Software Lists [Updated]

[TaranT]

Updates, corrections, additions, etc. can be posted as replies to this topic.

The following list is ordered by operating system and approximate price to purchase.


Audio Editing Software

WINDOWS

Title: Sound Forge
Company: Sony Media Software
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Default.asp
Price range: approx $300
Trial version? Yes

Title: ACID Pro
Company: Sony Media Software
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Default.asp
Price range: approx $300
Trial version? Yes

Title: Audition
Company: Adobe Systems Inc.
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.adobe.com/
Price range: approx $300
Trial version? Yes

Title: SONAR
Company: Cakewalk
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.cakewalk.com/
Price range: under $300
Trial version? No

Title: Cubase
Company: Steinberg Creative Tools
System: Windows, Macintosh
Web link: http://www.steinberg.de/Steinberg/defaultb0e4.html
Price range: under $200
Trial version? No

Title: Sound Forge Audio Studio
Company: Sony Media Software
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Default.asp
Price range: under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: ACID Music Studio
Company: Sony Media Software
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Default.asp
Price range: under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: Music Creator
Company: Cakewalk
System: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.cakewalk.com/
Price range: approx $100
Trial version? No

Title: ACID XMC
Company: Sony Media Software
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Default.asp
Price range: under $50
Trial version? No

Title: Music Maker deLuxe
Company: Magix
System: Windows
Web link: http://usa.magix.com/
Price range: Under $50
Trial version? Yes

Title: Audio Cleaning Lab
Company: Magix
System: Windows
Web link: http://usa.magix.com/
Price range: Under $50
Trial version? Yes

Title: Nero Wave Editor
Company: Ahead Software
System: Windows
Web link: http://ww2.nero.com/enu/index.html
Price range: Free w/ purchase of Nero
Trial version? Yes

Title: Audacity
Company: None
System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Macintosh, Linux
Web link: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Price range: Free, GNU license
Trial version? N/A

Title: Besweet
Company: None
System: Windows
Web link: http://besweet.notrace.dk/
Price range: Free
Trial version? N/A


MACINTOSH

Title: Cubase
Company: Steinberg Creative Tools
System: Windows, Macintosh
Web link: http://www.steinberg.de/Steinberg/defaultb0e4.html
Price range: under $200
Trial version? No

Title: Metro
Company: Sagan Tech
System: Macintosh
Web link: http://www.sagantech.biz/
Price range: under $100 to over $300
Trial version? Yes

Title: Sound Studio
Company: Freeverse
System: Macintosh
Web link: http://www.freeverse.com/
Price range: under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: Audacity
Company: None
System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Macintosh, Linux
Web link: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Price range: Free, GNU license
Trial version? N/A


LINUX

Title: Audacity
Company: None
System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Macintosh, Linux
Web link: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Price range: Free, GNU license
Trial version? N/A

Title: Ardour
Company: None
System: Linux
Web link: http://ardour.org/
Price range: Free, GNU license
Trial version? N/A

[TaranT]

Updates, corrections, additions, etc. can be posted as replies to this topic.

The following list is ordered by approximate price to purchase.


Video Utilities

Title: MPEG Encoder
Company: Main Concept
System: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.mainconcept.com/
Price range: under $200
Trial version? Yes

Title: TMPGEnc XPress
Company: Pegasys, Inc.
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.tmpg-inc.com/index.html
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: Tsunami Video Encoder
Company: TMPG Inc.
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.tmpg-inc.com/index.html
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? No

Title: TMPGEnc (freeware)
Company: TMPGEnc
System: Windows 98/me/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main2.html
Price range: Free
Trial version? N/A

Title: VirtualDub
Company: None
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.virtualdub.org/
Price range: Free, GNU License
Trial version? N/A

Title: VirtualDubMod
Company: None
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/
Price range: Free, GNU License
Trial version? N/A

Title: AviSynth
Company: None
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/avisynth2/
Price range: Free, GNU License
Trial version? N/A

Title: eo-video
Company: Maya Studio Ltd.
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.eo-video.com/
Price range: Under $50
Trial version? Yes


DVD Authoring

Title: Encore DVD
Company: Adobe, Inc.
System: Windows XP
Web link: http://www.adobe.com/
Price range: Under $400
Trial version? Yes

Title: DVD Architect
Company: Sony Media Software
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Default.asp
Price range: $500 and up (purchased with Vegas)
Trial version? Yes

Title: MovieFactory
Company: Ulead Systems, Inc.
System: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.ulead.com/
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: Nero
Company: Nero AG
System: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.nero.com/
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: Tsunami DVD Author Pro
Company: TMPG Inc.
System: Windows 2000/XP
Web link: http://www.tmpg-inc.com/
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? Yes


