"Best" video editing/dvd authoring software for an
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:22 am
I know this question has been asked before, and I have researched the forum's archives, but I couldn't find much info regarding people's recommendations for the "best" video editing/dvd authoring software for animation on Windows systems.
Again I use Anime Pro on Windows Vista. My anime files average between 40 secs and 2 minutes long.
I currently export out of Anime using the mov option (Sorenson 3 compression - medium quality). Average file size 5-32 meg.
I find that the quality (for the small size) is good enough for what I am producing.
Problem is I cannot find a decent video/dvd authoring software for Windows Vista that will import mov files and export a decent quality mov file and also author a decent looking dvd.
I have tested VideoWave (too buggy, crashes continually does not work on Vista) -- Sony Vegas (couldn't get it to load) -- Corel (crappy software) -- PowerDirector (decent enough but can't buy it because of weird issues with the software being sold overseas and my credit card -- believe me you don't want to know.)
I could use the crappy "Windows Movie Maker" but it doesn't import mov files (who would have thought?) and I can't export my files as uncompressed avis out of Anime as the file sizes are too large (over 4 gig for 2 minutes) -- plus many times the avi option doesn't export correctly (missing the audio for example).
I suppose I could use an avi compression codec, but the ones that came with Windows are useless, and I tried downloading others, but for some reason Vista doesn't like them (again go figure).
Anyway, the mov option out of Anime works fine for me, I just need to find a decent video editing/dvd authoring software out there that runs on Windows Vista and supports movs.
Any suggestions?
(BTW, I noticed Quicktime 7 plays the mov files I export out of Anime really choppy. Odd. Media Player Classic plays them fine, and they play fine when I upload them to YouTube or GoogleVideo. Any else have the same problem?)
Thanks
Again I use Anime Pro on Windows Vista. My anime files average between 40 secs and 2 minutes long.
I currently export out of Anime using the mov option (Sorenson 3 compression - medium quality). Average file size 5-32 meg.
I find that the quality (for the small size) is good enough for what I am producing.
Problem is I cannot find a decent video/dvd authoring software for Windows Vista that will import mov files and export a decent quality mov file and also author a decent looking dvd.
I have tested VideoWave (too buggy, crashes continually does not work on Vista) -- Sony Vegas (couldn't get it to load) -- Corel (crappy software) -- PowerDirector (decent enough but can't buy it because of weird issues with the software being sold overseas and my credit card -- believe me you don't want to know.)
I could use the crappy "Windows Movie Maker" but it doesn't import mov files (who would have thought?) and I can't export my files as uncompressed avis out of Anime as the file sizes are too large (over 4 gig for 2 minutes) -- plus many times the avi option doesn't export correctly (missing the audio for example).
I suppose I could use an avi compression codec, but the ones that came with Windows are useless, and I tried downloading others, but for some reason Vista doesn't like them (again go figure).
Anyway, the mov option out of Anime works fine for me, I just need to find a decent video editing/dvd authoring software out there that runs on Windows Vista and supports movs.
Any suggestions?
(BTW, I noticed Quicktime 7 plays the mov files I export out of Anime really choppy. Odd. Media Player Classic plays them fine, and they play fine when I upload them to YouTube or GoogleVideo. Any else have the same problem?)
Thanks