Can Workshop?????

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selwol

Can Workshop?????

Post by selwol »

CAN WORKSHOP 2 DO EVERYTHING THAT MOVIEFACTORY CAN,OR SHOULD I ASK IS WS2 THE BETTER ALROUND PRODUCT?

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Post by sjj1805 »

DVD Workshop 2 is now a few years old and we are eagerly awaiting an announcement from Ulead about the future of DVD workshop 3.

Now thats out of the way. currently it is down to what you want.

Things that you can do with DVD Workshop 2 that you cannot do with MF5.
Create a DVD Menu from a completely blank screen.
Create playlists.

Things that you can do with MF5 that you cannot do with WS2.
16.9 menus
Transitions between Menu Screens.

These are just a couple of things that immediately spring to mind.
The above does not take into account "workrounds" that we users have developed.

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Thanks steve

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thanks steve for the fast reply,but could you recomend one of those 2 for someone like me whos starting out is this game and would like a bit of everything in his software.

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Its more expensive but I prefer to create my Menus with Workshop.

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Post by DVDDoug »

ML,

Download the 30-day free-trials, or order the free-trial CD (about $10 USD).

It gets very confusing, because most of the programs can do a little of everything.

For most people, Video Studio is the best all-round choice. It can do lots of fancy editing and make simple DVDs. I use Video Studio and Workshop Express together. (And, another 3rd-party MPEG editor... and an audio editor, and...)

Workshop is for DVD authoring. It's really just for making a DVD from an already-edited movie. I use Workshop alone when I'm transfering a movie (or video concert) from VHS to DVD. I can add a menu and chapters, without any editing. A couple of times, I've added a 2nd censored soundtrack to a copied movie. (The censoring was done with an audio editor, not DVD Workshop.)

Here's the way I see Ulead's video product line-up:
Video Studio - Video Editing with some DVD authoring.
Media Studio Pro - Advanced Video Editing with some DVD authoring. (With 5.1 Ch AC3 Digital surround.)
DVD Movie Factory - DVD authoring with limited editing.
DVD Workshop Express - Advanced DVD authoring.
DVD Workshop Full - Professional DVD authoring.
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Post by sjj1805 »

Just re-read your original post.
I thought you were just looking at DVd authoring
If you want to do editing as well as creating DVD Menus then Doug is correct and VideoStudio would be the better choice

Steve J
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