Post-Friday Freebie: Wax - Free Digital Video Editing
Okay… I wanted to post this Friday, but things just didn’t work out.
Wax - FREE Video Editing/Compositing Software
In case you hadn’t noticed… “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Well, if it didn’t kill them, it definitely wounded them. The market on digital camcorders and home video production software is crazy. But it’s definitely not an inexpensive hobby. I recently bought a nice new digital camcorder under the guise of using it for our soon-to-be new baby and it cost me just under $450 dollars with shipping and handling. (Canon’s new Elura 65 is a sweet deal for amateur video makers by the way. Microphone in, 1.2 mb ccd for crystal clear video.)
Now… that’s all well and good, but then you have to factor in the cost of all the other stuff you need to really do video editing: video tapes (mini dv 8 pack is just under $30 at Sam’s Club), head cleaner, backup battery, DVD+R drive for burning videos to disc, tripod, video capture hardware, etc. And of course, Video Editing Software.
Fortunately… Debug Mode has been nice enough to provide Wax video editing software for FREE! And it’s actually pretty good at what it does. It even offers compositing for special effects - a nice addition for a free product - including 3D effect compositing.
Pros: free video editing with compositing! (that’s pretty amazing in itself) and you can even use it as a plug-in to other NLE video editing software like Vegas, Adobe, etc.
Cons: I couldn’t find any capture utility, AVI encoding is not as clear as - say Pinnacle Studio’s AVI encoder, user interface is not the most intuitive.
Still… it’s FREE! And it actually does a pretty good job. Of course, there’s no customer support. But then, I use Pinnacle Studio Plus and their support is pretty much non-existent too. So, you’re not losing much.
