Doing a movie production in the summer -- software

[BabyGrizzy]

As the title says, I am doing a small movie production in the summer (my friend and some of his friends), I am doing all the tech work (sound FX, visual FX, etc.), and we have zero money for software, so anyone have any suggestions?

I basically need any suggestions of freeware programs (Windows XP) that will help me out...No specific category, just general help in the effects, sound, and putting the movie together.

I have:

3D Studio Max
Solveig Multimedia AVI Trimmer
SUPER Video Converter
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Adobe Premiere Elements
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
Adobe After Effects CS3
Sonic MyDVD Plus

If you have the names of Shareware programs, I can use the trial or something (cough*ISOhunt*cough*), the only guideline is that it can't have a steep learning curve, I have a very low attention span

Thanks to anyone who is willing to help! *HugLix*

[Orms Einbani]

I'm not too familiar with these types of things, but I would suspect that any sort of modeling software would have a steep learning curve if you've never used any before.

[Kams]

Hmm.....with Windows XP, your freeware options are pretty limited as far as I know, but I'm jealous of your After Effects

[Fallen]

Originally Posted by Kams

Hmm.....with Windows XP, your freeware options are pretty limited as far as I know, but I'm jealous of your After Effects

Why be jealous, you can get it for free on the internet...


Anyways, Sony Vegas is great for video editing, and there is a keygen out there for it, but you'll have to look yourself, mainly for legal issues.

[Kams]

Originally Posted by Fallen

Why be jealous, you can get it for free on the internet...


Anyways, Sony Vegas is great for video editing...

I was going to suggest that, but couldn't remeber if it was video or audio software