a simple program to edit video clips?

hey everyone, myself and some people from a karate dojo were extras in a TV show here in Australia. It aired on television last night, I taped it in an mpeg format and now wish to share it with my Sensei and karate friends on facebook.

Basically, the segment we were in was very quick and I wish to slow it down. I also wish to do some basic editing (I just want to extract three small blocks of karate action out of the episode.)

I was using Toast Titanium Pro to do the cutting however now it's just frustrating me plus I cannot add the slow down effect in it. Nor can I see to do it in iMovie. Annoying stuff!

So I just want to extract three small blocks of film and also add some slowing down effects. Could anyone please point me in the direction of a simple editing software program? I don't mind paying a modest amount for it, however I would rather a free one.

Someone please help me as I am going insane!

- Chris

I don't know of of any application that will let you slow down the video speed, but take a look at MPEG Streamclip.
Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter & editor for Mac and Windows

iMovie does in fact have slow-motion effect. The help menu is your friend.

thanks for the replies, guys. I have managed to cut it down using MPEG Streamclip and am trying to use iMovie to slow it down however I cannot find the speed slider. I have looked on here, looked on google and it says check the check the show advanced options in the preferences tab. I did that but it still doesn't show me the speed slider when I use the inspector thing. It just displays "source duration" and "stabilisation"

What on earth am I doing wrong?

- Chris

Select the clip in question, open the "Video Adjustments" HUD, click the "Convert Entire Clip" button, and you can then change the speed.
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