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VideoStudio X2 Pro | 
| From: Corel
Category: Software
New (2) from £54.30
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1635
Format: Unknown Format
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP/Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 2
MPN: VSPRX2IEPC
UPC: 735163120936
EAN: 0735163120936
ASIN: B001EAXJ0S
Release Date: October 1, 2008
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 Big Learning Curve December 29, 2008
Martin A Hogan (San Francisco, CA.)
I became fairly adept at using "Windows Movie Maker" along with my video from my Sony HandyCam (4 megapixel) and my Flip Video Ultra. But I found myself becoming overwhelmed with all of the features with the Corel Video Studio Pro X2! I saw the fact that it is blu-ray compatible as a big plus (even though my computer does not have a blu-ray drive - yet) and the ability to make a 5.1 surround sound video was a big selling point. I do like making small films with music, but had not experimented much with specials effects. The Pro X2 has almost too many options.
It was fairly easy to download clips from my hand-held Sony and my Flip Video to the editing screen. The Pro X2 takes just about any type of video from any source. Its all simply `drag and drop'. Its easy to lengthen, shorten or cut/edit any piece of video. If your video is of high quality, you can actually have a 1920 X 1080 size video which is as good as it gets for a large flat screen television. You can also drop in any music along a separate `timeline' as well as another `timeline' for vocals or narrations. I was also able to do small `montages' by overlaying other video and pictures (kind of like `picture in picture (PIP). Like "Windows Movie Maker" there are tons of various cross fades or transition from video clip to video clip. It was also very cool to be able to `slow down" (slow motion) action and not have the audio affected at all.
Special effects are numerous and when you get overwhelmed, you can actually toggle back and forth so you never have too much information on your `timelines' at once. If you use blu-ray, I understand that you can insert `menus' in your blu-ray discs just like on the ones you rent. I can't wait to get a blu-ray drive. If you have an older or poorly lit video, there is a color and tone correction and it does a fairly good job, even with old splotchy videos. If you are into titles, you can easily insert these anywhere on your screen in any font or color you choose. You can even put a backdrop in any color to make it stand out against the video. This is best for titles and end credits, but I suppose you could have it run the entire length of the video. Other extras are synching your slides to the beat of a song, simulating your handwriting (didn't use this one) and the Chroma Key is very cool. Its like a blue screen in special effects films where you can make the background anything you want and superimpose yourself or your subject onto it. The lines around the front ground subjects are slightly imperfect, but it still looks cool. Imagine yourself walking along a beach in the south Pacific instead of the city - that's the kind of effect you can do.
Sound is a big thing for me, so when I saw 5.1 surround was available, I went crazy. But, I cannot get it to work past stereo. I don't know if it s my Acer Aspire desktop, my Windows Vista or this program, but I just cannot get 5.1 to work. Now there are over a dozen or more surround sound clips you can choose from in the 5.1 surround menu that are very brief (less than 30 seconds), but you can repeat them. However, as cool as they are in 5.1 surround, they are mostly percussion and not very exciting. I contacted Corel about the 5.1 problems and they told me what to do to correct the 5.1 (you just drag the sound clip to the on-line speaker, of which there are five plus the subwoofer in an easy diagram) but it didn't work. You can easily amplify sounds, get rid of annoying hiss and adjust volume levels at any time. However, the 5.1 surround just has me stupefied. Maybe when I can figure it out, I'll come back and revise this review, but at the moment, this program is better than "Windows Movie Maker" only in the choices of extras and special effects.
I am still experimenting and this review is two months plus after playing with this program. I hope to have conquered all the problems some time soon. For the price, the Corel Video Studio Pro X2 is still a bargain, even with a bit of a learning curve.
 Great program, but if it doesn't work it is useless. November 29, 2008
CORE
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
As i see above, the problems with Ulead Video Studio remains in the new version.
I HAVE VIDEO STUDIO 9 (German Edition).
I like it and i would like to buy the new version, because of the new possibilities, which i need.
BUT: I do not only have the same problem, which is not being able to finish the DVD, but i have the problem also also to "start" it.
When i try to import a DVD, i receive the message "Failed to read DVD information. Report ID: 0x80040901(2305).
I have 2 computers (WinXP Pro) and i installed/uninstalled them more than 20 times since July 2008 to resolve the problem in BOTH of them, but even if the program works fine for few days, then, suddenly the problem appears again without installing other programs to my computer in between.
Pity, because i like this program and i was hoping to buy the new version, but now i am afraid i will have the same problem.
First, due to the order i installed my system, i thought that the problem could have been caused by the WinXP SP3, but now i think this is not the case. After installing SP2, i installed the Video Studio and all the rest of my programs, and it worked. After few days of testing, i installed SP3 and it worked again for some days. And finally.. today again it doesn't work. In BOTH computers. Well..I did nothing and unfortunately ULEAD, or COREL remains still about this bug, instead of resolve it with a patch, and in the meanwhile i know that it is a very common bug for many users.
I am not saying that ULEAD/COREL is necessary responsible, but i think they have to resolve the problem, or give us a new working version for free.
I would like to download the trial of Video Studio Pro Ultimate to see if this version works fine or not, but they demand from us to give personal informations like.. Name and surname (!!!), and i think this is at least unacceptable! Email should be enough!
P.S. I have the same problem with Movie Factory 6, when i try to import a DVD.
Corel Video Studio 12 November 9, 2008
Mr. Graham Wroe (UK)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having searched around products for editing AVCHD video I loaded the 'trial' version of Studio 12. Although it is feature rich it needs time to get to know, but mainly it often fails to create the final DVD after hours of editing mixing and rendereng. I finally decided to give up and buy Pinnacle Studio Ultimate V12 - not much friendler, slower, but at least it produces the final DVD!
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