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Do you want free software trial versions?

Free software trial versions are a way of giving you a download of commercial software to entice you into purchasing the full version.

For video editing software, there are many tools out there which follow this approach. Free software trial versions usually fall into a couple of different types:

Full functioned software which will work for a short period of time (but generally adds a watermark or something similar to output)
Hobbled versions which work without watermarks but have certain key functionality removed

The idea in both cases is to allow you enough freedom to use the software, see how it works and decide whether you wish to shell out your hard earned coin on the complete version.

This page will identify free software trial versions if you wish to download these.

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"The Big Guns"

Adobe Premier - It's one of the best, it works on Mac and PC. It's very Adobe premier pro

expensive.

The download is full functioned and lasts 30 days with a watermark through output. It's my tool of choice!
Click here to go to download page (requires registration)

Sony Vegas pro

Sony Vegas - It ranks up there with Adobe and Apple, but isn't quite as widespread. the full featured version costs around $550 but you can get a basic version for $75.
Click here to go to the download page

The "Smaller ones"

Nero - A market leader in audio and video management tools Nero 8 Ultra edition

The Nero suite is admired as a comprehensive and versatile suite of tools for managing, burning, recoding and manipulating audio and video data. The latest version, nero 8, has recently been released and you can try it free for 15 days before purchase. The trial version is fully functional except that BDAV authoring and playback as well as AVCHD and MPEG-4 formats are not supported. The full version costs £49.99 as a download ($64)
Click here to download the Nero trial version (requires registration)

Corel- Well known for their picture editing tools, they also have great video tools Corel Video stuio 11

. They own the Ulead range of products

Ideal for video hobbyists and YouTube enthusiasts, VideoStudio 11 lets you easily produce professional-looking videos and slide shows right on your own PC. For beginners, it includes handy Wizards that help you automatically capture footage, polish videos in minutes and create DVDs, complete with menus, titles, transitions and music. For more video-editing power, VideoStudio 11.5 Plus features new creative tools and full high-definition support, including Blu-ray Disc, AVCHD and HD DVD. The full version costs £49 as a download ($64)
Click here to download Video Studio 11.5 (requires registration)

Avs4You - A complete suite of editing tools

The downloads are fully functional, non expiring but have a watermark. If you want to get rid of the watermark you can click to register and pay a 1 year or unlimited regstration fee
Click here to go to download page (requires registration)

ScreenVirtuoso Pro - Screen capture software

Strictly speaking this isn't an editing tool, but it is shareware and it does deal with video, so I'm letting it in under the wire. It's a tool that allows you to capture the screen as you are working on it if you want to make video tutorials. The normal version will only save .AVI files (so you'll need a converter if you want to send this to Flash video (.flv)), but the Pro version saves Flash video, MPEG and WMV. The trial version is completely free, lasts for ever, but puts an ugly "Unregistered ScreenVirtuoso" logo right in the middle of all the movies you make. And I mean right in the middle! Standard version costs $19.95, Pro version costs $39
Click here to go to the download page

Blaze Media Pro - Conversion, editing and audio software

This is a real find of a software. For a mere $50 it will give you audio and video conversions, audio CD ripping, video construction, video decompiling, audio editor and recording, audio and data CD burning, video CD (VCD and SVCD) burner, video DVD burner, video editor and movie editor (AVI, MPEG, WMV, etc.), MPEG encoder and decoder, the ability to convert (record) MIDI to MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG, convert DVD audio to MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG, DVD ripping, batch video processing (over 30 supported processing operations), video capture, AVI MPEG WMV video joiner, video compressor, media management, audio and video playback (including full playlist support), and much more! Blaze Media Pro features a complete and powerful digital video editor as well for AVI, MPG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2), WMV, and ASF formats. The video editor allows you to edit, delete frames, delete selection, add audio to video files or replace existing audio in video files, and trim any desired portion of your video and audio content. You can add movie editing effects and titles, make color adjustments, export frames or audio selections, crop the video, flip, mirror, rotate, resize, stamp, adjust audio volume, and much more. WAV, WMA, and MP3 audio files can be inserted into the video or extracted from the video; and BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG, RAS, PPM, TGA, and TIF are the supported image formats that can be inserted or extracted. The software's video capture feature can even be used to record video from DVD, and save to AVI or WMV, which can then be edited also.

The trial lasts for 15 days and is Windows only.
Click here to go to the Blaze Media pro page.

Muvee Reveal -
Muvee Reveal is a simple automatic video editing tool from Muvee. It is pitched as a tool your grandmother could use, it's so easy. The download from the site will install the basic package which needs a product key to function after the trial period. (Note this will also download Microsoft's .Net framework to your PC if it doesn't already exist)

Muvee screenshot

The tool supports AVHCD and HDV High definition footage (which is fairly unique for a tool such as this) and allows you to save to a whole range of different formats (including High Def using the H.264 codec)

Basically there is no menu, and everything is done with a simple user interface that is numbered for ease of use 1) select your input files (video and still), 2) Select the style of output movie (With lots of presets to check out - and others that can be purchased seperately) 3) Select your audio. That's it! Click "Share' and your movie is done. That's all you have to do. If you're a little more adventurous you can change some of the deaults for things like transitions, audio mix (source audio vs music).

This isn't a 'professional' editing package by any means. It is aimed squarely at novice users who want to quickly get their video off their camera and onto another medium. Frame level editing is not possible (although you can select 'parts' of your clip by delving into some of the settings for each clip).

The free trial lasts 15 days only, is almost fully functional (High Def export is disabled, for example), and does not leave a watermark in your output footage. The product costs $99.95.
Click here to go to the Muvee Reveal page

(Disclosure: I was provided with a full product key for this tool by Muvee prior to reviewing the application)

AVS DVD Copy -

This is one of the best DVD copy softwere packages available. Copy DVDs/CDs with home video, create DVD discs for home DVD Players and write data quickly and easily. Simple and intuitive interface, a variety of hot features and supported media types make AVS DVD Copy a most convenient and demanded software to make personal DVD copies, create DVD discs for home DVD Players and perform other burning tasks.

However it is only available for free as a trail. Functions include: