Try before you buy these $99 software:VideoStudio 9 by Ulead.com Studio 10 by Pinnaclesys.com Premiere Elements by Adobe.comThere are other descent consumer level out there, but you must buy before you try. So I advise these. Both Ulead and Pinnacle tend to release with bugs and then
I can't vouch for the latest version... but I have used Pinnacle in
the past, and I would tell anyone to stay way, way, WAY far away from
it. Major crashes and long lag times in compiling.
Look up reviews for it on the web and say what current version owners
say. In the meantime, I'd vouch for
Hi. Unlike Susan, I love the Pinnacle software. Earlier versions were klugey
and crashed a lot but the current one works great, at least on my system. It
crashed once in the past year but Premiere does almost nothing BUT crash on
my system, so for the $500 price difference Pinnacle Studio is a
