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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus [AMAZON.COM EXCLUSIVE]
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List Price: $129.99
Our Price: $59.99
Your Save: $ 70.00 ( 54% )
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Manufacturer: Corel
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Corel
EAN: 0735163120202
Feature: Easily produce professional-looking videos, slideshows and DVDs
Format: CD
Label: Corel
Manufacturer: Corel
Model: VS115PLENPC
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Corel
Release Date: 2008-03-01
Studio: Corel
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Features
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Easily produce professional-looking videos, slideshows and DVDs
Capture video from the latest HD camcorders and create High-Definition HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs
Work quickly with timesaving template-based Wizards, or express your creativity with powerful hands-on tools
Fix common video problems with one-click corrective filters, generate Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio tracks, and add pro-quality titles and transitions
Share your movies everywhere, from iPod to DVD to YouTube to the latest Home Theater systems
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Seems to work well for a newbie like me...
Comment: I've been trying out the Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus software package I received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Based on the basic things I wanted to do, it works fine. I come at this from the viewpoint of a complete newbie in all things video, so I won't even try to pretend I can speak to the intricacies of the advanced features. I'll let you refer to other reviews for that.
In my case, I wanted to be able to take my video from my Sony HandyCam, download them to the PC, edit the contents to add titles/trim scenes, and to author it to a DVD for storage. On all counts, the Corel package worked fine. I did see significant differences in processor usage between trying it on my desktop vs. my laptop. As other reviewers have mentioned, more is better when it comes to working with this. Lots of RAM, plenty of processor power, and hi-end video cards all determine whether this software flows or whether it tends to drag its feet.
I'm happy with the software, as it works better than MovieMaker for what I wanted to do. And the deeper I get into it, the more I think I'll find additional capabilities that I can exploit.
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Summary: Good and fun product, but does have issues
Comment: My only comparison to this product is the horrible capabilities of Windows Movie Maker. Compared to Movie Maker, Videa Studio 11.5 is outstanding. But, it's not perfect. I have the minimum system requirements for using the software. I received an error every time I imported a new video into the software, when there really wasn't an error. The software seriously struggles through playing back portions of the video with multiple layers. I can only blame my minimum system abilities for this, but I still found it frustrating that I could not view my finished video seamlessly without the playback stalling out. Maybe the minimum system requirements are rated a bit too low? I think there is also a problem with the automatic save feature (default is to save project every 10 minutes). When re-starting the software, a message comes up to "recover" the previous project. I disabled the automatic save feature and this problem seemed to go away. I have not yet learned the full capabilities of this software to make everything run smoothly, however, I was able to learn an abundance of features for editing and special effects. I use this software for editing amateur videos of ATV riding. I was able to include music, special transition and filter effects, titles, plus layer up to 6 pieces of video for basically 6 pictures in picture. I was very impressed with the features provided in this software. The Chroma Key and Mask features are my favorite effects. It's perfect for what I need. I did need to spend some time reading the manual and using trial and error to figure everything out, but it was fun to see the results of my labor. I give this project 4 stars overall, which may be too high due to my lack of comparisons to other products. But for me, an average user who wants more editing features for the "wow" effect, as compared to Windows Movie Maker, this was the perfect product. Easy to figure out and still things to learn. One final note is the extra bonus CD making this the "Plus" version was not very useful or exciting or even necessary.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Doesn't live up to its hype
Comment: Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus [AMAZON.COM EXCLUSIVE]
I ordered this product because the reviews rated it very highly. When I tried to use it, I found that there was no documentation on how to output in various formats such as .avi, .wav or MPEG. The editing features are outstanding, but I now have a two hour video which will only show on the computer that has the ULead program on it. Corel would not even listen to my question without my giving them a credit card for the $15 "support- single question" charge. I had this same support problem with Corel in regard to their WordPerfect and switched to Microsoft Word, which is excellently supported. I am now in the market for a Microsoft Video Editor. Preferably one that understands the ULead proprietary format.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great video editor for hi-def, but not a complete package
Comment: PROs: Has many of the features of the more expensive packages.
Easy to use
NOT a memory hog, works fine with 1 GB RAM
CONs: Processor hog, you won't be able to do much else on your PC while this program creates a DVD.
While it does do basic DVD burning from your created video, it does not import DVD files for editing. It does not recognize VOB files as a viable format to use when creating a video. So if you want to use DVD/VOB files from a previous creation you still need your original format files like AVI, MPEG, ad nausium or buy an additional DVD authoring software package.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Install on a powerful PC with a high end video card for decent or even acceptable performance.
Comment: We spent more time testing the video edit features and didn't deploy the software onto a host with a video capture nor did we load video from a DVCorder, instead we used private DVD files furnished by others and other vid files from the web.
The interface is clearly intended for the amateur like us, one of our friends who is also a die hard Sony Vegas user like many of the other reviewers here commented on this fact and held Sony Vegas side by side to show us the simplicity of ULead.
Blending files is tedious at first and less than straightforward compared to the simplicity of the rest of the application but easy once you realize all the required steps.
We also installed the package on our Toshiba Quosimo, it was the most expensive model we could buy a year ago and has a huge screen and too heavy to really be called a laptop but the ULead package seemed to struggle.
When we installed the package on our teenage son's gamer box which is over two years old and had the best video card at the time, the ULead package performs admirably without annoying latency and lapses.
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