VideoSpin looks much like Studio (also from Pinnacle), but with a white background instead of gray. If you know Studio or MovieMaker, then VideoSpin will already be familiar to you.
Being free, VideoSpin has these limitations:
-- no capture from (or control of) video cameras (with the exception of some that use a hard drive); read from files mainly.
-- it cannot burn DVDs; it can write only to files.
-- you can bring VideoSpin files into Studio v1.08 or higher, but not from Studio to VideoSpin*.
-- no tech support from Pinnacle; you help each other through a "community" page.
(*) I wonder about this point. You would be able to move video files back and forth, so perhaps this refers to Pinnacle-specific files, such as scenes.
Online documentation is here.
Why Use VideoSpin?
In contrast, the free MovieMaker that Microsoft includes with Windows XP and Vista does not suffer from those limitations:
-- can capture from (and control) digital video cameras, as well as read files.
-- can burn DVDs, as well as write to files and digital video cameras.
In the next installment, I'll try using VideoSpin to see if it has any benefit over Moviemaker.
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