Well, I'm not a complete newbie...

[Cheekie_Moonkie]

As I have just said (in the subject), I am not a complete newbie. I used to play VCDs on my PC but now I have a proper DVD player (Christmas present) that can play VCD/SVCD/MP3 etc. etc.
Therefore, that now gives me even more reason to experiment with VCDs. I have limited experience with creating VCDs. I've got about as far as authoring one with a menu, subtitles and transitions, so I know a bit about VCD structure.
Anyway, as Christmas is nearly over I want to put the Christmas video footage from my camcorder to a VCD. That is not a problem as I have a capture card. I have already encoded the VCD compliant .mpg and it is now waiting to be burnt onto CD.
However, as a final touch I want to put a bit of an intro movie at the beginning of my creation. Possibly something with scrolling text, a bit of music and a few screenshots from the movie, all tied together with some pretty transitions. However, I have no clue how I would go about doing this.
I am able to take the screenshots, and create a few background images using software like Paint Shop, but I need some software that will allow me to tie it all together with scrolling text, moving images, music and transitions as a 10 - 30second .AVI/.MPG
I have seen some software that ‘sort of’ offers what I want on this website, but I am looking for something a bit more simple. I have the idea of something with a timeline, which will allow me to add text, insert transitions, scroll pictures etc.

Price isn't a real issue but a demo would be nice. Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance...

[Tommyknocker]

Try Ulead Video Studio demo. It does all that and is relatively simple to use.

[kitty]

Several products would fit the bill. Form ulead there is VideoStudio 6 or for simple stuff DVD Moviefactory (that does VCD also) with demo versions www.ulead.com . Pinnacle Studio is good also www.pinnaclesys.com .

If you have a WinXP machine Windows MovieMaker 2 beta can do alot more than its predecessor and is free.

For logos etc. the site below has some good stuff for intros.