Best Video Editing Software?

[kurtisb]

What is the best video editing software to edit my videos on the computer?
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[stoive]

Get something basic, like Pinnacle Studio or Ulead Videostudio. I'm guessing that if you ask what software to use on a surfing forum then you don't need anything like Premiere.

[Jimi]

get a mac and use final cut pro

[Spoon]

Go the final cut pro option. It gives you broadcast quality and is becoming quite the norm in the industry. If you don't have a mac you may be able to find a Avid Express package for windows which is good.

[Revolution]

Spoon i keep getting told im my course its all MAC these days and final cut pro has alot to do with this? I would have thought some high $$$ program would be the industry standard, care to shed any light?

[kreepykrawly]

If your serious about video editing then you’ve gotta make sure that you have a f-cking good system.

Not one of those Ma and Pa computers that most on here have got.

Just use Windows Movie Maker to start with or you'll just end up tearing your hair out in a massive out of control rage that might or might not involve the police.




Trust me on this.

[grazza]

How do people rate adobe premiere as a windows options

[kreepykrawly]

How do people rate adobe premiere as a windows options

Mininova highly recommends it and so does his friend Bitlord.

http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=premiere

[CRACKERS]

How do people rate adobe premiere as a windows options

it works well, id say that would be in the top 2 on pc. i find it a little complex and now i use vegas...i dont know half of the things you can do on there but it works very well for me. below is a link for the what i consider the best site (digital-director) for help etc on all your editing problems, ive learnt a lot off people on this forum.

http://www.videoforums.co.uk/index.php

[jay spence]

ashampoo, it's free. My favorite price.

[cdarcy]

If you are on PC - definately go Adobe Premiere Pro. This is the equivalent of Final Cut for PC. Avid Xpress no longer exists - AVID have instead released a "media composer" software version. This is pretty expensive and it isn't easy to get a pirate version.

If you're on a mac - then definately final cut pro. A lot of surf films are cut on final cut - Tim Bonython has a final cut suite setup for all his films.

In terms of programs being broadcast quality - most programs are capable of editing broadcast quality footage - it just depends on what you pump into it. If your cutting DV or HDV then - yes technically it is broadcast quality but be careful with what codecs and compression you use - because if it becomes any more compressed then it won't be broadcast quality anymore.

Any programs going to be hard to use at first (unless you use imovie or windows movie maker) but once you get used to them they're awesome.

Hope this was of some help