I have a Fuji E900 still camera and I've just started experimenting
with "movie mode" on it. It records AVI, apparently (haven't even
uploaded a file to the PC yet). I'd like to be able to edit the
"movies" I produce in a very basic way: cut out sections and, ideally,
make a nice join, eg fade in/out instead of jump. What software can I
get to do this that's cheap and easy to use? I don't want something
that's free but a real hassle for an absolute beginner. I'd be very
happy to get an old version on ebay that would do the job and was
substantially cheaper than the latest.

The OS is WinXP Home SP2, CPU is Pentium 4 3GHz, RAM 1Gb.
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:34:12 +0100, Robin Faichney
wrote:

I have a Fuji E900 still camera and I've just started experimenting
with "movie mode" on it. It records AVI, apparently (haven't even
uploaded a file to the PC yet). I'd like to be able to edit the
"movies" I produce in a very basic way: cut out sections and, ideally,
make a nice join, eg fade in/out instead of jump. What software can I
get to do this that's cheap and easy to use? I don't want something
that's free but a real hassle for an absolute beginner. I'd be very
happy to get an old version on ebay that would do the job and was
substantially cheaper than the latest.

The OS is WinXP Home SP2, CPU is Pentium 4 3GHz, RAM 1Gb.

Sorry, I should have said, the probable destination for my movies is
the web.
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http://www.robinfaichney.org/

Robin Faichney wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:34:12 +0100, Robin Faichney
wrote:

I have a Fuji E900 still camera and I've just started experimenting
with "movie mode" on it. It records AVI, apparently (haven't even
uploaded a file to the PC yet). I'd like to be able to edit the
"movies" I produce in a very basic way: cut out sections and, ideally,
make a nice join, eg fade in/out instead of jump. What software can I
get to do this that's cheap and easy to use? I don't want something
that's free but a real hassle for an absolute beginner. I'd be very
happy to get an old version on ebay that would do the job and was
substantially cheaper than the latest.

The OS is WinXP Home SP2, CPU is Pentium 4 3GHz, RAM 1Gb.

Sorry, I should have said, the probable destination for my movies is
the web.

Well, there is Windows Movie Maker; if it's not already on XP, then it's
a free download from M$. I've got it but never used it; no doubt ok for
simple jobs.

--
Mike Scott (unet at scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England

Robin Faichney wrote:
I have a Fuji E900 still camera and I've just started experimenting
with "movie mode" on it. It records AVI, apparently (haven't even
uploaded a file to the PC yet). I'd like to be able to edit the
"movies" I produce in a very basic way: cut out sections and, ideally,
make a nice join, eg fade in/out instead of jump. What software can I
get to do this that's cheap and easy to use? I don't want something
that's free but a real hassle for an absolute beginner. I'd be very
happy to get an old version on ebay that would do the job and was
substantially cheaper than the latest.

The OS is WinXP Home SP2, CPU is Pentium 4 3GHz, RAM 1Gb.

You Have Moviemaker On your computer care of Microsoft. This will do a good
job apart from it does not do Mpeg only AVI and WMV So youcan not burn the
finished results to a DVD to watch on a stand alone player. But you can
watch the combined results on the computer and you get many of the effects
that you would have to pay lots more for. TMPGEnc and Virtual dub can also
produce very good results and are free too. What you'll get by paying is
effects and a MPEG 2 codec for making DVDs Plus a slicker interface

--
Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:03:27 GMT, Mike Scott
wrote:

Robin Faichney wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:34:12 +0100, Robin Faichney
wrote:

I have a Fuji E900 still camera and I've just started experimenting
with "movie mode" on it. It records AVI, apparently (haven't even
uploaded a file to the PC yet). I'd like to be able to edit the
"movies" I produce in a very basic way: cut out sections and, ideally,
make a nice join, eg fade in/out instead of jump. What software can I
get to do this that's cheap and easy to use? I don't want something
that's free but a real hassle for an absolute beginner. I'd be very
happy to get an old version on ebay that would do the job and was
substantially cheaper than the latest.

The OS is WinXP Home SP2, CPU is Pentium 4 3GHz, RAM 1Gb.

Sorry, I should have said, the probable destination for my movies is
the web.

Well, there is Windows Movie Maker; if it's not already on XP, then it's
a free download from M$. I've got it but never used it; no doubt ok for
simple jobs.

Thanks. I didn't know I had it, it doesn't show up on any menus, but
eventually I got it running by typing "moviemk.exe" in Run. I'm going
to have a play with it right now. Thanks also to Trev, I might look at
his other suggestions later.
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