Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

You can download a trial and use it for free for 30 days. Like Photoshop it has many capabilities that I will never use, but even just knowing a dozen things in Priemiere Pro and Adobe Audition, like I do in Photoshop, I can do everything I want to, that can't be done as quickly and easily with other software. When I first got Priemiere Pro it took me a couple of hours to figure out how to do the most basic operations like importing a clip and adding a second clip, or changing the volume of an audio track. But with youtube videos, everything can be explained. Like Photoshop (I don't use PS layers, just the sliders), once you do know the basics, it becomes very inutuitive, and quick to do what you want. And the results are quite professional.
Bob

ttheme Loc: Florida

Can you do Multi Cam editing with Adobe Premiere Element?

Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL

I use Adobe Premiere along with Premiere Elements. Truly professional results so far.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Blender has a rather nice video editor module. The price is rather reasonable, as well...free.
--Bob

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I like Cyberlink PowerDirector, but it's not available for the Mac. There are alternatives, though.

https://www.google.com/search?q=video+processing+on+a+mac

https://www.iskysoft.com/article/powerdirector-video-editor-for-mac.html

Here's a link to a comparison.

http://video-editing.softwareinsider.com/compare/44-155/Apple-Final-Cut-Pro-vs-Cyberlink-PowerDirector-14-Ultimate-Suite

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

I'm not sure how to interpret "multi cam editing" but if you mean, "can one combine the tracks from two (or more) cameras" - then, yes, you can.
When our son was married a few years ago, another guest and I both videoed the entire wedding, but from different angles. I had both recordings open together with both soundtracks, and was able to pick the best parts from each: Best images with best sound, which means that sometimes his sound went with my images and vice versa.
In the completed movie I can hear in one or two places where I switched from one soundtrack to the other, but if you don't know where the switch is, you'll miss it.

Carl D Loc: Albemarle, NC.

I use iMovie primarily and Final Cut Pro for more complex stuff.

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

I'm a big Adobe fan since I'm paying $49.99 a month for access to all their apps.

Prior to Adobe's subscription services I was using Corel VideoStudio Pro X6 for all my video work, but Corel doesn't make Apple versions of its products.

That nothwithstanding, here's a video I just finished this weekend using Adobe Premiere Pro CC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdGhZ0KQkT4

As to any software having a steep learning curve, that's only if you try to learn everything there is during the course of a day, or even a week, perhaps even a month or year.

Perhaps today's quote from QuoteAction is relevant here: ""A man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."—Chinese Proverb

Instead of trying to learn everything about a program, even that which you'll never use in your life, unless you are a consultant like me, don't do that!

As my wise old grandmother told me in 1966: "Make a plan!"

So make a plan to learn that which you would use most often.

For example, when I was learning Photoshop, my greatest need was to simply resize pictures, so that's what I learned first.

Then I learned how to brighten them, then to sharpen them, then to put a frame around them.............

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

My choice is Premier Elements, starting with version 9. The choice was made because of the learning opportunities, not because it does anything more special than the others in the under $100 price range. In other words, the question was "How do I learn video editing?", not "What is the best video editing software?"

Lynda.com (now a Microsoft subsidiary!) is known as a learning center. Unlike the thousands of "Quick Tip" type YouTubes, Lynda.com has "organized courses". Access can be free through many public libraries or employers. Or, you can pay $25 a month.

The Lynda.com instructor for Premier Elements is Steve Grisetti. What counts more than editing techniques is his skill as a teacher. Steve is also one of the owners of muvipix.com mentioned in an earlier post. At muvipix, Steve has a free 8 part Premier Elements "boot camp".

IMHO, video editing is counter intuitive to photographers. I think it is hard for photographers to learn video editing. Figuring out how to understand it should come first. Picking software should come second.

exposeu Loc: Wenatchee, WA

I shoot video for a local junior hockey team doing game highlights, 1-2 minute commercials for sponsor's, promotions for the team, some longer 5-10 minute recruitment and billet videos. I started out using imovie and found for longer more complex videos, it took some time to render. For $299, Final cut pro X is so much better. If you know imovie, as I did, you should be doing video in FCPX within days. I produced my first video in a week once I shot all the video. I am using an imac, 5k, 16megs, 4gz so things work very well. Also remember youtube is your friend for learning to do things, that is where I learned to do green screen and many other things in FCPX.

Airwatcher

I'd suggest Final Cut Express. It's somewhere between iMovie and Final Cut Pro. If you don't need pro-level features FCE would be more than adequate for anything you'd want to do. It's an extremely capable piece of software. Apple stopped new releases a few years ago, so one can find it starting at around $20 on eBay.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

I like to learn by doing, looking up what I need to know as I go along. That way the info sticks.
Regarding multicam editing, this video was made combining two video tracks and two audio tracks using Premiere Pro, with Audition to edit the audio tracks.
My friend and I live about a hundred miles apart, so we collaborate online. We each use a Nikon DSLR and a separate stand alone audio recorder. I use the camera audio to sync the separately recorded audio, then mute the camera audio tracks in the final render. The different camera angles and close ups were all done in the editor. My friend has an older D5000 so he records video at 720 x 1280, while I record at 1920 x 1080 with the D7000. Premiere Pro blends them together without a problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HueiCeADkAk

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

I have two editors. I don't know if they're apple compatible but you can check. One is tracAxPC. They might have an apple version. The other is
called Video Pad... again I don't know if it works with apple but you can check on the web. These are pretty good editors, especially tracAx. Good luck.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

The last phrase locked me out. Or did you mean Orange?

Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL

I found out after downloading that Premiere Elements does not support Fire Wire camera interface; so I have to use Adobe Premiere Pro to transfer video from my Sony HDR-FX1 and then expand on the more advanced editing features of Premiere Elements. It is a two-step process but it still works.