What's a good program for Mac?

Yukina_Raven · Post by **Yukina_Raven** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:54 am

Hello all! I just have a simple question that I hope you all can answer! ^_^ Okay, so...for Christmas we got a new computer. An eMac with the operating system 10. It's the newest OS for Mac out there right now. Now, I was wondering if there's a program anyone can suggest that would be a good one to make AMVs with. I hope someone can help! Thanks for your time!

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 3:30 pm

Premeire is on the mac as well as a program called Final Cut Pro. I haven't messed with Final Cut Pro but I hear it is a good program.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 6:02 pm

Throw your computer out and buy a PC :}

or do what Corran Suggested... Those are both costly pieces of software though...

Yukina_Raven · Post by **Yukina_Raven** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:16 pm

throw your computer out and buy a PC :}

LOL! Nah, I think I'll stick to my Mac. They're a hell of a lot easier to use for me.

Premeire is on the mac as well as a program called Final Cut Pro. I haven't messed with Final Cut Pro but I hear it is a good program.

Yeah, I was thinking about getting Final Cut Pro. But here's another question for you: Can you rip things from a DVD to use in your video with Final Cut Pro?

milatchi · Post by **milatchi** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:09 am

The eMac probably came with iMovie 3.0 but it is shitty compared to previous incarnations of iMovie. Adobe no longer supports "Premiere" on the Mac due to direct competition from Apple's own "Final Cut Express".

programs:
Final Cut Pro - The "Bo Diggity Fo Sho" of video editing. Price $999
Final Cut Express - Almost identical to "Final Cut Pro" except specifically designed to work with DV. FCE is missing some more "Pro" features like ability to work with Film, Betamax, HD, etc. and with some color correction options. Price $300
Avid Express - Same ability as "Final Cut Pro" maybe lacking or gaining in a few areas. Price $1,000 or up.
QuickTime Pro - Allows you to import, export manipulate, and title numerous media formats. An invaluable tool to use with video. (more as a companion to the other programs) Price $30

milatchi · Post by **milatchi** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:22 am

Can you rip things from a DVD to use in your video with Final Cut Pro?

Using "DVDBackup" or "0Sex" you can rip the video from a DVD onto your Hard Disk.
If you have QuickTime Pro ($30) with the MPEG-2 component ($15) you can import the ripped ".vob" file directly into Final Cut Pro. If you don't have the MPEG-2 component then you will have to re-encode the ".vob" to a ".mov" with "MacMPEG2Decoder" or "DiVA" and then import into Final Cut Pro.

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:13 am

the quocktime format sux like crap but. fcking hell woucktime cant even do bloody full screen for gods sake

kmv · Post by **kmv** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:28 am

bum wrote:woucktime cant even do bloody full screen

CTRL-F

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:38 am

yeesh bum, quicktime is a container... it can do some stuff ok. There is uncompressed RGB & YUV I believe. As well as Sorenson MPEG4 stuff. It does suck on the PC though, unless you have the QuickTime Alternative...

Fungie½ · Post by **Fungie½** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:21 pm

Yukina_Raven wrote:
Premeire is on the mac as well as a program called Final Cut Pro. I haven't messed with Final Cut Pro but I hear it is a good program.
Yeah, I was thinking about getting Final Cut Pro. But here's another question for you: Can you rip things from a DVD to use in your video with Final Cut Pro?

Final Cut Pro is for the editing, but you can use footage that you rip off of the DVD. What you can do is use OSEx to rip the VOB files off the DVD and then use DiVA to encode the DVDs. Then you can open up those up in Quicktime Pro and take clips from them and put them into the DV Stream format and edit those in whatever program you use.