don't buy video editing programs... get the trial.. and a key gen, it will save you $1,000.
As ive recomended before, get After Effects trial, and go onto video copilot.net and watch and follow allong with some of his tutorials, if you like the program, find a serial number generator and plug in the serial number when prompted, a good one is Core MultiGen for cs4 softwares.
Google's your friend.