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Free Video Tools - Free Video Software - Free Video Editing
Free video editing software and tools, free web and graphic creation programs, free multimedia content, free video and free digital images, program demos and other stuff to make it easier to view, produce and create your own Internet videos.
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Free Internet Video Viewers - the programs you need to cruise the Internet and watch the various flavors of Internet movies and animations
Want to get started in video editing but don't want to spend a lot of money? Here's a guide to some of the best deals in video editing - free video editing programs and applications more
More free Video editing programs
Free Web Video Creation & Server Solutions
Free Video & Still Image Capture Programs
Free Animation Tools
Page Two Free Stuff
Free Audio editing programs (Free Sound and Audio Effects)
Free Graphics editing programs
Free Web Authoring Programs
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Free WebCam and VideoConferencing Programs
Free Internet, Video and Computer Utilities
Free Web Browsers
MultiMedia Clips and Graphics on the Web
Free QuickTime and Apple Video Tools
Other Free Cool Stuff
Links to collections of more free stuff
Free Filmmaking Software - from FilmAnchor.com
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YouTube is the most popular site to visit for viewing online videos, sharing your favorite videos with people and commenting on videos you like. Here is a GREAT collection of several YouTube third party tools which enhance your YouTube experience.
What do you need to Watch Internet Video?
All About DivX
Web Sites that will host your movies for free or for cheap
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Free Filmmaking Software - from FilmAnchor.com
Internet Video Viewers:
www.real.com
Real Video Player. You need to navigate through several pages to find and download the free Real Player8 Basic. It is not easy to find the free stuff but it is there.
Free QuickTime Player from Apple. You can also upgrade to professional paid versions of the QuickTime Player.
DivX Player - Info and Download - DivX probalby offers the highest quality video experience you can get.
You need this to view many of the Flash animations found on the web.
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Microsoft Windows Media player
Microsoft' s- everything you need to know about Windows Media 9
Windows Media Player for Windows XP
For home users and professionals with Windows Media Player for Windows XP.
Enterprise Deployment Pack for Windows Media Player
Enterprise Deployment Pack enables organizations to centrally manage Windows Media Player 7.1 deployments.
Windows Media Player for Windows 95 and Windows NT
For users and organizations supporting Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.
Windows Media Player for Mac
For the millions of Mac users with full support who want to view Windows media files.
Windows Media Player for Mac OS X
A new media player designed for Apple's newest operating system.
Windows MovieMaker - Microsoft's free video editing system is available for computers running Windows ME and Windows XP. MovieMaker 2 is a very interesting and powerful program but is only available for those running Windows XP. more
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Other Players and Viewers
Media Player Classic - Play media files with this stripped-down media player, reminiscent of early versions of Windows Media Player. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,65456/description.html?tk=nl_picks
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MPEG4 Viewer from Envivo - download the EnvivioTV player in plug-in format for both QuickTime and the RealNetworks player. It is the first fully ISO MPEG-4 compliant player providing not only the ability to playback mixed media content with full digital rights protection and management, combining high quality video and audio as well as graphics, text, animation and interaction with broadcast content, but also offering maximum interoperability between MPEG-4 solutions from different manufacturers.
Why MPEG-4? Many people view MPEG-4 simply as MPEG-2 with double the compression. This is partly true but MPEG-4 brings much more than improved compression. MPEG-4 is a complete "architecture" or system that enables broadcasters to deploy a complete, scaleable solution.
MPEG-4 provides not only the description for coding audio and video (as its predecessors MPEG-1 and MPEG-2), but also for coding images, animations, interactivity, protecting content, and distributing content on various transport channels-such as an MPEG-2 transport stream for digital broadcast, or as an IP (Internet Protocol) network for broadband streaming.
DivX
DivX Viewer - DivX is quickly becoming a popular codec for encoding large video files for downloading over the Internet. The DivX video software is used by 70 million users worldwide. This version includes all the playback and encoding functionality necessary to watch and create DivX videos. And what's more, it's completely free for download! Versions are available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh.
