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Any good freeware editing software for the Mac?

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You are on the wrong platform for freeware, IMO..... Steve Jobs demands $$$$ every time you fire that high priced baby up. That's whay im a Linux person

Kdenlive & Avidemux will work on OSX. Very basic yet stable NLEs. I have heard good things about Kdenlive.

VLMC made by the fine folks at VLC player is in the works.. not available yet, looks promising.







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Steve Jobs demands $$$$ every time you fire that high priced baby up.
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Yeah but have you noticed the opening fire-up chord is the same as the one from 'Live and Let Die' ? I get that song in my head every time I boot up.

You might have a point, but then there's this:

http://www.freemacware.com/

Kdenlive & Avidemux will work on OSX. Very basic yet stable NLEs. I have heard good things about Kdenlive.
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Thanks. I was looking for recommendations afore I started trawling.
 
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I used iMovie for quite some time, and it's alot better now than it was then... although not free, if you have a mac you've purchased within the last 5-6 years, it came free with it.
 
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knightly said:
I used iMovie for quite some time, and it's alot better now than it was then... although not free, if you have a mac you've purchased within the last 5-6 years, it came free with it.
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iMovie (now iMovie HD) has always been my personal choice for editing my films. Easy to use interface, simple import/export, and I never even had to read one word on how to use it before I started. Unfortunately yeah it only comes free when you buy a Mac, but for beginners it's a great program.
 
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most of the posix-compliant software packages you use on your linux box works just fine on my mac ;)
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Yup a bit is ported over, still kinda like running wine on Linux, not the best performance sometimes. Easier to do I guess since OSX is unix based. Still if ya got the $$ and want the best of the best in video production.. OSX is king
 
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