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Nova Video Explosion Deluxe - Great
Video Editing packed with lots of fun stuff
by
Lance Albright
The
Nova Video Explosion Deluxe combines a basic and simple to master video
editing suite with a vast collection of video clips, stock digital
images and audio files to help you create your own video programs. Nova
has long been a source of stock footage, fonts and clip art for the
still imaging industry so this product makes a lot of sense.
It
includes over 1,000 sound effects including animals, cars, cartoon
sounds, sports, SCI-Fi and space, and lots more. You also get 250
royalty free musical themes to make your production sound professional
and over 750 various backgrounds, textures and overlays as well as 250
video clips. These can be
used to spice up your title sequences as well as to create some cool
looking “location” scenes.
However,
the real power of Nova Video Explosion Deluxe is the video editing
module. You can capture video and audio from DV and analog sources,
import MPEG1, MPEG2, avi and QuickTime video clips,
trim your clips, and edit together productions using an
adjustable timeline with two video tracks and three audio tracks.
The three stereo audio tracks make it easy to add sound effects,
music and narration. You
can add credits and titles to the various scenes, as well as special
effects and transitions.
Nova
Video Explosion also supports an un-limited number of undo and redo
capabilities.
As you would expect, you get lots of effects and
transitions. It includes over 150 wipes, page rolls, dissolves, etc., as
well as over 100 special effects. It also includes very powerful audio
mixing capabilities and effects such as reverb, flange, EQ, delay and
stutter. Very cool.
The
editing process is a bit different from other editing programs, but with
a little practice becomes easy to use. Instead of a separate clip trim
window, you highlight your clip on the timeline and trim it there. I
also found inserting graphics and text to be a bit awkward as they don't
perfectly match up on the timeline. However, it wasn't hard to get them
synchronized.
The titles look very good for such a inexpensive
package, you get an amazing set of features
such as animated text and scrolling titles, as well as the ability to
change font and colors, add shadows and outline effects.
When
you are all done, you can export your movies in a variety of formats and
compression ranges. If your computer supports it, you can record the
video back to tape, burn it to a CD or DVD, or save it as a digital file
in a range of formats including MPEG 1, MPEG2, AVI, Windows Media Video
(wmv), QuickTime or RealMedia. If
you want to save your finished movie as a streaming format, you have a
choice of Windows Media, QuickTime and RealMedia, all with a selection
of compression ratios. You
can even create a standalone web page with your movie embedded in it.
When complete, you can add the video web page to your web site. We
are very impressed with Nova Video Explosion Deluxe.
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