The best video editing computer, both Mac and PC, come standard with IEEE 1394 (fire Wire) port. If you've recently purchased a new Mac computer, and already have a digital camcorder, the process is simple. Just connect the camcorder to the computer port IEEE 1394 (fire Wire), which will transfers the data into the computer. After the data is in the computer, open the editing application to access the video footage.

The Mac computer is by far, best computer for video editing. If you are a beginner, you have everything you need to import your videos, edit, and burn to DVD on a new Mac computer. All Apple computers are ship with iMove and iDVD pre-install and ready from out of the box to edit your videos; you do not need any additional equipment. If you are serious about professional editing, you need to pick up a copy of Final cut studio, which is Apple's pro editing suite.

Using a MAC computer, from the ducks, open the iMovie application and choose create project. Name your movie and save it in a folder on the desktop. Next step is to locate the footage on the computer. If you are importing the footage from the camcorder, connect the camera to the video editing computer and switch to import video. If the footage is already on the computer, go to file and select import and choose your file. After the file is loaded, drag it onto the timeline to build your project. You can import as many clips to make your movie.

After laying down all the clips on the time line, create transitions between clips. Click on transition tab; select one by clicking on it and dragging it into the time line, between the clips. Next click on the audio tab and select your music for your movie. Click place at play head. The music will start to play together when the movie starts. Finally add your titles by clicking the titles tab, and selecting a title. Type in the name of the movie, and your name, you can drag the title onto the time line, over the video, at the beginning or at the end.