Video Editing Software for church?

[rut]

Good morning family,

I wanted to know if any of you guys make promo videos or commercial videos for your church. Which software do you use and how do you make a easy intro video?

I'm trying to learn how to do this for my church sense they're trying to have something for the website...

[nessalynn77]

I haven't found an affordable, user friendly software for this task.  I'm still using Windows Movie Maker, and it. is. tedious.

I have a friend who has a Mac, and the program that comes with it seems to be more suitable for this type of work.  Don't know what it's called, though.

[sjonathan02]

I haven't found an affordable, user friendly software for this task.  I'm still using Windows Movie Maker, and it. is. tedious.

I have a friend who has a Mac, and the program that comes with it seems to be more suitable for this type of work.  Don't know what it's called, though.

*in walks Teej or Dave*

[betnich]

I have a friend who has a Mac, and the program that comes with it seems to be more suitable for this type of work.  Don't know what it's called, though.

the ones that come w/Mac OSX are iMovie and iDVD...have played a little w/both...btw Logic also has capabilities to import/sync with video...

[kodacolor]

Is your church looking for something for a new computer or something to put on a computer they already have?   I

[csedwards2]

Premiere Elements is pretty powerful, and cheap. You can do some real nice stuff on there. Comes with lots of effects, and there are tons of forums, and youtubes available to teach you how to get started and do fancy animation tricks. It runs just under $100 new, but Id advise you to get the bundle ($120) that comes with Photoshop Elements too, because editing video and pictures go hand in hand. Try to get it on Amazon, because you can get older versions. They're currently on version 9, but I have 7 and its still good to me. Ive even seen good features in PE 4.  Of course only get the old version if $129 is too much.

[Tiptip357]

I use Corel Videostudio pro...it works great! Windows 7 has Movie <aker live...I don't like it. I prefer the original movie maker.  I also use Adobe After effects cs 5.5, but that's very expensive...You can do a bunch with Corel VideoStudio.

[musallio]

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[under13]

They use Sony Vegas for my church.

[rut]

I heard about sony vegas... how is it

They use Sony Vegas for my church.

[rut]

Is your church looking for something for a new computer or something to put on a computer they already have?   I

my church is looking for something you can put on a new computer

[THE WOLFMAN]

i use vegas.

whats the budget?

[rut]

small church so probably less than $200

[THE WOLFMAN]

if a pc,

Sony movie studio hd.

entry level into sony Vegas.

30 day demo evaluation.
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials

reasonably priced  software for making cool 3d titles with animation as a companion to vegas(or any other software)
http://www.presentation-3d.com/products/animation-3d.html


if a mac, try iMovie.(i got a mac, but no likey iMovie.)

[under13]

I heard about sony vegas... how is it

I dont use it personally, but they use it to edit footage from 2 cameras and send the dvd to the TV station, so The quality is good, but I dont know how easy it is to use.

[THE WOLFMAN]

if a person knows protools, cubase, logic, etc.  they use a similar paradigm

it werks for me.
for it to happen.
troof is, whatever you get, yo gotta put time in the woodshed with it, and not expect VOILA! for it to just work.

yes, reading the manual will help.

[rut]

Thanks yall