VideoStudio 11+ is now Available

[sjj1805]

End-to-end HD DVD

• Burn HD DVD authored projects or folders to HD DVD-R or DVD discs.
• AVCHD Camcorder Support - Import high definition video from hard drive and disc-based AVCHD camcorders.
• Real-time HD Editing without proxies on high-spec systems.

Enhanced Movie Wizard Templates

• Automatically create exciting movie-style openings using your video clips in multiple animated frames, which you can personalize later.
• Capture, edit and output full-resolution HD movies and discs.

New Auto Features

• Auto Subtitles in DV-to-DVD Wizard
  Automatically add DV date and timestamp as you capture your videos, to instantly identify when it was shot.
• Smart Project Package
  Free up disc space by exporting your trimmed and edited project to a new folder, for efficient archiving of only the clips that you have used in your final movie.

More Flexible User Interface

• Preview Window for overlays shows original overlay image, making it easier to adjust chroma key settings.
• Expandable Timeline
  Expand the timeline at a click of a button, so that you can conveniently see all your overlay tracks.
• Place cue marks on the timeline to easily mark where you want a title to start, or perhaps some music to come in.
• "My Favorites" folder in Transitions Folder makes it easier to find the most-used transitions quickly.

New Encoding Options

• MPEG Optimizer analyzes the bitrates of all clips on the timeline, and suggests encoding settings to ensure the least re-rendering for the best quality and speed.
• Safely Pause rendering at any time when you need to do something that requires more PC resources.

Expanded Title and Subtitle Support

• Multi-language titles such as double-byte Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters supported.
• Unicode character set supported to simplify multi-language titles.
• Rotate titles directly in the preview window to any angle you like.
• DVD Sub-Title Import lets you Import a subtitle set in the language of your choice together with the video from a DVD.
• Sync subtitles to downloaded movies, which often have subtitle files available in .srt format that will automatically synch to the video when burning a DVD.

More Filters and Effects

• Corrective Video Filters
  • Auto Color & Tone will auto-correct the color and tone of videos that were recorded in low light or less than perfect white balance conditions.
  • DeBlock Filter cleans up video with blocky compression artifacts, such as movies copied from VCD.
  • DeSnow Filter removes digital noise from your videos shot in low light
• Combine transparency and mask or chroma key effects for more striking overlays.

Enhanced DVD Menus and Authoring

• Lots More Content. Flash Animations, Movie Wizard Video & Slideshow Style Templates, and HD DVD* menus.
• Distort menu objects like buttons and overlays for creative effects.

The Most Complete Solution

• Create Quality Movies for Mobile Devices and show them on the go. Works with virtually any handheld device with MPEG-4*, H.264* and WMV templates for:
  • Apple iPod*
  • Sony PSP™*
  • Zune™
  • Nokia® mobile phones* ¡V including import from videophones
  • Smartphones (Windows Mobile 5.0), PDAs and other portable devices.
• Windows Vista™ Support for the latest-generation systems.
• Intel® Core 2 Duo™ support ¡V enjoy improved performance from dual-core CPUs.

[Black Lab]

And I think the most important thing, that Ken pointed out in another thread, is that VS11 is made to work with Vista. So if you have a machine running Vista (as more and more will as time goes on) v11 is almost a must have.

[LGO]

I've been using Video Studio since version 3, with upgrades to 4, 7, 8, and 10+. I am not even close to being in the same class as Steve, Ken, Vidoman, Heinz, Black Lab and several others. However, I have done some pretty interesting stuff over the years that I think makes me beyond the average newbie to video editing.

I'm not impressed with the "What's New" features of VS 11 at all. Big disappointment from just reading them. I'm not certain I'll even download the TBYB.

As best as I can tell about this new release, if you're not using Windows Vista and are not interested in HD DVD or unicode character titles or subtitle stuff, there's just not anything to make you want to upgrade. Making movies for mobile devices? Please, spare me. How often will people really use this? Not me.

In upgrades I look for at least one "must have" new feature. I don't see one here. The only filters I see added are Auto Color & Tone, DeBlock, and DeSnow. None of those "WOW" me. Additionally, there's the ability to combine transparency and mask or chroma key effects. I dunno, I'll wait to read what others write about these features before I make a decision, but I'm not even going to waste my time downloading the free trial right now.

The Smart Project Package? I've always exported my edited project to a separate folder. Just common sense, to me, to keep raw footage and edited results separate. Am I missing something here?

Movie Wizard Templates? I've never found a need for them before. What's so good about them now?

Cue marks for titling and audio? Always been able to achieve what I want without them and I've done some pretty complex mixing of sound effects, music, and audio from the camera footage - even back in version 3!

Rotate titles? I have C3DPS. I can do more with that and use as an overlay.

DVD Menus and authoring? I use a 3rd party software for that. It has more capability than VS could ever offer.

