What is the best video editing program?

I have Windows Movie Maker 2 & Sony Vegas

Well, between those too, I'd go for Vegas.. :lol:

I love

Ulead stuff

Premiere Elements 2 all the way

JT

Do you consider it worth the upgrade to Elements 2, or have you only been on 2 and don't know what 1 was like, I cant make up my mind whether to go for the upgrade.

I've been editing in Premiere since 1995, I think it was 3.5 then or 4, ......Elements I find so easy to use, I don't want to upgrade unless there is a big advantage.

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If you're happy with what you've got then stay with it mate. I only upgraded because the combined package of Photoshop Elements 4 and Premiere Elements 2 came to about £70 (after the Adobe rebate) and I thought it was good value.

I've only just installed it as I had to commit to a long overdue PC upgrade but I have to say it looks really good. In fact, it looks like it's the product Adobe wanted to have originally but only just got round to it.

Elements 1 did everythng I wanted it to as a hobby and I reckon I only used about 30% of its capabilities so the upgarde was a luxury on my behalf.

Things I've noticed so far are:

1. Much neater workspace
2. Easier to pick transitions as the actual effect thumbnail appears next to the effect name.
3. There's a project archiver so you don't lose everything you set up.
4. It accepts a wider variety of files
5. DVD authoring is better although the templates are still a bit naff.

Google around for other views but I reckon if you like Elements 1 and can get the upgrade at a good price it's absolutely worth it.

Cheers

JT

Thanks for the reply, it does sound tempting, I am editing much faster than I did with Prem 6 that I don't want to rock the boat with an upgrade, but as I say it sounds tempting, I would like to be able to do my own DVD menu's and believe that you can do that in Elements 2.

I'll have to have a think.

Thank you once again.

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I've played with most appz on the market and finally settled on Vegas. If you have it use it.

Windows Movie maker is not an edit app - it's a pile of sh@*

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