The top 3 professional movie making software for the PC may be DVD Slideshow Builder, Adobe Premiere Elements and Sony Vegas. These movie making programs are not free and cost too much. Here free movie making software will be introduced.
Slide Show Movie Maker- It is a free movie making software that can create an AVI-file from a series of .bmp or .jpg images. Images can have professional-looking fade-in and fade-out effects, plus attractive text overlays. This movie making software has a clean-looking interface which is logically laid out; you should become productive within just a few minutes of running it. Keep in mind that .avi files can become quite large and take a long time to render. However, Slide Show Maker lets you choose to save output using any one of your system's installed .avi codec, so the file size and generation time will vary depending upon which one you choose.
The Pros: A totally free movie making software from Germany. For friends first-time use movie maker, it provides a wizard to create your first video using this free movie making software. With only 3 steps, a SSMM (Slide Show Movie Maker) project is ready. And then you can Press F5 to start movie making. It's just so easy and without any cost.
The Cons: Too much texts on interface, not so user-friendly as Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder. Frankly, I have a little bit of scare of this kind of interface. It makes the settings too complicated. In addition, compare to Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder, the SSMM supports much less input image and video formats and the output could only be AVI format, using external video codec. At last, the movie preview is not convenient at all, which affects most the experience of movie making.
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Apple iMovie '08 - iMovie ’08 makes movie making as intuitive as enjoying your photos. A built-in library automatically organizes your home movies, so all the movies you’ve captured and movies you’ve created are just a click away. With its revolutionary interface of this free movie making software, iMovie makes it quick and easy to browse your library and create new movies. And iMovie is built for sharing. In just a few steps, you can add movies to your website, publish them on YouTube, and create versions for iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.
The Pros: iMovie is part of the new iLife '08 suite from Apple Cooperation. It's a free movie making software for iLife '08 buyers. Meanwhile, it's more like a movie management program. It use a library to collect all your home movies in local disk and from captured camcorder. Importing is easy and fast. With the help of Library, locating and using clips to make home movie is just a snap. In a word, the iMovie '08 create home movie together with easy-to-use transitions, titles and music in a super fast way. Instant polish in real time gives movie making loads of fun.
The Cons: iMovie '08 performs so different from its previous movie making software - iMovie '06. It isn't backward-compatible, which causes so many complaints from loyal users. Moreover, all visual effects are gone. The famous New York Times reviewer David Pogue stated, "iMovie ‘08 is an utter bafflement..." For the Windows users, the worst news is that iMovie '08 only works on Mac systems.
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WIndows Movie Maker 2 - This free movie making software is an XP-only download that gives you the tools to create, edit, and share home movies. Compile and edit a movie from video clips with drag-and-drop functionality. Add special effects, music, and narration with ease. Share your movie over the Web or master it to DVD media. You can also save your movie back to the DV tape in your camera.
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If you want to make home movie with much more stunning transition effects and Ken-Burns effects, access more customizable option, and most important, get more fun, try the best movie making software Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder. By paying reasonable price, you could create good looking home movie out of your digital photos and videos besides experiencing an interesting and exciting movie making journey.
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