Media Players/Viewers

Title: eo-video
Company: Maya Studio Ltd.
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.eo-video.com/
Price range: Under $50
Trial version? Yes

Title: WinAmp
Company: Nullsoft
System: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.winamp.com/
Price range: Free ($20 for Pro version)
Trial version? N/A

Title: Media Player Classic (WMP6.4)
Company: None
System: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
Price range: Free, GNU License
Trial version? N/A

Title: VLC
Company: VideoLAN
System: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.videolan.org/
Price range: Free, GNU License
Trial version? N/A

Title: MPlayer
Company: None
System: Windows, Macintosh, Linux
Web link: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/info.html
Price range: Free, GNU License
Trial version? N/A

Title: Irfanview
Company: None
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.irfanview.com/
Price range: Free
Trial version? N/A


Video FX Backdrops

Title: Vision Series
Company: Sony Media Software
System: N/A
Web link: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Default.asp
Price range: approx $100 each
Trial version? Yes (samples)

Title: Jump Backs
Company: Digital Juice
System: N/A
Web link: http://www.digitaljuice.com/
Price range: approx $100 each
Trial version? Yes (samples)

Title: Pick-a-Video
Company: Ulead Systems, Inc.
System: N/A
Web link: http://www.ulead.com/
Price range: approx $100 each
Trial version? Yes (samples)

Title: DVD Video Loops (PAL)
Company: Main Concept
System: N/A
Web link: http://www.mainconcept.com/
Price range: approx $20 each
Trial version? No


FTP Client Software

Title: WS FTP Home
Company: Ipswitch
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.ipswitch.com/products/ws_ftp/home/index.asp
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: Cute FTP Home
Company: Globalscape
System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Web link: http://www.cuteftp.com/cuteftp/
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: SmartFTP
Company: Globalscape
System: Windows
Web link: http://www.smartftp.com/
Price range: Under $100
Trial version? Yes

Title: Filezilla
Company: None
System: Windows
Web link: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Price range: Free, GNU License
Trial version? N/A

[TaranT]

Resources for Video Editing


News, tutorials, and forums relating to digital media:
http://www.digital-digest.com/
http://www.dv.com/
http://www.abcdv.com/

More on the technical side:
http://www.doom9.net/
http://www.videohelp.com/

Video and audio software list:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/

Creative Cow has forums that cover many different software packages, notably Vegas and After Effects.
http://www.creativecow.com/

DMN Forums cover a wide variety of software and hardware topics in digital media creation.
http://www.dmnforums.com/cgi-bin/wwuglistcategory.cgi

Audio Forums is for music editing and production. Forums are dedicated to specific manufacturers of audio editing software.
http://www.audioforums.com/

Music and audio for Linux systems:
http://linux-sound.org/

Music and audio for Macintosh systems:
http://www.macmusic.org/home/?lang=EN

Sony Vegas-related:
http://www.blue7media.com/vegas/

Adobe Premiere tutorials:
http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videotutorial/tutorials.htm

Windows Movie Maker tutorials:
http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2

Video software training courses:
http://www.classondemand.net/ClassOnDem ... talog.html

FTP (File Transfer protocol) issues:
http://www.ftpplanet.com/

[Keeper of Hellfire]

A trial for AIST MovieDV is available, but only at the German website. You can download it with clicking at the red "hier". The installation will start in German either, but you can select the language during installation.

[Keeper of Hellfire]

The Company AIST doesn't sell editing software any longer, so MovieXOne Plus and MovieDV aren't available at all.

[MawTheKiller]

Thank you so freaking much. Saved me a whole lot of head ache when helping out a friend find the stuff. If I could repay you for this I would.

[CrazyLee]

NeroVision Express is for DVD creation, as far as I can tell. And it's extremely limited in what it can do, since it's free.

[patherine]

What is the difference between adobe premiere and final cut video editing software? Besides Final Cut is on a Mac and Premiere is on a PC, what are the differences? I am taking a college class that teaches Final Cut. I am excited to learn Final Cut because I know it is the industry standard. But I own premiere and a pc. Will learning Final Cut help me to understand Adobe Premiere?

[Chez]

What is the difference between adobe premiere and final cut video editing software? Besides Final Cut is on a Mac and Premiere is on a PC, what are the differences? I am taking a college class that teaches Final Cut. I am excited to learn Final Cut because I know it is the industry standard. But I own premiere and a pc. Will learning Final Cut help me to understand Adobe Premiere?

they are similar some effects may be different and the viewing monitors are alike, but over all Final Cuts basic service and Premiere basic service are alike.

If it makes you feel any better i started with premiere and it was a hell of a lot easier when i had to use final cut in class because most of the basic timline and effects where the same. Its really just how you get to them and rendering that is different.

[Kaream]

Make's me feel like a noob.