premiere Pro, Premiere Elements is a safe bet.

I would advise you to, before purchasing any video editing program, check the features that the program offers. Even better, if they offer one, download a demo and play around with it. Find the program that best suits your personal needs and budget.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

splitting audio from video is more advance... not to many programs do that..hmm, cheap ones anyway.