# Best Video Editor **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937 "2003-01-16T06:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/1 "2003-01-16T06:40:07Z")
I need a program that can capture and edit movies,then export them to DVDs (something similar to Pinnacle Studio 8). Hopefully it will be less than 200 dollars. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/2 "2003-01-16T08:41:44Z")
If you are using Apple, there is the free iMovie. They are also releasing a cut-down version of their professional software FinalCutPro for about 200 dollars, IIRC. Also, Avid are bringing out a _free_ cut-down version of Newscutter or Avid Express IIRC. Avid products are brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/3 "2003-01-16T10:42:14Z")
You can probably find an older version of Final Cut Pro or (if you don’t have a Mac) Adobe Premiere. ---
**Author:** ![Texican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@Texican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texican)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/4 "2003-01-16T12:51:03Z")
Why don’t you like Pinnacle’s Studio8? I have studio 7, and i think it works just fine. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/5 "2003-01-16T17:08:40Z")
PS8 should not cost anywhere near $200…I saw it on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) or [buy.com](http://buy.com) recently after rebate for under $50 ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/6 "2003-01-16T17:16:50Z")
Ulead Media Studio Pro. This is kinda expensive ($500 i think), but it’s so unbelievable–definately worth its weight in gold ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/7 "2003-01-17T00:11:21Z")
When I got a Sony DRu500a dvd writer, it came with enough software to do anything related to this… Spiffy. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/8 "2003-01-17T07:13:29Z")
Handy…I have the same burner and it came with the same software, but it can’t do all the stuff I need it to do (Image overlays, dual audio tracks+original video audio, DVD menus with moving buttons, recording via microphone, etc). Studio 8 can do all those…it’s an awesome program except for that’s it’s very unstable! ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/9 "2003-01-17T15:54:33Z")
It really depends on what kind of quality you want. Ulead Media Studio Pro has a lot of really nice features, but like Muldoon III said, it’s fairly expensive. I use Ulead Video Studio 6, and it works great for my purposes. I can capture video, add and animate pictures, text, voiceovers and music. I can also create CD’s, VCD, and DVD’s (you will need a DVD burner). All for around $130. As a post script, I would warn you that I had a terrible time with MGI software, and their tech support costs around $20 per incident. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-video-editor/148937/10 "2003-01-17T16:48:47Z")
There is also ULead DVDworkshop. ([http://www.ulead.com/dws/runme.htm](http://www.ulead.com/dws/runme.htm)) It does quite a bit, but this is _authoring_ software. Perhaps thats what you are asking about, e.g authoring software?