Yeah, I wanted to think a bit before I answered, that and my son's "nearly losing his finger (s)" adventure, got me sidetracked.
I use the "light" version of Sony Vegas, but it does not handle mp4, unless it is an mp4 .mov extenstion. Otherwise if it is a straight mp4 you would have to buy the full version of Vegas which is about 400 bucks. I had issues with Adobe's version but I hear it's better now, and it can handle mp4. If you have Vista on your PC I think the new version of Windows movie maker can handle mp4 and that is free so... Ulead is Ok, but you really don't have a lot of "user" control, it's really spoon fed to you, which if you are starting out may be good, but you could outgrow it pretty quickly, it depends. A lot of programs now will let you try them for 30 days I would just start downloading those trial versions, mess around with them, see what you like and go from there. Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And really, the biggest stumbling for me has been the software. the > > only camera I have right now is a Sony DSC-M2, which films in MPEG 4 > > format, so can anyone recommend what software I could use to edit and > > encode it. > > The other thing I really want to do is be able to do a voiceover while > > watching the video. I want to be able to show the comics pages and pan > > over them. while talking out the review of the book. The other thing I > > would like to do would be to put in the image, while I'm on camera > > like the news does. > > I was wondering if anyone had recommendations and/or reviews of what > > software would allow me to do all of these things. I think the > > Pinnacle 11 plus allows me to do all of this, but if any of you have > > experience or a better recommendation, what do you recommend I use? > > there's a bunch of PC editors on this list who should shout out. > Heath? > I know Premiere is a good comparison to Mac's Final Cut Pro. > > Jay > > > -- > Here I am.... > http://jaydedman.com > > Check out the latest project: > http://pixelodeonfest.com/ > Webvideo festival this June!!!! >
