Most of movie editors are available for Windows operation system and only few of them can run on Linux or Mac system.

If you are looking for a movie editor, search and download which is simple and easy to use, the program should has been awarded from various places. It also can help you even you are a beginner.

AVS Video Editor is not a free movie editor but it is  a powerful, full-featured and easy to use software. It allows user to create best possible video and audio which has unique and universal interface.

Please visit AVS Video Editor OnlineHelp page where you can find out the answers of your questions and complete guide to use this program.

Note:

¹ – .swf files with video content only can be loaded into AVS Video Editor.

² – CDG files are karaoke files. To load video file together with audio track, make sure that video and audio files are located in one and the same folder and have the same name, e.g. “song.cdg” and “song.mp3″ (CDG+MP3 format) or “song.cdg” and “song.ogg” (CDG+OGG format).

Please feel free to contact us if you have any question.

You can use the Save to Devices option to create a video for a mobile player, mobile phone or a gaming console of yours and upload it right to the device. Other most popular devices are also supported. The following options are available here:

• Save to Mobile Players – use this option to save your movie into video files compatible with various mobile players – Apple iPhone, Apple iPod of different models including iPod Touch, Sony PSP, Microsoft Zune, Archos, Creative Zen Vision, iAudio, iRiver and Epson players.
• Save to Gaming Consoles – use this option to save your movie into video files compatible with most popular gaming consoles – Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 and Sony PSP.
• Save to Mobile Phones – use this option to save your movie into video files compatible with many mobile phones supporting video playback – BlackBerry 8 and 81 series phones, Apple iPhone, HP iPaq series devices, Palm Treo series and other pocket PCs and PDAs. If your device is not on the list, you can try and use a generic 3GPP/MPEG-4 mobile phone profile.
• Save to Other Devices – use this option to save your movie into video files compatible with Apple TV and Epson multimedia players.

When the movie creation is over, you will be offered to upload it to the portable using AVS Mobile Uploader that comes together with AVS Video Editor. You do not need any other additional programs to transfer your created movie to a portable of yours.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

You can use the Save for Web option to save your video into a file using different formats and codecs. The following options are available here:

• Save to RM – use this option to save your movie into a video file with an .rm extension. The video will be encoded using RealMedia codec. You will be able to embed it into your web page later and it will be played using RealMedia plugin for an Internet browser.
• Save to MOV – use this option to save your movie into a video file with a .qt extension. The video will be encoded using Quick Time codec and will be compatible with Apple Quick Time player and can be added to your web site and played using a Quick Time plugin for an Internet browser.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

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You can use the Save to Disc option to save your video onto different types of discs. The following options are available here:

• Save to DVDs – use this option to create DVD-video and burn your output movie onto a DVD disc. You will be also able to create and edit DVD menu for decoration and quick and easy navigation through your video. The resulting disc will be compatible with most types of modern hardware players supporting DVD±R/RW discs.
• Save to DivX/Xvid – use this option to create DivX/Xvid video and burn your output movie onto a CD or a DVD disc. The resulting disc will be compatible with most types of modern hardware players supporting playback of DivX/Xvid video discs.

When the movie creation is over, you will be offered to burn it onto a the disc using the internal AVS Video Editor burning engine. You do not need any other additional programs to burn your created discs.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

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You can use the Save to File option to save your video into a file using different formats and codecs. The following options are available here:

• Save to AVI – use this option to save your movie into a video file with an .avi extension. The video will be encoded using MPEG-4 (DivX/Xvid) codec, H.264 codec, or using a preset for a certain video service – Google video, YouTube video or Myspace video. There is also a possibility to save your movie into an uncompressed AVI video.
• Save to MPEG – use this option to save your movie into a video file with a .mpeg extension. The video will be encoded using MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 codec.
• Save to WMV – use this option to save your movie into a video file with a .wmv extension. The video will be encoded using Microsoft WMV codec and compatible with many portable players – Microsoft Zune, Archos, Creative ZEN, Epson Multimedia Storage Viewer P3000/P5000, Palm Treo series devices, HP iPaq series devices and other different mobiles and portables that use Microsoft Windows Mobile as an operating system.
• Save to MOV – use this option to save your movie into a video file with a .qt extension. The video will be encoded using Quick Time codec and will be compatible with Apple Quick Time player.

