What apps for new build?

[Nycatt]

Just completed my building and I want to start installing some apps. What software do you guys suggest for the following tasks.

DVD/Bluray Player and Burner

Video Editing

Photo Editing

 

[JLK03F150]

Nero has a nice bluray burning & playing software.

Lightroom is great for basic photo editing and organizing.

 

[Lvcoyote]

Video editing just depends on what you can afford and what you need it to do. There are cheapo ones and high dollar ones. I use both Pinnacle Studio HD and Adobe Premiere Elements 10.

 

[c627627]

DVD/Bluray Player, there is only one Blu-ray player to speak of unfortunately. PowerDVD.
Arcsoft is dead and WinDVD is not as good apparently: http://www.arcsoft.com/forum/forum_...that-tmt-is-dead-what-is-your-favorite-player

Freeware Blu-ray players cannot play the Blu-ray menus, just the content and only if it is not protected. Personal opinions vary on freeware players but I like Daum PotPlayer and have recently made a custom interface for it: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...eo-player-DAUM-PotPlayer-skin-customizations?

For burning, I use Nero 8 on my Windows 8 because I hear subsequent versions are a bloatware nightmare. ImgBurn freeware is good freeware.

 

[Nycatt]

Video editing just depends on what you can afford and what you need it to do. There are cheapo ones and high dollar ones. I use both Pinnacle Studio HD and Adobe Premiere Elements 10.

Which one of the two that you use is better, easier and has more features.

 

[Lvcoyote]

The more features, the more complicated to use. Premiere 10 is probably easier to use, but Pinnacle has more features. Premiere 10 has a good feature set too and is probably plenty adequate for the vast majority of people.

 

[c627627]

Sony Vegas for video editing is also a contender. VideoReDo new version coming out soon is also good for quick editing and saving as different file formats.