How can I make videos like this??? What program do I need?

This is perfect for what I need.
Never mind the content, I just would like to be capable of making this style video with these effects!
This is probably an easy answer for someone who knows about video stuff. I obviously have no idea.

Please help!
Thanks!

EDIT: forgot to add link to video - http://www.youtube.com …I&feature=playe​r_embedded

Is there a link?

oops, sorry

http://www.youtube.com …I&feature=playe​r_embedded

I'm relatively sure most video editing programs above the freebie that comes with a video camera can produce that. I'm 100% sure that could be created in Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas and even the lighter version of several of these programs. Although, I suspect many of the effects used were presets, most of what was done could easily be done with standard tools. Most of it is just track layers being re-sized and repositioned. I doubt this was done in After Effects or another designated composting program, but it could be. My advice would be to use whatever editing program you are most comfortable with and learn either the preset effects similar in that program or better yet, learn how to create each effect. The tools/ effects/processes you will need to learn are (I am being very general so that it will apply to many editing programs) are:

1) Resizing track layers so that you can have one video on top of another.
2) Manipulating opacity/transparency
3) Basic track positioning and animation via keyframes
4) Knowledge of Cropping and Masking will be a big help too.
5) Familiarity with your arsenal of transitions built into your editing software.
6) The creativity to come up somethign much better than the video you posted

weareallhypocrites wrote in post #12721478
6) The creativity to come up somethign much better than the video you posted

^ Last, but DEFINITELY not least!

Doing that from scratch in After Effects would be time consuming enough that it wouldn't be worth it, and Im sure there are a variety of presets for premiere/vegas/final cut pro that could create those effects.

You could even do those effects in premiere and FCP without presets (I don't use vegas) for the most part. If you learn all the controls for any NLE system and can visually break it down you can recreate it piece by piece.

To answer your question: Final Cut, Premiere, Avid, Vegas, and probably even Pinnacle (never used the last two though)

The thing that is throwing me for a loop is that it looks like this was done by a motorcycle group.
Not saying that a motorcycle gang is a bunch of idiots, but I don't think a professional photographer or videographer did this video with an expensive video editing program.
(notice the lack of a xyz uncle joe photoraphy.com at the beginning or end)
So I think it has to be something free and or relatively easy.
Other than that, I definitely see what you guys are saying (final cut, avid, premiere)

And yeah, the video isn't that good and/or creative. I just like how smooth it is, and I like the picture transitions and fades and video clips embedded in the video.
I have a wedding photography business, it would be nice to do my picture slideshows in something like this!!! And if I could insert some quick video clips from my 5D2 that would be extra awesomeness!

Gotta agree with the others, I'm sure you could do it with Vegas Platinum (the consumer version of Vegas). You only need 2 or 3 video tracks and an audio track. I think Platinum 10 went up to 10 tracks if memory serves me.
weareallhypocrites laid it all out very well.

Platinum does offer 10 tracks. i think Premiere Elements offers 99. I have never used more than 10 video tracks in editing. Anything involving more than 10 tracks is usually an advanced compositing projects.

what are we talking about "tracks"?
I'm kinda new to video...

So I can't put in 10 little (1 minute) video clips?

Yes. The clips you assemble for a sequence. Think of tracks the same way you use layers in photoshop.

Adaptive wrote in post #12722492
what are we talking about "tracks"?
I'm kinda new to video...

So I can't put in 10 little (1 minute) video clips?

Kind of. You can put in as many clips as your computer has memory to support and still run efficiently.

a video track (some programs may use other terms) is a continuous sequence of video. You can have multiple clips on one track.

Example: You have a clip of a wide shot of sports arena and then it cuts to a closeup of a player and then cuts to shot of a fan. This could all be on one track. plenty of projects use only one track for the main edit.

Other tracks usually are used for when you need to have more than one clip on the screen at the same time. like when you see a split screen where two different things are showing at once.

Hope that makes sense.

Motion was bundled with FCP7 and is $50 with FCPX, it's sort of made for doing animations like this. There are also a handful of "Slideshow" applications that can export to video and do effects like the example. I think even photobucket.com can do them in browser.


Think of tracks as layers over time.

Guys this is a Animoto slideshow http://animoto.com/

good catch!