Help me choose an editing program

**rookie37** · 08-29-2011, 06:49 AM

I make animations by drawing each frame. I have hundreds of frames to stitch together. I want to alter individual frame lengths. I also want to write subtitles and choose where I want to position them.

I need to import all these bmp or jpeg files. However, I have so many that I'd like them in separate directories or something like that

I'd like a simple program that's a little bigger than ms moviemaker but I'd prefer open source or mac.

What program should I use? Most programs will do this but they do so much more that I'm paying big bucks for features that I don't use. Will imovie sort in different directories? Can I position the subtiteles where I want them?

**Daniel911** · 08-31-2011, 05:14 AM

To create animated comics or cartoons, the best software you can use is:

Toon boom animate

If you want to draw or sketch in a normal paper, there is a new device from WACOM that convert the ink into a digital vectorized picture you can transfer to your computer. Watch this video:

And to edit video and produce it, SONY VEGAS PRO 10, I love it. Extremely powerful, extremely simple, give you most of the features of Premiere, and you can learn it in just 60 minutes. I learnt it in that time.