Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

stevesnj · Mar 26, 2006, 02:02 PM

A freind is looking for a decent and close to free as possible, simple editing software for his PC. Anyone know of any free to very low cost software besides XP's craptastic Movie Maker software?

mduell · Mar 26, 2006, 05:03 PM

What does he need beyond Movie Maker's capabilities?

wallinbl · Mar 26, 2006, 07:42 PM

Avid offers a free version.

MaxPower2k3 · Mar 26, 2006, 08:19 PM

Sony Vegas is supposed to be pretty good, i've heard.

B Gallagher · Mar 26, 2006, 08:32 PM

Vegas is good. I highly recommend it.

stevesnj · Mar 26, 2006, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

What does he need beyond Movie Maker's capabilities?

He doesnt want to use it

turtle777 · Mar 26, 2006, 09:20 PM

Wow, this is one of the dumb requests a la " I need a cheap sports car with 300 hp, but it can't be more then $ 500."

-t

CRASH HARDDRIVE · Mar 27, 2006, 11:42 AM

Free? No idea.

Vegas is great, one of the best editors ever, but the pro version might be a bit overkill for someone wanting a 'simple' solution. There's an $89 'movie studio' home version that's stripped down and may fit the simplicity/cheap bill.

For $100, Premiere Elements 2 is surprizingly good. It packs a lot of features you'd expect to find only in Premiere Pro. Just have a system with a LOT of RAM, and a pretty decent processor. It's lightning fast with a dual core processor. On an older system with less RAM it's sluggish.

stevesnj · Mar 27, 2006, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Wow, this is one of the dumb requests a la " I need a cheap sports car with 300 hp, but it can't be more then $ 500."

-t

Thanks for your help

stevesnj · Mar 27, 2006, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Wow, this is one of the dumb requests a la " I need a cheap sports car with 300 hp, but it can't be more then $ 500."

-t

Thanks for your help

turtle777 · Mar 27, 2006, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by stevesnj

Thanks for your help

You are more than welcome

-t

ghporter · Mar 28, 2006, 08:29 AM

Go with Avid's free version. Avid is pretty much THE video editing software for a lot of production companies. It works well, doesn't demand much more than you'd expect of a good video-equipped computer, and it has a lot of features.

Obi Wan's Ghost · Mar 28, 2006, 09:28 AM

Premiere Elements/LE comes with some cheapo capture cards and break out boxes.

stevesnj · Mar 28, 2006, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Go with Avid's free version. Avid is pretty much THE video editing software for a lot of production companies. It works well, doesn't demand much more than you'd expect of a good video-equipped computer, and it has a lot of features.

Wow that'll work...didn't know they had a free version...tnks for the help!!!

Heres the link in case anyone else wants a quality free version of a movie editor for PC

http://www.avid.com/freedv/

see what the heck, i got 300hp for free