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Karen

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I need help! Lol! My son is big into recording stop motion videos and also recording himself playing computer games and then he's uploading to his YouTube channel. After he records the screen of himself playing, he wants to edit the video. He just wants simple things like trimming, cutting, etc. But he also want to add intro animations, music, sounds effects and titles. Stuff like that. He has an app on in iPad called VideoShop that he loves. The problem is, that it's a pain to record on his laptop, then transfer the video files via dropbox to his iPad, edit and then transfer back to his laptop to post to YouTube. He can post to YouTube from his iPad, but that limits other things for him that he likes, like setting the thumbnail image.

So, long story short, he wants a simple video editor for his laptop. Any suggestions? I really need to be able to do a trial download too, so he can try it out and see if he likes it before I spend $50 on it. I downloaded one from CyberLink last night, but it was too complicated. It had too may options for him and then it didn't come with sound effects or any music clips.

Also... my son just turn 12 so all the file management stuff is a little overwhelming for him. He's doing it, but if he could do it all on his laptop, that would be SO much better!

Here's his YouTube channel if you want to take a peek. :)

One of his first stop motion videos:
 
my husband does video and music editing, I will ask him at lunch! What great fun he is going to have...this is big fun and you may check with summer programs in your area...they may have access for the BIG programs to learn
 
AnneofAlamo said:
my husband does video and music editing, I will ask him at lunch! What great fun he is going to have...this is big fun and you may check with summer programs in your area...they may have access for the BIG programs to learn
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Thanks Anne! That's a great idea to check into summer programs too! I will do that! Our community college is doing a series of 7 workshops on programming your own app, creating items in Minecraft and programming your own video games too. I know he'd love them, but they are all $175 EACH! Ouch! I'd love to have him do all of them, because this is where his interests lie right now and I could really see him doing this in the future... eek! :)
 
I'll ask my son tonight. He has a youtube channel of a lot the same stuff from when he was around that age. He had to have used something cheap and fairly simple because I have no memory of buying anything expensive for editing. The only thing I remember buying during that era was his Elgato game capture.
 
Windows or Mac?

Windows comes with a pretty simple editing program for free. I've used it, it's like movie maker or something? And it let's you move frames around, and combine movie files with a drag and drop type motion. I don't remember if it comes with music options.
 
If your Windows computer did not come with Movie Maker (mine didn't) you can download it free here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/movie-maker

It does have a menu for adding music and it links to places to find free music, but it doesn't have any built in. He'd have to find and download his own sound effects and treat them like very short music as well.
 
My 12 year old daughter has gotten into video-blogging this year, and for even longer she has enjoyed editing together videos I made with my DSLR. Last year she made annual compilations of videos for the last several years! It's like she got my passion for recording life, but she prefers video over photos.

I've offered to look into video editing software for her, but she still just wants to use iMovie so far.
 
I'm no help, but my 8yr old is really into making videos right now too. His are Thomas the Tank Engine stuff. He took a stop motion class at Steve & Kate's Summer Camp.
 
scrapsandsass said:
I'll have to keep an eye on this thread. I think I'm going to have to learn some of this. Kennedy *really* wants to have his own YouTube channel and make videos. He's 6. :giggle
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Seriously. Matthew recorded a YouTube video the other day. I added it to YouTube, as a private video for PL. He's 6 too. Apparently, we watch too much YouTube in my house.
 
michelepixels said:
My 12 year old daughter has gotten into video-blogging this year, and for even longer she has enjoyed editing together videos I made with my DSLR. Last year she made annual compilations of videos for the last several years! It's like she got my passion for recording life, but she prefers video over photos.

I've offered to look into video editing software for her, but she still just wants to use iMovie so far.
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Can you put two videos together in iMovie from different sources? I am looking into screen capturing software for capturing steps while working in my Silhouette software and then maybe process video from iPhone or DSLR about how I put layouts together. So I need to be able to combine the two.
 
Thanks for the ideas everyone! He has a PC laptop, so I'll have him check out Movie Maker.
 
KatrinaHunt13 said:
Do you mean iMovie? I have a Mac! LOL
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Ugh! so sorry, i didn't read your post thoroughly. I'm 95% sure iMovie does too. I've watched quite a few silhouette tutorials where they mention in passing that they use iMovie, and they've shown both screenshots and video.
 
mrspotts said:
Ugh! so sorry, i didn't read your post thoroughly. I'm 95% sure iMovie does too. I've watched quite a few silhouette tutorials where they mention in passing that they use iMovie, and they've shown both screenshots and video.
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Thanks!!!!! I have no idea if I am actually going to attempt it but some people might want to see a hybrid process from silhouette on!
 
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