Software for editing videos

[Phantom]

Hi guys.
I bought a digital camcorder. Do you know which programs are good for editing video files. I have tried virtualdub, but the video quality deminish alot.

[bearcat7777]

Are you on PC or Mac?

[Phantom]

Pc

[cmaster]

I'd recommend using Adobe Premiere Pro.
It's very easy to learn, and fairl powerful.
I find it's great for cutting and pasting scenes,
adding transitions, and mixing in music from
a secondary source. If you're planning on
using it to edit/post candid videos here, it should
be all you need.

[Vitahappy]

are you on dv or high8? i have the adobe preimiere and it looks like a pretty good solid program but i havent used it much myself. unless you can get it from a friend of something, it'll cost a lot to buy and same goes for avid. i personally like Avid a lot. it's what the pros use for their big budget stuff. actually windows media maker is a nice program to start with AND it's free i think.

[Phantom]

I'd recommend using Adobe Premiere Pro.
It's very easy to learn, and fairl powerful.
I find it's great for cutting and pasting scenes,
adding transitions, and mixing in music from
a secondary source. If you're planning on
using it to edit/post candid videos here, it should
be all you need.

Thanx for the tip. I'll try to find a demo to try

[Phantom]

are you on dv or high8? i have the adobe preimiere and it looks like a pretty good solid program but i havent used it much myself. unless you can get it from a friend of something, it'll cost a lot to buy and same goes for avid. i personally like Avid a lot. it's what the pros use for their big budget stuff. actually windows media maker is a nice program to start with AND it's free i think.

I've heared some good stuff about avid. I've visited the avid site, but could not find a demo and it's very expensive program

[Master]

Hi guys.
I bought a digital camcorder. Do you know which programs are good for editing video files. I have tried virtualdub, but the video quality deminish alot.

Thought is a simple program, the quality you got in VirtualDub mainly depends on the codec and settings you use

For mpeg, the simple and cheap program I use is TMPGEnc

[Vitahappy]

i just thought of another one and it's free. windows media maker. ive used it to put stuff together. it doesnt give you a lot of options but it's a start.

[Stone22]

I use Adobe Premier Pro and love it.....Now if I could just find someone that has the newest version to let me "try" ;)