Decent Video Editing Software for Windows?

[skier150]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good vidoe editing software for windows? I have tried Premiere but for some reason it will not read the AVI files that I took off my Canon.

Thanks

 

[Snowcase]

i was going to suggest premier

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

how did you "take AVI files off your canon"?

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

are you using a still camera to record video?

 

[skier150]

I have the SD400, it take pretty good movie clips... it even has a 60fps function. Anyway, I just copy them over from the SD chip to my hard drive. When I try to load them in Premiere it tells me that there was an unsupported compression routine or something. The clips are fine, and play in media player ok.

 

[skier150]

bump... because I have still not found anything decent and I want to get this summer movie finished.

 

[SNOWMAN17]

avid liquid is really good for like action sports, thats what i used to edit my wakeboard teaser ...check it out under my videos section (focal point)

 

[nipe]

You're not going to find much for the windows platform, sorry.

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

when still cameras record video it compresses them in a weird format so thats your problem. You probably won't be able to use them except with whatever came with the camera.

 

[tjski]

adobe elements

 

[Justo8484]

chris try importing them using windows movie maker as a dv-avi file, then opening them in premiere, thats what i have to do for my cam.

 

[skier150]

I think I have narrowed it down to:

CyberLink PowerDirector

Canopus EDIUS

Pinnacle Studio Plus

Any comments on these?

Thanks

 

[ECM]

check out vegas

 

[eastAR5]

yea they are all gay

download premier pro 1.5 or 7.0 if you haev a pc

 

[skier150]

maybe you missed it in my fist post, I have 1.5 but it will not read the AVI files I pulled off my camera.