You might also check out the new Divx Showshifter software that converts your PC into be the ultimate home entertainment manager: It works with a wide range of Video capture and TV tuner cards. Check it out - it converts your computer into a personal video recorder without having to buy a bunch of new hardware. more about DivX
VidBox began as a humble piece of software and has slowly been developed into a very unique and stylish Mpg video player, if you have a folder full of Mpg's VidBox is what you are looking for! Easy switching between Normal and Full screen View, Artificial Widescreen, Video loop allows continuous play back of a single file. PlayAll function will play all the videos in the list box and then repeat. TrackBar Control for easy management of play back volume. Fullscreen keyboard control, frame advance and other common controls.
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EO Video is an advanced media player, converter and joiner. It supports all major video, audio and bitmap formats. You can create a playlist of many different video, audio and bitmap formats. All major formats are supported:
- AVI (divx, indeo, mp4,...)
- MPEG
- Apple QuickTime
- Real Media G2
- WindowsMedia
- JPEG, GIF, TIF, - MP3....
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Free Video Editing Programs
Pinnacle VideoSpin is a fun, easy and FREE way to make simple video movies from your digital video files. VideoSpin is a fully functional gadget which lets you:
Mix videos, photos and music together
Add Titles and Transitions
Upload to the web in a snap!
Do it all for FREE!
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Audacity - All-purpose audio editor lets you record, play, and edit digital files. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22513/description.html?tk=nl_picks
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MediaCoder - Convert files between many media formats. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,65453/description.html?tk=nl_picks
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HandBrake - Easily grab and convert video and audio from a variety of different sources. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,65462/description.html?tk=nl_picks
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Movavi free online video conversion service.
Web-based service lets users convert videos to run on cellphones, iPods, websites, vlogs; bloggers, designers can plug converter into any Web site, social networking pages.
Movavi Online is a free web-based service that enables users to convert video from one format to another - for sharing, podcasting, cellphones, iPods, and more. Movavi Online supports the advanced H.264 format used by Apple's new iPhone. The new service, available at http://online.movavi.com, generates video files specifically tuned for viewing in email, on mobile devices, for video blogging (vlogging) and video podcasting, and more. more
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If you are looking for an affordable (almost free) and easy way to add video to your ir Web site, CoffeeCup Web Video Player 4.7 makes it simple to convert digital movie files (MPG, AVI, MOV or FLV formats) to Flash for publishing on a Web site. You can select between various player sizes and designs It enables you to create playlists if you have multiple movies you want displayed. The CoffeeCup Web Video Player also includes a preview tool so you can see what the final version will look like before uploading to your site.
CoffeeCup Web Video Player 4.7 - 21-day day trial period; $39 to register.
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Are your video files just too big? Need to put them on a diet so that you can email them, stick them on your video phone or iPOD, or just share them more easily? If so, check out this new FREE program from Buzz 3D Software. We haven't tried it, but they say their new Buzz 3D Media Converter will squeeze your original video content down by as much as 90%. Download it, try it out and tell us how good it is... ping us at editor AT internetvideomag.com
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The two best video programs for video editing are probably already on your computer. I am referring to MovieMaker for Windows XP and iMovie for Macintosh computers. Both of these programs are easy to learn and master with tons of great books and tutorials available (see book reviews). In addition, these programs provide all the features, effects and titles you need to start creating your own personal movies that look and sound great.
