video editing: movie maker vs. magix video vs. powerdirector (win)

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Hi there,

probably no easy question, but wanted to ask nevertheless. I'm looking for a software to edit uw videos. Right now I'm using movie maker (pro: free, easy - con: very basic), but want to have something more elaborated. So I got pointed to the two programs above: magix video and powerdirector. Has anybody out there worked with either one of them or maybe both? And if so, which one do you prefer and why? Of course, if you have other suggestion, just fire away

TIA

 

[diversteve]

Also look at Sony's Vegas Movie Studio Platinum, Adobe's Premiere Elements or Pinnacle's Studio. All three should have free trials available for download and are under $100. And all three have an upgrade path to their professional versions later if needed.

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[Shasta_man]

PowerDirector can be OK, but I've had major crashing problems with multiple versions on multiple systems.

 

[Craig66]

PowerDirector can be OK, but I've had major crashing problems with multiple versions on multiple systems.

I like Power director when it works but as Shasta_man said it is really hit and miss. I had version 9 which works beautifully and then upgraded to 10 which did not work and then went back to 9 and have stuck with it. Reviews on 11 seem to be very poor as far as getting the software to work.

 

[Dauntless]

I like Power director when it works but as Shasta_man said it is really hit and miss. I had version 9 which works beautifully and then upgraded to 10 which did not work and then went back to 9 and have stuck with it. Reviews on 11 seem to be very poor as far as getting the software to work.

Power Director is my Go To software. You need a substantial graphics card and the above posters may have issues with their graphic card drivers. Hopefully you have Windows 7 64 bit OS, if not Corel Pro X5 works well with 32 bit OS Both have royalty free music plug ins

Here is video edited in Power Director 11

[video=vimeo;61394222]http://vimeo.com/61394222[/video]

 

[Rderige]

Hey mate, i'm using FCP7 to edit my videos. I find that it provides more than enough of what I need. Sample is as below. [video=youtube_share;MziGMMaiCjk]http://youtu.be/MziGMMaiCjk[/video]

 

[Dauntless]

Hey mate, i'm using FCP7 to edit my videos. I find that it provides more than enough of what I need. Sample is as below. [video=youtube_share;MziGMMaiCjk]http://youtu.be/MziGMMaiCjk[/video]

Great color correction, does it have image stabilization

 

[Rderige]

Just had one footage with image stabilization. Other than that, the rest are untouched.

 

[Dauntless]

Here is an excellent review of software

4 video editors: Pro results for ambitious amateurs ( - Software )