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<-- Grab the video here. You should have win media player to play this. Digital video camcorders are getting cheaper and cheaper while the video quality is getting better and better. Almost everyone I know has piles and piles of video tapes at home. Actually, it's hard to see any travellers that do not carry a video camcorder nowadays.

Yet, very, very few people make full use of their hours and hours of videos they shoot over the years!

With today's affordable video capture cards, easy-to-use digital video editing softwareand equipment , cheap and fast computer hardware, there's no reason one cannot edit his own hollywood-like videos at home and show off to friends!

Thinking of digital video editing (or call it desktop video editing or computer video editing if you like)? You've landed at the right place! This site is all about digital video editing.

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We, at About Video Editing.com, do not sell anything. We only provide free digital video editing information. You can find video capture card reviews, digital video editing equipment and hardware guide, desktop video editing techniques and articles, video editing book reviews, video editing software reviews...

As a professional video editor that have been working in this industry for 8 years, I'd like to share my experience with anyone who want to edit his own videos. Trust me, digital video editing is dorable, affordable, and best of all, enjoyable!

The feeling of viewing your own professionally edited videos is simply fantastic!

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Video Editing: Basic Concepts
So far, we've discussed the equipment you will need to edit video. Now let's learn the basic concepts you will need to know in order to use that equipment.
Capture
The first concept is called capture. You have to move all of the footage out of the camera and onto your computer's hard disk. There are three ways to do this:

You can capture all of the footage in a single file on your hard disk. A half hour of video footage might consume 10 gigabytes of space. (Note that some operating systems and video editing software packages limit file size to 2 gigabytes. Other packages put a 30-minute limit on file size.)
You could bring it in as five or 10 smaller files, which together will total 10 gigabytes but will be a little more manageable.
You can have a piece of software bring in the footage shot by shot. Adobe Premiere can do this manually, but a program like DVGate Motion (which comes standard on many Sony computers) can automatically scan the tape, find the beginning and end of every shot, and then bring them all in. Each shot will be in a different file when it's done. If you have access to a program like this, it makes your life very easy.

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Video-Editing Computers
You can use just about any desktop computer for video editing, as long as it has:
A FireWire port to connect the camera to - If your computer does not have a FireWire port, you can buy a FireWire card and install it for less than $100.

Enough CPU power, hard disk space and bus bandwidth to handle the data flowing in on the FireWire cable
Video processing in general uses lots of CPU power and moves tons of data on and off the hard disk. There are two different places where you will most feel the benefits of a fast machine and the sluggishness of a slow one:

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Jumpcut is a web based video editing software and now it's even part of the Yahoo! family. You upload a video or small clips just like importing inside a desktop software.

There are dozens of transitions and special effects. You can import photographs from your Flickr or Facebook account to mix them with the videos. The jumpcut editor is intuitive enough and there is good title support as well. And your movies are published online automatically. Perfect for quick vlogging and video podcasting.

JahShaka* (discontinued) - An open source video editing software that is currently in Alpha stage but has features found only in expensive video editing software suites.

Works on Mac, Linux and Windows. The interface might take some time for you to get started otherwise the software is definitely the most powerful one out there. And the price is just right. $0. Also does 3D effects which you won't find in other free video editors.

Conclusion: While all the above free video editing software will satisfy the needs of most amateurs and home movie makers, you can probably consider Adobe Premiere Elements, Pinnacle Studio, Ulead Studio, Sony Vegas, Nero or Muvee Auto Producer for more features and better control over the final video output. They have trial version to help you try out the software before actually buying it.