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Video Editing Basics

Basic editing - trimming and sequencing - is essential for making videos watchable. Here's where to get started.

Video Conversion for Windows Video Editors

Video Conversion for Windows Video Editors

Editing Flip or other HD videos in some version of Windows Movie Maker, Windows Live Movie Maker, or sometimes even commercial video editing software can be a hassle if the editor isn't completely comfortable with the video files from your camcorder. This members-only video offers a comprehensive and free solution.

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Editing with FlipShare

Chapter 3 – Editing and Making Movies with FlipShare

When you have a sequence of clips from your Flip HD camcorder that you want to edit into a movie, FlipShare offers movie editing that is as simple to use as the camcorder itself. 'Simple' is often the same as 'not very powerful,' and although that is the case with FlipShare, we'll show you how to get the most of it.

Use Flip and Free Screen Capture for Instructional Video

Ever want to produce a how-to video or other educational video?  Teachers and trainers are increasingly using Flips to do this kind of thing.  It can be as simple as setting up your Flip Read more

When Editing Home Movies, Less is More

The one truism that viewers of home movies can agree to:  They are almost always excruciatingly long, and over-detailed.  Yet, a viewer of the home movie of a friend or family member will almost always forget that feeling when turned into a home movie maker and will inevitably make the same (lack of) editing mistake. Read more

File Conversion: The Rosetta Stone for Movie Maker

What all Windows editing application Read mores have in common is that they love .WMV files. If we can change .MP4 files (and even files from other camcorders) into .WMV files, simply and cheaply, and preserve the fidelity, we’re in the sweet spot of easy editing. There is a free program available for all Windows users that does this. It’s called “Any Video Converter.” I have already written a couple of articles about this program, but I now propose it as a general solution – the Rosetta Stone for Windows Movie Maker of all flavors, on all platforms.

More on Windows Movie Maker, Transitions, and Effects

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Add a Clock Wipe Transition to Windows Movie Maker

Transitions are a kind of effect that you add the movement of one clip to another. Read more

Editing Flip Video with Different Versions of Windows Movie Maker

There is a lot of interest in editing Flip video with editors other than FlipShare -- particularly with the various flavors of Windows Movie Maker that are packaged with, or downloadable f Read more

How to Edit Flip HD Video Using Windows XP and Windows Movie Maker 2.1

Want to edit Flip video with Windows Movie Maker 2.1 on XP, and make a movie that gets an HD rating on YouTube and Facebook? FlipShare 5.0 requires a new method to get there, because it will no longer export .wmv files. This members-only article gives you everything you need.

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The latest on Flip Video and Windows Movie Maker

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Some things have become clear to me about FlipShare 5.0 that weren't immediately apparent.  These aren't things that you can find on Flip's website, so I just asked and received clarification Read more

Importing Other Media into FlipShare

A new feature in FlipShare 5.0 is the ability to import images and video into FlipShare that you didn't take with your Flip.  For example, you might want to use a clip taken with another camco Read more

Create Better Titles and Credits

FlipShare Titles Not Good Enough for You? Read more

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