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Videoguys.com Free Software page

Welcome to The Videoguy's Free software download page. When you are done downloading your trial software, please check out the rest of our website. I think you will find it the best spot on the internet for information about digital videography.

I have searched the internet for FREE trial and evaluation versions of software I feel is useful for digital videographers. I have also included links to shareware programs I have found to be useful. In addition I have added links to some software programs, that I use and really like (these you have to buy to check out). I think you will find all the software programs on this page helpful. Please email videoguy@videoguys.com if you know of any really cool software for videographers that I may have missed. You are the 892972 person to download software.

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Disclaimer: This page contains direct links to the various vendor's web sites. The vendors are responsible for all downloads, their content and the operation of the demo/trial/free software. Some of these sites may require you to provide your name and email address plus some additional information. The Electronic Mailbox is not responsible for the information you provide these sites. We have broken these downloads into groups to make them easier to find. Please note, some of these downloads are very large 10+ megs.

  1. NLE Plug-Ins for Premiere / MS Pro / Avid (9)
  2. Non Linear Editing applications (10)
  3. DVD / VCD Tools (9)
  4. Streaming Video Encoders (4)
  5. Other (4)

NLE Plug-Ins for Premiere / MS Pro / Avid

Download Boris Effects & Grafitti Demo and try it out!

Download the latest demo version of the award winning Boris FX & Grafitti titling plug-in. Make sure you choose the appropriate version for your host. The various versions of Boris are NLE application specific.

NOTE: These demo plug-ins feature the full functionality of the release product but present an circle marked across all rendered images.
Click here for more info on our complete selection of Boris FX products

SmartSound For Windows

The Powerful and Intuitive Way to Create Soul Stirring Soundtracks in Minutes!
  • Multimedia demo (2.4M)
  • QuickTime Demo Movie (1.2meg) requires QuickTime These demos include 11K 8bit mono sound files to keep your download time to a minimum. When you purchaseSmartSound, you receive a CD-ROM with more music and sound effects at higher qualities.

    Pixelan Spicemaster- Download SpiceMaster for Premiere Here!

    Download the SpiceMaster demo to see for yourself how it can powerfully customize and control all 2D effects in your productions. The demo is identical to the "full" SpiceMaster, except an "X" will appear in the effect's output. You can therefore explore all of SpiceMaster's features for an unlimited time.

    Crystal 3D IMPACT! Pro - Download FREE Trial

    Once you try Crystal 3D IMPACT! Pro, you'll agree that this is the world's easiest-to-use 3D animation program. Within minutes you can enhance your web pages, presentations and videos with extraordinary 3D titles, logos, objects and buttons.

    Wax

    Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease everytime.

    Wax can create 2D & 3D special effects and can work in two modes - as a standalone application which would appeal for home users/beginners, and as a "plug-in" to video editors/NLEs which would be more useful for professional editors. Currently Wax can as a plug-in with Sony Vegas®, Pure Motion EditStudio and Adobe Premiere® and work for integrating with various other NLEs is in progress.

    Scenalyzer and ScenalyzerLive

  • Scenalyzer cuts .avi files containing dv video into the individual scenes giving one .avi file for each scene.
  • ScenalyzerLive is an advanced capture program for directshow and dv-video which splits up the scenes while capturing.

    Digital Video Stabilizer Version 1.2C

    This is a novel software solution to shaky video footages. The software is based on breakthrough technology of video motion estimation and motion filtering. Some of the features include

    Download Power CG Evaluation Software

    The Cayman Graphics Power CG is a Real time, Freeform, Full Color, Antialiased, Video Titling software package. It has most of the Video Titling features of systems costing thousands of dollars. This windows based application creates 24 Bit (Full Color) Title Graphics.


    Non Linear Editing applications

    Adobe Premiere Pro tryout

    Adobe Premiere® Pro software delivers real-time editing tools for professional video production. This tryout version offers many of the application's professional features. It will expire 30 days from the first time you open the application.

    Avid Free DV

    Avid Free DV is feature-streamlined, standalone software which includes basic video and audio editing capabilities, up to two streams of real-time effects and support for both Windows XP and Macintosh OS X platforms.

    Vegas 5

    Professional Digital Video and Audio Production Vegas® 5.0 is the professional choice for video editing, audio production, compositing, titling and advanced encoding on the PC platform. With its sleek, intuitive interface and powerful video and audio production tools, Vegas provides a complete and integrated solution for digital video, audio recording, editing and mixing, streaming content creation, and surround sound production.

    Free Studio Version 8 Trial Download

    Pinnacle Studio version 8 has been voted PC Magazine's Editor's Choice for video-editing software. Built around an intuitive drag and drop interface, Pinnacle Studio version 8 is the easiest, most powerful way ever, to create amazing video on your PC

    MediaStudio 7.0Trial version

    This 30-day trial (103MB) only includes major program modules (Video Editor, Video Capture, Audio Editor and DVD Authoring Tool) of the MediaStudio Pro 7 digital video editing suite.
  • No technical support is available for this trial version. Please visit our Web board to find answers to your problems..
  • Limited transition effects, filters and file support.
  • All created or converted video footage will be marked with a large red "X".
  • Video capturing is limited to 20 seconds.
  • No support for ASF streaming video.

    Adobe After Effects 6.5 Professional tryout

    Adobe After Effects® 6.5 software provides complete creative control so you can efficiently produce motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, multimedia, and the Web. Note: Adobe After Effects is available in two editions: Standard and Professional. This tryout version includes all the features of the Professional edition (except for Keylight and 3D Assistants Lite); however, the tryout will expire 30 days from the first time you open the application.

