I've successfully used Windows Live Movie Maker.  I've also used, and
have instructed others to use, Any Video Converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/ for
converting formats with great success.

*Allen Cohen*
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On 9/22/2011 7:09 PM, Drew Blanchard wrote:
> I'm a big fan of Premiere Elements.  I try to get the Premier
> Elements/Photoshop Elements bundle.  I received 3 Mac licenses for the
> combo, plus a media DVD, for about $70 each (both programs).  I know
> for a fact the Windows licenses are cheaper.  I quite like Premiere
> Elements, and find it an easy changeover from some of the older
> versions of iMovie.  The full version of Premiere is a completely
> different animal, much like Final Cut in its complexity.
>
> For the record, I don't like the newer versions of iMovie.  Not nearly
> as intuitive as the old iMovieHD.
>
> Jaycut's online editing app (Jaycut.com) continues to be glitchy, and
> not ready for prime time.
>
> Sony Vegas is great, but can be a bit intimidating.  Expensive if you
> go the Pro route, but I've used the free trial versions successfully
> and really liked the way it works.  Like Final Cut, though, it has
> lots of additional modules but can rapidly overwhelm.
>
> I hate to say it, but what about Movie Maker/Movie Maker Live?  I
> know, I know, and I hate them too, but you can't beat the price, and
> they tend to play well with lots of different cameras.
>
> And I rely on Freemake Video Converter for everything my computers and
> apps don't immediately like (e.g. the Flips).  Great (free) program!
>  Too bad it's Windows only.
>
> Drew
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Lucie deLaBruere
> <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1109%26L%3DSCHOOL-IT%26E%3D8bit%26P%3D3151517%26B%3D--------------000505090701060409050001%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>     Wondered if anyone has any experience with  implementing any of
>     the following video editing software on PC's in a school environment
>
>     Corel VideoStudio Express 2010
>
>     Corel VideoStudioŽ Pro
>
>     CyberLink PowerDirector
>
>     Adobe Premiere Elments
>
>     or anything else you can recommend (including online video
>     editting, if you think they will work)
>
>
>     ---- Our criteria is
>
>       * for something as intutitive to use as as (I-movie) but for the
>         PC  (target audience middle school students)
>       * something with templates or themes  that create an really nice
>         final product interface at the click of a button (like i-movie)
>       * something that will allow us to use Video taken by plethora of
>         Flip Video Cameras all over the school
>       * something that has some features such as splitting the
>         audio/video so that we replace parts of the video with still
>         images, yet keep the video, and possibly fade music tracks in
>         and out at certain points (unlike the new version of Movie
>         Maker)  -
>       * something that does NOT have SO MANY advanced features that it
>         requires hours of tutorials and tweaking of settings (unlike
>         Adobe Premier)
>       * something that an APPLE imovie user won't mind using on a PC
>       * something that might be volume-priced right so we could
>         purchase it for a 1:1 laptop project
>
>
>     Lucie deLaBruere
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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