Bit more on screen editing

Throughout this course I have been using many different types of film editing software. Testing Screenflow, Camtasia and by default using a lot of iMovie. I did a quick review in a previous blog Recording and Editing 101, but without doubt I have found Screenflow to offer the greatest amount of flexibility and design options between them all. iMovie has been great to make small short student videos and it is very simple to use – plus it is free on my home computer which is a bonus. For free software it’s great, however it is limiting when adding text and transitions between different scenes and of course no option for both screen and webcam recording.

My last video made was using Screenflow and just gives you so much more design freedom. Unfortunately it does have the larger price tag to match…perhaps an early Christmas present to myself!

But without permanent access to Screenflow, iMovie has served me well. Even with developing my composition, I was able to export the video from Sibelius, another great little feature (side note, now discovering all these little features I have become a convert and signed up to a Sibelius subscription), and overlay my final recording (of real instruments, not midi) to create my own “score movie” of my composition.