Best video editer?
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Adobe Premiere series is great, although I am not digging Pro as much as I thought I would before it came out. I don't like some of the interface tweaks they did (no more "razor at edit line" option when right-clicking in the timeline, anyone know if you can change this?), but I do appreciate a lot of the new features they've added (DVD integration with Encore, etc).
I switched before Premiere Pro came out, so I can't comment on how it compares there, but Vegas had much better sound implementation and the general workflow appealed to me. I like the flexibility, and It's much more intuitive than Premiere, at least for me.goodcow said:
I'd been using Premiere from ver. 4 up until 6.5.
Surprisingly, Vegas is a very powerful editing app. And while it isn't as popular as the big three (Really just big two, as Adobe Premiere is RARELY used for any professional work), it is slowly coming into it's own as a mainstream editor.
All of them offer free downloads on their website that you can use to figure out which one suits your need. Because while they all do the same thing (edit), the way they do it is radically different from one another.
Premiere 6+ (Pro preferably) is the easiest to get into, then FCP, and then Vegas, with Avid being the most balls to the wall professional. But I still curse at Avid for making things OVERLY complicated (I use Avid Xpress Pro 4.6...and it pisses me off).
All of them offer free downloads on their website that you can use to figure out which one suits your need. Because while they all do the same thing (edit), the way they do it is radically different from one another.
Premiere 6+ (Pro preferably) is the easiest to get into, then FCP, and then Vegas, with Avid being the most balls to the wall professional. But I still curse at Avid for making things OVERLY complicated (I use Avid Xpress Pro 4.6...and it pisses me off).
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XMonkey said:
You're supposed to use the short cut keys Ctrl-K to razor at edit line.
I use Premiere Pro 1.5 with the rest of the Adobe line, After Effects Pro 6.5 (best program ever made), Encore DVD, Photoshop CS, and Audition(don't know this program that well)>
I really like the new Premiere Pro compared to the old ones. Only problem with it is that it doesn't handle 24P Standard footage very well.
It depends on what you want to do. If you just want to introduce yourself to the fun, fun (no sarcasm, REALLY!) world of video editing, Premiere will definitely let you learn the ropes. The thing is that on the surface, video editing is largely the same, no matter what program you use. They all have a timeline, a bin, a few audio tracks, and a way to output what you need. That said, if you ultimately want to take the next step and maybe find work in the field, you need to know either Avid of FCPro.
Avid offers a barebones version of their editor for free, it's good for learning their specific software, where everything is, etc:
http://www.avid.com/freedv/index.asp
Final Cut Pro is also great, despite it's sometimes unabashed preference for Firewire (but maybe that's changed, I haven't used it in about 2 years.)
Avid offers a barebones version of their editor for free, it's good for learning their specific software, where everything is, etc:
http://www.avid.com/freedv/index.asp
Final Cut Pro is also great, despite it's sometimes unabashed preference for Firewire (but maybe that's changed, I haven't used it in about 2 years.)
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Ill Saint said:
From what I've read and heard, Combustion is better for rotoscoping, painting, mattes, and stuff like that, and After Effects is better for motion graphics and animation. The addition of Keylight and Color Finesse has made AE 6.5 Pro much better because their color correction and keying were lacking.
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