[TriLUG] Mac OS X is UNIX? (cheapest way to make a movie)

[Bill Vinson]

That would definitely be where Final Cut Pro probably comes in.  Which 
will pretty much level any competition thrown at it from what I 
understand.  Now it runs $999 and is definitely not designed for the 
extremely cost-concious or open-source requiring...  The real-time 
effects sound amazing and Apple keeps making it better and better.  
Can't say I can counter any feature requests/comments, but it is worth 
comparing if interested...

Now, I will say that my comments should not be construed as 
experienced :)  I am just getting interested in firewire and digital 
video, but from the expert opinions I have read it is hard to find 
competition at the relative price point anywhere.  That doesn't mean 
broadcast 2000 is bad, far from it.  I have seen the app and it is quite 
good.  iMovie is easy, fun, and cheap (if you already have a mac ;)  
Broadcast 2000 is nice too.  I would use iMovie and eventually graduate 
to FCP myself if I was serious about video editing.

I say use what works and fits for you...

Bill

On Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 01:30 AM, jeffj at ro.com wrote:

> John Turner <jdturner at myhome.nc.rr.com> said the following on the 
> auspicious date of 02-02-11:
>
> I disagree. I use Broadcast 2000 on Linux, an open source non-linear 
> video editor. It aspires to be useful to broadcast industry 
> professionals so it probably isn't as easy to use as iMovie. On the 
> good side, it has nifty things like audio and video plugins that will 
> let you use interesting effects like chromakey. I have hacked together 
> a few plugins myself. The software will let you use several plugins on 
> each audio and video track and use many tracks all at once -- you could 
> build video from 2 or 10+ different sources simultaneously each with 4 
> plugins to produce the finished video, although it may take several 
> hours to render a few minutes of NTSC style video. To make things even 
> better, you get to enter the numbers you want to use for resolution, 
> frame rate, and aspect ratio. Small web based video clip? High 
> Definition TV production? DVD work? No problem. Try that with iMovie!