![]() The advanced-edit section of VideoStudio-which offers a timeline or storyboard view-has added a few new tricks. Adobe Premiere Elements and Pinnacle Studio have similar instant-movie features, but I found Corel’s a little more straightforward. Then you drag and drop the clips you want into the creation space, and the program does the rest. The creation portion involves simply choosing a title, a format (standard or high definition), and one of a half dozen or so templates. Just import your video, create, and share. Neophytes will want to go straight to Corel’s Easy Edit feature (aka VideoStudio Express), which allows you to trim and stitch together your clips quickly without worrying about separate tracks, special effects, or other distractions. I easily added high-def clips from sources as varied as a new Flip MinoHD and an older Panasonic HDC-SD1 camcorder. ![]() VideoStudio deftly handles popular HD formats from camcorders and cameras. ![]() The program even retrieved all of my work after I clumsily kicked out the PC’s power cord and rebooted the system. You can minimize an open project, go back to your “real” work tasks, and return later without fear that hours of edits will disappear. Conversely, I tried working in the new VideoStudio on a Centrino Duo laptop running Windows Vista, and I didn’t see much improvement over previous VideoStudio versions.Īlthough no program is crash-proof, VideoStudio Pro X3 almost eliminates the terrible habit many video packages used to have of freezing whenever you so much as breathed on the computer. That’s thanks mainly to the program’s ability to take full advantage of the multithreading capabilities of Intel’s latest processors: On a Core i7 system running Windows 7, the app can keep up with your bursts of inspiration (a fast graphics processor will also help with filters and video processing). I found that in switching between editing tasks or previewing a clip, VideoStudio was snappier than most competitors. The biggest improvement is that it’s zippier than before-on the right system. Corel’s VideoStudio Pro X3 ($100), which adds a few new functions, does a good job of making the appropriate compromises. Many video-editing programs try to make the process easy enough for busy parents to perk up family vacation flicks while delivering enough features and effects for aspiring auteurs to make their movies look like indie shorts.
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