Video Editing Software

Although I am just a hobbyist in the video world, I am quite familiar with PowerDirector 13 for creating and editing video.
 
In a couple of weeks, a videographer will be shooting a group of girls dancing in a green screen room for a music video for one of my songs.
 
Question: Can PowerDirector produce a very high quality result?  I know it will do the simple effects I need (crossfade, chroma key, picture in picture, etc.).  I am more concerned with whether or not the output will be good enough from a quality standpoint.
 
I told the videographer I was planning to edit myself using PowerDirector, and of course he advised against it; but I don't know if this is just because he wants the work, thinks he's better, or if he sincerely thinks PowerDirector won't cut it.
 
I would be happy for someone else to edit, but 1-there is the question of money, 2-I wasn't crazy about the editing of his I've seen, and 3-doing something yourself is usually the way to get it the way you want.
 
The thing is, I can't pay a choreographer, dancers, and cameraman and rent a studio and then end up with something bad.  (I already went though that went an animator/artist whom I now despise.)  The end product needs to be pro if I cam going to spend the money.
 
Thoughts on the quality and capabilities of PowerDirector?

I'm not sure about power director. But Blender which is free can do a good job of removing the green screen and compositing in a new background.
 
I did just that using blender in my music video. checkout the youTube link in my signature.
 
It can do quite a bit more and there is a learning curve but the results are good.
 
You can bind blender at www.blender.org if your interested. There are tons of video tutorials to help you get started.

These comments are extremely helpful.  Thanks!

I wouldn't describe Blender as Video software.   It's a 3D graphics creation package that has gained video compositing capabilities over the years.

Tom Riggs
I see from one of your posts on the songs forum you are using Final Cut Pro on your Mac. How do you like it so far?

I don't do a lot of video,  I got it a while back for some simple music video stuff I was doing at the time for a client and not used it much since.  The vid in the Songs forum was knocked up in an afternoon, including shooting...
It's VERY good for quick cut music vids, and while the learning curve is quite steep it's very easy to use once you know what you're doing.
 
I would still describe Blender as a 3D graphics package, not a video editor.  You use it to create content and scenes that you then import into an editor.
 
Yes, I have Blender.  No, I don't get to play with it as much as I want to

I have tried blender within the last year. There is no doubt that it is capable of many things beyond 3D, such as motion tracking, digital makeup and the aforementioned video editing,  but it is a classic case of jack of all trades and master of none. Video editing in blender is downright painful. Anyone used to editing on even basic lite versions of any commercial editing software will start pulling hair. Too many free options available to bother IMHO to bother. If I were going the freebie route I would use Davinci Resolve for editing and color grading ,Fusion for compositing. The learning curve for Fusion is steep, but Blender is just as steep and not nearly as powerful for compositing and keying. I would keep Blender around for 3D modeling and animation though. 

Kalle Rantaaho

dubdisciple
I have tried blender within the last year. There is no doubt that it is capable of many things beyond 3D, such as motion tracking, digital makeup and the aforementioned video editing,  but it is a classic case of jack of all trades and master of none. Video editing in blender is downright painful. Anyone used to editing on even basic lite versions of any commercial editing software will start pulling hair. Too many free options available to bother IMHO to bother. If I were going the freebie route I would use Davinci Resolve for editing and color grading ,Fusion for compositing. The learning curve for Fusion is steep, but Blender is just as steep and not nearly as powerful for compositing and keying. I would keep Blender around for 3D modeling and animation though. 

There are free versions of Resolve and Fusion?? I only found the 995$ ones.

Yes, there are free versions. Scroll to bottom of respective comparison pages:
 
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/compare
 
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/fusion/compare
 
Free version of Fusion is closer to full version than Resolve lite is to full, with the primary lacking elements mostly involving multiple machine rendering and workflow. This is less of a restriction than it seems because you can always send project to the fairly low cost render farms springing up.