nah dont listen to these kiddies. my first software was video factory 1.0, and after i relized its limitations i went to the sonic foundry website and then d/l the vegas demo then, went on kazaa and found the serial. viola. trust me go with vegas. its a good programs especially after vid fac.
If you have a PC go with Premiere Pro 1.5. It is definitely your best option for PC's and really isn't far off from Final Cut. Plus if you have the budget for one of the new affordable hd digi cams, it has support for them, but I really don't think that will cater to anyone on this site.
Check out the trailer to Minor Threat. It features the best skiers from all over New York State (It's under the edits/shorts section or in Huckfest900's profile)
Peter: When you go on a cruise you need to build up a base tan.
Chris: But I heard that in tanning booths you can get something called Melenoma
Peter: Don't worry son that's just fancy talk for sexified.
I was thiknin about downloading it for a trail offer but... i lookd at my computers prosessing abilitys and figured my computer would blow up... peice of shit compaq's but i'll check it out on my moms computer because its almost the best computer out thereit was aropund $2,000 to buy and that was just the tower