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Hi all,

I'm looking at moving on from iMovie in terms of video editing, and I've had a quick browse of the Mac app store, and I've come across an affordable piece of software called "Motion".

It's £34.99, and I was wondering if it's worth buying, and seeing if any of you TST-ers have used it at all in the past. Is it easy to use? What sort of features does it have? etc.

It's a shame there's no free trial/lite version, because then I wouldn't have needed to post up here. :(
 
I am really sorry to off topic on your question because I have no idea, I just wanted to add I thought this was going to be another song but for Mack rides.

I read Mac now, and my brain goes ROLLERCOASTER.
 
TheMan said:
I am really sorry to off topic on your question because I have no idea, I just wanted to add I thought this was going to be another song but for Mack rides.

I read Mac now, and my brain goes ROLLERCOASTER.
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I'm also planning on getting a ROLAND electronic piano... seriously! :p
 
I'm an editor myself and I would avoid using Motion for video editing. Motion is software you would use as an add-on to a non-linear video editing software (most likely Final Cut Pro) to create things like graphics, titles, effects etc. The interface for Motion I'm not a fan of either.

You will struggle to find a decent editing software without paying for a subscription or package itself. If you did want to consider it, I would advise going for Adobe's Creative Cloud suite which is £40 a month, but you have access to every latest version of Adobe software including Premiere Pro (which I prefer to FCP), After Effects (Adobe's Motion but it's a thousand times better), Photoshop and a number of others. I think you can get a 1-month free trial so maybe try that.

Alternatively, if you didn't mind using old software, you could probably get an old version of FCP or Premiere for a sum which isn't too much.
 
Danza91 said:
I'm an editor myself and I would avoid using Motion for video editing. Motion is software you would use as an add-on to a non-linear video editing software (most likely Final Cut Pro) to create things like graphics, titles, effects etc. The interface for Motion I'm not a fan of either.

You will struggle to find a decent editing software without paying for a subscription or package itself. If you did want to consider it, I would advise going for Adobe's Creative Cloud suite which is £40 a month, but you have access to every latest version of Adobe software including Premiere Pro (which I prefer to FCP), After Effects (Adobe's Motion but it's a thousand times better), Photoshop and a number of others. I think you can get a 1-month free trial so maybe try that.

Alternatively, if you didn't mind using old software, you could probably get an old version of FCP or Premiere for a sum which isn't too much.
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Thanks, at last, a relevant reply!

I would rather not pay monthly for such software, as I don't edit all that often, maybe 3/4 times a month, and I much prefer paying a fixed price and being done with it.

Can you recommend any editing software less than £100 that enables me to do this?
 
Just download it from the Pirate Bay or something...

I did it with Photoshop and saved a good sum of money, it works the same way, and saves you the hassle of going out to buy it!
 
Andrew said:
Just download it from the Pirate Bay or something...

I did it with Photoshop and saved a good sum of money, it works the same way, and saves you the hassle of going out to buy it!
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And is fairly illegal! I'm surprised team members are advertising this tbh!
 
Look for Adobe suite 2, whatever it's called, on the Adobe site. They released it for free a little while ago. Make sure you read the t&c's because it's morally questionable but not strictly illegal.
 
Nevermind, it seems they've changed it around a bit and on closer inspection it didn't include movie editing software anyway! :(
 
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