Your video editor of choice?

**steve.ledger** · 22 January 2010, 09:29 AM

I'm curious about which video editor for Windows that you use and swear by? (Personally I have only found video editors to swear at!)

**covoxer** · 22 January 2010, 10:22 AM

The only one I was not swearing at is VirtualDub, though it's not quite an editor.

**steve.ledger** · 22 January 2010, 11:21 PM

I agree, I liked Vdub, it used to be good for many quick jobs - unfortunately modern digital camera/camcorder movie containers appear not properly supported. There are several plugin packs to allow importing of the common .MOV and .MP4, but they are not working with all codecs. H.264 is not supported.
VideoPAD works ok up to a point, but as soon as you give it some real work, it struggles and effects the output negatively. Forget editing/merging 1080p with it. Adding audio with a different bitrate to that of the video clips own audio track also proves troublesome for the software.
VirtualEdit also looked promising, but again does not support H.264 or AVC audio streams, something which is now common to modern camcorders.
I recently tried MAGIX Video Edit Pro software, nice UI, but it was painfully slow application, like a slug in a head wind and also failed with MP4 using H.264, so it went (interestingly the 30 day trial announced I had 7 days left on first run!?)
Yes you can first convert to other formats and then import - but you loose a little IQ and well, it's extra time involved.

**PixelDust** · 23 January 2010, 03:47 AM

I really like EditStudio 6 from Mediachance. It's pretty easy to use, has a lot of built-in effects and transitions, and it's only $89. I also like it because it works very well with DVD-Lab Pro, which I use for DVD authoring.

**ankhor** · 23 January 2010, 07:28 AM

Well, once I bought a program called Studio 9.1 and upgraded it to 9.4
and after that I had enough of video editing. Or more Pinnacle, although
I have to say that their TV card worked fine. I think they still have the
'in the next version the bugs will be gone' mentality, and after I don`t know
how many versions some bugs never got adressed, and many more appeared
(if I read the newsgroups about video editing right.)
So when I have a good cashflow again I might try that field again, and
I'll ask you guys for advice on a good program, but for now, pinnacle has
put me of this for a long while now.

(but I still have the program, never use it)

**Jimi King** · 23 January 2010, 09:33 AM

Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum and Corel VideoStudio Pro X2. I also tried Magix but didn't like it.

I only recently went for Sony Vegas, which I think just has the edge over Corel.

**mobettah** · 24 January 2010, 04:01 AM

Pinnacle 12 Ultimate. Been using it since version 8. Haven't upgraded to 14 since I will probably switch to Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects.

**steve.ledger** · 28 January 2010, 07:20 AM

It's a little different, but I've found a video editor that works with MP4 very well.

MPEG Video Wizard DVD 5.0 from Womble.

Scrubbing is good, the output quality is good.
Preview is a little jerky where there are transitions, but you have to expect that for on-the-fly rendered transitions which are only previews.

**ZEBtoonz** · 28 January 2010, 05:05 PM

I use Sony Vegas Pro 8. Works fine for me.

**IdotT** · 01 February 2010, 11:07 PM

Sony Vegas works well, I have the basic edition which fulfills all my editing needs. It's fairly straighforward. Also has some good music software and a DVD editor comes with it.