I kept trying to find things wrong, but it wouldn't let me :) - the program was very responsive and full of features the GUI very intuitive and flexible (detachable/draggable screen areas), and there were no bugs as far as I could see. However, almost like a miracle everything went uphill from there. Such things would usually put me off straight away, and even once the program loaded I can't admit I wasn't biased to begin with.
The user interface of Sony Vegas Movie Studio. I was expecting the worst when I loaded it up. I frown upon bloatware almost by default.
Number 3: It took ages to install initallly (despite being 'only' 85.75MB in download size).NET runtime (which itself requires a separate install). Number 1: It's by Sony, and to be honest, I was half-expecting multiple program 'wizards', and an overly easy-to-use but cumbersome GUI.At first, this was particularly surprising for a number of reasons: However, it was Vegas Movie Studio which shone out in the end. The interface seems very streamline, and although it lacks the feature-set of Sony's offering, it actually allows unlimited video and audio channels which is something even Vegas Movie Studio lacks. That leaves EditStudio and Vegas Movie Studio. AviTricks Classic 1.64 (also free) may be worth a look too, but you may have some problems actually loading movies in the first place as people have found out here. The first of which is free, but is restricted in many ways (such as only allowing two audio channels, limited editing features, bloated, and with in-built advertising).
Taking price into account, we found that out of all the players listed above, the ones which stood out were Pinnacle VideoSpin 1.1, EditStudio 6.0.5, and Vegas Movie Studio 8.0c. Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8.0c ($65, 81 MB).CyberLink PowerDirector 7 ($70, 244 MB).AviTricks Classic Video Editor 1.64 (free, 1.06 MB).Over the next few months, a full comparison detailing all the differences and quirks of the editors will come, and needless to say, the final results could change over time as we come to grips with each program.
At the moment, it's still in its early stages, but we did try out all the programs listed below before coming to our (preliminary) conclusions. Hopefully, this comparison will eventually do for comparing video editors what our Media Player Comparison did for music players. That's what I wanted to know for myself a short while back, and also what this article sets out to report. What's the best and cheapest video editor available for Windows? Something which doesn't cost a fortune, and yet offers more than the limited feature-set from Windows Movie Maker. Windows Movie Maker: Cheap and cheerful (well free in fact, as it comes with Windows). Skytopia > Projects > Technology/science articles > Video Editing Software Comparison (article created on ).