Video Studio vs Media Studio

vroman · Post by **vroman** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:25 am

This may a very stupid question but please help me. What is the difference between the 2 programs?

If I am going to be doing alot of sports video editing and making DVD's of the final projects, which program will work best for me?

I'm sorry to waste everyon's time with such a silly question.

Post by **Ron P.** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:41 am

No waste of time, however to really understand and appreciate the differences it would take several pages. So in lieu of that I'll provide you with a couple of sources for you to look at..

Comparison of MSP8 and MSP7.3

Comparison of VS10

In both the above charts, look down the column for each respective program to see what all the features are.

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sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:43 am

A video (or two) are worth a thousand words!!
Please view Comparing Video Studio to MediaStudio

Enjoy

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:46 am

Not a silly question at all. But the answer will depend to a large extent on how experienced you are in video editing already, how much time you are willing to devote to learning a new program -- not to mention, how deep your pockets are!!

Video Studio is a consumer/hobbyist level video editing program with some surprisingly sophisticated features in the VS10+ version in particular. It is relatively easy to learn, though as with any new program, there is obviously a learning curve. There is a wealth of information on this forum about how to use the program, and in particular, which features need particular care.

Media Studio Pro, as the latter word implies, is a much more expensive editing program, aimed more at the semi-professional end of the market. It has lots more bells and whistles, and goes about certain processes in a slightly different way to Video Studio. The learning curve, unsurprisingly, is much steeper.

If you are computer-savy, and intend to do a lot of 'semi pro' DVDs -- I assume for distribution of some kind -- an argument could be made to bite the bullet and start straight in with Media Studio Pro. But if the cost or the learning curve are too steep, the Video Studio 10+ is still an excellent alternative.

PeterMilliken · Post by **PeterMilliken** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:27 pm

I agree wholeheartedly with Ken here. But have a caveat on the pricing issue - yes, it is expensive in the short term to buy MSP, but it might be more expensive in the long term to jump into the VS market!

Beware of ULead's (apparent) marketing strategy with VS. It is my opinion that new versions of VS come out with features previous versions don't have as "carrots" for VS owners to keep "upgrading" - and each of these carrot features happen to be features that are already a subset of the MSP features! i.e. the marketing strategy is aimed at getting you to upgrade to the next version of VS - at $60 USD per upgrade! by offering features that are already in MSP (in abundance!).

The advantage of MSP is that you get all the VS features, plus all the features that ULead are planning to "dribble" into VS over the next so many versions in one shot! So if you think you might be at all tempted to keep upgrading VS because of some new feature in the "latest" version (research the changes from VS 8 -> VS 9 -> VS 10. VS 8 was a stable, excellent video editor, all ULead did (besides introduce bugs

) was offer features already found in MSP - and charged $50 + $60 if you upgraded to each version!). So buying into the MSP stream might well be the "cheaper" option - new versions of MSP come out with a great deal less frequency than VS

Like VS, if you search long and hard, you can find a previous or old version of MSP (VE) and take the upgrade price i.e. I found a VE version of MSP 7 on the front cover of a computer magazine CD - then I "upgraded" to MSP 8 and got off the VS upgrade bandwagon

Of course, if you believe you WON'T be tempted by each new version of VS (because of it's "new" features) then by all means go for the cheaper VS.

Just my view of the world

Peter

vroman · Post by **vroman** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:11 pm

Thank you all for all of your responses. I am currently working with MSP 7 and am debating which direction to go in. I do alot of sports editing and need a program that will make highlighting a player a little easier to follow. I am not sure yet if MSP 8 is the way to go??? I have seen the many ways to highlight a player in MSP 7, but they all seem to be too time consuming??

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:07 am

Here's a tutorial explaining how to do what you're after, and it seems simple enough. It is written by Nick Jushchyshyn, and I think for MSP7.

Video Highlighter for MSP

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:53 am

Continuing on from the observations made above by Peter.
There are also various bolt ons in abundance that will enhance your copy of MediaStudio, but not so many bolt ons for VideoStudio.

Again a point to be taken into consideration.

vroman · Post by **vroman** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:15 pm

Thank you for your help. I think everything has been taken care of, thanks to your help.

What are bolt on? How do I find them? Thank you

Have a Happy New Year!!!!!!

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:43 pm

Steve refers to plug-ins as bolt-ons. For example you can purchase a 3GGP plug-in for conversion to formats that iPods, cellphones use,or various transitions, and filters, such as Boris Effects.