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Originally Posted by andy
I use and am fluent in
-imovie
-Final Cut Pro 1,2,3
-Avid Symphony and DV Express
-Adobe Premire 5,6, Pro
-Adobe After Effects 5,6
-Casablanca
If I had to reccomend a good starting program that is easy to learn and easy to step up to the "big boys" editing programs, I would choose Premire. It has alot of the features and controls usually found only in Avid and Final Cut. However it is easier to use and learn the the professional programs. Though once you use Premire you can easily switch to other programs (ex. Avid and Final Cut).
I would avoid mac programs like the plague because if you are a PC person you will hate them. Also the computing power needed to render video often is not found in any macs except for the G4 of G5 power macs. These are usually in the 3-5 thousand dollar range. For that kind of money you could easily buy several PCs and network render (really fast rendering) or you could use Avid (no rendering. correction: real time rendering)
Good luck!
If you have any questions I would be happy to help out if I can
-Andy
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I have to disagree with you on this. The G5 starts at $1,600 for students and goes up to $2,600. G4 go from the sub 1,000 range all the way to a $2,000 20 inch imac. You would probably will want to add some RAM (Usually serious video editors have 2 gigs +), with the G5 you can have up to 8 gigs of memory (only 4 with the low end). They are very competitive and often better than the wintel side of things.
iMovie is a great application for beginners and it is part of the iLife package now ($30)
Final Cut Express is on par, and most of the times better than Premiere, Avid DV express, and more. It is available for $150
Final Cut Pro competes with $50,000 systems and software packages, and its $500.
Final Cut Pro is quickly becoming the new standard in video editing, and there are several articles that can state that.
I have used Premier, and didn't really like the user interface of it, and it was usually very slow compared to Final Cut Express.
For a free movie editor on the wintel side,there is a piece of software that avid makes. It doesn't offer much, but its good enough for most projects.
http://www.avid.com/freedv/