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For your significant other, or family: the DIY Blockbuster


If you decide to go the DIY route and make your own gift, put away the construction paper and macaroni, whip out the camcorder, and make mom a DVD. Whether it's holiday greetings if you're far away or your kid's show-stealing turn as the second wise-man in the school's nativity play, you can package your masterpiece with a bag of popcorn and some Junior Mints to guarantee a smile. Toast 9 ($79 download, roxio.com) even allows you to create Hi-Def DVDs using regular DVD-Rs that work on Dad's new Blu-ray player. If your footage isn't HD, then check out these two web apps: Jaycut.com and Jumpcut.com. They allow you to upload and edit your videos online and export them to popular sharing site like Facebook and Myspace. Jaycut even lets you export to DVD.