I have been making movies for a while now and just started to get really into it. I have a Panasonic PV-GS300. I'm looking to get a good special effects program. Something that I can add on for instance lets say lasers, that sort of thing. Is there any program thats fairly inexpensive (hopefully less than $200) and offers those kind of special effects?

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