Video Editing Software?

Kinja'd!!! "Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
09/21/2015 at 20:31 • Filed to: None

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I have a mac, tried iMovie, and it’s terrible. Anyone out there know anything better/more intuitive?


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Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 20:34

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Adobe accidentally dumped cs2 with serials a while back. Primere is nice and easy. I’ve also used Vegas and liked it.


Kinja'd!!! Mercedes Streeter > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 20:35

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Final Cut yo

http://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/


Kinja'd!!! GhostZ > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 20:37

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Adobe After Effects CS2 is technically free (no activiation server anymore). Same with Premier.


Kinja'd!!! Tim (Fractal Footwork) > 1111111111111111111111
09/21/2015 at 20:37

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How do I get CS2? A quick google search told me I need the OSX version out with the PowerPC processors


Kinja'd!!! OkCars- 22k Crossroads > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 20:46

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Nice. This helps me as well, i also think imovie is shitty.


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 20:54

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CS2 is ancient, and you don’t want anything downloaded from a torrent or anything. Do an App Store search and back up what you find with googled reviews. That’s how I find lots of my Mac software, and I get great results, often with little money. I'll see what I can find after I get my daughter to bed.


Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 20:55

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Mac? There’s your problem!


Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 21:26

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If the links still work try this:

http://www.redmondpie.com/download-adobe…

It worked for me on a pc. It should have the version you need.


Kinja'd!!! yitznewton > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 21:54

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I had the same problem, just kept slamming at iMovie til it started to become familiar. Clip selection still sucks hard though. Maybe I’ll try the Premiere links here.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > 1111111111111111111111
09/21/2015 at 21:58

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Doesn’t work on Intel macs.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 21:59

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I like Final Cut Pro 7 on OS X, (FCP 10 is terrible)

Premiere Pro is also excellent but they’re... $$$


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 22:03

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Okay, the obvious answer Miss Mercedes already gave you: Final Cut Pro. In case you don’t have that kind of coin to spend, I looked around a bit. Lightworks has a MacOSX version. Don’t know what the free version can do, but there is one. Filmora from Wondershare is on the App Store, where it costs $30, but it’s a free download version from the Filmora website. Mixed reviews; people seem to love it if it doesn’t crash on their computers. As others say, Adobe Premiere Elements is well thought of and only costs $99.

I use iMovie; so, my personal experience isn't much use to you, but I hope this helps. Good luck!


Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > Nibby
09/21/2015 at 22:06

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That’s pretty fucked. At that point just spin up a vm and have at it.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > 1111111111111111111111
09/21/2015 at 22:08

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I wouldn’t run a video editing program through a VM. Video editing requires a lot of RAM and processing power. Suffocating it in a VM doesn’t help, ESPECIALLY in a PowerPC VM.


Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > Nibby
09/21/2015 at 22:18

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Never done it on a powerpc. But it works fine on Intel procs virtually.


Kinja'd!!! this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/21/2015 at 22:56

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I’ve found iMovie has a bit of a learning curve to get past the simplified grandma making a movie about her vacation surface UI, but can actually be quite powerful for a lot of purposes. Just avoid the distasteful themes and so on. The newest version actually supports compositing!

Of course final cut and premier are great, but thats a whole lot dolla dolla bills.

As far as free alternatives go, I haven’t spent too much time with it but HitFilm looks quite promising.


Kinja'd!!! TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/22/2015 at 09:12

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iMovie HD is old, but everybody in my school used that instead of the standard iMovie. I'm not sure if it runs on your version of Mac though.


Kinja'd!!! PARTS+ACCESSORIES > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
09/22/2015 at 13:22

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Nothing wrong with FCP X. Pretty powerful tool once you figure out the intricacies. Don’t listen to the haters.