Need some help with choosing a video editing program

[DrDrei]

We are going to have a film making competition in my school and I was tasked with the editing. Right now I have a little bit of work done in PowerDirector 11 but I want something that can make it look even better. Right now I have no idea what I could use because PowerDirector was the software that a guy we paid used to make our full-length movie the year before. Basically, I'm using what I learned from him. I've tried using Vegas and Premiere Pro but as much as they get the more complex things done right, I find them a little too inconvenient to do simple things like change a certain part of a clip's volume, something that PowerDirector made incredibly easy.

I have a fairly weaker build with a Pentium G2030 and 4GB of RAM with only a 7200rpm HDD. Thank you so much for responding!

[pepegot1]

Try Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 Ultimate. Stable, short learning curve and a good forum for help: http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewforum.php?f=1

[kostistlac]

... try VEGAS once more time. It´s the best joice for beginners.

[smrpix]

... try VEGAS once more time. It´s the best joice for beginners.

+1

[Cauptain]

For nice video quality and editing Vegas, of course. Learn curve: 3.5

For easy editing but inferior video quality, Power Director. Learn curve: 1.0




Claudio

[DrDrei]

I gave Vegas another go. It started out just fine but as soon as I started to add more clips (making a 20 minute short here) it started to bog down and eventually crash. I must admit that it was a lot more intuitive than I remembered.

[budwzr]

...It started out just fine but as soon as I started to add more clips (making a 20 minute short here) it started to bog down and eventually crash....

It takes some time for Vegas to ingest the files. Just go little by little. It has to index and create thumbnails, and stuff like that. Work in chunks.