what are some killer apps that you use religiously on your video production? could be anything from video to audio -list any apps involved in the production of the project.

You want a list? K, I'll try my best. I included distribution tools along with production tools:
Final Draft
Movie Magic
Word
Excel
Safari
Mail
Photoshop
Illustrator
Stuffit
iphoto
Art Director's Tool kit
garage band
soundtrack
peak
Arboretum Ionizer (stand alone)
iTunes
iStumbler
Final Cut Pro
After Effects
Shake
Commotion
Lightwave
*-Distribution tools-*
DVD Studio Pro
A.Pack
Compressor
Cleaner
Sorenson3 Pro
DVD Player
Toast
Fetch

oye, no wonder I don't have any money .And I didn't list the plugins/macros I've accumulated for FCP, photoshop, AE, and PEAK, word, excel, etc)

good lord, Joren! nice list!! oh, how I'd like just a moment alone with your computer and my portable HD

I'm too lazy to mention all the utilities like Joren did, so i'll only do the big ones:

• Adobe Creative Suite (PS and Illustrator mainly)
  
• FCP3
  
• the Amazing Slowdowner
  
• Garage Band
  
• Adobe After Effects
  
• Carrara Studio 2
  

Here are some of the ones I use that are very helpful:

Final Draft
Final Cut Pro 4 HD
Adobe After Effects
Soundtrack
Adobe Photoshop
Compressor
Sorensen 3

Pretty much anything made by Apple.

Trey's Must Haves:
1: AVIsynth - You have to have this for any video processing. I have scripts that make unbelievable 24p from 60i.

2: VirtualDub Mod - use with #1. Also is indespensible for re-compressing or cutting up clips.

3: Vegas - Best (online)Editor Ever. Won't do as much as an Avid, but you will work WAAAAAY faster.

4: HuffYuv - Kickass losless compressor

5: Morgan MJPEG - I process all my video in 4:2:2 after a sweet conversion in avisynth, so I can't go back to MiniDV.

6: The GIMP - Awesome photo editor and it costs about $800 less than photoshop. (it's free for the slow of you out there)

7: Fruity Loops - If you have to ask, you will never know.

8: Adobe Audition (CoolEdit Pro) - Best audio editor available. My first, my last, my everything.

9: Nuendo - Best audio production and mixing ever. I want to bear it's child.

10: Media Player Classic - After this one, you will forget completely that microsoft made a media player once....

11: Blender - Like #s 1,2,4,and 6, I can't believe they give this stuff away!

12: OpenOffice - Another freebie, freakin' sweet office suite.

13: oggdropXPd - Convert wav's to ogg files. MP-what?????

14: ExactAudioCopy - You can't have that awesome Echo and the Bunnymen track over your chase scene have clicks and pops in it.

And that concludes the list of software I cannot live without. I would give you links to all the software, but if I had to find them you can at least google them (and I'm a lazy bastard). Try out the free ones (1,2,4,6,11,12,13,14). It won't cost you anythign and you will be mondo happy.

Till next time kiddies.....
Trey

MS Publisher- Production Folios- Scheduals, Letters etc.
MS Excel- Budgeting
Scriptmaker-Scripts
Premier Pro.-Video Post
Cubase SX. -Audio Post
Intervideo WinRIP -Audio Decoding and Ripping
Photoshop 7.0- Matte work

Thats about it.

actually, if its $800 less than Photoshop then they must pay you $151 to use it

nah, GIMP is cool for those who can't get PS yet, but compared to the real thing it is really really slow and clumsy.

fruity loops, FL studios baby. that a boy GhettoDuk.

Man looking at some of these lists really makes me wish I had some money.
I use Windows Movie Maker for editing, Audacity for audio, and Wordpad for writing. I dont even have Microsoft Word anymore!!! I used to use Final Draft!!! Damn computers!!! SERENITY NOW!!!

Here's my list.

Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
Adobe Audition 1.5
Adobe Encore DVD 1.5
Adobe After Effects 6.5
dBpowerAMP Music Converter
Discreet Cleaner XL
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9
Swish Video

RoughDraft - nice freeware script writing program.

Blender - A nice freeware 3D animator.

Adobe Photoshop - The best photoediting program.

Adobe Premiere Pro - Good editor

WordWeb - Free dictionary that works with RoughDraft

I don't really use that many programs I guess, oh well.

After Effects 6 Production Bundle
FCP4 HD
iMovie (good for importing, actually, if you're as lazy as me)
GarageBand (I've used Soundtrack briefly, but not for anything serious - I mostly record with live instruments, so Soundtrack's synth-based approach is less appealing)

I write scripts in Word, as shameful as that is. I hate Microsoft and Word is an unstable, bloated, sloppy piece of crapware, but I'm too lazy to download an alternative (probably opensource) text editor.