A good video editor?

[Wirexia]

I am currently looking for a nice, easy to use and good video editor. It needs to be more advanced than WMV, but still less advanced than After Effects. I tried LightWorks but it can't open any of my video files. I just need to make some quick text, make a nice quick intro too.

Thanks in advance!

[editline]13th August 2011[/editline]

By the way, it doesn't have to be free. If it's good, I'm willing to pay some money.

[ffalsa]

Sony vegas.

[Aros24]

Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere. Vegas is easier.

[Richiee]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_editing_software[/url]

[seano12]

Sony Vegas 10.

[dude2193]

Premiere is better if your card supports CUDA, you can get realtime editing with full res footage without transcoding to some intermediate codec

[Wirexia]

Thanks everyone who contributed. It seems Vegas is getting the most recommends, I'll try to find a trial of that.

Is it easier than After Effects? I downloaded the trial, watched some videos on videocopilot, and tried to make a intro. It went like this.

Spend almost 2 hours on making a cool text intro
Render for 30 minutes
Watch it when done, 20 minutes of pure black :v:

[Slithersoul]

I use Powerdirector, it's very easy to use and flexible. One of the more underrated video editors, it's definitely worth a try.

[MushroomMasher]

Adobe Premier or Final cut pro. (not the new version)