Corel VideoStudio

Corel VideoStudio

The main interface of Ulead VideoStudio 11
Developer(s)	Ulead Systems (Corel)
Stable release	VideoStudio Pro X4
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Video editing software
License	Proprietary
Website	Corel Homepage

Corel VideoStudio (formerly Ulead VideoStudio) is a video editing software package for Microsoft Windows distributed by Ulead Systems (a division of Corel). The latest version of the software is X4 released on February 24, 2011.

Features

Basic editing

The software allows both storyboard and timeline-oriented editing. Different formats are supported for source clips, and the resulting video can be exported to DVD, AVCHD, HD-DVD and AVI. VideoStudio also supports direct DV and HDV capturing to disk.

Transitions

VideoStudio provides several categories of video transitions, including:

• FX contains assorted video effects such as 'Burn' and 'Fade to black'
• 3D provides assorted 3D transition effects
• Album a slideshow effect similar to that of a photo album.

Video filters

A variety of video filters either perform basic color adjustments (e.g., brightness and contrast), blurring or sharpening, and special effects such as kaleidoscope (which simulates a kaleidoscope). Chroma key provides blue screen/green screen type effects.

Overlay

Users can overlay a Flash animation, an image, or text on the video. However, the number of overlays allowed is limited. The user must remove a particular color from the overlay video so that the required background or picture can appear in the foreground.

Other features

VideoStudio can change apparent video playback speed, reverse it, and modify hue and saturation. It provides tools that let the user trim, crop, and split video tracks. The soundtrack can be split from the video track, allowing the audio to play at a different pace than the video. A feature that Corel calls "SmartRender" renders only the edited portions of video, so a user can preview edited footage without VideoStudio creating temporary files. This feature also makes final rendering much faster.

Proxy Video Files

Video Studio supports editing of high definition video. Proxy files are smaller versions of the video source that stand in for the full resolution source during editing to improve performance.

Plug-ins

Stability

Users have reported stability problems with VideoStudio.

See also

• Comparison of video editing software

External links

• http://www.corel.com/video_studio/