Free HD Video Editor?

[Callisto]

I have some h.264 clips from game captures that I'm trying to edit, but I can't seem to find something that supports MPEG-2/h.264 without making it look grainy as shit, isn't buggy/crashy, and doesn't cost $200.

So far I've tried checking out Windows Live Movie Maker and AVS Video Editor.

[jmc]

On windows try Sony Vegas Pro

on mac try Final Cut Pro

*edit*

I completely missed the free part.

Well, they could be free..... kinda?

[Rockstaru]

I don't know about FCP, but Sony Vegas has a free 30 day trial with full functionality.

[Artemicon]

Or you could do like everyone else does and obtain it through alternate methods that just happen to be free... ... ... ....

[Callisto]

Or you could do like everyone else does and obtain it through alternate methods that just happen to be free... ... ... ....

Did this, found a copy of Adobe Master Series CS4 on ipt

[Rockstaru]

CS5 is out, and fairly easy to find as far as I know. The only advantage to CS4 is that it works on a 32-bit OS. (They actually include Premiere CS4 in the packaged CS5 suite for precisely this reason, or at least they did in the package I bought.)

[Blabj]

iMovie on mac, free, easy to use and pretty powerful.