Video Production Software?

[A.J.]

Hey guys!

 

So, I'm probably just going to purchase an iPhone for my video production purposes; a lot of the samples I have seen of its video quality are up to my standards (720p max), and I won't have to carry around a dedicated video camera.

 

So, my second question is - what video-production software do you use and/or recommend for video productions? I like the feature sets of the big ones like Final Cut Pro X and Premiere, but they're kind of expensive. As you probably already know, I have a Macbook Pro.

 

Some background - I'm only going to have one feed (whatever camera I end up using), and shots would be placed one after the other, with transitions. I also plan on having background audio and voiceovers. Finally, I will most likely be having sections of text moving in and out.

[Meteornotes]

iMovie would probably work for you. Or (and I'm not sure if there's a Mac version of this or not) Premiere Elements.

 

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[Angry_Gumball]

Being a Premiere guy, I was actually amazed by Premiere Elements and how much 'alike' it was to it's bigger brother. It's a pretty solid program considering the demographic it's aimed for.

 

Can't say much for iMovie since I've never used it other than what I have on my iPhone.

[BillyTalent]

For a Mac Final Cut is very good, but you can just use any of them.

I use Sony Vegas and while they can be really expensive there are always others ways

 

For my final results I use Staxrip.

I guess you could even use Windows Movie Maker to just make a raw movie and then render it with Staxrip, at least that is what I do with Sony Vegas and Staxrip.

[A.J.]

Yeah, I've used iMovie before and I really like how easy it is; the only thing I don't like is how it compresses video when you export it, even at the maximum setting it still ends up looking grainy compared to the raw video.