Best editing software for $100 or less?

[rustic]

Hi,

I'm wondering what the best video editing software that costs $100 or less would be. Here's my criteria:

I would like to be able to load HuffyUV-compressed AVI files or DV into my editor. I would like to be able to cut the video with accuracy down to one frame. I would like to be able to have text titles that I can place wherever I want on the video, even overlapping several different video clips. I would like to be able to add background music and/or replace the audio track. I would like transitions, customizable only in the sense that I may want the fade to take 2 seconds instead of 1 second.

Let me know what you think the best fit solution would be for me. I have tried Adobe Premiere, and love it, but it doesn't fit my price range.

[GenePool_]

Ulead video studio 6.0 works fine for me when I use AVI / DV.
I only have problems when I use MPEG files.

Can do all that you mentioned.

[kitty]

Look at Ulead VideoStudio 6 (www.ulead.com demo available) or I hear Vegas Video is a contender also. Studio 8 seems buggy - Studio 7 was not too bad though.

[ImaWeTodd]

Can't you do all of that with VDub? Maybe not the fade, but a 3 line avs script would get you that.

Gosh it's free. Can't say I've done all of those things, but it seems you could. Heck, I've done drag and drop motion menus (can't recall the package), and doing them in avisynth with vdub was not much harder, once I knew how. Actually, because it is more 'raw', i think i have fewer constraints.