I am new to this stuff and it's time to loose the windows movie maker promgram and get something new. I need to sink up the video and sound and want the to be as easy as possible. I would also like green screen effect and speacils effects. just let me know what yo u would use to edit.

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Ask 5 people, get 5 different answers.

Me, I like vegas, premier is well rated, and there are more.

How much do you want to spend ?

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I like Adobe products - expensive but full featured

again, how much do you want to spend?

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