Not sure if this is the right forum for this but anyway;

I'm buying a camcorder tomorrow and as Windows Movie Maker sucks a fair bit I was wondering if anyone could suggest some good (if existent, free!) video editing software. Mainly the reason I want one is because I want to be able to reverse video but WMM doesn't seem to offer it.

Also if anyone has anything I should consider whilst buying a Camcorder tomorrow, feel free to let me know as I know fuck all about this kind of shit.

The only two video editing programs that I know of are Pinnacle Studio and Adobe Premier (both cost). Pinnacle is basic sort of stuff and is alright for starting out with so long as you don't actually want to do anything much with your footage apart from cut and rearrange/add titles. Premier I believe is a bit more advanced but I have not used it yet.

Also if you are going to be recording to tape rather than card make sure you have a firewire input and cable. I found that I had to add a driver when I first got my video camera.

I'm pretty sure Windows Movie Maker is the only decent 'free' editing software.

Here is a tutorial on how to reverse in WMM. I haven't watched it myself so I don't know if it will be of any help.

Quote from: Jack O'Neil;1303280I'm pretty sure Windows Movie Maker is the only decent 'free' editing software.

Here is a tutorial on how to reverse in WMM. I haven't watched it myself so I don't know if it will be of any help.

That looks like a ridiculous amount of work put in just to reverse some footage. Fuck, I wish I had more money so I could get a better camera and demand they throw in some software with it.

I'd go with Adobe Premiere. My good friend Long John Silver bought it me.