What Movie Maker do you use?

[ItchinoSan]

I love doing detailed work on videos,and i have to go into image editors and do image by image editing sometimes cause im just picky like that,but does anyone know of a good maker that i could buy? Like..one that does alot more than stupid Windows Movie Maker 2?Thanx.

[Optimizer]

I have used Adobe Premire 6 and also Premire Pro. A lot of people use Final Cut, which is a really good program to use.

[aznfs]

ill just list the programs i generally use not necessarily only for amvs

~ Sonic Foundry/Sony Vegas 4/5
~ Adobe After FX 6.5
~ Maya 6.0
~ Adobe PS 7.0
~ MS paint
~ WMM 2 ... if it ever decides not to crash on me

[Angry Angel]

I really like Sonic Foundry Vegas Video 4.0, and the newer version 5.0. I find them easier to work with than Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle Studio and Video Deluxe (yes, I tried them all at one point or another ) without being limited in my editing experience (ogh, what a term).

[BlindNoir]

Vegas..... nothing better 8)

[aznfs]

Vegas..... nothing better 8)

yup; first started with wwm 1 but i tried the trial of vegas 4 and 2 weeks later i bought it fast forward 1 1/2 years and now i have vegas 5

i still kind of liked the layout and template of the original sonic foundry version of vegas tho

[BlindNoir]

everyone gets hooked on it. the good drug

[bum]

currently i use vegas 4, and im playing around with wax a bit. though ive never played around with them integrated into each other. most things (besides particles and 3d objects, and mabey text effects, which internaly, vegas dosnt have much in the way off) i can do in vegas, even basic masking like piano keys.

[aznfs]

currently i use vegas 4, and im playing around with wax a bit. though ive never played around with them integrated into each other. most things (besides particles and 3d objects, and mabey text effects, which internaly, vegas dosnt have much in the way off) i can do in vegas, even basic masking like piano keys.

yea vegas isnt one with the titler effects but i believe vegas 5 which i just got comes with boris graffiti which i believe is a external titler, but i havent gone around to trying out yet, because i have my hands full already with after fx >_< damn so many functions so many combo effects so little time >_<

[rose4emily]

I love doing detailed work on videos,and i have to go into image editors and do image by image editing sometimes cause im just picky like that,but does anyone know of a good maker that i could buy? Like..one that does alot more than stupid Windows Movie Maker 2?Thanx.

What you want, from the sound's of your post, is CinePaint (formerly known as "FilmGimp"). Get it for free at http://www.cinepaint.org. It's made specifically for "image by image" editing, and I've used it extensively on a recent (unreleased) project. The prime advantage of using it is that it lets you conveniently access a large number of images at a time, and has all the features you'd expect of an image editor like Fireworks or the GNU Image Manipulation Program (which is actually at the core of CinePaint). Not quite Photoshop, but close.

Problem is, the Windows port isn't done yet, do it'll only work for you if you're using Linux or Mac OSX.

For Windows, I hear AVISynth is wonderful for detailed and unusual editing tasks. It's also free and very well documented, so you might try looking at that as well.

Problem is, it only works on Windows, so good luck finding an equivalent for something else.