VideoStudio Pro X6 - Wishlist for future versions.

[babdi]

Every clip that is in the time line should have a tick mark in the media library

[DudeBoyz]

Add Support For Standard Item Selection And Manipulation

I noticed this primarily in the Media window so far. I cannot click and drag a window to select items. I cannot press CTRL-A to select all items in the window, for example.

If you added support for standard Windows interface conventions in regard to item selection and manipulation, it would likely increase efficiency for those constantly working with other applications in the Windows environment, and also provide a more consistent, unified feel for the program itself.

Thank you

[DudeBoyz]

Add "Submit Feedback / Suggestions To Corel" Option In The Menu System

I believe that adding an option that allows users to very easily submit Feedback and/or Suggestions to the Corel VideoStudio Development Team from inside of the interface would be a great option.

One, it would allow users, while in the context of whatever situation may have triggered the thought(s), to be able to quickly provide Corel with detailed and likely useful information that may help improve the core functionality of the program.

Microsoft did that with the Windows 7 preview program and results have shown that a lot of good ideas that were submitted were implemented and look to have benefited the final program.

I would hope something could work as well with Corel products.

Thank you

[Ken Berry]

While I understand and fully support the idea of feedback to the Corel team from inside the interface, yours is not the first time such a suggestion has been made... and I suspect it will be ignored again. The most interaction we have ever managed to gain with the Corel developers is through this very thread -- the Wishlist, as we understand that it is the only thread that Corel execs and techs ever consult on a (fairly) regular basis. Plus of course when the Admins and Mods draw some particularly egregious situation direct to the attention of Corel execs.

As for your suggestion of standard Windows keyboard shortcuts being integrated into the VS framework, again it is not a new suggestion. Like you, I have never understood why, in successive versions of the program, this has never been implemented fully. But at least we are part way there. You may be aware that while Ctrl+A does not Select All in the Library window, the other standard Windows move of selecting a clip, pressing and holding Shift, then selecting another clip down the line, automatically selects all clips in between. And selecting a clip, then pressing and holding Ctrl, allows you then to select a number of other clips at random and have them all grouped to drag and drop or delete. And in the timeline at least, Ctrl+A does in fact work to select all clips...

[DudeBoyz]

Add Consistently Updated Status / Statistics Information To Render Progress Window And A Summary Screen When Complete

I need to gather information for both billing of machine time and analysis of which machines and hardware configurations render most efficiently. In order to do this, I need to obtain some key information about each render. Start Time, Estimated Time to Render, Length of Completed Render and some other useful data.

If you could present updated information while the render is going on, and then in the summary add some more useful information such as which file format and settings were used, which, if any hardware acceleration / decoding switches were active, etc.

Thank you

[pvreditor]

Every clip that is in the time line should have a tick mark in the media library

That's a great idea... I like it and it should be exceedingly easy to provide.

Bob Kovacs
http://www.bobkovacs.com

[canuck]

Every clip that is in the time line should have a tick mark in the media library

That's a great idea... I like it and it should be exceedingly easy to provide.

Bob Kovacs
http://www.bobkovacs.com

Actually it is not "exceedingly easy to provide" something like that. I can see all sorts of complications and problems.
Those tick marks could only apply to a single project unless you create a unique "media library" for each project. What good would the ticks be when you create a new project?

[DudeBoyz]

Every clip that is in the time line should have a tick mark in the media library

That's a great idea... I like it and it should be exceedingly easy to provide.

Bob Kovacs
http://www.bobkovacs.com

Actually it is not "exceedingly easy to provide" something like that. I can see all sorts of complications and problems.
Those tick marks could only apply to a single project unless you create a unique "media library" for each project. What good would the ticks be when you create a new project?

Actually, depending on how you implement it, it could be very easy to do. You simply add a status field for each clip that is part of a project, either the current unsaved project or a saved project.

It's in PowerDirector 9. Very useful stuff.

