Posted: 10/19/2006 1:08:37 PM EDT
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I just picked up a camcorder and I want to put together some hunting, shooting, and misc. videos. What is the best entry-level software available? |
Big +1 I have used Adobe Premiere for years and for the high end yes but Sony Vegas Movie Studio will do 90%+ of what Premiere will do for a fraction of the cost. Sony Vegas Movie Studio is a hell of a lot of software for less than $100, nothing else compares for 3+ times the money. Pinnacle does not come close to being as good or featured filled. Link to Sonys page for Vegas Movie Studio+DVD Platinum, check out the featue list and the awards. www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/product.asp?PID=408 Newegg has Vegas Movie Studio+DVD Platinum fo $90. www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832135006 |
| I have a copy of Vegas I *ahem* aquired that I use. It certainly does anything a entry-level user would want to do. Windows XP does come with a real basic video editing package. Basically all you can do with it is cut and paste clips together. Which may be all you need. |
I want to be able to cut and paste clips together, add music and sound clips, add picture slideshows, add text, etc. Nothing too advanced, but more than the real basic stuff. |
+1 for Studio 10.6. Supports widescreen. A lot of video formats. You build DVD menus. And you can burn DVDs, ISOs, or videos for iPod and PSP. I like how you import your video right from the camcorder, and it will break all the scenes up for you. And let you paste them back in a timeline or scene view with or without music. You can put pictures in slideshow style. It took a while to output the final video on my old computer. But it screams on a Core 2 Duo E6600. |
the XP one will allow you to add sound and text I know that for sure. Never really messed with it beyond that. |