Microsoft Windows MovieMaker - Microsoft's free video editing system is available for computers running Windows XP. MovieMaker is a very interesting, easy to learn and powerful video editing program but is only available for those running Windows XP. more
If you are using a Mac, then check out the Apple iMovie, iDVD & QuickTime Page
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More free video editing programs
AVIedit is a great tool to work with .AVI files. AVIedit allows you to join and split avi files, extract frames and do whatever you want... You can capture video by number of ways, including one-frame-per-minute (web camera) option, workaround annoying 2 Gb file size limit, send your videos to printer, heavy compress it and post to your webpage. You can change frame rate, duration, frame size, color depth of your videos and other properties, even without recompression and without loss of video quality. AVIedit allows you to convert avi clips to bmp and bmp to avi, animated GIFs etc.Regardless of small executable size, this avi editor offers you unlimited power of digital video processing. Some high-tech tricks included into AVIedit allows you to perform with ease and fun the many interesting things, like video warping, color restore, noise reduction and so on.
WOW - Free video editing software and web hosting from JVC
Adobe Premiere DEMO - Edit footage and add special effects with the industry standard of video editing software.
AVID Free DV is a free, DV-only version of its award-winning video editing software. Planned for both Macintosh OS X and Windows XP platforms, that enables anyone to step into the Avid product family and to learn the industry-standard interface and toolset used by more professionals than any other video editing solution. more
AIST MediaLab MovieXone is a free downloadable video editing tool for editing, animation, audio and titling. All this is available as a free download.
DDClipPro is a professional, non-linear, non-destructive, multitrack, real-time audio and video editor for Windows. It allows you to process and mix up to 32 high-quality audio tracks (24 bit/96 kHz is available) with real-time audio effects (including any DirectX plug-ins) on PC with any Windows-compatible sound card. DDClip Pro is especially effective for scoring video clips, creating audio commercials, synchronizing voice with music and mixing audio tracks with use of real-time audio effects on audio clips, tracks and entire mix of project. DDClip Pro is very useful for recording, processing and mixing music on PC.
EO Video is an advanced media player, converter and joiner. It supports all major video, audio and bitmap formats. EO Video user interface was designed for easy and intuitive use. With EO Video you can convert and compress video, audio and bitmaps to any AVI and MPEG formats and combine fully matched AVI and MPEG clips. You can create a playlist of many different video, audio and bitmap formats. All major formats are supported:
- AVI (divx, indeo, mp4,...)
- MPEG
- Apple QuickTime
- Real Media G2
- WindowsMedia
- JPEG, GIF, TIF, - MP3....
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InterVideo Offers Free Multimedia Software Suite for Download - For a limited time, InterVideo is offering a free download of MediaOne SE at www.intervideo.com. InterVideo MediaOne SE is the ideal solution for anyone who wants a powerful media suite in one package. This broad digital media suite allows users to perform several multimedia tasks including photo management, editing/authoring home videos to CD, creating music CDs and burning compilations and slideshows to CD for playback on a PC or on a consumer player as a VCD. more
Personal AVI Editor v1.57 - Edit and capture video from any Windows-supported video capture card.
muvee AutoProducer - an amazing program that automatically combines your video footage with selected music tracks to create edited videos in a variety of styles, complete with effects, transitions, slo-mo; etc. It really works. Free downloadable TRIAL version has muvee logo across final screen. more
www.screenblast.com - Sponsored by Sony Entertainment and Sony Consumer Products, this is a great site geared towards the neophyte video producer. You can use pre-made clips from various Sony TV shows to create your own productions. You can also download semi-professional programs like Screenblast Acid, a loop based audio editing tool; Screenblast Image Editor for editing and transforming still and digital images; VideoFactory for editing and creating video productions; and SoundForge, a powerful digital sound processing and editing tool. You can also download a bunch of video clips and sound effects to use in your own productions. Finally, this site enables you to upload and host your final video productions. Sony provides up to 50 MB of storage space for your masterpiece.
Ulead VideoStudio TRIAL VERSION - Edit and add special effects to your videos with the latest version of this tool.
AVI/MPEG/RM Joiner v2.10 - Join AVI, MPEG, and Real Media files in one non-stop movie.
EditStudio v3.0.16 - Edit your digital video movies and apply effects using a standard Windows interface.
