I need help with the Pinnacle Dazzle DVD recording software. Please help :D

Can't make any recommendations for Dazzle, but if you're just doing simple editing the Mac's built-in iMovie should work fine.

Of course iMovie is basic, it is aimed at the home and casual user who wants to put holidays and the kid's birthday party on to a DVD and send it to Grandma. It certainly comes with more transition effects than I would ever use.

Why?

Go watch a major, big budget film. Do you see a transition everytime the scene changes?
No. It is 99.9% hard cuts.
Movie making is about telling a story, not bombarding the audience with twirling "effects". They will soon get bored or irritated with that and never watch it again.

Now, if you want something more advanced, start with [Final Cut Express|http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress> and when you are ready, move up to the [Studio|http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio> version. Both have plenty of transitions and there are thousands of plugins available. I don't use most of those either -the interesting tools are those for color correction, keying and compositing. Those are what makes the finished product look polished.

X's Inverse Law of content and elaborate transitions

More Content>simple transitions
(think Hollywood or well produced TV)

Weak (and/or insufficient) content>complex and distracting transitions
(think reality TV where they will show the same stuff over and over in the course of 20 minutes of real air time)

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