Editing VOB files

[sblons]

I assemble separate scenes from my DVDs into a new DVD that is a 5-10 minute re-edit of the film. (I use it to show certain themes of the film in a condensed way.)

I can rip and re-author, no problem, using DVD Shrink and ImgBurn. I can also merge all the separate titles into a single title to get the transitions to smooth out, using VobEdit and IfoEdit.

I'd like to take this to the next step if I can and do fades when I want them and even cross fades from one scene to the next. Is there anything short of a full-blown professional editing suite that will allow me to do this?

[foxyshadis]

You might try avsFilmCutter. It's not very powerful compared to something like Vegas, but it's specially made for things like simple fades & crossfades. It helps to know some avisynth while using it, though.

[sblons]

It looks like Womble's MPEG Video Wizard DVD will do everything I need at this point. I'm not quite ready to jump into the AVISynth realm if I don't need to. Thanks to FOXYSHADIS for the suggestions.