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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

At long last, intermediate moviemakers have something affordable between Apple’s iMovie (built into the Mac operating system) and the $1,000-plus Final Cut Pro.

A drum roll for $150 Montage for Mac OS X 10.2 from Arboretum Systems (www.arboretum.com). Montage is stunning movie-editing software that gives users Final Cut-type control over precise time settings for clip cuts and superior transition-creating tools. Another standout is a unique soundtrack engine that lets users drag and drop MP3s over each other for amazing effects.