 | iMovie | iMovie is Apple's video editing software allowing you to take home movies and edit them into professional films. From your old camcorders, digital cameras, or even iDevice take the files and finally edit them and create a video for viewing. The editing is made for even the newest of users. It allows drag and drop editing and moviemaking. For the more complex user fine-tune your movie and fix shaky video, edit audio, and make adjustments to picture quality. The Mac version is a cheaper alternative to more expensive competitors. |
 | ScreenFlow | ScreenFlow is a popular screencasting software application from Telestream. It allows for capturing your screen (monitor), video camera or audio feed. This allows for great tutorials or presentations from within the app. Noted as best in class Similar to popular Mac video applications you have an editor screen that features a Timeline, offering you all clips on a timelines, allowing you to select each and trim, add effects, adjust audio, etc. ScreenFlow uses custom 64-bit enabled compression systems, handling virtually as much as your can throw at it. ScreenFlow is super fast and can handle DVD video to the largest presentations you have. |
 | Final Cut Studio | Final Cut Studio is the choice for professional editors. There is a great deal of flexibility with the editing tools allowing you to dictate just how the edits will occur. Final Cut takes virtually any media and can mix and match formats and frame rates when you are editing in the Timeline. Where is it used? Anywhere - True Grit, Eat Pray Love, and Everybody Hates Chris are just some of the Hollywood creations Final Cut has been involved in. Features include: 150 amazing effects and transitions, ProRes codec allowing for HD viewing, and digital cinema workflows. |
 | StoryBoard Quick | StoryBoard Quick is a great program for creating storyboarding software. It is pre-loaded with enough content allowing you to use StoryBoard even without drawing experience. StoryBoard Quick offers a visually pleasing layout allowing you to show people where the project is going. The features include the ability to import virtually anything into the storyboard. When you are finished you can take your storyboard and export them as a Flash movie, graphic file or other format to view the finished project. |
 | Final Draft 8 | Final Draft is the number-one selling scriptwriting software around. It has been around since 1991 and has improved greatly over the years. It is designed for writing movie scripts, stageplays, or television episodes. The word processing and script formatting makes this application stand out from others. Unsure about formatting rules, well not a problem since Final Draft automatically paginates script to industry standards. Final Draft has been used by Oliver Stone, Tom Hanks, J.J. Abrams, James Cameron and more. |
 | QuickTime 7 Pro | QuickTime is an application that has been around for quite some time. The QuickTime 7 Pro version offers more for a small fee. Convert media to a format suitable for your other iDevice. This is great for needing to transfer movies to the iPad or iPhone. Similarly, take your movies and prepare them for viewing on the big screen by converting to an Apple TV format. Also, record work with your built-in iSIght camera or microphone. From here you can edit and trim the movie to get your desired video. As with other QuickTime versions, the components included play virtually any video format. |
 | Camtasia | Camtasia allows for recording options on the Mac. You can create a full screen capture, window selection, or specific region. What is the use? Open up a presentation and let it play while you also narrate your and navigate the screen. After you record the screen you can add visual effects and polish up the outputted content that was created. Share the video by directly sending it to YouTube or having it hosted on ScreenCast's website for free. Camtasia is great for the web guru creating tutorials or collaborating with clients showing them your work over the web. |