Software to Edit/Cut/Join/etc.

[Heineken77]

Is there any good editing software that is easy for newbies to do all of the following:

-Cut out parts of video that not wanted

-Join files together

-Edit in a bunch of clips into a new video file if i'm interested in creating one

-will work with avi,mpeg,wmv and popular formats?

anything that can do all of this, and hell, if it's easy enough for a newbie to learn, then even more.....don't care if it's something like ulead etc....what would you guys recommend?

thank you!

[canadateck]

I see you are using XP, Try (Windows Movie Maker 2) Free.

[wwjd]

Keep in mind that Windows Movie Maker can not be un-installed once installed and it will probably require some fixes in order to keep it from crashing.

[canadateck]

Does it not come with XP?

[wwjd]

It did not when I purchased my system 2+ years ago.

[canadateck]

I know it comes with it,Not sure about 2 years ago. But I think version2 is an upgrade.

[canadateck]

Still a nice program to get started.

[edDV]

For WMM you want at least v2.
v2.1 is part of SP2.

Tell us what formats you want to edit and what you are willing to spent in $ and learning curve time for higher end programs.

[Abond]

You can try avidemux 2. Don't know if it has all the functionality.