What is the best video editing software for the price?

Question

I'm making some vids with friends and i don't have any software to edit it. What should i get?

Answer 1

As Paul correctly stated, it depends on the type of camera you are using. If you have a DVD camera, you are pretty much left with one option, Ulead Video Studio. If you have a Hard Drive camera, you can use Sony Vegas or Final Cut Express.

If you have a miniDV camera, you can use pretty much anything. The best Non-Linear editing system is a cross between Final Cut Studio 2 and Avid Media Composer. Final Cut (FCS) only works on Macintosh computers, while Avid only works on Macs or very powerful PCs. They are both extremely expensive, but you can get amazing discounts if you are a student.

AVID: reg $2,500 discount $295

FCS: reg $1,200 discount $700 (you have to be a college student for the FCS discount)

Both Avid and FCS are industry standards, so you'll have acess to the same editing tools as editors in Hollywood. Avid has been for years, and still is dominant in the movie industry, but FCS is getting to be more and more popular.

I actually like FCS better than Avid because it's not just a video editor. It's the entire production package. FCS comes with Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro (for limitless royalty free music), Motion (for 3D FX), Color (for professional color correction), Compressor, DVD Studio and lots of other cool stuff. Soundtrack is a big one for me. If you are doing some serious filmmaking for entering in contests, you need royalty free music. You can buy it for a lot of $ or get a music composing program. Soundtrack Pro is the best. I've tried Sony Cinescore and SonicFire Pro and hated them.

Adobe Premiere Pro is another great editing system for a bit cheaper. It's $700 (student discount $350). That still may be a lot of $ for most people, but I guarantee you wont find anything close to the quality of Avid, FCS or Adobe on a consumer program.

But it's totally understandable if you can't spend that kind of money. Some decent, cheaper programs are Sony Vegas, Final Cut Express, and Pinnacle Studio.

Well, I hope that helps, and good luck.

Answer 2

window movie maker

Answer 3

I take it by software you mean a programme that you run on a computer?

And therein we hit the skids.

WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER DO YOU HAVE????

For the two main systems Mac and Windows there are free and inexpensive programmes that may do the job, but ooops, here we are with the skids again....

WHAT KIND OF CAMCORDER DO YOU HAVE????

Is it a dv tape, hdd, dvd?  Does it have a firewire connection? USB?

I'm always happy to help a brother where I can, but I draw the line at feigning telepathy.

Answer 4

I always use this video editor to edit video, my friends recommend it to me. it's easy to use and works pretty well. You may download it for a try

http://www.freedvdripper.net/software/mo...

If you have any other questions, feel free to email me.