Video Editing Software

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:42 pm

hey ho happy campers!! just wondering those who edit their own videos and such, what software do you use?

I'm a complete noob at trying this but have been landed with all the video from my sisters wedding to string together. So any helpful advise would be welcomed.

Rossi · Post by **Rossi** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:13 am

Mate,
I got some Arcsoft video proggies here that are a doddle to use
I still have the 2 stroke tuners handbook to send you so PM the address and I'll get 'em in the post to you.

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:30 am

Adobe Premiere is supposed to be the shit Plas but not over the top on usser friendliness from what I can gather, i've got a couple of things am happy to send over if you wanna try, Pinnacle9 and Ulead DVD Workshop, your call.

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:26 am

Go and buy yourself a copy of Vegas:

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/produc ... sp?pid=404

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:44 pm

We use Avid at work, and there is even a free version - though limited in what it can do. But Premiere and Pinnacle is what most of the guys use at home.

Be warned that Avid can be fairly fussy about what hardware you run - we can't get support unless we buy an Avid certified HP workstation, I wouldn't expect the free version to be any better in that regard.

Benno · Post by **Benno** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:50 pm

I'll second Vegas, easy to use, and relatively small for a program.

Easy to get hold of too if you know how..

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:12 pm

get a copy of Ulead Video studio 10.

it converts from dv to dvd. great software

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:48 pm

aardvark wrote:Go and buy yourself a copy of Vegas:

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/produc ... sp?pid=404

the ants pantz of video software

and it has one VERY NICE feature
it also burns DVDs when you have finished

and thats very important..coz a lot of other stuff..will edit
add soundtracks etc etc blah blah but you need another bit of software
to burn the bloody thing to DVD

oh
btw...I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum

and I have stopped using
Ulead Videostudio (crap) , Picture Package(very crap) as well as DVD Movie Factory (reasonable...sorta)

hth

Smitty

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:43 pm

How much was the Platinum Smitty?

We need a second editing suite to handle our workload, some of the stuff we do is pretty basic editing - probably gonna be a while before we get our new Avid + HP + 2.5TB NS...

Be nice if there was something that wasn't too fussy on hardware that could do a bit...

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:00 am

Im not a huge fan of Vegas....... Its ok.... but not awesome.... (or perhaps I have an old version)

I used to have an awesoem piece of software that blows vegas away... or it did a few years ago... it was called something like... camtasia or something....

JetPilot · Post by **JetPilot** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:37 pm

I use Magic movie Edit Pro 10
Good for the expert and beginer.