Best Video Editing Software

SamTochelliDesign said:
Ah, it was more advice to the OP. I also own CS6, but with Creative Cloud the way of the future there is no sense in buying CS now[DOUBLEPOST=1372266181,1372266141][/DOUBLEPOST]

Final Cut is a very good program. Final Cut X is not. Final Cut 7 is on par with Premiere Pro in every realm.
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Final cut is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. All of them. They are buggy, they crash, they are limited, they have less codecs, the keyframing is terrible, you can't zoom in and work as close with the timeline. It is much harder to incorporate with AE, Photoshop and so on. Multicam editing is an extra 5 steps. You have to export and then after it's done you can compress it vs premiere's all in one compression/export combo. I can go on for hours good sir.

In school on FC7 they taught us to save our work every 5 minutes because final cut will crash unexpectedly quite frequently. Any program that is that bad should never be touched.
 
Zesty Mike said:
Final cut is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. All of them. They are buggy, they crash, they are limited, they have less codecs, the keyframing is terrible, you can't zoom in and work as close with the timeline. It is much harder to incorporate with AE, Photoshop and so on. Multicam editing is an extra 5 steps. You have to export and then after it's done you can compress it vs premiere's all in one compression/export combo. I can go on for hours good sir.

In school on FC7 they taught us to save our work every 5 minutes because final cut will crash unexpectedly quite frequently. Any program that is that bad should never be touched.
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Sounds like you have a computer that can't run it properly. I've never had a single issue that you've mentioned in 3+ years.
 
SamTochelliDesign said:
Sounds like you have a computer that can't run it properly. I've never had a single issue that you've mentioned in 3+ years.
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Alot of what I mentioned is not a computer issue it's a program issue. It doesn't matter how good your computer is it doesn't fix the issues it has. It can't fix the keyframe issues, It can't fix the compression issues, it can't fix the cross platform issues, it can't fix the over complication of multicam editing and so on and so forth. If you like the program that's cool. But they simply don't compare. This is why Adobe premiere and avid are now the industry standard and final cut is slowly being forgotten. There is no denying it.
 
I use Pinnacle Studio HD Ultimate. I don't know if it's on Mac, but you can do simple and more advanced editing! I use it and it works for the editing I need :)
 
christoffermusic said:
I use Pinnacle Studio HD Ultimate. I don't know if it's on Mac, but you can do simple and more advanced editing! I use it and it works for the editing I need :)
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Nope, PC only.[DOUBLEPOST=1372267035,1372266923][/DOUBLEPOST]
Zesty Mike said:
Alot of what I mentioned is not a computer issue it's a program issue. It doesn't matter how good your computer is it doesn't fix the issues it has. It can't fix the keyframe issues, It can't fix the compression issues, it can't fix the cross platform issues, it can't fix the over complication of multicam editing and so on and so forth. If you like the program that's cool. But they simply don't compare. This is why Adobe premiere and avid are now the industry standard and final cut is slowly being forgotten. There is no denying it.
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I meant these "crashing issues" that happen so frequently. Never had it crash. If you have compression issues, there's an app for that! Called Compressor. You're kinda meant to use it with FCP. Keyframing is easy, learn your hotkeys. Never used multicam, can't speak to that.
 
SamTochelliDesign said:
Nope, PC only.[DOUBLEPOST=1372267035,1372266923][/DOUBLEPOST]

I meant these "crashing issues" that happen so frequently. Never had it crash. If you have compression issues, there's an app for that! Called Compressor. You're kinda meant to use it with FCP. Keyframing is easy, learn your hotkeys. Never used multicam, can't speak to that.
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lol after this post I am done with you. As I stated in my first post. Yes there is an app for that. But why should you need an app when premiere has compression/exporting all in one to save time. Why double your exporting time when you can do it all in once. Yes you can easily learn keyframing but it is easier in premiere because you can zoom in further and have more control over it. EVERYTHING I am saying you can do in final cut but you can do it all EASIER in premiere. use your head man lol.
 
Zesty Mike said:
lol after this post I am done with you. As I stated in my first post. Yes there is an app for that. But why should you need an app when premiere has compression/exporting all in one to save time. Why double your exporting time when you can do it all in once. Yes you can easily learn keyframing but it is easier in premiere because you can zoom in further and have more control over it. EVERYTHING I am saying you can do in final cut but you can do it all EASIER in premiere. use your head man lol.
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How does it double your export time? You direct send to Compressor. It's exactly the same as using Adobe Media Encoder with Premiere Pro. You seem to not know what you are talking about, yet you act high and mighty.
 
I would personally say that there is no such thing as a 'best video editing software'. Whatever you can use to get your content out there is best really. What you use to do this is not important, as long as you enjoy what you produce. For a good year and a half I stressed and used Windows Movie Maker past its editing and compositing limits. For starting, try iMovie, and later you can move up as your budget and audience grows. After that I would recommend Sony Vegas Pro as it has a clean interface and there are many tutorials on how to use the software to your advantage. As I am a Windows user currently though I do not know many pieces of Mac compatible software.
 
Audistus said:
I would personally say that there is no such thing as a 'best video editing software'. Whatever you can use to get your content out there is best really. What you use to do this is not important, as long as you enjoy what you produce. For a good year and a half I stressed and used Windows Movie Maker past its editing and compositing limits. For starting, try iMovie, and later you can move up as your budget and audience grows. After that I would recommend Sony Vegas Pro as it has a clean interface and there are many tutorials on how to use the software to your advantage. As I am a Windows user currently though I do not know many pieces of Mac compatible software.
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Just an FYI, Vegas in Windows only. On Mac your options are iMovie->Adobe products or iMovie->Final Cut Pro
 
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