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Postby Lieg » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:31 pm

I have been planning on makeing my first amv and i finnally have the song and dvd(s). I do not wish to use the windows movie maker. I do not want one you can download for free. I do not want a lame cheap one. I want a GOOD one. I do have a budget though so keep under a $100 if you can.
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Postby Kariudo » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:42 pm

Many people will say that the free programs are just as good as the upper-end programs.

but there does tend to a be correlation between price and quality.
on your budget, you could get Ulead video studio, Vegas movie studio, Magix movie edit pro, or premiere elements

download trial versions to find out which one is right for you

*this is not all the programs in your budget, just the ones most used by editors on this site*
and you should still take time to check out the free/open source software thread on the top of this section
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Postby Bauzi » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:43 pm

From Bauzi:

... puh... 100$ is a hard limit, because:
I think the best editors in this price class are Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas, but I think the price goes up to around 150$ (and more!) for each programm, but this two are really good editors!
I think you should try first trial versions of this programms before you decide wich you will buy. This is imo the best way...
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Postby Scintilla » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:27 pm

Bauzi-and-MAC wrote:I think the best editors in this price class are Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas, but I think the price goes up to around 150$ (and more!) for each program...

Try $700 (retail).
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Postby Moonie » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:32 pm

you could try this
http://www.puremotion.com/editstudio/index.htm
that would be under $100 unless you get the pro version at $150
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Postby Jayn_Newell » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:37 pm

Scintilla wrote:
Bauzi-and-MAC wrote:I think the best editors in this price class are Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas, but I think the price goes up to around 150$ (and more!) for each program...

Try $700 (retail).


He's probably thinking of the cheap versions, Vegas Movie Studio and Premiere Elements, which go for about $100-$150 each.
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:43 pm

Don't be afraid to start with Windows Movie Maker...you can do some pretty neat things with it, especially in combination with two other free programs called Avisynth and VirtualDubMod, if you're willing to practice and learn a little scripting.

If not...try Magix Movie Edit Pro. I haven't actually used it, but I've checked it out before and it seems like you can do quite a bit with it. It's pretty cheap, too. Like, under $50 cheap.
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Postby Orwell » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:55 pm

I've heard some good things about Magix, and from the sound of some editors it's better than premiere. Ask Kai Stromler about it. There's the AE/premiere combination, but that'll set you back far more than you want to spend legally.
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Postby AngelOfTheDark » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:45 am

I'm interested in a new movie editor, too, but I have some specific requirements. I'm looking for something with at least one video overlay option (preferably more, and if I could control the shape of the overlay, that'd be great too), and preferably at least one audio overlay option (though, that's not a huge deal). I'd like decent effects (I don't use many effects, but when I do use them, I like them to be good ones), and preferably something that doesn't crash easily (my computer seems to be pretty powerful, though. I tried a trial version of Ulead Video Studio and it only crash a couple times near the end of the 5 minute video. But WMM crashes almost constantly.)

My price range is a little higher, though. $150 would be nice. I'd prefer not to go over $200, and I think my true limit would be around $250.

If anything has a free trial option, that would be wonderful, too. I'd really prefer to give a program a test drive to see if it will meet my needs before I go spending that much money on it. (That's about 2 textbooks I'm sacrificing right there. ^_^;;)

Thank you so much in advance for any advice!
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Postby Kalium » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:56 am

Magix will cut it. It has a number of tracks for both audio and video. It does effects, provided you're willing to work at it a little bit (there's no point-and-drool-instant-shiny button, but effects are perfectly doable). The pricetag is quite reasonable, being under $100.
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Postby CrackTheSky » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:58 am

Premiere Elements 2.0 is probably your best bet. I haven't used it, but I know it can do all the things you want it to do and it's reasonably priced, around $100 I believe.

Also look into Magix Movie Edit Pro, which also has all the features you require and is much cheaper around $50. I've heard good things about both and Premiere Elements 2.0 is quite popular on this site.
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Postby AngelOfTheDark » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:24 am

Wow. Thanks for such a fast reply, I appreciate it. I'm going to give the free trial of Magix a shot now, and look into the other for my next AMV. But, I'm curious, do you know of any problems with the programs you mentioned? I just want to know so I can decide if it's stuff I can deal with or not. I'm a pretty patient person, and I'm used to technology's hatred of me, so I can handle a lot stuff, I just want to compare and make sure it's nothing my computer can't handle. Oh, and I forgot to mention, is there a variety of importation options? I like to have options, since I'm still playing with my DVD ripper to see what creates the best quality, so I'm not yet sure what type of video I'm going to stick with.
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Postby CrackTheSky » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:20 am

I can't say from first-hand experience, but I've never *heard* of any stability issues with either Magix or Premiere Elements. Generally Adobe products are stable enough, and Magix...well, if the trial gives you any problems then be careful about buying the full product.

I'm not even going to try answering what can and can't be imported into either of those programs...I'm shooting in the dark enough here.
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Postby Pwolf » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:24 am

the best editing program ever is.... notepad :o

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Postby Willen » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:01 am

Pwolf wrote:the best editing program ever is.... notepad :o

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For video editing and creating web pages. :P

I use Magix MEP10 (and MEP11 a bit), and I've never had it crash on me. Maybe freeze once. And once I had to go to a previous (backup) version of a movie project because somehow the one I was working on got corrupted (not sure what happened, luckily I made the backup of that project on a whim). Of course, my machine is sort of high-end so your results may vary (A64 X2 3800+, 2GB RAM, currently ~700GB HDD space).

Magix has a few quirks, but so do most other programs. But you get 16 tracks (video and audio), some OK packaged effects (if you are willing to do some work, you can do decent stuff), good masking/overlay support, and it's relatively cheap.
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