Should I Buy Adobe Premiere?

[WatchYourStep 0]

My current computer has Windows Movie Maker, however I'm having problems do what I want to do. Refer to this post for problem description.

Clicky

Should I just pony up and go buy Premiere?

Thanks for any feedback

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[pilotdave 0]

I don't really understand the problem you're having in movie maker, but what you want to do doesn't sound hard.

To make music fade out and background audio fade in, then vice versa:
Split the music track once, fade one side out, the other side in. Split the video track (with background audio) twice, so that the part you want to hear is in the middle clip. On the clip that contains the background audio you want to hear, fade the audio in and out, and mute the first and last clips that you don't want to hear. Then drag the split music clip to where it needs to be to fade back in as the background audio fades out.

Or did I totally misunderstand your other post?

Dave

[dragon2 2]

I'm thinking you'd still need to do about the same, in premiere, to get the effect you want...

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Saskia

[beowulf 1]

It won't be easier to edit video in Premiere.

[AndyMan 7]

If you're having trouble figuring out Movie Maker, Premiere will not make life any easier. Premiere is a very complex tool.

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[airborne82nd 0]

dude buy priemer its not that hard sure there is a learning curve but movie maker sucks so bad

premier is user friendly its not hard to edit to do all the bells and whistles sure thats hard but movie maker is a joke

ill tell you vegas by sony is a great program also

check into that

[Samurai136 0]

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My current computer has Windows Movie Maker, however I'm having problems do what I want to do. Refer to this post for problem description.

Clicky

Should I just pony up and go buy Premiere?

Thanks for any feedback

Premiere is relatively user friendly. There is a learning curve and Adobe includes a tutorial editing "job" as part of the install package. I think Premiere is easy to use and I'm not the most technically savy person.

My first editing job was compiling a seasons worth of 4-way footage together for my team. I learned as I went and at each point I had a question I couldn't figure out on my own, I was able to quickly look up the answer in the help file or find it in the user guide.
Adobe has a Photo Shop Elements/ Premiere Elements bundle that runs $150. Its a very good deal.

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Ken

[DSE 5]

Before buying Premiere or any other NLE, you really ought to try demos of them all.
For example, AvidFree might be all you need, although some feel it's a little buggy. Canopus Edius is a great tool, as are *most* of the others. Pinnacle (now Avid) has taken a serious nose-dive of late.
Sony Vegas Movie Studio has taken roughly 40% of the entry-level market for a reason; it's solid and exceptionally easy to learn. I'm very biased tho, because I use it and Avid every day. Premiere is used in our house only for projects that clients will be finishing in Premiere, but the Studio Bundle is a great value if you'll be using Pshop and AfterEffects.
Regardless, all the US-owned NLEs are very good, and all but Movie Studio have approximately the same learning curve, so it becomes a question of personal preference. All offer essentially the same quality of output for DV-based productions. They are all different when it comes to DVD quality of output, and this is the one place Premiere really suffers unless you buy the upgraded MainConcept encoder.

[BellyFlailer 0]

I like Sony Vegas as well. It has a very good tutorial.

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