What is the best special effects program for movies... me and my friends are making an end of year movie and putting it on youtube and airing it at our school.. and we need a program where we can layer pictures... do color wipes... seasonal wipes.. just have a vareity of special effects and editing tools... we are making the movie with real ppl... please state the approx. price so we can know how much we need and if it's actually worth it.. also include things that you have used it with in your answer please! ^_^ thank you!
2007-01-10 10:23:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 is the best program to make high-end videos, is the one used by the movies, use that and Adobe After Effects 7.0 and you could make anything...
The cost is high... for both programs... but I bet you could look in EBay to see if someone is selling them or download a trial and use it for 30 days....
2007-01-10 10:45:03 · answer #1 · answered by CRA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Low-Cost Alternative:
Blender; $0 or $10/month
http://blender.org
Ask yourself: Is Blender good enough?
Blender has a complete VFX pipeline in one single software package.
In Blender you get tools similar to Maya (animation), 3ds Max (modifiers), ZBrush (sculpting), FumeFX (fire and smoke), RealFlow (fluids), RayFire (destruction), Mocha (planar tracking), Boujou (matchmoving), Arnold (rendering), After Effects (motion graphics), and Nuke (compositing).
All of these tools are far from perfect, but they're getting better every day.
Motion Tracking in Blender: A short tutorial by Sebastian Koenig.
http://vimeo.com/79032879
Blender is FREE with full functionality and you're allowed to use Blender in any production without having to pay for anything.
Only you know if Blender is good enough for your projects needs and requirements.
Blender Cycles Reel 2015
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wDRTjzLNK0g
2015-07-29 15:21:51 · answer #2 · answered by Paul 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could use Nero Vision, it is cheap enough and very easy to use. Or you can use windows movie maker that comes with xp if you do not wish to spend any money. Pinnacle studio would be more of professional editing software but cost around $50.
2007-01-10 10:46:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