alesner wrote:
Is the pro version also 100? Is the pro version still user friendly?
Yes alesner, that's what I paid. I never buy software just for download I always want the disc. There's an extra charge for the disc & book and my total was right about $100. I think the download program is like
$70 or so then plus the disc and book.
If you take the time to work with the program... it takes a little getting used to. By that I mean there's lots of buttons and functions so it'll take a little while to become familiar with it but once that's done you'll be editing smoothly and quickly.
I will caution you however... what's the speed of your computer? I ask because many older models, even 3-years, are not capable of handling HD video, they're simply too slow.
HD video generates a very large data stream. I had a Dell 1.8 processor with 2gb of ram. It was fine for everything else but couldn't edit HD video. What would happen was that especially during a transition, a dissolve, a wipe, what have you, the system would pause slightly then continue. That pause would also show up on the final edit.
So, because I do lots of HD video editing, mostly volunteer, I upgraded to a Gateway running at 3.3 with 8gb of ram. Now, as I believe you saw from the You Tube video of Relay for Life, the video, transitions and audio all run smoothly. It's just a matter of speed.
One more thing. The .mov video format although excellent is an Apple invention. With an older editor I have it requires that I have Quick Time installed because it uses some of those files to see .mov video. I still have QT on my computer and edit just fine with Video Pad. But, since I've not tried Video Pad without QT I don't know what the situation is there. If you get the trial for VP and have problems and you know your computer is fast enough perhaps a free download of QT will help.
These are all the things I went through to transition from analog to HD video... but I finally got there... it took me a while but I made it.
I thought I'd pass these things along so perhaps you won't have to go through the trial and error and R&D that I did just to transition to HD.
Best of luck and have fun.