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Summary: not bad for the price
Review: frankly any dvd authoring software under say $200 is not particuarly powerful.this one is however one of the best. I use several different programs to make my home like videos. I have found not one package in this price range to let me design the 'menu' the way I want.. that is like the ones the commercial movies have. this one is no exception. But it does have a lot of features for the price. Including one I use every day... namely editing out commercials. it's called multi cut and trim. Of the ones in this price range it is the only one that has it (that seems to actually work). caution, it is a slow program. slower then some less capeable programs. you might consider their more costly editing program but you won't get much more flexability.
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Summary: Good for beginners I guess.
Review: I bought this product awhile ago thinking it would be pretty cool. Maybe I'm just used to using Pinnacle Studio 9, but I didn't really like this one.
The video controls were just not usable. From trimming and cutting to adding effects and trying to complete a menu for a dvd, it just didn't perform well.
I can't say too much more on it since I gave it away to a friend of mine. He doesn't even use it now. He uses the moviemaker that came with Windows XP because even that program is better than this product.
If you are looking for something decent to buy, get Studio 9. It's easier to use and has better tutorials.
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Summary: Best end results in video editing
Review: I got the trial for this program, because I tried DVD creator that came with my computer which is a losusy program the image and sound sometimes skipped, when you watched de VCD or the DVD. By the way I couldn't watch my home movies in the living room's DVD. So I tried different DVD editors. I downloaded several tials and the two best were ArcSoft Showbiz 2 and this one, but this one cost me about a third of what the showbiz program costs, so it was a no brainer get this one that also includes disc copier, a fast one by the way, a Photo Slide Show Disc. You can create either DVDS os VCDs, music cds including MP3 CDS OR MP3 DVD's but you can't convert audio files to MP3 the only weakness. You can also create data CD's and also edit previously recorded and not yet closed cds.
It's everypennies worth. Best of all is not as intimidating as Nero 6 or unastable as roxio Easys CD and Dvd creator.
Don't think you can make hollywood kind of DVD's but at least you can impress your family with menus, chapters, this is very important if you are in a hurry and want to watch just a particular scene, so you don't have to fast forward or rewind the disc.
I recommend it and it's mre like 4.5 stars.
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Summary: Terrible software
Review: I have had nothing but problems. Movie size errors, burn problems, and playback problems. Then when I sent an email to the "technical support" (for a simple playback problem), I received a prompt reply. I received a blanket response telling me to un-install the software, and other listed files and then re-install program, including 3 update files. Didn't work though, now the software will not burn at all, and the software hangs. I would stay away from this product. I had it for 3 months before (trying) burning a DVD. If I would have tried it when I first purchased it, I would of had to wait 3 month for the "updates" that have just been released, that didn't fix anything!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: works okay after you download all the patches
Review: I previously gave this product 2 stars because the discs I burned would not play properly.
Tech support directed me to several patches to download and install, and after doing so, I was able to burn discs that actually played.
The software should have some more functionality, which is why I can't give it any more than 3 stars.
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Summary: It works with Windows 2000!
Review: I recently purchased a DVD burner drive and the burning software bundled with it caused problems with my newly reloaded Win2000 operating system... as it usually does. I tried downloaded versions of a number of burning software programs, until I tried ULead Moviefactory and it worked very well for me, without taking over my entire computer, so I checked the boxed disk version at Amazon and found it for a very reasonable price. I've purchased it and have been happy with the software, ever since. It's cheaper here in the box, than downloading it from ULead, directly. I have a few "small button" issues with the frame advance interface of the program, during the editing process, but they are relatively minor. The program is fairly easy to figure out and use without reading the entire manual over and over to make sense of it. I have tried tons of burning software and still use the free and cheap stuff for CD's because of their simplicity and quality of burn, but ULead DVD Moviefactory Disk Creator 3.0 should be one of the top three DVD/CD burning suites, from my experiences. The only mistakes, I have encountered, have been through user error, and even then, I haven't made a coaster, yet. I've been using it for about four or five months, and it only gets better.
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Summary: Better than other video recording software
Review: I've been looking for a good home movie transfering software for several months, and after reading many reviews and trying many trials, I can say that this one is best in the under $100 price point! If ONLY they had made it easier to snip little pieces out of the middle of clips instead of having to do splits and markers, it would have been a 5+ instead of a 5-. It also offers options on sound so that you won't have to bother with resetting your set top DVD player. Don't pay attention to the 'pro' reviews at popular PC magazine sites on this product. They are wrong. I highly recommend over anything else out there.
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Summary: If only a little more editing capability
Review: I've been looking for a good home movie transfering software for several months, and after reading many reviews and trying many trials, I can say that this one is best in the under $100 price point! If ONLY they had made it easier to snip little pieces out of the middle of clips instead of having to do splits and markers, it would have been a 5+ instead of a 5-. It also offers options on sound so that you won't have to bother with resetting your set top DVD player. Don't pay attention to the 'pro' reviews at popular PC magazine sites on this product. They are wrong. I highly recommend over anything else out there.
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Summary: MovieFactory 3.0 was a waste of my money.
Review: I've been trying to use this software for some time. I kept thinking it had to be me. However, I've given up and I will search for something else to use. My problems were:
1. Could not control my Sony DV camcorder. In any other mode except AVI recording, the camcorder would record fast forward. Ulead's online forum had a few other people complaining about this, but there didn't seem to be an answer to this.
2. The conversion to DVD format was exceptionally slow.
3. The included Help was almost useless for explaining use of the software.
4. After one final attempt at a 40 minute DV tape, I got an hour into the conversion to DVD format when an unspecified critical error occured and the program terminated. This happened two times in a row.
5. Online help consists of a forum. No significant knowledge base to help troubleshoot problems.
I gave this program a 2 because the program does open without crashing my computer and because the effects (scene transitions, menu backgrounds, etc.) included are nice. Also, it does come with one of the better paperback manuals I've seen in a while.
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Summary: simple, good creative control, inexpensive
Review: If only all software were this way. It's so simple you don't even need to read the instructions. It's very intuitive. And it works. The creative control is not as great as Ulead's DVD Workshop 2, but almost (and much less expensive). Amazon's price is unbeatable. I have not see any DVD authoring software that is is this good and simple to use.
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