VideoStudio Pro X6 - Wishlist for future versions.

[edrizz]

When you have a project loaded, place a "check" or something on the clips in the library that are used in the current project.

[revmatthew]

Second the motion to improve the audio edit qualities.
I know VS5 is a video program, and not an audio program, but it would be nice to see the track, extract it, which we can do, then edit that track. Right now gotta find another program to edit audio in, as this one is quite limited.
But then, that's a lot more coding I know. But maybe a reasonable wish.......

[irfan65]

videostudio prox5 has got all for general hd including bluray support but for videostudio pro x6 all that is at present with prox5 and should include new 3dbd specification avchd 2.0 specification with smart rendering of those 3d m2ts files produce by the cameras as well as other non-linear editors. And ability to produce 2d to 3d conversion with mvc output. Ability to passthru .vc1 files, dts, dtshd. dd+, truehd pass thru in m2ts containers. BD-j with pop-up menus for 3d bd support.

[edrizz]

To be able to capture AVCHD video files from my video camera easily directly into Corel, rather than having first get them onto my computer with the Panasonic software and then importing media files into Corel.

It is hardly a big deal to use HDWriter to transfer your files across. First the Panasonic camera generates a number of "housekeeping" files that you don't need, HDWriter removes these. Second you may have a mix of still (jpeg) files mixed in with your video files, You can tick the appropriate boxes to (a) sort out video from photo and (b) ignore any files you don't want to transfer into VS. This preliminary editing ensures you get the perfect library of files to make into a final video.

The old method has its advantages.

I agree that is is not that big of a deal to transfer to the PC through a different program and then import into Corel, but it would be a little more convenient to be able to import directly into Corel in the fashion you describe above, thus making it a 1 step process instead of a 2 step process. Could also then set up the Corel import to come up automatically when the camera is connected to the computer (Adobe Elements does a great job at this).

[canuck]

When you import directly into VS from a camera/camcorder does the data actually get transferred to the PC and stored there?
What happens if you exit the project, disconnect the camera/camcorder and then open your project again? Does the program look for the data on your PC or does it look for the data on the camera/camcorder?
I have never thought about this since I always copy the data first from the camera/camcorder to the PC and then use it.

[Terfyn]

You are not clear on what data you mean. With DVD and SD based cameras, the data is in file format already and you are transferring files. The normal rules of copying files applies. In my case, (Panasonic) HDWriter selects only the video files from a collection of video and housekeeping files in camera storage medium. VS would need the same extraction methods to get just the video files from the file collection on the SD card.
With a DV (tape) based camera, the data is in a continuous stream with time code attached. This is downloaded via FireWire in a continuous stream and you can set VS (or most other editing programs) to break the data into files using the time markers.

[BrianCee]

When you import directly into VS from a camera/camcorder does the data actually get transferred to the PC and stored there?
What happens if you exit the project, disconnect the camera/camcorder and then open your project again? Does the program look for the data on your PC or does it look for the data on the camera/camcorder?
I have never thought about this since I always copy the data first from the camera/camcorder to the PC and then use it.

Yes once transferred by firewire or USB cable the files are on your hard drive exactly the same as when you copy files across using windows and you can remove your camera and continue editing.

The word capture is a misnomer since whatever you do you are simply transferring the files from camera to hard drive by whatever means whether it is firewire, usb cable or simple windows transfer the end result is just the same - you transfer the videos from a source to your PC hard drive.

There is also this misconception that you need to capture your videos *IN* to VideoStudio as if they are somehow locked within the Videostudio programme - they are not they are just in a folder on your hard drive like all your other files

[edrizz]

Either find a faster way to load all of the thumbnails (images) of clips into a project or load all of the imagess for an entire project using background processing. Currently, only the images of clips that are showing on the curent screen in a project are loaded. It is very tedious and time consuming having to keep scrolling through a project and waiting for more images to load before continuing to scroll. This applies to both the timeline and storyboard view, but is especially critical in the storyboard view.

[irfan65]

Why one should need to wait long for import, why not direct load the files inside the timeline as it is saving of time and space and other feature that should be is to save a file as avis or avs to get it encode with other external encoders. Pass thru mode for all the codec whether .vc1,mpeg2,.h264 or audio like dd+, dtshd, truehd,dts. Subtitle input feature more than 8. 3davchd m2ts import and passthru both for avchd and bluray with both hdmv and bd-j with popup menu. So no other nonlinear will have such feature and anything they need is just to contact corel for their need.

[edrizz]

When I add chapter and Cue points to a project, say for example at the beginning of a specific clip in the middle of the project, just as soon as I delete or add another clip anywhere in the timeline before that clip, the chapter and Cue points become obsolete as they do not move with the clip that they were assigned to and now mark some unintended place within the project. Everytime this happens, I have to go in and manually move all chapter/Cue points. Want to be able to set Chapter and Cue points be be relative within a clip, thus allowing them to move automatically and not need to be manually reset everytime clips are added to or deleted from the project.

[canuck]

When you import directly into VS from a camera/camcorder does the data actually get transferred to the PC and stored there?
What happens if you exit the project, disconnect the camera/camcorder and then open your project again? Does the program look for the data on your PC or does it look for the data on the camera/camcorder?
I have never thought about this since I always copy the data first from the camera/camcorder to the PC and then use it.

Yes once transferred by firewire or USB cable the files are on your hard drive exactly the same as when you copy files across using windows and you can remove your camera and continue editing.

The word capture is a misnomer since whatever you do you are simply transferring the files from camera to hard drive by whatever means whether it is firewire, usb cable or simple windows transfer the end result is just the same - you transfer the videos from a source to your PC hard drive.

There is also this misconception that you need to capture your videos *IN* to VideoStudio as if they are somehow locked within the Videostudio programme - they are not they are just in a folder on your hard drive like all your other files

I think you did not completely understand what I meant.

edrizz in a previous post wants to "import" a video (not tape DV which of course has to be captured first) directly into VS instead of first copying the video from say a camcorder to the PC. Import into VS does not copy the video from the source media to your PC. Suppose you Save your project, exit VS and remove the camcorder. When you next open your VSP project the "imported" video will be "missing" since VS is looking for the video on the camcorder. That means that the camcorder always has to be connected when working on the project. That is why you should always copy the video from the camcorder to the PC and then "import" into timeline.

[BrianCee]

yes OK I am with you now

[edrizz]

Either find a faster way to load all of the thumbnails (images) of clips into a project or load all of the imagess for an entire project using background processing. Currently, only the images of clips that are showing on the curent screen in a project are loaded. It is very tedious and time consuming having to keep scrolling through a project and waiting for more images to load before continuing to scroll. This applies to both the timeline and storyboard view, but is especially critical in the storyboard view.

One thing I noticed--- If after starting Corel and loading a project with all of its images I then bring up a different project, if I go back and load the project that I had initially loaded, all of the image thumbnails are instantly loaded with no delay. I assume that the images are remaining cached. Possibly those images could be retained in some type of persistent temporary storage so that if I exited X5 and came back in later, the images would load rapidly. This would solve the slow thumbnail load issue.

I also noted that this issue only occurs with HD video files. Regular DV video files do not have the slow loading issue. Of course, everything is going to HD so a product improvement is needed.

[abgino]

Something like Adobe's Roto-brush that removes background on video.

[Oatmeal]

Control over the share profile options. I'd like to create a 1920x1080 mp4 with a lower bit rate than 15000 (MPEG-4 HD)

MPEG Optimizer also toggles between the video resolution of the content when selecting Optimal and the projects frame size when customizing. Also can specify a project frame size of 1920x1080.