VideoMach is a powerful audio/video builder and converter tha tyou can use to create video clips from still images, enhance recorded material or convert video, audio and image files between popular media formats such as mpeg, avi, divx, flc, jpeg, png, tif, gif, bmp and more. It can reads and write standard Linux and UN*X image formats (xpm, pnm, sgi, ras and more; supports most popular audio formats (mp3, mp2, ogg, wav, ac3; Imports the output of high-speed imagers and time-lapse cameras (bayer, cine). VideoMach can convert image sequences to video files; join video and audio clips to a single file; rotate, resize and crop videos to the desired size; extract images and audio from a media clip; and change video and audio codec, data rate, resolution, aspect ratio and quality of a media clip. You can also speed up or slow down video, or a part of it, add industry-standard video filters and functions like Brightness, Contrast, Gamma Correction, Deinterlace, Mirror, Motion Blur, Fade In/Out, White Balance, Sharpen, Emboss and many more
Additional capabilities include:
World's fastest image sequence detection, more than 50,000 images per second
Professional-quality MPEG, AVI and Bayer readers, video is decoded at highest quality unlike in most media players
Fastest software MPEG encoder, more then 120 frames per second
Can read or write very large MPEG files, up to million terabytes
Creates industry standard VideoCD MPEGs by NTSC and PAL / SECAM video specs
Connects to both Video For Windows (VFW) and DirectShow (DS) interfaces ensuring support for vaste number of AVI codecs / subformats
Easy to navigate but powerful AVI output video / audio codecs selection dialog
Integrated media player
Works on Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP as well as all modern Linux distributions with Wine installed
Fast, compact and reliable installer with built-in anti-virus check
Zwei-Stein - this free downloadable video editing program has been around around for a long while and can be found on most freeware and shareware sites. Check www.tucows.com or go to the web site at http://www.zs4.net. Zwei-Stein is a freeware non-linear, non-destructive video compositing and editing system which offers many advanced features unavailable elsewhere. With Zwei-Stein you can edit up to 256 video, audio and still image clips, each with up to 64 effects chained serially. Cropping, panning and custom effects are easy with automatic key frames.
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Free Web Video Creation, Compression and Server Solutions
Movavi Online, http://online.movavi.com, is a web-based service that enables users to download and convert video from one format to another - for sharing, podcasting, cellphones, iPods, and more - for free. Where the first version of Movavi Online gave users the ability to upload video stored on a PC, the service upgrade now also enables users to download video from YouTube, Google, MySpace, MetaCafe and other video-sharing sites. Also, users are now able to download and watch Flash videos, convert video from the Internet to AVI, MP4, MPG, 3GP and other formats for use with iPod, iPhone, PSP, cellphone and other devices, and merge several videos into one large movie. more
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Vidiac Live is the first true live streaming service offered for free. Based on Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Technology, Vidiac is able to provide vastly improved picture resolution, quality and frame rate over typical webcam software. more
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Free Internet Broadcasting Software and Tools Enable Independent Video for the Information Age - by Dave Childers of www.scvi.net
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Real Video Helix Producer-
Helix Producer converts live and/or existing audio and video files into RealMedia files, ready for delivery on the Internet or corporate intranet. FREE. For an extra $200, you can get Helix Producer Plus that provides enhanced quality, flexibility and productivity capabilities.
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Check out Unreal media server - a non-commercial media delivery system for Windows platforms, similar in performance to MMS, supports all file types. TechTV channel had a program about it at November 13 2003. Both media files (VOD) and live media streams are supported. No need to re-encode your existing media files! We stream AVI, MPEG (MPEG-1), WMV, MP3, QuickTime, and any other format supported by Microsoft DirectX. Live media sources include: digital cameras, microphones, analog video sources (analog camera, TV-DVD-VHS) connected to Video card or to FrameGrabber card that supports DirectShow interface. Live video content is compressed with MPEG- 4 codec in real time; MP3 or GSM formats are used for live audio compression.
