Robin MartinIn the past, video production cost thousands of dollars, even to make simple home movies. Cameras were expensive and heavy, video editing required costly high-end computers, and output methods such as DVD were unheard of for home use. New innovations such as lighter, inexpensive cameras, free, easy-to-use software for editing and production, and DVD burners in off-the-shelf computers have now made video making for home or educational use a reality.