avid
So far so good. I can't believe it though. Avid, makers of Xpress DV, Media Composer and more, a program that i've been editing on since ohhhh 1990, a program platform that by far the standard in film editing, an app that runs from 250k to 1k is... FREE.
Yep FREE, Avid DV FREE came out this week. Its the interface, the core editing application of Xpress DV. Its the meat of the beast. For awhile there I was seriously considering buying Xpress DV for home so I could edit projects there with the same speed and skills i had at work. I really didnt want to learn anything new when it came to editing. Now I dont have to. I can go go go like a bandit boy on skates with Avid DV FREE. Its quite a move from Avid really, giving away their core app. Sure Xpress DV can still do more but just editing wise and getting stuff on the timeline, i dig i dig... me likey..
Its not broken either, plus it will handle low rez file types.. which seemed odd at first importing the 320x200 dark kitty movie.. that'd always make Xpress DV choke. But Avid Free says, sure ok now what. Yer limited to i think 3 video tracks and 4 audio.. still plenty to get the gist of things goin.
Hmmm just exported to QT mpeg 4, no problems... amazing. Just saved me 2k. Thanks AVID!