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Summary: Video Studio vs. Windows Movie Maker
Review: After upgrading to Windows ME I realized I had wasted a hundred bucks on Video Studio software. Like many others, I was hesitant to upgrade to ME because of reports of computer lockups,crashes,etc. Rumors circulated that WinME had many bugs that had yet to be resolved. Total hogwash. I realize now that I made a mistake by not upgrading sooner. The Windows Movie Maker software included with WinME was a pleasant suprise. I prefer it to Video Studio and Studio DV(Pinnacle). It doesn't include everything that the two major titles do, but it has everything u would want, without options that u would never use. After all, these movies won't be released in the local theatres.If u haven't upgraded yet, remember that the cost of the upgrade to WinME will be the same or less than either of the two major movie making software titles!! Think about it. Rodger
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Summary: Video Studio 5.0 Disappoints
Review: Had previously used video editing software that came free with a PCI TV card I had installed, was ready for an upgrade and thought this was the answer to my problems (mainly associated with different output formats). Story board editing is very simplistic and gets old fast. Very good for those who have no exposure to video editing software, my expectations were a bit higher. Limited control of most aspects, so be prepared for restricted editing. Many problems with program crashing while creating movies. It is mostly capable of putting clips in an order and selecting transitions to go in-between, if that is all you need this is the editor for you. I would recommend finding another video editing title for most everyone else, my search continues...
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Summary: Video Studio 5.0 Disappoints
Review: I found this program easy to use yet highly versatile. Once installed, I had made my own 8 minute compilation of video scenes within several hours. Although this program comes with a manual, I didn't feel that it was needed. The software is fairly intuitive and forgiving of editing errors. The feature that I am most appreciative of is the IEEE-1394 ("Firewire") interface capability. I am using Windows 98 SE and a Sony DCR-PC110 Mini DV camcorder and the software instantly recognized my device and transferred video smoothly without any troubleshooting or loss of data. In addition, this software is compatible with some photo editing programs to give additional flexibility for transitions or title/credits (If you should want more than the literaly hundreds of pre-installed options) I highly recommend this program to any DV enthusiast who wants to get started immediately and without paying seven to nine times the cost of this software.
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Summary: For the Budding DV Director
Review: I found this program easy to use yet highly versatile. Once installed, I had made my own 8 minute compilation of video scenes within several hours. Although this program comes with a manual, I didn't feel that it was needed. The software is fairly intuitive and forgiving of editing errors. The feature that I am most appreciative of is the IEEE-1394 ("Firewire") interface capability. I am using Windows 98 SE and a Sony DCR-PC110 Mini DV camcorder and the software instantly recognized my device and transferred video smoothly without any troubleshooting or loss of data. In addition, this software is compatible with some photo editing programs to give additional flexibility for transitions or title/credits (If you should want more than the literaly hundreds of pre-installed options) I highly recommend this program to any DV enthusiast who wants to get started immediately and without paying seven to nine times the cost of this software.
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Summary: Great Low-End Editor
Review: I have been using Ulead VS 3.0 & 4.0 for several years. I purchased 5.0 right away and have not been disappointed. The new features such as filters, and more titling options are great. In the past I have used it with my Iomega MJPEG card. My firewire is on the way and I can't wait to see how it performs with Digital8 camcorder.This program is great if you don't want to spend alot of money and want a low learning curve. Follwoing the tutorial and easy controls you will be making a movie with in the hour. Make sure you go to Ulead's web site and download the patch for it. Especially if you want to make Video CDs. I would also suggest buying Uleads DVD Plug-In software if you want to make Video CDs from Video Studio. I love it. Its alot better than Neros VCD creation process.
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Summary: Great Low-End Editor
Review: I have been using Ulead VS 3.0 & 4.0 for several years. I purchased 5.0 right away and have not been disappointed. The new features such as filters, and more titling options are great. In the past I have used it with my Iomega MJPEG card. My firewire is on the way and I can't wait to see how it performs with Digital8 camcorder. This program is great if you don't want to spend alot of money and want a low learning curve. Follwoing the tutorial and easy controls you will be making a movie with in the hour. Make sure you go to Ulead's web site and download the patch for it. Especially if you want to make Video CDs. I would also suggest buying Uleads DVD Plug-In software if you want to make Video CDs from Video Studio. I love it. Its alot better than Neros VCD creation process.
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Summary: Difficult to use
Review: I received Ulead Video Studio Version 5.0 with my 1394 adapter card. I find it very difficult to use.
As a user of Windows XP, I could only get it to run for users designated as PC Administrator. Limited Users could not run the software.
I did not find it to be intuitive to use even though each menu item across the top provides an illustrative picture and sequence of steps.
It appears on the surface to be easy to use however I had problems with editing clips and music. It appears it has many features and options. I spent 2 hours trying to edit a 30 second video clip and gave up with a headache. I had difficulty trying to preview minor changes (e.g. adding a title). The software would go through the Rendering step each time which would take about a minute or two.
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Summary: Atrocious Interface
Review: I've only had the program a few days but I believe I am qualified to give an "out of the box experience" report. Ulead decided to ignore 10 years of Windows interface standardization and created the least intuitive product I have used in 15 years of computing. For ex: The normal drop down menu bar at the top of the screen is missing. Preferences are changed by clicking on a button marked "G"(?). You open files by clicking a round button with a star on it. It's like getting into a car and finding the gas pedal is shaped like a door knob and is located on the dash board, and the steering wheel is on the roof. You can get used to all the differences but none of them make the program easier to use. It's just an arrogant disregard for convention. Despite the fact that the product is advertised as capable of capturing analog video, the documentation and menu choices make it clear that the primary market is DV. Tech support told me that I'd have to capture my analog video elswhere and then bring the file into the software to edit, however doing so makes it impossible to automatically cut the video into clips (apparently the only AVI I can create uses a compression format that is incompatible with this software, although it works just fine in Movie Maker). The tech rep turned out to be wrong. I can capture directly but still have to cut the clips manually. There's got to be better video edit software than this.
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Summary: Worst Interface Ever = 0 stars
Review: This program has one of the worst user interfaces ever. The team at Ulead definitely skipped the software developement process that tests average people (people that didn't directly write-code the program) using thier program. The interface is their own design. Missing is the HELP button! No standard buttons are featured. The program has no help, rather it pops up everytime you do something and you have to fumble around for a G circle thing button where you turn help off, otherwise it pops up every time you do something. Editing out commercials in this program is annoying. You cannot enter in a frame number manually or a numerical time. Instead you have to use touchy slider that goes either too far too fast to not far enough. There is no precision. Worst, while exporting if you have a bad frame, it quits. There is no way I have found to kill the bad frame because of the lack of precision. I have a degree in computers and I find the interface useless. I can't figure it out. NO PROGRAM SHOULD BE THIS HARD TO USE!
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Summary: I've seen beter
Review: This program is great for someone who has no idea what they are doing(at all). If you are going to do anything serious don't buy it. If you have the money to spend, save it, in 2 mins. you could find much better, for the same price or less.
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