Video Making Help ?????

[MotherNatureVer2]

hey guys,
stephen (my eldest) is trying to make a video of his car.... he has all the video's that he made of the burnouts but carnt find a program here that we can figure out to do this...... has anyone know of a program that we can download that dose this
thanks

[MITCHAY]

Have you tried using the one that comes with Windows XP?

[MotherNatureVer2]

ive only got 98se ....... the boy just needs to put all the videos togeather
thanks anyway

[EB-maen]

Have you tried using the one that comes with Windows XP?

*shudder* although it can compress video like theres no tomorrow, I'll give it that.

I use 'Edit Studio' for most of my stuff as it is simple and does basically everything necessary. Sometimes Premiere does come in handy, but I reckon that's overdoing it really. I got a free full-version on a cd from a magazine once about 2 years ago and it's still a good program, lol, so I'm sure you can 'find' a copy of it somewhere in cyberspace. The version I have is version 2, and there's a 5 out at the moment, so a few things may have changed though

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Have you tried using the one that comes with Windows XP?

That could be a bit difficult, seeing as MNs computer is running Windows 98.

The only ones I can think of are commercial packages, asides from VirtualDub (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/v...0.zip?download) which might do the job, it's worth a try. It can be a little tricky to work out how to use, so if there are any questions, feel free to ask.

[MITCHAY]

Didnt know it wasnt running XP. Just a suggestion

[MotherNatureVer2]

thanks heeps guys ....ill try and find some of them for him ..
thanks

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by MotherNature

hey guys,
stephen (my eldest) is trying to make a video of his car.... he has all the video's that he made of the burnouts but carnt find a program here that we can figure out to do this...... has anyone know of a program that we can download that dose this
thanks

Quick question, what format are the videos in - .avi .mov .mpg, something like that?

[MotherNatureVer2]

.avi i think

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by MotherNature

.avi i think

Ahh, VirtualDub will do the job then, without a problem.

[MotherNatureVer2]

Thanks for that guys ...... seems the boy has been busy while I was out today :P

He thinks he cn type like me ... bwwhahahahahahahaaa

Tells me the reason he used my userame was he thought he would get quicker answers ....... he now knows to use his own user name & things will be done

He did infact get the VirtualDub thinggy but he cant seem to link a few videos together ....... any ideas ????????

Must add .... he has music background stuff now ..... I am impressed ............

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by MotherNature

He did infact get the VirtualDub thinggy but he cant seem to link a few videos together ....... any ideas ????????

Ahh, yes, VirtualDub is good, although if you're not used to those sort of programs can be a little daunting to use, so I'll write a step-by-step guide.

1. Start up VirtualDub.
2. Load the first video file (File, Open video file...), wait for it to finish loading.
3. Press Ctrl+right arrow (or select End from the edit menu).
4. Select Append AVI segment from the File menu, then open the next video and wait for it to finish loading.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until finished.
6. Now, choose Compression... from the video menu, or press Ctrl+P and select which video codec you wish to use. If this sounds like gibberish to you, just choose DivX from the list and hit ok.
7. Now, ensure there is a dot to the left of Direct stream copy under the Audio menu.
8. Finally, select Save as AVI... from the file menu, or just press F7, give the new video a name and click the Save button.

It may take a while, depending on the speed of the computer and how big the videos are, but sooner or later you'll end up with a video with all the videos linked together, all ready to show people.

Hope I've made sense, if you need any more help, just ask

[MotherNatureVer2]

Sounds great thanks ...... I will let him know tomorrow ;)

He has a plan of putting in a slide show of comments ....... eg: Formula : 2 boys 1 car 1 digicam ..... ect ........ can this program do that too ?????????

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by MotherNature

Sounds great thanks ...... I will let him know tomorrow ;)

He has a plan of putting in a slide show of comments ....... eg: Formula : 2 boys 1 car 1 digicam ..... ect ........ can this program do that too ?????????

Err, not that I'm aware of, sorry :(

But for a free program, it's pretty good.

[MotherNatureVer2]

Coolies

Maybe he can get a program from school to do that ;)

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by MotherNature

Coolies

Maybe he can get a program from school to do that ;)

Once all the videos are combined together, it'll make it much easier to add titles and things like that in another program. You said music has already been added, is that right?

[MotherNatureVer2]

Yup ..... he has added music ;) ... sounds damned good too .......... is amazing how a video can change with sound ;)

[GTP 200]

We use Avid, not sure how I can help on this project.

You far from Melb City?

cam

[MotherNatureVer2]

Cam .... Im about 12hrs from Vic :(

Any advise for a 14yr old who has never done anything like this before ??????????

[kaytonk]

I use different apps thesedays, but im fairly sure it is able to import a bitmap (bmp) as a single frame, could use mspaint to create the image and import, failing that, if he's planning on burning the movie to dvd/vcd nero vision will create them using the wizard