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Check out Flash AV Player. The Flash AV Player is a very cool, skinable Flash application for both Mac and Windows that can stream folders of MP3, SWF files & JPEG files by loading all necessary playlist information from an XML file. It is made to broadcast any media content : from an MP3 file to a QuickTtime movie. This is a great way to package your videos for the web. Click on the AV Players to see the various samples. The Concorde and Read My Lips videos are great.
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Free Video and Still Image capture programs
Share Video Captures and Huge Files for Free - Two terrific tools: Jing gives you smart, painless video and screen captures; TransferBigFiles lets you share files of up to 1GB in size....
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134932/article.html?tk=nl_sbxcol
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HandBrake - Easily grab and convert video and audio from a variety of different sources. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,65462/description.html?tk=nl_picks
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Movavi free online video conversion service.
Web-based service lets users convert videos to run on cellphones, iPods, websites, vlogs; bloggers, designers can plug converter into any Web site, social networking pages.
Movavi Online is a free web-based service that enables users to convert video from one format to another - for sharing, podcasting, cellphones, iPods, and more. Movavi Online supports the advanced H.264 format used by Apple's new iPhone. The new service, available at http://online.movavi.com, generates video files specifically tuned for viewing in email, on mobile devices, for video blogging (vlogging) and video podcasting, and more. more
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If you want to capture video from YouTube - you should check out DVDVideoSoft.com and Vixy.net.
DVDVideoSoft. com - free program for downloading and & converting YouTube videos (*.flv) to iPod, PSP & mobile phones MP4 video
Vixy.net
allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online. It is using a compressed domain transcoder technology (outline in Japanese). It converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and less lossy than a typical transcoder.
When you submit an url, it will download and convert to the video format. Then you can download the converted file.
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Also read this article - 2 Cool Tools For Online Video
Unless you live under a rock, you know by now that online video represents the hottest thing to hit the Internet since the invention of the modem.
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Check out Virtual VCR - a small, free and versatile DirectShow video capture application designed to work with TV tuner and video capture cards that have WDM drivers
Capture Studio Professional v4.01 - Capture Studio Professional is a basic video and still image capture utility for use with your TV capture card or Web cam. Built-in features include time-lapse image capture, video compression, and diagnostic tools. It's compatible with all VDW, WDM capture drivers, and you can save individual frames from an AVI file as JPG, GIF or BMP. Capture Studio Professional also supports the DivX Codec, which you can download separately. Download from PC World.
CapTV is a capture control program that resides in your task bar. At the run time is mostly present as single window (no fancy controls or rounded corners :) with all possible functions accessible via mouse menu. Highly customizable mouse response, gives maximum control over the capture preview and capture its self. Included features:
Capture to AVI using any installed video codec.
Capture to clipboard.
Capture BMP/JPG sequence.
Runtime Image selection (Image Grid)
Full screen view up to 1600x1200 resolution.
Breaks the 2GB AVI limitation (by auto file split).
Multiple Capture device selection. (if more than one present)
Multiple Timed Capture just like a VCR!
TV Channel select (for BT848/78 TV boards or any TV board with drivers that offers standard intermediate DLL for TV control)
ASF Recorder - Capture Windows Media audio and video streams and view them offline
.SnapStream PVS v2.0 - Digitally record and watch TV video on your PC, or over any network.
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Free Animation Tools
Alias|Wavefront is announcing a free version of their Maya program. Called the Maya Personal Learning Edition, it grants anyone with the desire to learn more about Maya, or 3D computer graphics in general, a seat of Maya for non-commercial use - registration renewable yearly.** Those using the Personal Learning Edition will have unrestricted access to the full feature set of Maya Complete including NURBS modeling, animation, inverse kinematics, Maya Artisan, Maya Paint Effects, particles, dynamics and Maya’s advanced rendering capabilities. The Maya Personal Learning Edition restricts users to non-commercial applications through the display of a watermark on images as well as through the use of a special non-commercial file format. Maya Personal Learning Edition cannot be used with industry-standard plug-ins. Available in February