Pinnacle VideoSpin 2.0

Description

VideoSpin has been around for awhile, but has really come into its own in the new version 2.0. After watching the short tutorial video, we were off and running, taking our previously-recorded movies and integrating them easily with transitions, sound effects, title cards and more. It's also easy to cut scenes together along a timeline, edit numerous video and image files into the same movie, and so on.

VideoSpin then takes your edited movie file and saves it in numerous file formats, ready to upload to YouTube or any number of other places. It's got several built-in presets, which set the file type and aspect ratio for a few devices, but the "iPod Compatible" preset is out of date; it doesn't account for the increased aspect ratio of the iPhone / iPod Touch.

The latest version of VideoSpin adds widescreen YouTube support, .mov support, and the aforementioned iPod support, among other additions.

VideoSpin also loses some features after 15 days, namely access to most of its codecs (another name for video conversion utilities). That means if you're fond of moving your videos to Mpeg-4 (iPhone compatible) or using MP3 audio (for most portable media players), you'll need to buy the $15 (Rs 700 approx) SpinPack.

VideoSpin is way better than Microsoft's built-in Movie Maker, and is the go-to choice for editing movies on a PC.