Don’t leave it to the professionals!

Video editing is not just for the professionals anymore! Most people already have everything they need to create great looking home videos. All you need to get started is a video camera and a fairly new computer. I guess I should also mention that you will need lots of time for your new hobby. Once you get started, you won’t want to stop.

I first started my video editing (or video scrapbooking as I like to call it) hobby about 6 years ago. I bought a $3,000 pc and some expensive video editing software. I remained frustrated for about a year trying to get the software to run correctly on my new (expensive)PCc.

The great news is computers and video editing software have come a LONG way in the last 6 years! They’ve gotten a lot faster, more efficient, and–better yet–a LOT CHEAPER. New Windows PCs come loaded with Microsoft Movie Maker. You can find it in your Accessories folder. Now Movie Maker definitely isn’t the best video editing software available. It has it’s limitations. However, it’s a good (free) start to your new video scrapbooking hobby. It’s also a great place for you to learn the basics of video editing.

If you have an Apple computer, the new machines come loaded with iMovie. I’ve been using iMovie for about 8 months now and love it! It is so simple to use.

Once you really get into video scrapbooking, you will probably want to start looking into some more robust video editing programs.

Keep watching my blog for more information on video editing software!