The developers need to realize that users want at least one new "WOW" feature in an upgrade if they want the masses to purchase it. Maybe the HD DVD capability is that feature for many this upgrade. Not me. To each their own. Unless I see sterling reviews, I'm going to sit out this dance and Ulead won't get my $$$ this time.

[Black Lab]

Ulead had a whole list of features that the users wanted, if they bothered to read this forum.

I think that this time around they had their golden goose with the release of Vista. They new they would sell a ton of v11 just because of the new OS, so they saved a lot of the "WOW features" for v12.

Just my opinion.

[Rich2Putt]

I agree with LGO.......No must have features I can see. At least for me:

1) I'm 1 to 2 yrs away before upgrading to Vista. XP is fine at the moment.

2) HD editing is still a couple of yrs for my uses. All this HD stuff is nice, but cost prohibitive. HD players, HD burners, HD TV, HD Camcorder, HD Disks, HDMI Cables etc.......

3) I certainly don't need to watch video on a 2 inch screen.

4) The $60 upgrade is not worth the one thing I do like about VS11+ & that's the expansion of the over-lay tracks.

My 2 cents....
Rich

[mbiga]

LGO- Just curious, what do you use for DVD authoring?

[Reactor]

Ulead had a whole list of features that the users wanted, if they bothered to read this forum.

Exactly!

Just out of curiosity, doesn't the Vista Pack upgrade fix VS10 so it works with Vista anyway?

[sjj1805]

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Just out of curiosity, doesn't the Vista Pack upgrade fix VS10 so it works with Vista anyway?

Would you rather have a system that has a sticky plaster fix or a system that was built and designed for Vista?

[Rich2Putt]

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Just out of curiosity, doesn't the Vista Pack upgrade fix VS10 so it works with Vista anyway?

Would you rather have a system that has a sticky plaster fix or a system that was built and designed for Vista?

We're talking about software, not plaster....

The Vista upgrade should be seamless in application, & not warrant a $$$ upgrade

[Ken Berry]

The real Vista upgrade is called VS11. The VS10 patch was never really meant as anything more than a temporary fix... and at least they brought one out when so many other software companies are still trying to bring out Vista compatible versions of their software,

[Reactor]

The VS10 patch was never really meant as anything more than a temporary fix...

So things will eventually go horribly wrong for VS10 users who use Vista? Is that what you mean by 'temporary'? Listen guys, a fix was given for VS10 users, more than likely because (I'm assuming) they wanted Vista owners to buy it. And, more than likely because they'd worked out how to get it working on Vista without too much fuss. This functionality was added to VS11. People are simply saying that's not really the kind of functionality which makes one want to buy a program.

If Ulead want people to buy an upgrade, the main selling points of the program must be better than, "Hey, our program works!" At the very bare minimum, that's the kind of functionality people expect from each and every program they purchase. That's not a super-duper selling point at all. That's a given, especially when the previous version (patch job or not, and nice of Ulead to do so or not) worked under Vista anyway.

...and at least they brought one out when so many other software companies are still trying to bring out Vista compatible versions of their software

What other companies are doing is irrelevant, but yes it was nice they made the effort.

[joosuna]

sjj1805..with reference to your plaster repair remark. When repair work is done properly with plaster and sanded and painted...it is seamless and can not been seen by the viewer.
signed
household repair man Joe

[Ken Berry]

I am not apologising for Ulead. However, it struck me at the time that the Vista patch for VS10 was a 'work in progress' rather than a seamless fix. The fact that people soon began reporting errors and anomalies with it, including the fact that the patch knocked whatever version of Vista back to Basic, was enough to deter me from loading VS10+ at all on my new Vista machine. I simply waited for VS 11 as I had the luxury of another computer still running VS10+ excellently on XP Pro.

As for 'plaster', I suspect there is an error in communication here. I am sure Steve meant plaster in the English/Australian sense of a Band-Aid ('sticking plaster'), rather than the home handyman material that is trowelled onto holes in walls... Though the effect is the same, the latter does so apparently seamlessly, while the Band-Aid tends to stand out as only a temporary cover...

[sjj1805]

sjj1805..with reference to your plaster repair remark. When repair work is done properly with plaster and sanded and painted...it is seamless and can not been seen by the viewer.
signed
household repair man Joe

As Ken correctly deduced - band aid - an item placed upon a cut to stop/reduce bleeding and infection.
Something to help make it get better.

[LGO]

mbiga - For DVD authoring I use this . . .

Oooops , maybe I shouldn't post this since it's not Ulead. Well, I found it, tried it, and bought it because VS didn't offer much flexibility in DVD authoring. I'm not connected with the company or product. I only post in reply to the question.


MOD MESSAGE: You can simply PM the other member regarding the question as we dont promote other software here especially competitor's software.