Filmmaking Video Editting Software?
by admin ~ June 24th, 2009 . Filed under: Photography .
bennarh b asked:
I am a new low budget filmmaker and i am looking for a good pro video editting software.
Chrissy
I am a new low budget filmmaker and i am looking for a good pro video editting software.
Chrissy
June 27th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Avid Pro is the TV industry standard
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June 28th, 2009 at 4:39 am
While it is true that Avid is the industry leader, it is also very expensive and not likely within a budget film makers price range. Avid used offer a free version, but it was very limited and are no longer hosting it on their website although you might be able to find a copy floating around.
What professionals use is often Adobe Premier for the PC or Final Cut Pro for the mac. I have also heard of some pros liking Sony Vegas. However, each of these titles is at least $600. If you are willing to run a linux distribution, there are a couple of free linux video editors. I can’t attest to how well they work but they do have a following.
There is Kino , and as the two most prominent.
There is a Linux distro, Ubuntu Studio( )that is built for multi-media editing and a distro that is being worked on Video Linux(http://videolinux.net/news.php) that looks promising.
I have used both Final Cut Pro and Premier. They are very similar to me, but use different terminology. I find final cut pro a little more difficult, but that might be because I am not a s familiar with apple machines as i am other operating systems.
One thing to keep in ming regardless of what you choose is that you will need lots of ram, a fast processor and a at least 200 gigs of free hard drive space.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
plenty of software can be found online. there’s an online shop called 88db you may want to try out under the buy and sell section. alternatively, you can download freeware, but they always come with a limited time usage or restrictions.