Working with the AVS Video Editor 1. Working with Projects *  Starting a New Project * Changing Settings * Opening Existing Projects * Saving Projects 2. Creating and Editing Videos * Creating Video * Editing Video – Transitions – Video Effects – Text – Video Overlay – Audio – Splitting Videos into Chapters – Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options – Using Crop Scale 3. Saving Videos – Supported Formats – Saving to File – Saving to Disc – Saving to Devices – Saving for Web.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

Most of the commonly used media file formats are supported by AVS Video Editor:

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

Working with AVS Video Editor is quite simple and does not require any specific knowledge on video editing. All you need is to follow simple steps in creating and editing your own video.

1. Start AVS Video Editor. A new project will be automatically created for you or a previously edited one will be opened.
2. Set the project and video parameters. This is necessary for the correct and comfortable work and video creation and editing.
3. Import the media files that you want to be included into your movie (videos, audio tracks and images) or you can capture your video if it is recorded on a DV camera, for instance.
4. Put the imported or captured video to the Timeline/Storyboard Area. This is necessary to form the succession of video clips in your future movie and for editing them.
5. Start editing your movie by adding transitions between video clips in the Timeline/Storyboard Area.
6. Add video effects to your video and edit them as you like.
7. Add text captions to your movie where necessary.
8. You might want to add video overlay effect or change the movie soundtrack or record your voice from microphone.
9. When all the editing is done, you will need to save your video into a file or record it onto a disc or upload it to a portable device of yours. You can also create a DVD menu for you movie in case you save it into a DVD format.

And that’s just it – as an output you will get a video that can be watched using a favorite program or a device of yours.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

When you import video files of one aspect ratio and then change the aspect to a different value for the output video, there can be two different situations which can be solved in a similar way:

• the input files have the 4:3 aspect and the output file will have the 16:9 aspect ratio – in this case the mattes will be added to the left and right sides of the video image to prevent distortion;
• the input files have the 16:9 aspect and the output file will have the 4:3 aspect ratio – in this case the mattes will be added to the top and bottom sides of the video image to prevent distortion.

In both these cases you can get rid of the mattes using the Crop Scale option available in AVS Video Editor. Select the necessary aspect ratio and click the video at the Timeline with the right mouse button. Choose the Crop Scale option. The Crop Scale window will be opened:

In the above figure you can see an example of the first above case of the aspect ratio change – an input 4:3 video image changed into an output 16:9 video file. As you can see, mattes are added to the sides of the video so that it could fit an 16:9 frame (the black bars on top and bottom of the video are added simply to fit it into the square player window and will not actually be added to the output video).

Now if you use the field and click the button, the slider will become available that will let you change the visible part of the video. Move the slider using the mouse to get rid of the mattes:

Note: using the Crop Scale function will enlarge the video image so that it could fit a new frame size with an aspect different from that of the original video. It means that a part of the video, namely some video image at the top and the bottom parts will be cut out and lost.

And this is how your transformed cropped video will look like in the Preview Area:

As you can see, the resulting video has no mattes on either side. At the same time it is slightly enlarged and cropped on top and bottom. So you will have to decide what is more important for you: have video fit your display or TV-set screen or have the whole source video image.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

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After you add your video to the Timeline/Storyboard Area and edit it, you can still trim it and detect scenes and insert transitions between them.

Click the main video area at the Timeline and use the Trim button of the Timeline Toolbar to open the Trim window. Or alternatively click the video at the Timeline with the right mouse button and select the Trim option.

Please read the Trimming Video section to learn how to use the Trim option.

The same way the Multiple Trim option can be used to find scenes in your video added to the Timeline/Storyboard Area. Open the MultiTrim window either clicking the MultiTrim button of the Timeline Toolbar or using the right mouse button on the main video at the Timeline and selecting the MultiTrim option. The opened MultiTrim will look like this:

Please read the Trimming Video section to learn how to use the MultiTrim option.

After you split your video using either of the Trim options, you can add transitions between scenes of the video or continue editing it.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web