[JonathanFlash]

Hi guys. I'm new to this forum, so excuse me if i break any common etiquette you may have. I'll keep it short:

I'm looking for an intermediate level video editing program. I want to make sure I can relatively easily do three things with this program:

1. put text anywhere on the screen at any time in the video.
2. Add an explosion anywhere on the video
3. make the video play backwards (and stay that way- as in an effect)

In fact, if i can get a program that does only these three things, I'll be set. Can you help me out?
(Price isn't an issue- I'm willing to pay for it)

[fairnooks]

Playback speed and direction are typical features of mid-range consumer editors. Corel Videostudio12, Pinnacle Studio 12 and Adobe Premiere Elements 3 and up handle that with just a slider for speed and a tic box for direction.

Text position and duration is also fairly easy as all three have one or more overlay tracks which you can use to superimpose anything onto the video.

Explosions are a little different matter. Most editors come with some special effects but the bulk are sold as part of seperate add-on effect packs, especially Pinnacle. I didn't see any explosion effects in the basic ones I have and I can't say for sure but surely somewhere in one of the FX packs there must be such.

Maybe someone will know about that or another editor that I don't use which comes with explosions. I see I have fire as one of the effects in Pinnacle--good for before and/or after the explosion....