“You can also take a video out of FastFlick and put it into VideoStudio for advanced editing.”Īlso for more more advanced users, X7 introduces niceties such as chapter points for DVD authoring and a new color patterns library.
The new FastFlick mode, on the other hand, allows users to quickly create a movie from photos or other media with titles, custom music, and online sharing through YouTube.Īlthough all of X7 is touch-enabled, FastFlick is “built for touch from the ground up,” he observed. “But the most compelling features of the wizard were completely invisible to the consumer,” Wood noted. Previous editions of VS include a movie wizard for rapidly compositing a production. Users asked for an “easy edit” mode, too. We’ve smoothed some of the lines, changed the color palette, and delivered more of a sense of quality,” he contended. “We’ve also made investments in improving the UI. Wood estimated that rendering times are now five to eight times faster and acceleration is now two to five times faster than with X6. They don’t want to stay up all night rendering videos,” Wood told NotebookReview.Īlong with native 64-bit support, X7 adds Ultra HD (4K) performance. They’re taxing their systems all the time. “Performance is really important to these users.
Comparable numbers are 23% for Windows XP, 16% for Windows 8 64-bit, and 17% for Windows 7 32-bit, according to Wood.
Also among VS users, another 29% are “frequent hobbyists,” whereas 2% are professional videographers and 17% use the software as part of their work in other types of jobs.Ĭorel also produces Pinnacle Studio, a video editing suite for the higher end of the market, and the Roxio line-up of content creation software for consumers.Ībout 66% of VS users are running Windows 7 64-bit. It takes too many steps, but only because it offers very precise control and creative choice.In conducting research among its customer base, Corel found that 52% are “occasional users,” in contrast to 79% among users of rival video editing suites. One standout: the Mercalli SE plug offers tweaky, tweezy stabilization. It also lets the third-party plug-in makers in the door. The premium level VideoStudio Ultimate drops a hundredweight of picture element-shifting gizmos (Motion Effects) on you. It lets you do tricks like identifiers/explainers that follow objects around the screen, “greek-ing” things you don’t want your audience to see (brand names, genitalia and so on), follow-the-ball sports action and more. This is useful tech previously available only from pro-level programs. One standout feature is Corel’s entry into motion tracking. Even if you hate it (and you probably won’t), at $80, you won’t have gotten stung too badly.Ĭough up an additional $20 for the “Ultimate” package and you get extra tools for shot-stabilization that can fix some of the “jello-cam” (rolling-shutter) effect that happens when you pan with a DSLR.Ĭorel VideoStudio X7 Ultimate also gives you tweaky color correction/alteration (called ColorFast), a rudimentary pen-on-screen “tele-strator”-style light-doodler (RotoPen), a title-animating kit that simulates handwriting (Handscript), a useful set of title/graphic animation templates by Boris (Graffiti 6) and some less-than-understated transitions and “light-splashy” effects (VitaScene). If you’re married to the Windows Mob, give VideoStudio a try. If you own a Canon DSLR, VideoStudio Pro can likely drive it to create stop motion animations. My snooty-attitude notwithstanding, Corel VideoStudio does have a cute back door wormhole into the filmmaking world.