Entry level software

iMovie!?? Its free with your Mac! good starting point!

 

iMovie...? It's a part of iLife and comes free with all new Macs. Edit: Just like amiga said...

Or, maybe Final Cut Express, if you want to spend some money...?

 

iMovie

Go with iMovie for a few weeks before you buy anything. I have the offer of using a friend's machine with Final Cut Express, but iMovie does just about everything I need (except captions, even then you can "jimmy" titles to do a reasonable caption). iMovie coupled with iDVD is fairly comprehensive for the entry level videographer. Good luck!

 

iMovie is fun

Support at the Apple site is excellent for sorting out teething problems. Not that MR members wouldn't help, I hasten to add. But the Apple site is full of people with problems

 

I'd go for iMovie, too, I am now using Final Cut Express for the keying features and such, after using Adobe Premiere and iMovie (after the switch) and iMovie is actually pretty good for editing. I do advise you to get enough RAM, and if you use an external HD, go for FireWire, and not USB (it's not only the transfer speed that makes the difference).

And save often, I have experienced several total crashes whilst doing stuff in iMovie

 

avi won't be a problem, and an avatar takes you 500 posts.

Coincidentally, my previous post in this thread was my 500th.

Yay !! I got a tar

 

Yikes. That looks dangerous. Those driver's point of views cameras make me cry like a little girl.

I'd suggest Final Cut Express. If you've been doing videos for years on your PC imovie will just frustrate you. FCE might be a little over your head at first, but you'll grow into it. You want to keep increasing your skills, right? imovie is not the answer for that.

 

there is lighting in iMovie and there is a disiningrate in iMove with the earthquake effect may do something for you...