[DudeBoyz]

Allow For Codec Selection & Configuration For Screen Capture Function

I have been working with the Screen Capture function in X5. It seems that the only choice on my system was the WMV format, and that yielded a rather fuzzy end-product.

Since I am working on some instructional videos that involve the display of system menus in various apps, that level of quality doesn't provide an acceptable result.

What I would like to be able to do is choose from a variety of codecs and be able to configure those codec options to adjust the quality level.

If I could choose AVI Uncompressed, or MPEG-4 or WMV and then be able to adjust the bit rate, for example, that would be very useful.

Thank you

[Leif G]

I find that one user have asked for "Ability to select default transitions duration in fractions of a second". I agree,
I find it tiresome to have to go through every Crossfade transition and click down from 24 to about 6 or sometimes 5 units,
wich is what I am mostly using.
It depends of course on what people are using. I wonder if many really are using Crossfade transitions as long as 1 second ?
Isn't that a beginners mistake? Beside too much zooming and panning.
Or is it I who are making a mistake by using to many Crossfades,even if very short?

By the way,what are these 1/24 sec units called? Do they have a name? And why 24 ?

Leif G

[Ken Berry]

FWIW, I happen to use mostly 1 second crossfades as my default transition -- and I like to think I am a little more than a beginner!! I very occasionally cut the crossfades (or other transitions) down to a half a second (12 or 13), but that has more to do with the fact that in those cases, the video clip they are attached to is very short and would be too short if I applied the full 1 second at either end. Very occasionally I also apply a straight cut without any transition at all which is of course pretty normal in movies. It's just that I like crossfades!!

And the measurement is a frame so in PAL there are 25 frames, with the 25th being in effect zero for the start of the next second or 25 frames.

[trishah]

My suggestion is to have choices for the main background color of the program. Currently it is black with grey lettering. Things do get brighter when hovered over but I'm still having a very difficult time seeing and navigating around the program.

If I turn the brightness up on my monitor I get a headache so I have it at a comfortable level and, as a web designer, it's current level works for me every place except when using VS.

It would be good to have at least one other choice of "theme" that has better contrast between the elements and the background.

If I were designing this for a website I'd create transparent .png images with shadowing for the elements and allow the background color to be chosen by the user. Something like I did on this site: http://lightbulbchoice.com/news/

Thank you for your consideration.

[canuck]

My suggestion is to have choices for the main background color of the program. Currently it is black with grey lettering. Things do get brighter when hovered over but I'm still having a very difficult time seeing and navigating around the program.

If I turn the brightness up on my monitor I get a headache so I have it at a comfortable level and, as a web designer, it's current level works for me every place except when using VS.

It would be good to have at least one other choice of "theme" that has better contrast between the elements and the background.

If I were designing this for a website I'd create transparent .png images with shadowing for the elements and allow the background color to be chosen by the user. Something like I did on this site: http://lightbulbchoice.com/news/

Thank you for your consideration.

I agree, we need a better color scheme. The existing one is about the worst I have seen for any program. I am surprised that Corel has such a poor color design for their interface.

[Cadillac STS]

The ability to open a large high res video file as briskly as Windows Media Player and stay stable enough to be able to clip a small piece of video from the larger file and save it.

[flwolf]

ENHANCE THE AUDIO EDITING IN X5 PRO

I have a 32" HD Monitor, but it's still very cumbersome to edit Audio in this program, such as reducing or raising the volume in a clip. Yes, I can make the track wider, but it's still only a very narrow track with very little vertical space to work in. Users of Sound Forge (an audio editor by Sony / former Sonic Foundry) will understand what I mean. In that program you can magnify the location where your cursor is, just like you'd enlarge a photo, until you can work even on the smallest details. Before you say, "just use the audio mixer in X5", let me explain, that in my X5, the Audio Mixer doesn't do a thing when I use the volume sliders. Maybe my version is a dud, or am I doing something wrong? I have more issues, but this post is addressing the audio part only.