gistek

Anything that will do all the stuff you want to do will take some time to learn. If you've got the money, PhotoShop is probably the best way to go.

For folks with less money, Irfanview will do a lot of image manipulation and is very easy to learn. It doesn't do pixel level or add text, though. For that I usually use either Paint or OpenOffice Impress.

My movie editor is Pinnacle Studio Plus. It works great except for some minor issues regarding capturing from a VCR (You have to have a signal coming in before you hit StartCapture otherwise the capture hangs.) I haven't done any green screen yet, but it came with a green cloth, so it should be capable. I've tried Windows Movie Maker, but couldn't get it to do what I wanted. Probably because I'm too familiar with Pinnacle Studio.

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