AMV Software Lists

[FurryCurry]

Discreet is now shipping Combustion 3 for Windows, with a Mac version due in early 2004. Upgrade from 2.1 is $199, full version is $995.

[TaranT]

The best of the best in Windows freeware: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm

Not strictly for AV editing, but a lot of good stuff.

Thanks go to dokidoki for the link.

[Soundy]

MACINTOSH

Title: Logic Platinum
Company: EMagic
System: Macintosh
Web link: http://www.emagic.de/
Price range: Over $500
Grade: high-level consumer
Trial version? No

Title: Cubase
Company: Steinberg Creative Tools
System: Windows, Macintosh
Web link: http://www.steinberg.net/en/
Price range: approx $500
Grade: high-level consumer to professional
Trial version? No

Title: Cubasis
Company: Steinberg Creative Tools
System: Windows, Macintosh
Web link: http://www.steinberg.net/en/
Price range: approx $100
Grade: mid-level consumer
Trial version? No

These are also available for Windows, but note that they're not so much audio EDITING packages as they are multitracking/sequencing packages. Some versions of Cubase have extensive features for surround mixing as well.

[TaranT]

Class On Demand sells DVD-based self-teaching materials for various video software packages, including Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Vegas, and others. They cost from $50 to a few hundred dollars. Their latest release is "Photoshop for Digital Video" ($80).

[trythil]

OK, this needs to go here, and I don't know why it's not here already.

Blender

URL: http://www.blender3d.org
Price: $0 (packages with manuals are available at reasonable cost)
Description: highly capable 3D modeling and animation system

Target audience:
...well I don't really know. Blender was designed by an animation studio to be used by animators, so I'd guess "professional".

[Mikamikem]

Hi I would like to start making some AMVs, but I have a problem. I am running linux and do not have a DV camcorder. The first program you listed for Linux editors has either lost its support or is located somewhere else and not listed on google as I can't seem to find it. The second program requires a dv file input for all of the files you want to create the vid out of. Is this the standard? I have seen numerous posts on other sites saying that converting from say divx or mpeg to a dv file cuts the quality. I was wondering if anyone here runs linux and/or knows of a good linux movie editor. I have checked many sites and actually downloaded and installed a lot of programs and they all require dv files as input. Are there any out there that support avi or mpeg inputs? I have tried using mencoder but that program is more for conversions and not editing. If anyone has links or names that would help.

[Mikamikem]

I found the Cinelerra binaries and they work so I am going to use that as it recognizes my avi file so thanks for the links. Hopefully I will actually make an AMV soon.

[bawenrich]

I finally got a DVD Drive for my computer (I've been using my Video Capture card to capture from external sources until now). What would you folks suggest I use to capture Video from my DVD Drive?

[Jnzk]

I finally got a DVD Drive for my computer (I've been using my Video Capture card to capture from external sources until now). What would you folks suggest I use to capture Video from my DVD Drive?

You don't need to capture video from DVD, you'll get better quality if you simply rip the contents to your hard disk.

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... ogetb.html

[LoST RaiNDRoP]

aaaah.. thats what i need! a DVD drive and money to buy DVDs! grrrrr... but.. yea. why would you capture videos from your DVD when you can simply rip it. hehehe... can i have your capture card since your not going to need it anymore? .. hehe. im j/k... have fun with your dvd drive!