Do you use premium video editing software or basic packages?

[yoda313]

So do you use the full premium versions of video editing software or the basic no frills versions?

I had bought Pinnacle Studio 12 basic awhile back. I did eventually upgrade to the plus with the online upgrade system it uses. I wanted the high def support.

So how about you?

[Baldrick]

A mix of avisynth, virtualdub and avidemux is usually enough for me.

[jagabo]

Mostly AviSynth, VirtualDub, HC (HcGui), x264 encoder.

[redwudz]

I use VirtualDub and VD Mod most of the time. I don't edit MPEG very often. AVISynth once in a while.

[Constant Gardener]

Womble's MPEG-VCR for cutting, DVDLab Pro for authoring. For AVIs, it's all freeware here.

[vhelp]

The no frills paths..avisynth; virtualdub; and other command-line progies, and some gui front ends to them.

Also in spare time, working on an avisynth (GUI) editor with hopes for a timeline like feature etc., all these and more, whatever I can do to help or speed up some of the processes in dealing with video including images. Most everything I use come from freeware but even some of them have there weakness or lack of functionality. I try to add life to them through front end development, personal stuff like that.

Its all a hobby as well as educational.

-vhelp 5203

[Kerry56]

ProCoder and DVDLab Pro are what I use for most of my conversions/authoring to dvd-video. VideoReDo Plus is what I use for cutting mpeg2.

I also work with Blu-ray, but don't have a full fledged BD editing program, so I'm using tsMuxeR, BD-Rebuilder, Ripbot264, and a few other free tools there.

[racer-x]

Mostly use Vegas, but I also use a lot of pwerfull free tools like blender, OpenFX, Avisynth, virtualdub, Avidemux and many more.........

[freebird73717]

Avisynth , vdub, avidemux fit my needs just fine.
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I didn't include HCenc in my list because I don't consider it editing software.

[johns0]

I use tsmuxer,mkvmerge,eac3to and multiavchd.Rarely do sd dvd anymore.

[gadgetguy]

freeware - avisynth, vdub, HCenc, GUIforDVDAuthor

[lordsmurf]

It depends on what I'm doing.
For true editing, I use Adobe Premiere CS3.
For basic MPEG editing, I use Womble software.

[Bjs]

Freeware mostly and when teaching others or new computer owners.

Vegas for standard work ... dv, dvd-ram, ect

Adobe premier elements for avchd.

[paulw]

Ulead Mediastudio Pro for DV stuff and Ulead Video Studio for basically DVD recorder stuff..

[dadrab]

Since I capture via Hauppauge card, I use VideoReDo to edit MPEG2. Sure wish it had a fade-in; fade-out feaure. I could use that sometimes.

Vdub for AVI with a smattering of AVISynth (if I can figure out what the hell I'm doing).

Adobe Audition for editing audio.

[solarfox]

ULead Media Studio Pro is my usual "go-to" program of choice for actually editing DV footage or analog-to-DV captures.

However, if the footage needs any kind of specialized pre- or post-processing, such as temporal smoothing on noisy multigeneration VHS or PAL-to-NTSC conversions, I generally turn to tools like VirtualDub, AVIsynth. Cool Edit Pro is my go-to program of choice for audio processing -- although again, sometimes I turn to freeware or shareware helper tools like HeadACh3 to handle specialized tasks CEP doesn't have in its built-in arsenal.

When it comes to doing the actual encoding, it depends on the source material and intended destination. If the source is relatively pristine to begin with, and the programme is just a single program of 2 hours or less intended to fill a whole disc at standard full-D1 resolution, MSP's built-in 2-pass encoder does a respectable job and is fairly fast. If, however, the source is dodgy to begin with, and consists of several 30 or 60-minute episodes that need to be crammed onto a single disc at half-D1, I'll usually turn to TMPGenc with some custom settings in the encoder.

Basically, I use whatever gets the job done. Hell, I still occasionally break out IFOedit for certain purposes... (Yeah, it's ancient and incredibly user-hostile, but it works when I need it to.)

[dadrab]

Cool Edit Pro is my go-to program of choice for audio processing...

Just for future reference, Adobe bought Syntrillium Software, developers of Cool Edit Pro. Of course, they renamed it. It's now Adobe Audition.

[TheFamilyMan]

With my DV camcorder I've really fallen in love with Adobe Premiere Elements 3. It make converting footage into a finished MPEG2 file really convenient and the quality is very good. For VHS captures vdub pretty much takes care of all I need before its fed to TMPGEnc. For both cases, I author using ulead moviefactory.

[edDV]

I collect editing software as a hobby

I mostly use Vegas Pro 9, Final Cut, Premiere, WMM (for MS-DVR) and Womble (for digital TV captures).

[lordsmurf]

For audio processing:
- Sony SoundForge,
- Goldwave,
- Audacity,
- Diamond Cut Live Forensics

But that's mostly restoring audio.
Oddly, most of my audio editing is done in Womble MPEG Video Wizard, in concert with the MPEG video editing.

[solarfox]

Just for future reference, Adobe bought Syntrillium Software, developers of Cool Edit Pro. Of course, they renamed it. It's now Adobe Audition.

I am aware of that, yes, but it'll always be Cool Edit Pro to me... especially since the v2.1 version of CEP I currently have is good enough for my purposes that I have no need or desire to move on to the Adobe versions.

[dadrab]

I am aware of that, yes, but it'll always be Cool Edit Pro to me... especially since the v2.1 version of CEP I currently have is good enough for my purposes that I have no need or desire to move on to the Adobe versions.

I don't blame you a bit. I used CEP for years as well and moved on after a fatal crash and loss of content. The Adobe version is not that much better and harder to manuver (big surprise there, huh?).

[sgtmcg]

Here's what I use...

For work: Adobe Premiere Pro (CS3)
At home: Magix Movie Edit 12

I'm a broadcast journalist in the Army, and currently deployed to Afghanistan. Until recently, I've been using Avid. Bottom line: Avid sucks. Premiere Pro is so much smoother, intuitive, faster, etc. I just finished up producing a video of a memorial ceremony for a Soldier who we recently lost over here. I was amazed at how quickly I got it finished. And it looks so much better than the crap I used to do on Avid. Unfortunately, the computers the Army supplies for journalists are made by a company called 1Beyond. They absolutely suck; very crash-prone, especially when running Avid. Thankfully, the Army is gradually phasing them out in favor of Mac Books.

Obviously, at home I don't have the luxury of the government buying my software. That's where Magix comes in. It was only $50 way back when I bought it, and does nearly everything the more expensive software does. When I get my new computer after this deployment, I'll probably be getting Magix Movie Edit 15 Pro... unless Santa leaves a copy of Premiere in my stocking.

[dadrab]

unless Santa leaves a copy of Premiere in my stocking.

I hope he does. You deserve it.