Best Free Video Editing Software?

[seawolfxix]

I was having a good time with Windows 7, until I found out that they left out Windows Movie Maker.

Now what should I use?  Windows Live Movie Maker is garbage.

[Schlup]

I don't do any editing but Grill likes the Windows Movie Maker for Windows 7.  I'm not sure what version it is, from what I've seen it looks easy enough to use.  Not real intricate, although I have heard other touting Sony Vegas is the way to go, but it's not free.  Really though, I have other info for you other than here-say.

[Got_Amm0]

Microsoft recommends the free download of the latest Windows Live Suite, which includes Windows Live Movie Maker (WLMM) for Vista and Windows 7 (XP doesn't support WLMM). That gets you the newest version, but one considerably slimmed down in features from MM2.1 in XP or MM6 in Vista. It's good for quickly and easily making a video and uploading to YouTube, but not for anything close to the kinds of serious editing you can do with the classic versions of Movie Maker.

Experienced users will want to continue with what they've become accustomed to. It turns out the special Vista edition MM2.6 downloads, installs and works fine on Windows 7. It was produced by Microsoft to help those who were having problems with the version 6.0 in Vista. Although stripped of many features, it's pretty much aligned with the familiar MM2.1 of Windows XP. MM2.6 is the only version of Movie Maker that's a stand-alone download from Microsoft with an easy installation ... get it a



http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d6ba5972-328e-4df7-8f9d-068fc0f80cfc&DisplayLang=en


hope this helps seawolf

[seawolfxix]

I'm going to try MM2.6.

What I really don't like about WLMM is that you can't slow down or speed up the video, and I think some MW2 kills deserve to be slowed down.