Video editing software for Quicktime/MOV format videos

[hockeybc69]

I used Windows Movie Maker for years to compile video clips and then compiling them into an MWV format. Slick as heck.

I bought a Canon A780 last year, and the video format that it takes is .MOV(Quicktime).

Windows Movie Maker does not support that file format.

Does anyone know of a reliable freeware/shareware program to download in order to edit .MOV format movie clips?

I tried one, and it infected my PC something fierce. So I am leary just trying other freeware programs. If I have to buy something, I guess, so be it. But if there is an effective freeware program out there anyone knows of, please pass along.

[jkrash]

Try Windows LIVE movie maker

[hockeybc69]

You need Windows 7 for that....

We have XP on all our machines at work and home...

[delcecchi]

Adobe premier elements is pretty reasonable, but I don't know if it does what you want.

I see that they have a 30 day free trial on their HSOforum.

[jkrash]

We have XP on all our machines at work and home...

Try pazera if you don't have vista or windows 7

[hockeybc69]

Tried the pazera. Its OK.

My only gripe is that when it reformats into MPEG, the movie image is shrunk a lot.

So not quite what I want, but getting closer.

I think I am just going to have to go to Best Buy and purchase something. I have spent oodles of time online and found nothing that works decent yet.

[LMITOUT]

How about converting the .mov file to a usable format and then using your tried and true method as before?

[hockeybc69]

I just posted why I dont want to do that.

do you know of a conversion program that doesnt dramatically shrek the video size?

[LMITOUT]

OK. Read that wrong. I thought it was after editing that it shrunk.