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Tomac · Jul 1, 2005, 4:15 PM

I've been having much fun w/the movie function of my Pentax Optio 43WR and while I can handle beginner-level editing of my still shots I don't know how (or if it's possible) to edit the movie clips (simple things like brightness and such). Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thx!...

Tomac

sjms · Jul 1, 2005, 5:24 PM

quicktime pro$29.95 from apple. without paying its just a playback program

BruceMcL · Jul 1, 2005, 5:47 PM

If you have a Macintosh computer you can move the movie clips into iMovie and edit them there.

sjms · Jul 1, 2005, 6:51 PM

thats great for less then 5% of computer usersbut the other 95% need something else

Tomac · Jul 1, 2005, 8:09 PM

sjms wrote:

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quicktime pro$29.95 from apple. without paying its just a playback program

Will it work for sure? I ask because every .MOV editing program I've tried says all the .MOV files from my Pentax 43WR are "unrecognizable or corrupt" so I don't want to buy a programunless I'm certain it willwork. Even a successful formatconversion to .AVI resulted in the same "unrecognizable or corrupt" error message. I've got a couple of short clips I could email to anyone who'd like to test their program(s) for compatiblity.

Tomac

sjms · Jul 1, 2005, 8:26 PM

if you download quicktime playeron your computer which is free from apple at http://www.quicktime.com. and they play back using it you should have no problems. it is unfortunate that you now have to drag in itunes with it. real shoddy marketing on their point. desperate times call for desperate measure i guess.

.mov is the official/native QT extension

Tomac · Jul 1, 2005, 11:49 PM

Ended up buying QT Pro and it does successfully edit the movie clips but when saved after editing only QT shows the clip w/the editing, all other viewers show the clip as though it's unedited. Thx to everyone for their help!...

Tomac

sunfury · Jul 2, 2005, 1:35 PM

You can re-encode mov files in compressed avi format with RAD Video Tools and then edit those avi files using Windows Movie Maker or Virtual Dub (you can find hundreds of other programs to edit avi files BTW).

Of course, remember that re-encoding a video file will give you a result with decreased quality compared to the original file.

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Jul 1, 2005, 4:15 PM	#1
Tomac Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 57	I've been having much fun w/the movie function of my Pentax Optio 43WR and while I can handle beginner-level editing of my still shots I don't know how (or if it's possible) to edit the movie clips (simple things like brightness and such). Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thx!... Tomac

Jul 1, 2005, 5:24 PM	#2
sjms Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,735	quicktime pro$29.95 from apple. without paying its just a playback program

Jul 1, 2005, 5:47 PM	#3
BruceMcL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 106	If you have a Macintosh computer you can move the movie clips into iMovie and edit them there.

Jul 1, 2005, 6:51 PM	#4
sjms Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,735	thats great for less then 5% of computer usersbut the other 95% need something else

Jul 1, 2005, 8:26 PM	#6
sjms Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,735	if you download quicktime playeron your computer which is free from apple at http://www.quicktime.com. and they play back using it you should have no problems. it is unfortunate that you now have to drag in itunes with it. real shoddy marketing on their point. desperate times call for desperate measure i guess. .mov is the official/native QT extension

Jul 1, 2005, 11:49 PM	#7
Tomac Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 57	Ended up buying QT Pro and it does successfully edit the movie clips but when saved after editing only QT shows the clip w/the editing, all other viewers show the clip as though it's unedited. Thx to everyone for their help!... Tomac

Jul 2, 2005, 1:35 PM	#8
sunfury Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6	You can re-encode mov files in compressed avi format with RAD Video Tools and then edit those avi files using Windows Movie Maker or Virtual Dub (you can find hundreds of other programs to edit avi files BTW). Of course, remember that re-encoding a video file will give you a result with decreased quality compared to the original file.