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8 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
 Ulead Video Studio and Media One - Great Tools At Very Nice Prices, 2008-06-19
Video editing and authoring is generally an expensive proposition, and while this program is not perfect or professional grade Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus packs a wallop of features for a VERY good price, at least compared to what this software has historically cost.
The amount of export options has to be a big plus, and it includes the ability to easily format any video file or project for any of your mobile devices including your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc. That's a huge thing that many people are looking for.
Some of the newer options like HD and BlueRay authoring aren't going to get wide use immediately, but they are must-haves for the growing HD crowd out there.
Within Video Studio there are a few basic options. The Movie Wizard is a quick and dirty import and export tool. This is the easiest option to choose to convert, trim and condense video files. There's also a bunch of templates included for standard transitions to add some openings, endings, fades and credits. Once again, even with the Wizard alone you can really clean up some video files fast.
You can even import them directly from you digital recorder, but I opt to save my files and import them afterwords. I always like to have a backup seperate from what I'm working on, so this makes it easier for me to keep track of my import and export areas.
In the full blown Video Studio tool you can open up video and audio files and add them to a project. The benefit of that is that you can merge and splice your files and add custom transitions and graphics to really make your videos pop. Once again, there's a lot of features here. You really have to spend some time playing and exploring.
Media One is kind of an extra, but it makes it easy to do some basic graphics and picture stuff to add to your videos. Another extra is Intermedia DVD player, which is included on many OEM system software packages but didn't come with my box. So that's a nice extra too.
One positive thing is that there are a bunch of tutorials and help file documentats included on your extras disks. There's also plenty of clips to play with and test your skills on. If you haven't done video editing before that's probably the best place to start.
Still, I think this program is user friendly enough to do basic things like import / export and conversions out of the box. Since most people will want to start by collecting all their videos, that's a nice plus in terms of the usability.
One con I have to note is that converting videos to certain formats seems to use pre-set frame rates that take some time to customize. And it seems to convert some of these formats frame by frame, instead of using much faster file conversion techniques. Behind the scenes it may be doing more, but for this price I don't really mind waiting a few minutes for my files to convert.
I also own the Pinnacle software that comes with their integrated hardware offering, Pinnacle Studio MovieBox Ultimate, Studio Ultimate Version 12. While there are more basic versions of the software that are closer in price to this guy, I find that the Corel Ulead software is more stable overall.
Don't get me wrong, the Movie-box ultimate package is a great value because it includes the hardware interface. If you don't have all the connectors you need, that might be a good alternative. But if you just compare software to software, Corel Ulead stacks up well against Pinnacle Studio Ultimate.
Truth be told, for this price I have to forgive the other minor cons I noted. That includes mainly that the menu and icon graphics aren't the snazziest. Still, compared to Apple's Built-in editor and Windows built-in movie editor (from Vista Ultimate) this guy includes more formats and features right out of the box. And once again, for what you get this is really a great value in software.
Definitely check this out. The Corel site has some clips and information to get you more used to the kinds of things you can produce.
Enjoy!!!
Great software, 2008-06-19
I am very excited about the endless possibilites of this software. I have been taking videos of my children since my daughter was born, (now 4 years old and also a 9 month old son now too) Now I can take all those videos and put them together into a great presentation for them when they grow up. The software is easy to use and comes with a great instruction book. I am new to video editing software and found this package to be perfect for someone who is new to video editing. I am very impressed with the software and can't wait to put some great DVD's together.
loaded program, 2008-06-18
You can do so much with this program. Video editing, DVD video editing to give you work a professional look, slide showcase.
It has wizards that really help you do things you never thought of trying and in every format. Still learning what this program is capable of so well worth the money.
Fully Loaded, 2008-06-18
Whilst trivial, the one item I liked the most on this issue of ULEAD is the capture capability from DVDs through windvd 8.This output file was generally a bmp, and MEDIAONE editor allowed a file to be converted to a smaller file with the same quality.
The Central testing area I used is the capture area, since it has the most widespread use in media.There are 7 tools in the Capture Video Tool, and I took a music track and inserted this audio track first.Then I placed a selection of Pictures and movie files from Various sources (such as Windvd 8's capture feature, and the sample media I can gather from other DVDs) and defined the time sequences for each photo or media( The ability to extend the picture duration out, as well as the video works well in this medium).And after the projext is complete, you can output the project to a pure digital file, or to a DVD using the system. ULEAD can capture from any digital source, and output to any digital source. About the only additional thing I would use is the free application "Quick Media Converter" which makes various media files available to ULEAD, as well as from ULEAD.
ULEAD makes the basis for an excellent digital editing system , and in this package the bonus of windvd 8 Silver makes for the best viewer of digital output... the audio quality alone makes the whole thing totally worthwhile, and wether you use it with Bought DVDs or DVDs you mixed down yourself, the audio quality is superb.
6 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
User-Friendly Basic Video Editing Program, 2008-06-17
Like many others who have used this program, I found it acceptable for basic editing of videos on my Sony camcorder. I take videos of my daughter's volleyball games, and the Ulead program is perfect for editing videos, such as adding background music, inserting chapters and including helpful narratives. Since I did not attempt to stray much beyond these basic functions, I did not suffer some of the problems that others have reported. I did, however, notice that the Ulead program significantly slows down my computer, which is an annoyance at times because the computer locks up and has to be rebooted. This is curious since my computer is new and certainly powerful enough. (My computer has a Pentium dual-core processor running 3.1 ghz, with 2gb of RAM.)
In sum, this product is reasonably priced and very easy to use for the novice editor. You need to look elsewhere if you are a proficient editor and need software that provides more than just the basic options.
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