Having recently had to quickly produce a short video clip of a musical show I had videoed I thought it would be useful to explain how to quickly edit Video from Canon 5DII/7D/60D/600D using Windows Movie Maker by outlining my workflow in five easy steps.
1) Copy images and video from memory card to PC
2) Process the Canon MOV files to AVI files using Neoscene software. This allows the files to be edited in Windows Movie Maker.
3) Import AVI video clips into Windows Movie Maker and cut/add transitions as required. My clips needed very little cutting and transitions can be added quickly.
4) Save Movie Maker project and publish as AVI or WMV.
5) Upload to YouTube or Vimeo.
The video I edited of Stage Theatre Society production of Our House is here
So in these 5 easy steps I have taken the raw video files from the Canon DSLR camera (5D2/7D/60D/550D/600D) and edited them together to create a final movie. This whole process took under 30 minutes so clearly there wasn't a massive amount of editing done but it shows what can be done easily using free video editing software. The new Windows Movie Maker Live software also allows direct publishing to YouTube or Facebook.
By using the Cineform Neoscene software the highly compressed MOV files produced by the Canon 5DII are converted to AVI format which is more easily editable and avoids the problems of jerky video playback that can be experienced on the Canon 600D files when in the native MOV file.
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My video from Canon 60D Plays Jerky on my PC /How to Play Canon 60D Video Smoothly on Computer
My video from Canon 60D won't play on my PC /How to Play Canon 60D Video on Computer/Smooth Playback from Canon 60D?
A common question about the MOV video files that are produced from the Canon 60D cameras is how to play them smoothly on a PC as they can be very choppy/jerky when played as the MOV format. The files are in the H264 compression format and to play Canon 60D video smoothly you need a very high end PC with fast graphics card and plenty of RAM. My PC has Quad core processor, 8Gb RAM and ATI Sapphire HD 4850 512Mb graphics and generally will play smoothly as long as other processes are not running
Even if you have a very high spec PC the playback can still be jerky and not smooth. The best way that I have found to play Canon 60D video smoothly is to use some software called Cineform Neoscene. This will convert the MOV files which are highly compressed into a more usable AVI format that your PC can play easily.
You can get a free trial of the Neoscene software from the Cineform website and to purchase is around £70. This may seem a lot of money but remember that with this software you can then edit the video on your PC using Windows Movie Maker without having to purchase any further software and also without buying a new high spec PC.
A common question about the MOV video files that are produced from the Canon 60D cameras is how to play them smoothly on a PC as they can be very choppy/jerky when played as the MOV format. The files are in the H264 compression format and to play Canon 60D video smoothly you need a very high end PC with fast graphics card and plenty of RAM. My PC has Quad core processor, 8Gb RAM and ATI Sapphire HD 4850 512Mb graphics and generally will play smoothly as long as other processes are not running
Even if you have a very high spec PC the playback can still be jerky and not smooth. The best way that I have found to play Canon 60D video smoothly is to use some software called Cineform Neoscene. This will convert the MOV files which are highly compressed into a more usable AVI format that your PC can play easily.
You can get a free trial of the Neoscene software from the Cineform website and to purchase is around £70. This may seem a lot of money but remember that with this software you can then edit the video on your PC using Windows Movie Maker without having to purchase any further software and also without buying a new high spec PC.
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