Editing footage software

I've wasted hundreds if not thousands buying cheap tripods, software, cameras etc etc only to finally realizing like Andy said is buy the good stuff to start with. The time wasted trying to make something work is lost sales based on quality and quantity. It really makes no sense to buy a $150 tripod when a lighter, stronger fiber one is only $50 more. Same for software. If you can't afford to buy the Adobe CS production Suit all at once then buy the CC. Heck if you price your sales right it takes one or less than two sales a month to pay for it.

Have been using PP cloud as a trial for a couple of weeks and so far it is very good but I do wonder if I really need all those facilities for editing footage for microstock. I would like to think I will get more into creative video making later down the line but for now just getting the contrast/colour/brightness fixed it may be overkill. The fact that I will be paying monthly for something and selling zero clips (here and SS so far) will not justify the outgoings unless things change.

Well, you answered yourself already. And what now? Lower your price for peanuts and see if you get sales???????

OMG

I beg! You will... ;)

Beg ?

Or you will raise your price instead? Go out of stock footage ? ;)

I use Adobe CC on daily basis but with the new editing features in DaVinci Resolve 11 Lite I can do most of my stuff directly there. On this video all editing was done in DaVinci Resolve 11 Lite: http://youtu.be/IWVmEFiOVzU

The best part is that DaVinci Resolve 11 Lite is completely free! Seriously you should give it a try. There are tons of tutorials on youtube and vimeo. Cheers

Thanks Daniel. I will have a look.

I used to swear by GrassValley Edius but nowadays CC suite has clearly won both in terms of price and ease of use. It's far from perfect and it does suffer from traditional Adobe Clunkiness (TM) but the new Premiere CC has really cleaned up its act, almost (but not quite) to the level of "editor's editing app" that is Edius. My small production company switched over to Adobe since CC and the workflow has really smoothed out, even tho they ARE dirty monopolistic money-grubbing bastards. If the recurring sub is too much of a financial risk for you, you can rent the suite for a month - enough time to go through the footage that's been piling up.

+ warp stabilizer is really good for something you get free with the app. If you know what you're doing and don't overdo it, it may save you hundreds in diamond dust head tripods. Just don't over do it, watch your pixels.

+ DO color correct your footage. Whatever software you use, histogram is your best friend. Using a histogram can save you hundreds if not thousands of euros/dollars/pounds on monitors. And monitors always lie, always. Whatever you use, make sure it has a histogram and make at least a casual pass on brightness/contrast.

I've been an Adobe CC subscriber for about a year now (the full suite). I used to work with Corel Videostudio ProX3 and the amount of tools and fine tuning I can do with Adobe has more than paid for itself. I haven't had a month yet that I haven't covered my $49.99/month expense in sales. I think it has a lot to do with the improved quality of my editing software that leads to sales. Plus I enjoy using photoshop & after effects to improve my skills in other areas. Well worth the investment for me =)