Options for editing 5d2 video

$1300 on Final Cut Pro 6......... what other options do I have?

Huge newbie.

Anything that supports editing of h.264 video.

My recommendation, if you are starting out, is Adobe premiere elements. I use it for my editing work most the time, and it is powerful enough but not overly complicated.

And what is/are the best software/softwares of Video editing if i ask?

Tareq- I think that the "Best" is really dependent on what you want to do with it. Also, whether you are on PC or Mac.

Most people seem to agree that for Mac, Final Cut Pro is probably the most capable and powerful. I don't have a Mac, so I can't speak out of personal experience.

For PC your options are probably Adobe Premiere CS4, or something like Avid's highend editing software.

But, if you want something that has a bit less of a learning curve, something like Adobe Premiere elements, has most the important editing features, but is a bit easier to navigate around and use.

I have a mac...final cut pro i the best....I used to use Adobe Premiere on the PC..it was also very nice

Final Cut Studio 2 is excellent however Premier Pro has support for writing to Blue-Ray.

Don't know anything about PC software though.

OK, i have both OS's.
I will check both, and i don't want to take that less complicated software, i prefer to learn with the best or advanced/powerful tool then start with basic simple one, but to be honest, seems i will never work with video until now [who knows about the future].

Thank you very very much for the straight forward answers.

Thanks for all the replies guys... I think I will have to bite the bullet... I want to write blu-rays

Sony Vegas Pro has blu-ray burn option too. Its a solid competitor to adobe premiere.

If you don't intend to work professionally in the future.

Sony Vegas has a good rep and is (apparently) very easy to use.

Final Cut Studio (which includes pro) is pretty standard in the TV and video industry, so it's a good one to learn if you want to go pro.

Premiere Pro is simular in use to FCP and is a good choice on a PC.

Avid is the industry standard for film, but a lot of people (me included) don't like it.

I am a professional video editor BTW.

DVD Studio Pro (comes with Final Cut Studio) won't let you burn blu-rays at the moment (stupid Apple).

Stealthy Ninja wrote in post #6834918
DVD Studio Pro (comes with Final Cut Studio) won't let you burn blu-rays at the moment (stupid Apple).

+1 on that. Mac still does not offer native support for blu-ray full stop.

How come nobody recommended After Effects?? I love using After Effects CS3!

dshankar wrote in post #6835186
How come nobody recommended After Effects?? I love using After Effects CS3!

After Effects isn't usually considered as a stand alone NLE system...

All of the folks I know who have AE use it pretty much for animation and animating elements of video that gets cut into a project using Premiere or Premiere Pro.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #6835192
After Effects isn't usually considered as a stand alone NLE system...

All of the folks I know who have AE use it pretty much for animation and animating elements of video that gets cut into a project using Premiere or Premiere Pro.

Precisely.

I use After Effects CS3 and Premiere Pro CS3. I must say that its quite powerful, but very complex to use at times. You have to do some programming in after effects to achieve certain effects. There aren't too many drag-and-drop effects that are that worthwhile. If you want the good stuff, you have to do it manually. I've never used Final Cut, but from what I hear, a lot of it is just drag-and-drop.