Well as most of you know…I think…I love movies…and I plan on becoming a director in the future, hopefully. So I am writing a small review on what I consider the best editing software could be for people who are interested in that sort of things, like me. I have both programs, and both are extremely good. I won’t include freeware editing softares nor Windows Movie Maker and iMovie since I personally like to be able to tweak and edit more in depth and these programs don’t allow me to do that. Ok, I’ll now go over Sony Vegas.
Sony Vegas Pro 9 is a very good editing program, probably the best you can get on a PC. It costs about 500$ so it’s a bit pricey but definitely worth it. This program let’s you do the basic functions of an editing software plus edit how the shot moves, the color, the music, sounds, etc. The user interface is very friendly and easy to navigate. Don’t be afraid of the million buttons, at the beginning you wont be using many of them. In the end, the best you could get for a PC.
Rating: 4.5/5
Final Cut Pro 7 is exclusively for Mac users only. It’s basically the best in the business for all your editing needs. The user interface has a lot, a lott of windows but you can get costumed to them as you practice more and more. You will probably need two monitors to edit because you might have more than 6-7 windows opened at the time when your editing and tweaking your scene. You can do anything you could possibly imagine with the shot. This comes at a steep cost, at least for me. Each time you put a video in the timeline you MUST render it before you can view it, this can take up a lot of editing time and interrupt your creative thoughts because you have to deal with the rendering. For those who don’t know rendering is converting the video so you can view it, whether is in a timeline or the finishing product. It’s an amazing editing software but if your not gonna tweak that much your videos I suggest sticking with Sony Vegas or even iMovie.
Rating: 4/5
In the end I do like Sony Vegas Pro 9 more, I don’t know if it’s because I am more costumed to it, but I truly think it’s faster at editing and does most of the functions of Final Cut without the rendering every video aspect. In the end, it’s all your choice.
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