Options on what soft ware we could use t make the best film production ever.

Which software is the best to make a film on
imovie maker or mac?

You need a really good film editing software that suites your needs.

There are some great film editing programs for macs and there are great film editing programs for PC. It's all comes down to a matter of style and personal taste. I personally like Macs because they are made for video and image work. PCs are much more allround. Plus with a Mac, you can run PC programs by using a program called Paralells Desktop.

OK so which program should you use?

Well there are 3 major players that I want to introduce you to, but first I'd like to talk a little about the programs that comes with your computer. If you have a mac you might already be familiar with a program called iMovie. It's one of the programs that are included with the iWorks package. This program is good I guess if you are just starting out and editing your smaller family movies. However, you will outgrow this program fast. The same goes for the program "Windows movie maker" which comes with almost every PC these days. It's also one of those programs that will reach its limit fast and you will end up wanting another program.

Adobe, the First of 3 Major Players.

The programs that comes with your computer will do for the amatuer film maker / film editer, but eventually you would want to get programs that can do more, and have more choices.

If you want to take editing to the next level.. you should really check out the beginner adobe products.

Sure "Windows movie maker" and the Mac's iMovie are a good start, but they cannot match up with beginner adobe products.

The program from adobe you should be on the lookout for is called "Adobe Premiere Elements 4" and it's a fantastic software. To bad it only supports Windows.

It's perfect if you are still learning the ropes of editing and it's not so expensive, buy it directly from adobe.com. or i think it come free on a mac.

Then if you know what you are doing and want more choices, adobe has a product called Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium. This program is available for both PC and MACs

This software is a little more advanced. You are now entering the level of which some of the contributions to the Sundance Film festival are using for film editing.

For example: Superman Returns, U2 3D, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Orange County Choppers and "The Aviator" are some of the big movies who used Adobe for editing and special effects. There are manly two products in the above software that are worth mentioning a little bit extra.

They are:

Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional.

These two are really good if you are trying to go from beginner to advanced. The learning curve is a little longer with these two but once you've learned how to use them you can do much more than the beginner Adobe Premier Elements.

Over all we have chosen to go with adobe on the mac's because its easy access to so we can spend a lot of time making our film. Also the premier software come free with the mac's. but however we have never used a mac before so it may take a while to get used to the mac's which is why we have made a perlimeray task to experiment with the mac's and the camera angles.

by Caryn Meyer