Best and worst video programs

Mew Lime · Post by **Mew Lime** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:14 am

Which do you think are the best vid programs? How about worst?
In terms of user-friendliness, effects and transitions, customization, etc.
Best:
I'm not sure....WMM is very user friendly, but Vegas and Premiere have good SFX...I could use a few recommendations ^^;
Worst:
Definititely Zwei Stein. Not so much SFX, and not user-friendly at all.

Your opinions?

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:25 am

WMM is a good program to learn the basics of video editing with. Plus, it is included with every copy of Windows XP (WinME has a version too).

Vegas is fairly easy to learn (easier than Premiere) and is much more powerful than WMM. The home version Vegas Movie Studio does a good job of hand-holding.

Premiere's newer versions (especially Elements 3.0) have made the initial learning curve easier. Premiere has the advantage of greater plug-in support compared to Vegas.

I personally use Magix Movie Edit Pro 10 and am transitioning to version 11. Magix is cheap too.

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:29 am

worst - wmm

best - everything i use, and touch.

Keeper of Hellfire · Post by **Keeper of Hellfire** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:16 am

User-friendlyness is a very personal matter, so noone can give you a recommendation. For example me, I find the AIST programs easy to use while Magix was a horror for me. But maybe if I had started editing with Magix instead of AIST it was different.

You don't even give a price range. Take a look at the software list, download trial versions from the programs that fits your price range and find out yourself whats the best for you. But make sure to install only one trial at time, because somtimes the editing programs interfere. And set a recovery point. The most uninstall-routines are crap.

And make sure to read the system requirements. For example, Adobe Premiere Pro and Elements, starting with Version 2.0, require a CPU with SSE2 support.