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Need some help finding good software to make your videos with!!!

Like many of you budding filmmakers I found looking for good affordable software very hard. I spend months and months searching the web for suggestions on what software is the best to make my videos with. After some research I found the software/mac applications I was looking for so I decided to share them with you.
Hope it helps!!!

Here's some free, cheap and pricey suggestions:

MindNode

(free or 25 USD/17 GBP)

MindNode Pro and MindNode are elegant and simple-to-use mindmapping applications! They are very useful to map out all your film ideas or plan your video in a simple to read way!

Download the software from:
www.mindnode.com/

Celtx

(free)

Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production system. It replaces 'paper & binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share.
In this application you can write your script, story board, record audio, add video and write a comic book!

Download it from:
celtx.com/

Directors Boards

(free)

Directors Boards by Directors NoteBook Software is a very simple application for creating "AV" format storyboards from existing digital scans, illustrations and photos. The software prints the boards, presents them as a digital slide show, and exports them to tab delimited text..

You can get this software from:
www.directorsnotebook.com/

Sweet Home 3D

(free)

Plan out your film set or the interior, e.g. a bedroom, that you are going to use in your film.

Download it from:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/sweethome3d.html

Also, get more 3D models to download onto your 'Sweet Home':
www.sweethome3d.eu/importModels.jsp

Filmmakersoftware

(ranges)

Filmmakersoftware is a multi-featured production software package designed for full-scale scheduling, budgeting and managing!
Cheapest price at 15 USD/10 GBP

Download here:
www.filmmakersoftware.com

OR get the CD

Get the software on CD at CafePress!
If you get the CD it may cost a little more but you will be able to download it onto other macs/computers as well!

From:

Price: $

Gorilla Production Software

(ranges)

Fully Integrated Budgeting, Scheduling, Script Breakdowns, Cast & Crew Management, Calendar, Locations and a whole lot more! This software has everything you will need for pre-production!
Starting at 199 USD/140 GBP for student software
299 USD/210 GBP for the standard software
399 USD/275 GBP for professional software

Download it from:
www.junglesoftware.com

QT Movie NoteTaker

(free)

This app is very useful if your a media/film studies student!
If you ever need to watch a series of video clips and take notes, or if you need to get dailies or raw footage to clients or collaborators for comments, you know what a huge hassle it can be- doing window burns, waiting hours for renders, making DVDs, spending hours encoding, and then there's the hassle of the review process- having to continually hit pause on a DVD remote and write down the timecode you see on the screen.

Download it from:
www.dvcreators.net/qt-movie-notetaker/