Not long ago, video editing was possible only with the help of expensive equipment and a lot of training from Film or TV schools. However, now almost anyone can shoot, edit, and copy his or her own videos. All that is required is a video camera, some cables, inexpensive hardware and software.

Old School

Whether you use an analog or a digital video camera, you must still capture you data in order to store, edit, and view it on your PC. The process of capturing video may require special hardware to be installed on your system, such as a video capture card or a FireWire card. With most new video cameras on the market you are given the choice to purchase a Firewire card for a very reasonable price. Capturing video requires software that can often double as video editing software such as Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, or free software like Photobucket.