]> http://www.zs4.net/taxonomy/term/36/0 <img src="files/strawberryicon.jpg" style="padding-right:4px; float:left;" /><strong>ZS4 Video Editor</strong> is video editing and compositing software which aims to provide media experts with a facility to combine a variety of media types <i>(currently photos, videos and audio files)</i> into one <i>(or more)</i> output file<i>(s)</i>.<br /> <br /> ZS4 Video Editor can be used like an object oriented photo-manipulation program with a timeline: things that can be manipulated in a photo (workshop) program can be manipulated in ZS4 using parameters which alter over time.<br /> <br /> ZS4 Video Editor is worth using when... <ul> <li class="leaf2"> the final output is a combination of more than 2 media sources rendered simultaneously. <i>(like nine talking heads separately filmed, but later arranged in a 3x3 video wall combination)</i> </li> <li class="leaf2"> every aspect of the compositing process needs to be 'tweened with an adjustable interpolation algorithm, from rotation angles to audio volume and chroma key sensitivity etc... </li> <li class="leaf2"> it becomes necessary to create custom effects and imaging processes by combining any number of effects using a highly flexible and infinitely variable toolbox of imaging "primitives". </li> <li class="leaf2"> the user likes to be limited by their own imagination instead of the software-makers ideas of the "desirable". </li> </ul> the ZS4 design therefore favours...<br /> <ul> <li class="leaf2"> choice over clarity. </li> <li class="leaf2"> uniqueness over "standard". </li> <li class="leaf2"> chaos over order. </li> <li class="leaf2"> flexibility over simplicity. </li> </ul> <h2>About t@b</h2> <a href="http://www.thugsatbay.com" target="tab"><img src="files/tatbicon.jpg" align="left" style="padding-right:10px;" /></a><br />to find out about the creators of ZS4 Video Editor, please visit the <a href="http://www.thugsatbay.com" target="tab">t@b website</a>.<div style="clear:both;"></div> en