Video Editing software suggestions for Panasonic HDC-SD9

[slickster]

I recently purchased a Panasonic HDC-SD9 High Definition video camera. Love it!!
The software that it comes with it is ok but kind of lame and not that stable.
I've read that Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 is good software but it crashes alot.
I would like to be able to import many different files types including the high definition format that the camera outputs which I believe is MTS, and output in either High Definition or DVD format. Ohh, easy to use also.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Joe

[Soopafresh]

Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudio/compare

[slickster]

Thanks Soopafresh. Is the software fairly easy to use or do you have to be a pro to use and understand this software?

[slickster]

Do any of you have other opinions on software?

[guns1inger]

I use Vegas Pro and find it far more flexible than Premiere and similar software. However, as with any software purchase, the best option is to try the demo for yourself. Interface and workflow must suit the way your brain works. The last thing you need to be doing is fighting the software to get results. The software should be a tool that you can just pick up and swing as necessary, without having to puzzle over.

Yes, there will always be a learning curve, and video is complex stuff. The higher up the software chain you go, the more complex it becomes. But if the software and your brain are in sync, the curve is much more gentle, and you become productive much faster.

Only by using will know if this is true for you.

[slickster]

Thanks guns1inger, much appreciated.