Corel Videostudio Pro X4 Reviewer's Guide (A4)
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Reviewer’s Guide Contents 1 | Introducing Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 ..........................1 2 | What’s included?.............................................................3 3 | Key features ....................................................................5 Simple steps to cinematic movies ...............................................................5 Your vision on any screen............................................................................9 High performance video editing ...............................................................15 Share and show anywhere........................................................................16 Introducing Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X4 Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X4 tears down the The new Stop Motion tools introduce the fun of barriers to consumer video editing, offering a animation — a perfect activity for the kid in robust feature set, outstanding speed, and simple anyone, whether you’re a parent looking for ways to quickly bring your video to life on-screen. family-oriented entertainment, a teacher with This high performance video-editing environment designs on an exercise in cognizant learning, or a combines an easy 3-step interface, a wealth of teenager aiming to engross your online friends. intuitive creative effects, and an integrated And with new Time-lapse effects, it’s easy for disc-burning and menu-authoring solution. anyone to produce stunning scenes from gradually developing events, like a setting sun or Simple steps to cinematic movies moving clouds. With VideoStudio Pro X4, video editing is truly as High performance video editing easy as 1-2-3. The clutter-free workspace is uncomplicated enough for beginners and Developed for the latest chips from Intel® and powerful enough for tech-savvy video AMD, VideoStudio Pro X4 ensures that you can enthusiasts. Simple steps speed you through the create without the wait. Plug-and-play support basics, while an abundance of effects, menu for HD cameras and formats, like H.264 and templates, sounds, titles, and transitions inspire AVCHD™, makes it effortless to access media — creativity. no matter the device. And with Smart Proxy editing, you can enjoy fast and responsive HD The dedicated Capture step makes it a breeze to video composition that won’t tax your PC’s get your media from DSLR cameras, DV and HDV™ resources. camcorders, and other mobile devices. In addition, the Library lets you effortlessly organize Share and show anywhere your photos, video clips, and audio files so you can focus on the story you want to tell. Ready to debut your film to the world? With VideoStudio Pro X4, it’s a cinch to screen your Your vision on any screen movie with a diverse audience, whether viewers will watch on iPhones or other mobile devices, You’ll marvel at how quickly you can transform an social media websites, game consoles, or disc idea into a captivating movie. The straightforward players and TVs. You can easily burn a DVD, Timeline makes video composition fast and easy, AVCHD, BD-J, or Blu-ray™ disc, complete with letting you add animated titles, practically menu navigation. You can even burn 3D video limitless creative effects, as well as background files to disc. What’s more, VideoStudio Pro X4 music and voice-over audio. offers presets for uploading directly to Facebook®, Flickr®, Vimeo®, and YouTube™ — in SD, HD, and even 3D. Reviewer’s Guide [ 1 ] What’s included? Main application • 128 MB VGA VRAM (256 MB or higher recommended) • Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X4: This high performance video-editing environment • 3 GB of free hard drive space breaks down the barriers traditionally • Minimum display resolution: 1024 x 768 associated with digital video by combining a •Windows®-compatible sound card simple 3-step interface, a wealth of intuitive creative effects, and an integrated disc- •Windows®-compatible DVD-ROM for burning and menu-authoring solution. installation • Recordable Blu-ray™ drive required for Supporting applications and content creating Blu-ray discs • DV-to-DVD Wizard: The DV-to-DVD Wizard • Internet connection required for online lets users capture video from a DV camcorder, features and video tutorials add a theme template to it, and then burn it directly to DVD. Input/output device support • NewBlue®FX: A variety of NewBlueFX • 1394 FireWire® cards for use with DV/D8/HDV animated effects are built right into camcorders VideoStudio Pro X4 to help you customize your video clips. • Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394 • SmartSound®: With integrated SmartSound • USB Video Class (UVC) DV cameras audio, you can easily built a fantastic • Analog capture cards for analog camcorders soundtrack, with sound effects, voice-overs, (VFW and WDM support for Windows XP and and masterful mood music. Broadcast Driver Architecture support for •3D glasses Windows Vista and Windows 7) • Analog and digital TV capture devices Minimum system requirements (Broadcast Driver Architecture support) •Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, • USB capture devices: Web cameras, and disc/ Windows® XP, with latest service packs memory/hard drive camcorders installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions) • Windows-compatible Blu-ray, DVD-R/RW, •Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83 GHz, AMD Dual-Core DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW drive 2.0 GHz or higher recommended • Apple® iPhone™, iPad®, iPod classic® with • 1 GB of RAM (2 GB or higher recommended) video, iPod touch®, Sony® PlayStation Portable®, Pocket PC, smartphones Reviewer’s Guide [ 3 ] Input format support • Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVCHD™, MPEG-4, H.264, BDMV, DV, HDV™, DivX®, QuickTime®, RealVideo®, Windows Media® Format, MOD (JVC® MOD File Format), M2TS, M2T, TOD, 3GPP, 3GPP2 • Audio: Dolby® Digital Stereo, Dolby® Digital 5.1, MP3, MPA, WAV, QuickTime, Windows Media® Audio • Images: BMP, CLP, CUR, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG, J2K, JP2, JPC, JPG, PCD, PCT, PCX, PIC, PNG, PSD, PSPImage, PXR, RAS, RAW, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF, UFO, UFP, WMF • Disc: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD) Output format support • Video: AVI, MPEG-2, AVCHD, MPEG-4, H.264, BDMV, HDV, QuickTime, RealVideo, Windows Media Format, 3GPP, 3GPP2, FLV • Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, MPA, WAV, QuickTime, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis • Images: BMP, JPG • Disc: DVD (DVD-Video/DVD-VR/AVCHD), Blu-ray Disc™ (BDMV) • Media: CD-R/RW DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+R Double Layer, BD-R/RE [ 4 ] Reviewer’s Guide Key features While developing VideoStudio Pro X4, we’ve The Capture step gives you easy ways to capture focused on four key areas that our customers or load media, the Edit step offers a wide variety identified as critical for a video editor: of video-editing options, and the Share step presents all the output options you need to reach • simple steps to cinematic movies, your audience. By combining a wealth of features • your vision on any screen, and effects with outstanding performance and stability, VideoStudio Pro X4 offers an enjoyable • high performance video editing, user experience that’s fun for the whole family. • and share and show anywhere. New! Flexible workspace: VideoStudio Pro X4 Simple steps to cinematic movies gives you the control and flexibility to set up your workspace any way you want. With new grab VideoStudio Pro X4 provides a simple, quick, and bars across the top of all three panels in each tab, straightforward way to turn your video clips into a you can undock any panel by simply dragging or movie. The clear-cut workspace is suitable for video double-clicking it. You can easily resize undocked editors of all skill levels and presents three easy panels and distribute panels across two monitors, steps: 1-Capture, 2-Edit, and 3-Share. which lets you maximize the Preview Window, Project Timeline, and Library screens. You can distribute the VideoStudio Pro X4 workspace panels across two monitors. Reviewer’s Guide [ 5 ] Easy video discovery: Whether your video is New! Template import / export: With from a webcam, DV tape, computer, or mobile VideoStudio Pro X4, you can now import device, VideoStudio Pro X4 continues to offer templates and export your projects as Instant easy ways to get video files from your camera or Project templates. This can help you create a other device. The dedicated Capture step gives consistent style for your video projects and lets you all the options you need to unearth your you share templates with other video enthusiasts. stockpile of digital memories. You simply connect Movie templates offer shortcuts to cinematic a device, choose an option, and then you’re ready styling, complete with credits, titles, pan and to start editing your video. zooms, soundtracks, and more. New! Library ease of use: VideoStudio Pro X4 With the Corel® Guide, you can access freely offers a versatile and simple project management downloadable media packs, including a variety of model. The Library is the focal point of any video templates, titles, fonts, as well as additional editing project. Once you’ve captured your video, creative and editing tools. you need a repository to sort and select the clips to use in your movie. The Library lets you organize and sort a variety of media, including audio clips, filters, graphics, photos, transitions, and video clips. With VideoStudio Pro X4, the Library makes it even easier to find precisely what you need. There are new icons that let you show or hide video clips, photos, and audio clips, limiting or expanding contents as you search for the right movie element. A new Browse button opens Windows Explorer to help you locate media and drag it to the Library. You can also show or hide the Navigation panel for an expanded view of all available media, You can create and share templates choose between a list or thumbnail view, and sort with Instant Project. media by name, type of date added. What’s more, you can easily create custom project- specific libraries, which lets you work on multiple Give it a try projects without muddling your source content. To create an Instant Project template Imagine that you run a used guitar shop and Give it a try have a video blog for showcasing new arrivals.