| Video editing software enables you to relive and enjoy | | | | between your computer and camcorder or VCR. A |
| your special moments caught on video and to share | | | | video capture card should carry either analog or DV in |
| them with your family and friends. By using the latest in | | | | out, to digitize the video onto your hard drive. Most of |
| digital video technology, desktop video editing has | | | | the video captures cards are bundled with video |
| become both simple to perform and popular. You can | | | | editing software so you don't really need to buy |
| focus on the essence of your home videos and | | | | software separately. More professional software can |
| create a compelling and emotional story. | | | | cost as much as $2000 and includes features such as |
| There are many video editing software packages | | | | high quality editing tools with a more powerful interface. |
| available for editing video on your personal computer. | | | | The capture process will create AVI on the PC or |
| Pc and Apple computers have low- end software that | | | | MOV on the Mac files on your hard disk. Once all your |
| comes with their machines, pre installed with basic | | | | footage is on your machine, select the parts to use. |
| tools to capture and edit video footage. You can edit | | | | Once you gain some experience and learn more |
| the video footage and play it back to tape or display | | | | about video editing, you can then consider upgrading to |
| the finished movie on your computer screen. | | | | one of the higher priced video editing software |
| You will need a video capture card to transfer videos | | | | packages. |