Canon Introduces Cross Platform Consumer Video Editing Program by Staff Canon has announced its first foray into the nascent Desktop Video market with a cross-platform offering called Canon Video Home Edition. The product is not aimed at the same market as iMovie or iMovie 2 in that in can not perform video capture through FireWire. A Canon spokesperson described the product to The Mac Observer as working side by side with iMovie. This new video-editing program gives Windows and Macintosh computer users the ability to edit and create new videos using existing video clips, audio files, image files, text and transitions. Digital video is a powerful medium to use when honoring special people, celebrating special events and preserving special moments in time.
People can produce videos to share memories with family and friends.
Children's sports teams can assemble season highlights into a video gift for each athlete. The uses of digital video are only limited by the producer's imagination. The Album Manager in Canon Video Home Edition helps users organize video clips, audio files, photos and other still images by placing them in an organized portfolio. Items may be sorted by name, type, date or size for easy reference and may be previewed within the Album Manager as well. Users simply drag and drop files from the Album Manager into the program's storyboard in the desired sequence to create a movie.