Using HD profiles I managed to make this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_STGcmn3YE I am rather happy with WMM, but I got to ask is there something thats as easy but more feature rich? Papajohns.org is where I got the profiles.
Not for free. To a certain extent, all the consumer level packages for sale have something to offer; however, if you look at the reviews in Amazon.com or similar they get a lot of criticisms, often users complaining that they're slow, that bugs are never fixed. You can always download a trial and give them a try. For example, Ulead Videostudio and Adobe Premiere Elements.
They don't have to be free, but they need to be vertile and easy to use. Sony Vegas studio 9 is ok but uhg it could be easier to use and I have yet to figure out how to do subtitles and titles/credits on it...
Well there's always a learning curve... Looks like the Sony product is one of the better rated among the consumer level products. The advice I saw was to stick with it, if you're interested in growing into some of it's advanced functionality . Seems reasonable to me. I did look at the trial of Videostudio. It's a bit like WMM, but with a few more bells and whistles- I ended up uninstalling it. For the basic stuff my son and I are playing with, WMM (in Vista Ultimate) is good enough. Good luck!
Ulead / Corel - I guess Ulead joined Corel. The version I tried was VS 9, it was pretty simple to use. (perhaps if you look around, you'll find it) Not familiar with the new version, so can't really comment on it.
I wiki it, COrel was once as big as adobe but they kinda fell on hard time they bought InterVideo which bought Ulead and now use the Ulead title I think..... kinda confusing 0_o LOL
