Picasa is wonderful for photos, and more capable at video editing than its Web-based cousin YouTube, but it's still very limited compared to Movie Maker. YouTube's new YouTube video editor is free, but it offers nowhere near the power of Movie Maker, nor does another Google product, Picasa (free, 4 stars). Other free options like Wax and Zwei-Stein haven't been updated in years, and can't match Movie Maker's ease of use. Windows Live Movie Maker is pretty much it as far as free, easy-to-use Windows video editors go. For those, you'll have to spring for an app like our Editors' Choice Adobe Premier Elements 8 ($99, 4 stars). Just don't expect the fancy tricks like chroma-keying and picture-in-picture. But the app isn't totally basic: You do get intros, lots of transitions, text overlays, and special effects. The team behind Movie Maker studied what users were doing with the software, and in the interest of simplifying, consciously cut features most people don't use. From import to edit to output, the program is a snap, including one-step uploading to online video hosting services like YouTube. With Microsoft Movie Maker 2011, the Windows Live team has done the seemingly impossible-they've made video editing simple, yet powerful enough to create fresh productions.
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