Category: Graphics and Design

Video Editing and Animation creation on the PC need not be costly. There are several free programs on the internet that allows for the making and editing of videos and animation. Below I will list 3 of them:

Blender for 3D animation

This program is pretty cool. It is a very comprehensive 3D modelling and animation system.

Blender3d can be downloaded from www.blender3d.com. The software comes in versions for many platforms including Windows, Mac and Linux.

Wax for Non-linear video editing
Another cool program. You will need this for non-linear video editing. This program is much more powerful that the Movie maker that comes with Windows. It can handle video compositing and special effect creations.

Searching high and low through the internet, I think Wax is one of the very few video editor that is really usable enough for serious editing work. This program can accept avi and wav files. You can get Wax from http://www.debugmode.com/wax/.

Audacity sound editor

Well, this one is quite popular. It is widely used for the recording and editing of sound.

Audacity is a open source program. It can do the following tasks: Convert tapes into digital recordings or CDs Edit sound files such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis and WAV Record live audio. Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together. Change the speed or pitch of a recording. Audacity can be downloaded from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.

Well, these are three of the essential free programs for video, sound and animation editing. I hope that the article is useful.