Hey guys,

New here. New to videos. Began posting on YouTube a few days ago, and I'd like to make a worthwhile intro that shows I'm making an effort to be serious about the whole process.

My budget is about $100, tops. And even then I'm pushing myself. The software I'm looking for should be capable of not only editing videos much, much more efficiently than Windows Movie Maker (which, well, everything has to be better than that), but also handle the creation of short animated movies (the intro I mentioned in the first line). Nothing too terrible, but something similar to the start of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuvCb5eBbjE

See? Very simple. Love the VlogBrothers, by the way.

I greatly appreciate all of your help! Thanks so much!

Jonathon