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Anyone have any recommendations for some good video editing software? I've had a look at Sony Vegas but it seems very complicated to do even the most basic things. Windows Movie Maker is probably a bit too basic.
I agree.
I have Vegas and Premier Pro and even though I'm used to other Adobe Creative Suite apps, I find them ridiculously clumsy.
Looking forward to some responses that don't involve a Mac and iMovie.
Could try Lightworks - heard good things about it, and it's free. Haven't used it myself as I don't run Windows, but might be worth a punt.
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If you want something more powerful than Movie Maker then Vegas is actually a good bet. Not as complicated as it looks at first and pretty good built in tutorials.
I find this nice and easy to use, it's free too. http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html
The pros use avid on a PC, could be a sledgehammer to crack a nut if you just want to edit home video.
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Sony interface is easy when you've used it a few times.
Beneficial being used widely because there are tutorial vids all over youtube.
I made the mistake of buying Vegas Movie Studio which apparently is only a 32 bit programme so will not use more than 2 gig of ram (?) which is good for <4 min vids but will screw up a HD project if you go much longer.
I use Vegas too. Not as terrifyingly complex as it first appears and very powerful too.
Since moving to a MAC I have found iMovie to be easy to use, previously I used Serif on a PC which was not bad either, very simple but maybe a little too basic for your needs?
Sony Vegas here too. It takes a while to get your head around it but once you do it's great.
One thing that does annoy me about Vegas is the lack of built-in anti shake filtering.
You can get plugins but most seem quite expensive. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try, and give Vegas a bit more time as well 🙂
I'm using Vegas here too, and like it, even if it wasn't immediately intuitive.
Cheers, Rich
I would go for something Like Sony Vegas/Premiere Pro as there are a lot of tutorials on YouTube, so you should be able to pick it up very easily.
I use Premiere Pro, great bit of software and 1000's of video's on YouTube to help you when you get stuck.