    WinMorph

    WinMorph is a high performance morphing and warping software.
    1. Professional quality warping and morphing tools.
    2. Works both as a standalone application and as a plug-in for various video editors to get best of both worlds.
    3. Intuitive shape-based morphing for both ease of use and high degree of freedom.
    4. Advanced keyframing, blending and distortion tools for total control.
    5. Can do dynamic morphing (also called video morphing).
    6. Input file formats include JPEG,BMP,PCX,PNG,PBM,TGA,TIFF.
    7. Output file formats include JPEG,BMP,PNG,TGA,TIFF,AVI,MPEG and SWF (that's right, Flash!).

    Virtualdub

    VirtualDub is a free video capture and editing utility for Windows. Also built-in frameserver.

    AviSynth

    AviSynth is a powerful tool for video post-production. It provides almost unlimited ways of editing and processing videos. AviSynth works as FrameServer, providing instant and very fast editing without the need for temporary files.


    DVD / VCD Tools

    PowerDVD

    The PowerDVD trial version offers complete -DVD playback with the following limitations .
  • 30 Minutes of Video.
  • 5 minutes of 2-Channel LPCM and MPEG-Audio output only. Does not support Dobly Digital or DTS Audio output.
  • The trial version allows you to use PowerDVD XP 4.0 for 30 days starting from the date of installation.

    TMPEGenc MPEG converter

    TMPEGenc converts *.AVI file to MPEG1, the format which is used in VideoCD. Using variety of option in TMPEGenc, you can compress your video file in high quality. TMPGenc enables us adjust bitrate, qantize matrix, GOP structure, Interlace and many other parameter so that you can create most appropreate movie file depends on your purpose.

    Nero v5.0

    Get your free demo of Nero v5.0! To give you a view of the ease and quality of our software, we decided to provide you with a full functional free demo version of Nero v5.0. You can use it for your own testing purposes and you will see, that Nero is your CD-recording choice.

    MainConcept MPEG Encoder

    The standalone MainConcept MPEG Encoder features the same fast, high-quality technology that's used in popular video editing applications.

    Ligos LSX-MPEG

  • The Encoder 3.5, & LE plug-in have a 60 second encoding limit.
  • The Premiere plug-inhas a 60 second encoding limit.
  • The Player 3.5 demo expires thirty (30) days after initial installation.
  • All demos are compatible with Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.x/2000.

    Sonic ReelDVD 30 Day Trail

    Sonic ReelDVD is designed specifically for independent and corporate video projects and brings exciting multimedia DVD to your professional productions. Built upon the same tried-and-tested DVD formatting technology from Scenarist, Sonic's Hollywood-standard authoring system on Windows, ReelDVD combines the strength of professional-level software with a friendly user interface and simple workflow, making the process of creating professional-quality DVDs quick and easy.

    Ulead DVD Workshop 30 Day Trial

    Advancing the Art of DVD Authoring. Ulead® DVD Workshop™ is a powerful, yet flexible DVD authoring software designed for creative video professionals and enthusiasts.

    DVDDecrypter

    One of the best DVD Decrypter tool and it can also make DVD images and burn DVD and CD images.

    DVD-lab

    DVD-lab is the answer to the many DVD authoring packages out there which all try to restrict user or put him in a box of pre-canned DVD templates.


    Streaming Video Encoders

    Canopus ProCoder

    ProCoder is Canopus' new encoding tool. It supports all the various streaming foramts plus MPEG1 & MPEG2. The video quality is great and it is lightning fast. This is ProCoder Demo v1.03.

    Discreet Cleaner XL

    Cleaner™ 5 is the industry-standard tool for importing, authoring, encoding and delivering interactive streaming media using popular streaming formats, including RealVideo, QuickTime, Windows Media, as well as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2.

    Windows Media Encoder 9 Series

    Windows Media Encoder 9 Series is a powerful tool for content producers who want to take advantage of the many innovations in Windows Media 9 Series including high-quality multichannel sound, high-definition video quality, new support for mixed-mode voice and music content, and more.

    RealProducer Basic - Preview, Helix Producer Basic or RealSystem Producer Basic.

    Please note that RealProducer Basic and RealProducer Plus contain 3rd party licensed technology. You may only use RealProducer Basic for personal use to create RealAudio 10 encoded media that you do not sell, rent, lease, license or exchange for value. To create RealAudio 10 encoded media that may be sold, rented, leased, licensed or exchanged for value, you must use RealProducer Plus

    Other Free Downloads

    Sony Sound Forge 7

    Sound Forge is Sonic Foundry's award-winning two-track digital audio editor. Sound Forge includes a powerful set of audio processes, tools, and effects for manipulating audio. This one-of-a-kind application is perfect for audio editing, audio recording, effects processing and media encoding.

    The Plugin Site

    Free Plugins, Effects and Tools for Image and Video Editing. A very cool site. Has tons of FREE plug-ins you can download. Plus a very cool utility called PlugIn Commander - the Ultimate Plugin Tool for managing all your plug-ins.

    SnagIt & Camtasia

    SnagIt delivers customized screen captures with the press of a hotkey. SnagIt is the only screen capture software that captures images, text, and video from your Windows desktop. Effortlessly produce perfect graphics and video with this complete capture solution. We use Snag-It for the screen grabs that you see in the articles on our website.


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