Description:
Screenblast Movie Studio offers amateur and semi-pro movie mavens access to Sonic Foundry's famed Vegas Video interface and many of its most important AV editing capabilities, minus the hefty professional price tag. At the heart of the package is Screenblast VideoFactory Deluxe, an all-encompassing application that takes you through every step of the movie-making process within a single, convenient interface. You'll begin your cinematic masterpiece by assembling raw components in VideoFactory's Media Pool window. Here, the program stores and displays each element of your movie--be it a video clip, audio clip, or still photo--in a handy virtual gathering spot, regardless of its format and without actually relocating it from its original position on your hard drive. To fit the various pieces together, merely drag-and-drop each item to its appropriate spot in the program's intuitive timeline window, where five individual tracks wait to be filled. At any time during the process you can reposition or crossfade your elements, add audio effects such as delay and reverb, drop in sophisticated text overlays, record new sounds, or employ a dazzling array of sophisticated scene transitions and backdrops. Movie Studio features easy, two-step camcorder footage captures and integrated CD burning, but does not support DVD authoring. And, although the retail package doesn't include nearly as many professional video or audio clips as Nova Development's similarly Vegas-like Video Explosion Deluxe, the Screenblast Web site is filled with an ever-growing downloadable assortment of goodies. A near-professional grade AV production package without the high-end price, Screenblast Movie Studio is highly recommended. --Gordon Goble
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