Need help deciding on an editor.

Chaos__Raven · Post by **Chaos__Raven** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:04 pm

I am good at editing, and I want to be better at AMVs. But I need suggestions. I need a program with a layout similar to Windows Movie maker, But with an overlay track. I also want the cut up clips option like movie maker. And it cant be too laggy. If anyone can help I would kiss their feet....

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:19 pm

Chaos__Raven wrote:I am good at editing, and I want to be better at AMVs. But I need suggestions. I need a program with a layout similar to Windows Movie maker, But with an overlay track. I also want the cut up clips option like movie maker. And it cant be too laggy. If anyone can help I would kiss their feet....

wow i never heard anyone say they want a program like windows movie maker..

lol, don't spit on my feet

Digitalmaster3605 · Post by **Digitalmaster3605** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:25 pm

x_rex30 wrote:
Chaos__Raven wrote:I am good at editing, and I want to be better at AMVs. But I need suggestions. I need a program with a layout similar to Windows Movie maker, But with an overlay track. I also want the cut up clips option like movie maker. And it cant be too laggy. If anyone can help I would kiss their feet....
wow i never heard anyone say they want a program like windows movie maker..

lol, don't spit on my feet

Well if you think about it, WMM does look like most other editers, track, preview box, clip bank. It's rather general.

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:31 pm

Magix's display is somewhat similar to WMM's, except that the preview window is on the left and the media pool (think of it as Collections with everything pre-imported) is on the right. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by overlay track, but each of the timelines can be used for video / audio / pictures / titles / alpha channels / anything else I've missed. The official website for each NLE will probably have some screenshots on it somewhere, so check a couple out and see if anynthing takes your fancy. Most of them are pretty similar anyway.

Magix does also have a clip-cutting option, but I don't know how it compares to WMM's.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:18 pm

Not to mention the fact you can re-arange the windows to look however you want in most NLEs...

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:10 pm

No matter how people may badmouth WMM, I always thought it had a very clean set up. It just doesn't run worth beans.

That being the case, I second Magix. It's the program I ended up upgrading to when I "grew out" of WMM2, and I'm hooked on it now. It's pretty cheap for a good editor, too. You shouldn't have to pay more than fifty dollars if you look in the right place.

Hope that helps.

- Jen

princess myu · Post by **princess myu** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:17 pm

Melanchthon wrote:Magix's display is somewhat similar to WMM's, except that the preview window is on the left and the media pool (think of it as Collections with everything pre-imported) is on the right. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by overlay track, but each of the timelines can be used for video / audio / pictures / titles / alpha channels / anything else I've missed. The official website for each NLE will probably have some screenshots on it somewhere, so check a couple out and see if anynthing takes your fancy. Most of them are pretty similar anyway.

Magix does also have a clip-cutting option, but I don't know how it compares to WMM's.

do you have a link for that

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:37 pm

sailor earth wrote:do you have a link for that

http://www.magix.com/
http://site.magix.net/english-uk/home/all-products/

Plenty of closeups, but not much in the way of full-screen shots. If you're going to go for Magix, get the UK versions rather than the US ones. MEP10 is based on two different programs depending on which version you buy, and for once it's not the UK getting shafted.

http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aoeuue1.jpg
Full-screen shot, MEP10+ UK.

Radical_Yue · Post by **Radical_Yue** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:42 am

I personally like Sony Vegas.

I found it relatively easy to transition from WMM to Vegas.

Digitalmaster3605 · Post by **Digitalmaster3605** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:27 pm

Wow. Magix is pretty.

And yeah. Vegas is good. Its ~$600, but good. No clip maker though. You've gotta make your own. Unless it does have one that Ive never noticed.

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