CinemaForge 2.0.2

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 214 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  1,393,419

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

• Limitations:

  No difference

• Date Added:

  June 28, 2005

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version CinemaForge 3.0 CinemaForge 2.6 CinemaForge 2.0.6 CinemaForge 2.5.1 CinemaForge 2.0.6 CinemaForge 2.0.5 CinemaForge 2.0.2 CinemaForge 1.0.9 CinemaForge 1.0.5 CinemaForge 2.0.1 CinemaForge 1.0.9 CinemaForge 1.0.6 CinemaForge 1.0.5

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Publisher's description of CinemaForge 2.0.2

CinemaForge is a video- and audio-conversion and hosting utility. The application supports Flash (SWF), Flash (FLV), Motion Pictures Group (MPEG), Audio Video Interleaved (AVI), Window Media Video (WMV), Real Video (RM), QuickTime (MOV), Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), and JPEG (thumbnails). You quickly can save and load presets. It has a nice ffmpeg GUI written in MediaForge. The application has support for deinterlace, duration, cropping, automatic thumbnails, and MediaForge Plaza publishing. You can build movies from still images, and it includes advanced alpha-channel transitions between slides.

Version 2.0.2 features a new GUI, a help document, and support for transition effects plugins. Uploading now supports descriptions, name tags, and private or public options.

Editor's review of CinemaForge 2.0.2

• 4.0 stars

• "Build your media in CinemaForge"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: CinemaForge 2.0.2

This combination video-conversion and creation tool boasts good speed and a nice set of features. CinemaForge's polished interface is both handsome and rather simple to understand.

As a video converter, the application supports all expected formats, including SWF, WMV, AVI, and MOV. You also can choose to accompany any video with audio files of your choice rather than the original sound. When you click the digital-camera icon next to the File Input box, you'll be able to browse your computer for still images to compile a video file. If you choose to perform this action, you can apply a few transition effects, determine the image interval, and add your own music files.

Although CinemaForge was quick to generate a slide-show video, the audio came out sounding much muddier than the original file did, even when we upped the bit rate. Elsewhere, the program lets you tweak certain aspects of your new video, including frame rate and quality. You also can choose to crop videos, apply a deinterlacing filter, and upload videos to the Web (if you have a CinemaForge account).

We should note the program can't be uninstalled by traditional means; instead, you have to click the question-mark icon on the main interface. In spite of the aforementioned quirks, CinemaForge is overall a solid piece of software.

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  Version: CinemaForge 2.0.2

  "Doesnt Support Windows Movie (.wmv) Files"

  by amanapart on August 4, 2005

  Pros: Yes it installs fast, yes it looks pretty, but ...

  Cons: It chokes trying to convert files created with Windows Movie Maker

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