Corel VideoStudio Pro X2
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Software Reviews of Corel VideoStudio Pro X2
Customer Review: Happy Camper!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm no fancy movie producer who does incredible videos to impress the masses....... I just record NASCAR on TiVo, transfer it to my computer, and then make various videos. I keep interesting race finishes, crashes, NASCAR related commercials, talk show segments, and Dave Despain's Eye Candy. And too I will save Kasey Kahne's recent win at Atlanta after I cut out all the commercials. I get NASCAR videos off of You Tube and use them as well but the one issue there is many of them have music recorded over the video which can or cannot be good.
Previously I used Nero 7 and it did a pretty good job, I thought. When Nero 9 was released I upgraded but was never able to get the video editor to work even after numerous email discussions with tech support and eventually received a refund. Had I researched the blogs before hand I wouldn't have upgraded. I wanted my 7 back but that wasn't an option since it was deleted with the 9 upgrade and I didn't have a disc.
So that brought me to more research and eventually Corel VideoStudio stood out as the best all around program for me. It cost more than Nero and it doesn't have the music editor included as does Nero but it got good reviews. I don't use Blu-Ray so the Pro X2 was my affordable choice. This time I bought the disc, especially since it was the same price as the download, so it can never be taken away!
The day UPS dropped it off I loaded the program while being a bit apprehensive since I had had so many previous problems with Nero. But it loaded quick, easy, and worked without a glitch from the get go. Pro X2 is fast, and has great easy to find and use options and tools. The packaged product comes with a 220 page user guide which really helps to get initial guidance and direction. So far I have only used the multi-trim tool which makes saving any portion of a video very simple. Saving the video into various formats works great. I also like the option of being able to take a larger size video - say 5.5gb and saving it as a 4.5gb video so it will fit on a 4.7 DVD disc.
I want to make a video with a music overlay but have not yet tried that. So far I have just edited tons of video to save what I want. This program has lots of bells and whistles which I'm sure all have a useful place I just haven't tried too many of them yet. The program has crashed on me a couple times but each time when I opened it back up it asked me if I wanted to restore the previous project and then took me right back to where I was. I have never lost any work in progress.
So my experience has been 5 star all the way!!!!
Customer Review: As a novice video editor, I have found this software to be much better than most.
Summary: 5 Stars
This program seems fine for a novice video editor like me. I am enjoying the many features and mastering them one at a time. I had zero luck with other programs such as Window's Movie Maker, and Cannon's ImageMixer 3 SE. This Corel program makes trimming your clips much easier. I would rate this program a winner, and it is worth the money because it works. I am editing a movie made on vacation in Savannah and it is turning out a very professional looking movie. Customer Review: Corel VideoStudio Pro X2...crash champion
Summary: 3 Stars
I have used the Ulead products and recently upgraded t Corel VideoStudio Pro X2. The results were pretty good, but getting there generated a lot of "not responding" messages on two computers. The older ULead products like Video Studio 11 plus did not ever crash. Locking up and fading away was the usual result (Vista Premium 64x 6 gigs ram and quad core processors). On the other hand the resulting videos and slide shows were pretty good compared to Magix Movie Edit Pro 15 or the Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9. The least buggy was the Magix Movie Edit Pro 15. The most dumbed down interface was the Sony. It did not crash, though. The Corel interface is carbon copy of the Ulead so it was easy to use. The images on the DVD from the Corel were very good, but it took twice as long to render as the two other editing programs. Note: One way to keep the Corel from always crashing was to put all videos or images on the main drive and then back them up after making the movie. This was not the case with the Sony Vegas, Magix Movie or the old Ulead. I vote for the Magix Movie Edit Pro 15 as the fastest and most stable.Customer Review: Dissapointed AGAIN!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
After weeks of heartache trying to get Sony Vegas to work, I tried Nero9 - it worked, but menu editing was limited. Saw this for [...] and it had great reviews... This sucks! Made 1 dvd from AVI and the sound messes up in a few places. NOBODY has got it right!!!!! FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Either make something that works or dont make it at all! I swear, DVD authoring software is a [...]!!!!!!Customer Review: Much Better than Adobe Premiere Elements
Summary: 5 Stars
I started off using Adobe Premiere Elements 3, which worked for standard definition video files, but was terribly unstable. I put auto-save at like 3 minutes because it would crash every 10 minutes or so. But I was still able to produce a good DVD with it. After I got a high definition HDV camcorder, I needed to upgrade. Here are my reasons for moving to Corel:
- At the time, Premiere Elements didn't officially support a 64-bit OS
- Premiere Elements 3 was incredibly unstable and constantly crashed
- The SmartProxy feature lets me edit Full HD (1080i or 1080p) footage on my little 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo
It's been TOTALLY WORTH IT. It took a while to get used to a different interface, but Corel VideoStudio is rock stable. It has never crashed on me. I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
Keep in mind that your particular hardware and the specific type of video you're importing impact the stability of the software a lot, so it's a really good idea to download the trial software, import footage from the camera you'll be using, and play around with it a bit to make sure it'll be stable on your system.
I tried the trial version of Adobe Premiere Elements 7, and it struggled to let me edit 1080p footage at all. Even if you have a quad core system, almost any computer will struggle to render 1080p footage in real-time. Corel VideoStudio downcodes the footage so you can edit it comfortably in real-time, and then get the full resolution and detail when you burn it to Blu-ray or DVD (using AVCHD) later. I'd highly recommend trying it before any other video editing software.