need a suggestion for a video edditing program

[Hans4]

im making a KH2 spoof( 13 more days till we start to film )

anyway i need to know a edditing program so i cna edit in a bar like they have in the real game that tells you what u have to do before a fight. ya know that little bar t

[road to oblivion]

i want to see this pm me when its ready
anyways if you have and apple computer use imovie
if windows use windows movie maker

[Forever Atlas]

I used to use Adobe Premiere Pro 7.0 I think it was >.> it was really good... cant remember if it was 7 lol the one with the horse running on the cover >.>

[Hans4]

Originally Posted by road to oblivion

i want to see this pm me when its ready
anyways if you have and apple computer use imovie
if windows use windows movie maker

imovie kicks "bASS" my friend told me to do it. anyway we already got a site up if u want to check that out

www.freewebs.com/team-the-last-stand

im talking more bout how to make it.... can u rly make it on adobe premier?

[Forever Atlas]

Originally Posted by Hans4

im talking more bout how to make it.... can u rly make it on adobe premier?

oh.... =/ my mistake. I read it wrong. I dont think adobe can.... but idk. Maybe you can ask 1 of those ppl on youtube who made a vid with the menu to see what program they used.

[venbravewarrior]

i have adobe premiere elements which is really good for people who are new to editing videos(i dont know if you are so........:p) but im getting premiere pro which i here is way better for people who already know how to edit really good. so yeah thats my decision

[Noo Monkey]

That wont necessarily be an easy thing to do. I WOULD recommend using Flash, but that's made for animation, and not a video editing thing. It's also VERY expensive.
I'm just saying it would be SO EASY to do it in Flash, about a 10-15 minute job for me, but I have no idea how you'd do that in any kind of video editing thingamajig.
I COULD make one for you, but then you'd have to send me the edited video, tell me where to put it, I'd have to send the edited video back, and I'm not really sure you'd want anything like that.

[Hans4]

Originally Posted by Noo Monkey

That wont necessarily be an easy thing to do. I WOULD recommend using Flash, but that's made for animation, and not a video editing thing. It's also VERY expensive.
I'm just saying it would be SO EASY to do it in Flash, about a 10-15 minute job for me, but I have no idea how you'd do that in any kind of video editing thingamajig.
I COULD make one for you, but then you'd have to send me the edited video, tell me where to put it, I'd have to send the edited video back, and I'm not really sure you'd want anything like that.

is there any sorta free 30 day trail on flash?

Originally Posted by Forever Atlas

oh.... =/ my mistake. I read it wrong. I dont think adobe can.... but idk. Maybe you can ask 1 of those ppl on youtube who made a vid with the menu to see what program they used.

yea i looked at a few spoofs yesterday and noone of them had the thing so im pretty sure its new in a spoof

[SORA619]

Use windows movie maker.when its ready pm me

[Hans4]

Originally Posted by SORA619

Use windows movie maker.when its ready pm me

you are a ginues SORA619 it may not be as pretty as in kh2 but itll work!

[KH Vandread]

If you want information of video editing software, it would have been better to put this thread in the Technology section. Even though it seems like you found what you are looking for, I'll go ahead and move it there anyway. You never know, people there will probably have some better recommendations than the ones you got here.

[Noo Monkey]

Originally Posted by Hans4

is there any sorta free 30 day trail on flash?

yea i looked at a few spoofs yesterday and noone of them had the thing so im pretty sure its new in a spoof

Yes. But I was just assuming you would want it for longer than 30 days. Thought the project would take longer than that.

[Hans4]

Originally Posted by Noo Monkey

Yes. But I was just assuming you would want it for longer than 30 days. Thought the project would take longer than that.

were probably only going to use it for the first episode of the spoof

[Noo Monkey]

Oh. Well that's okay then.

It takes up a lot of room too...

[Petie]

Originally Posted by Noo Monkey

Oh. Well that's okay then.

It takes up a lot of room too...

Flash CS3 Professional takes up about 385 MB when installed completely. I don't think that's really the concern though. While using a Flash document in a video is likely possible, it's not simple enough to warrant doing when there are likely other ways you could handle this.

Now, I've only played 2 minutes or so of KH (I've been meaning to play it for a while now though) so I'm not entirely sure what bar you're talking about but this would probably be easier done with images imported into the video. If it's just a static bar, all you need to do is create it in something like Photoshop (or even Paint) and import it into whatever program you're using. If it's not static, create the base part as one image and use other images for the dynamic parts and edit them together in the video editing program.

As for suggestions, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 seems to be good though I've yet to have a chance to use it myself. If you're on a Mac, Final Cut is definitely the way to go. Unfortunately though, both of these programs are very expensive ($800 and $1300 respectively). You can get a free trial for Premiere Pro but it's limited to 30 days. I don't believe Final Cut offers a free trial but I could be wrong.

For cheaper alternatives, Adobe Premiere Elements comes to mind. I've never used this either but Adobe generally makes some good products and I've heard good things about it. Premiere Elements costs $100 and like Premiere Pro CS3, it is available for both Windows and Mac.

You could always do it for free and use something like Windows Movie Maker though you'll have a hard time with anything more than basic editing if you go this route.