Menu creation in VideoStudio -is MovieFactory any better?

[patflan]

I currently use VideoStudio 11.5 plus for editing and use create disc to
make the menus for my finished DVD.

Although the menu creation in VideoStudio is quite adequate for my needs I find that saving of a menu is a bit fiddly to use.
As anybody who has used this knows ,there is no direct save function but you have to save it as a complete project which has been frustrating at times when I opened it again and found it had reverted to the default menus.

So I have now downloaded the trial of Movie Factory6 and am delighted to see that this has a direct save function that works every time.

I will likely go ahead and purchase this for this one advantage over VideoStudio but can anybody tell me if this is the only advantage? (again I am only just referring to the menu creation function.)
Apart from this saving aspect, all other authoring functions in the trial version seem to be exactly the same as VideoStudio.

The reason why I ask is that I have read elsewhere on these threads that VideoStudio and MovieFactory are complimentary programs -people use VideoStudio for editing and MoviFactory to then make their menus -But to me ,from what I can see -I have only the trial version of MF to go on - the menu creation is identical in both -maybe somebody can tell me any other advantages they find by using these two programs together in their workflow.

The trial version of MF only includes 3 menus but how many are included in the full version? - I count 48 in my VideoStudio 11.5 including bonus content.

As I said ,despite above, I plan to go ahead and purchase so that I can save my menu projects with ease but I wish Corel would give a bit more information about any other differences between these two products in terms of menu creation.They do not even tell you how many menus you get in the full version since in the trial they only include 3.(Why not show them all and have the full versions ones greyed out just to give you some idea of what is in the full version.)

Thanks in advance.

[Ron P.]

Several of us have and use both, and some use other programs such as Nero to author DVDs. Now here's is a hidden feature of VS... You can save your menus. How??? After you close the burn module, you see a progress bar saying it is saving, however that's not completely true. To actually save your menus, you must also elect to Save your project when closing VS, or at least when you return to the editor, go to File menu and Save. Next time you open this project, go to the Burn module (Share>Create Disc) and you should see everything intact..

Basically VS is primarily an editor, with the ability to author and burn DVDs. MF on the other hand is primarily a DVD authoring program with a touch of editing capabilities, nothing near that of VS. MF does have numerous templates, just like VS, in fact most are identical. The programs used to be much farther apart, however in the recent versions, VS has moved closer to that of DVD MF..

[patflan]

Thanks Vidoman- I will again try saving as you suggest by saving the project file.I had tried this before but I must have done something wrong as it did not always work.Whenever this happened I would just redo the menu instead of trying again.

MF does have numerous templates, just like VS, in fact most are identical. The programs used to be much farther apart, however in the recent versions, VS has moved closer to that of DVD MF..

This answers my main question.
It seems that in the earlier versions of VideStudio having DVD MF in addition to VS was an advantage if you wanted extra menu functions but this may no longer be necessary if you have the more recent versions of VS - unless ,like me, it may be worth considering if you find saving menus in VS still a bit fiddly in comparison to saving in MF.