video editing - I really screwed up - help!

[thresher]

Ok - long story short, I lied. I told my boss I could edit video when really l have very little editing experience I just didn't want them to take away my new (and righteous) pc that they were a day away from giving to another schmuck. So, I volunteered to do some one camera video editing. It's nothing tough, but I have no software (lied about that too) and now I need something easy to work with. I am not making Star Wars, just an in-office training video. HELP!? Thanks. Yours humbly and stupidly.
Thresh

[Burzhui]

ok get adobe premiere elements. It's just on the go learning very simple. I made a really cool video 2 hour video, of my trip to canada, with intros music overlays, effects, and then authered it to a DVD with chapters and menues and everything, without any editing expirience.

Do it man, you can do it!!!!

[InfiniteNothing]

Doesn't windows come with a rudimentary movie editor.

[zero2dash]

XP has...Movie Maker I think it's called?
You can probably download a demo of Premiere Elements; if Movie Maker doesn't work for you, maybe try that and see if that helps (and buy the full version if it won't let you save the movie or burn it or something; sometimes with demos (obviously) they remove features like saving/printing, etc).

There might be something out there open-source wise; I'd even check on that.

[Kevster]

ok get adobe premiere elements. It's just on the go learning very simple. I made a really cool video 2 hour video, of my trip to canada, with intros music overlays, effects, and then authered it to a DVD with chapters and menues and everything, without any editing expirience.

Do it man, you can do it!!!!

:stupid:

If you're doing a training video, definitely go this route if you can. I use other freeware/shareware programs for editing TV shows (deleting commercials) and then converting them for DVD burning. They are somewhat limited in what you can do and if you're looking for a nice, shiny training video, go with the Adobe solution. If you want I can add some links for the programs I use.

[ialsohaveadream]

:stupid: (meaning Burz and Kevster)

I got my degree in video production, and we used Premiere in some edit bays. Premiere's full studio program is really nice, and from what I've heard, Premiere Elements is to Premiere what Photoshop Elements is to Photoshop. In other words, unless you're a top-of-the-line editor, Elements should be just the thing you're looking for.

[thresher]

Thanks so much guys. I was hoping you'd help out in a pinch and I am not disappointed! Kevster, I would really appreciate those links, Thanks. I am getting the adobe fix tonight after work.
Best to all -
Thresh