Almost all my [tag]video editing[/tag] projects involves adding soundtrack. Soundtrack does a lot to engage the viewer emotionally. After years of making movies for friends and family, I found that I was reusing the same soundtrack a little too often. How to tell? When even your friends and family notice. But it’s not easy to find new soundtrack that is free and that I can use legally.

Tempted to use copyrighted sound track? Wait till you try to post your video on youtube to share with friends. Youtube is smart enough now to mute your video if it detects any copyrighted sound clips. I'm speaking from experience

I was very happy therefore to discover http://www.ez-tracks.com/. Search from millions of free songs or browse MP3 music downloads by category. Their vast free music collection consists of MP3 songs of worldwide origin. Ez-Tracks is a legal music download site and does not offer peer-to-peer sharing. The free mp3 downloads found on EZ-Tracks is brought to you through their partnerships with the record labels that own the rights to their tracks.

Once you find the free soundtrack you want, you can download it as an MP3 file. You can then use a [tag-tec]video editing software[/tag-tec] to add the MP3 file to your movie projects. If video editing is new to you, an excellent [tag]free video editing software[/tag] we recommend is Windows Movie Maker by Microsoft.

Not familiar with adding soundtrack to your video? If you are using a PC, you can use Windows Movie Maker to easily add sound track to your video. Watch video tutorial below.

Adobe's Remix is a new Web-based [tag]video editing[/tag] tool that will be provided free to all Photobucket members in the coming weeks. Remix allows you to string together and edit short video clips. We covered the announcement of the online video editor last week, but got our hands on it this morning.

Remix is essentially a stripped-down version of [tag]Adobe Premiere Elements[/tag]. You get a timeline with clips and transitions, along with a source bin containing all the media from your Photobucket account. Adding clips to your movie is as simple as dragging and dropping. There's also a handy clipping tool if you feel like cutting out the boring bits. There are only three transitions to choose from, and they're all fades. This might seem like a letdown, but honestly if you've ever [tag]edited video[/tag] before, you know some of the flashier transitions aren't necessarily better than the fundamentals.

To put the finishing touches on your [tag]movie[/tag] you can add titles and all sorts of cheesy digital overlays, read more…

I never leave home without my digital camera. When folks get the urge to take snapshots arises at parties, they look for me. So invariably, the next morning, I end up with all these snapshots and a dozen promises to email them.

I used to email them one at a time so the large file sizes won't clog up the email system. Then I learned to resize and shrink the photos so I can't attach a few pictures in one email. But looking at static pictures doesn't bring back the party to life and resizing photos is time-consuming.

Then my brother-in-law introduced me to PhotoShow Deluxe and I love it. It lets you turn your photos into a movie-like video slideshow with captions, titles, special effects and cool transitions in minutes. And the best part? It's free if you are a Comcast internet subscriber.
3 Steps to Creating a Music Photo Video Slideshow with PhotoShow Deluxe

Step 1. Log on to www.comcast.net

Log into www.comcast.net with your username and password.

On the Comcast menu bar at the top of the screen, click the Photos icon (circled below).

Step 2. Download the free software

You will be in the Comcast's Photos section. The FREE DOWNLOAD button for PhotoShow Deluxe will be [Read more...]