Free photoshp equivalent id GIMP
For editing videos…depends on your OS
Windows user can use Microsofts own free Movie Maker
Linux users can use PiTiVi ZS4, Avidemux, and many others
Mac users can use cineFX, Avidemux, filmmaker and ZS4
Take a look at the tutorials for Windows Movie Maker at http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Tutorials/ – it may be WMM is all you need. It really is foolproof except that it’s picky in what file formats it takes and the lack of native support for multiple video and audio tracks are a definite disadvantage (but there are workarounds)
VirtualDub, RAD Video tools, AVITricks and Avidemux are also good tools you should look at. Although not full editors like the others they have some useful features.
Lightworks and Wax together are a very good video editing system for free.
All are safe, at least from the sites I’ve linked to.
ANDREW December 16, 2013
On the mac, Picasa from google.. that has a good video creation feature for youtube – even a quick upload to youtube
The first few hours are a nightmare. There are so many levels of tools and effects it gets very confusing and frustrating. The last time I used a program this complex it came with a 600 page manual. I found the information in the help menu helpful but limited. Save yourself some brain cells, buy one of the how to manuals. I am finding the “Missing Manual” book very informative. Photoshop Elements 10: The Missing Manual Also find a print out of the key board short cuts. Once you understand the basics it starts to get easier.
Saving your work is confusing at first with all the options available to you. Let PS save the way it wants to, and never move a file from where PS thinks it is. The next time you try to open PS it will go fruit loops and spend the next five hours looking for it.
After a few days things start to make sense, and you start to figure out how things work. I am using PS on Windows 7, and a Mac also. Works just as well on both OS.
Once things start to congeal it is a very excellent program that will allow you to make beautiful pictures with which you can bore your friends!
GIMP is very similar to photoshop and is free.
Free photoshp equivalent id GIMP
For editing videos…depends on your OS
Windows user can use Microsofts own free Movie Maker
Linux users can use PiTiVi ZS4, Avidemux, and many others
Mac users can use cineFX, Avidemux, filmmaker and ZS4
Here’s 10 good, free image editors – http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pixelbasedwin/tp/freephotoedw.htm
Take a look at the tutorials for Windows Movie Maker at http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Tutorials/ – it may be WMM is all you need. It really is foolproof except that it’s picky in what file formats it takes and the lack of native support for multiple video and audio tracks are a definite disadvantage (but there are workarounds)
The version 2 series were probably the most versatile, you can find them here – http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/windows-movie-maker.html – but you’ll have problems installing the older versions on Windows 7.
Other free video editors are…
Wax – http://www.debugmode.com/wax/ – this is also a compositor – a bit like Adobe’s After Effects – – unlimited video and audio tracks
VideoLAN Movie Creator – http://videolan.org/vlmc/ – up to 64 audio and video tracks
TrakAxPC – http://www.trakax.com/software/pc/
VideoSpin – videospin.com/ – just 1 video track so you may as well use WMM
VideoPad – the free version – http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/
Lightworks – http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ – I like this one – unlimited tracks ?
Serif MoviePlus – http://serif.com/free-video-editing-software/ – unlimited tracks ?
Ezvid – http://ezvid.com/ – 32 video and audio tracks
VirtualDub, RAD Video tools, AVITricks and Avidemux are also good tools you should look at. Although not full editors like the others they have some useful features.
Lightworks and Wax together are a very good video editing system for free.
All are safe, at least from the sites I’ve linked to.
On the mac, Picasa from google.. that has a good video creation feature for youtube – even a quick upload to youtube
There’s no free option for Photoshop, but you can buy Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 that is chepper and has all functions you need:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MMMT6E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=acomprar-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005MMMT6E
The first few hours are a nightmare. There are so many levels of tools and effects it gets very confusing and frustrating. The last time I used a program this complex it came with a 600 page manual. I found the information in the help menu helpful but limited. Save yourself some brain cells, buy one of the how to manuals. I am finding the “Missing Manual” book very informative. Photoshop Elements 10: The Missing Manual Also find a print out of the key board short cuts. Once you understand the basics it starts to get easier.
Saving your work is confusing at first with all the options available to you. Let PS save the way it wants to, and never move a file from where PS thinks it is. The next time you try to open PS it will go fruit loops and spend the next five hours looking for it.
After a few days things start to make sense, and you start to figure out how things work. I am using PS on Windows 7, and a Mac also. Works just as well on both OS.
Once things start to congeal it is a very excellent program that will allow you to make beautiful pictures with which you can bore your friends!
You can buy Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MMMT6E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=acomprar-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005MMMT6E
Photoshop Elements 10: The Missing Manual:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449398502/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=acomprar-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1449398502