If your just getting started and doing video for the web then I would go for the free stuff. Like windows movie maker found [link=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/21/intro.mspx]here.[/link] I tried some commercial stuff, but that was before the hardware could really handle it. Now a days I would rather spend my money on the planes. You can check out what I've done on [link=http://www.killerrc.com/videos.html]www.killerrc.com/videos.html[/link] The oldest on the bottom and my skills were weak, the newest ones are on top with background music and lots of editing. All done with Windows Movie Maker!