Editing Video - Panasonic DMC-G3 (1 Viewer)

Hobbes2

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• Feb 10, 2012

• #1

I wasn't sure where to post this so I hope this is ok....

Having owned the G3 for 5 months, I have just used the movie/video mode. I'm really impressed with the reach! It's enormous! However, I have no idea now how to edit the footage. Is there a simple programme I can download which enables me to cut off/out the sections I don't want?

Many thanks
Hobbes

 

njlarsen

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• Feb 10, 2012

• #2

I think there was something included in the CDs for my GH2 (as part of the Pana package) -- I never installed so I know nothing more. I generally only edit my photos

Niels

 

Mono

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• Feb 10, 2012

• #3

If you have a Windows PC it comes with Windows Moviemaker. It can be a bit picky over file formats but will do basic editing tasks. A good domestic program is Adobe Premeire Elements. I have yet the find a freeware/open source program that yields good results and is eay to use.

 

Hobbes2

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• Feb 11, 2012

• #4

Thank you for your replies, Niels and Mono. Much appreciated. The file formate I'm using from the camera is QuickTime *.MOV. Unfortunately, that's not supported by the standard Windows PC Movie Maker software, which is rather annoying. I'll have to do a bit more searching....
thanks
Hobbes

 

Andrew Rowlands

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• Feb 11, 2012

• #5

Gizmo's best free video editor page.

 

Hobbes2

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• Feb 12, 2012

• #6

Andrew Rowlands said:

Gizmo's best free video editor page.

Click to expand...

Thanks Andrew. I downloaded the Avidemux s/w from that link and was able to eventually cut the back-end and front-end of the video footage. Saving it was a nightmare - the s/w doesn't automatically add the .mpeg or .avi etc suffix. So, I managed to save it as a *.avi clip. It still isn't capatible with Windows moveimaker so can't fiddle with it in there. In order to upload the file online I now need to work out how to reduce its size. After doing a bit of reading, I see I need to convert it from *.avi to *.wmv but finding a converter that's safe and free is proving tricky.

....Hobbes

 

Andrew Rowlands

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• Feb 12, 2012

• #7

Best Free Audio-Video Format Conversion Program, again from gizmo's.