VideoStudio 2023 when it comes? Update: v2023 was released

[Vicky V]

Hey, hey, hey hahahah. I'm gonna try that later today to see what's up. I so tried the outline, drop shadow from the legacy collection from 2022 and they did showed up, but didn't open. Uuuuh... You might say but we already have an outline and drop shadow in current collection, yes we do; but these new-ones have missing different features in theme. So that sucks.... Can you do me a favor and try these two that I just mentioned?... Perhaps I didn't do it right and they work just fine. Also, do you mind taking a screenshot of all of your FX in 2022. Id like to compare see what's up. I really appreciate that. Thanks.

[Candive]

Hi Vicky,
I didn't upgrade to VS2022 at the time since I didn't require the new features but I can confirm that any NewBlue FX effect that ends in X7 rather than VS will not work in this version. The two effects you mention are exactly the same tools as the previous old X7 versions although they may not have the same presets. All is not lost since you can replicate these old presets or even create new ones. Just hit the "P" button to do so!

[Vicky V]

Oh no! Hahahahaha BTW, I just tried the ColoSwap FX you mentioned you had missing then reinstalled, it doesn't work for me. IDK how you did it to work for you. Shows-up, but won't work.

[Vicky V]

Hi Vicky,
I didn't upgrade to VS2022 at the time since I didn't require the new features but I can confirm that any NewBlue FX effect that ends in X7 rather than VS will not work in this version. The two effects you mention are exactly the same tools as the previous old X7 versions although they may not have the same presets. All is not lost since you can replicate these old presets or even create new ones. Just hit the "P" button to do so!

Oh no! Hahahahaha BTW, I just tried the ColoSwap FX you mentioned you had missing then reinstalled, it doesn't work for me. IDK how you did it to work for you. Shows-up, but won't work.

[RobertOZ]

Vicky,
Color Swap is fully functional in VS2023, but agree that Drop Shadow is not

[Vicky V]

This is AWESOME! Love it.

[Candive]

Hi Vicky, you may still have the old file in the directory and are trying to open it rather than the new one. Check to ensure you don't have two instances of the filter in your directory. In Filters, click on All and do a search for Drop Shadow.

[TonyP]

I'd like to comment on those mentioning Davinci Resolve Free. Yes, it is exactly that. But you need the hardware to use it and it has a very steep learning curve. No editor is without issues and bugs. Go to the Resolve forum and read for yourself. I personally own Resolve Studio 18, and have owned it for a few years. If you never have used it, try and figure out how to export something... yeah... Google will be your friend. That is Resolve. But you can download the free version and try it for yourself. It might be your "cup of tea".

As for suing Alludo, good luck. I guess you haven't read the EULA that you agreed to before you installed the software.... And while you are in the suing mode, why not do M$ who has to constantly update their software?

VS 2023 Ultimate is fairly stable for me and my workflow, offers a great feature set of plugins that others do not offer, is not subscription and is fast. Yes, it has bugs, but hopefully they are actively being worked on.

Oh, I do not work on 4hour projects. If I had to, I'd work on them in segments (as mentioned) and then put them all together at the end too. My projects are usually under 15 minutes. Attention span of people today is microseconds, not like it used to be. There has to be a cut/transition every 10 seconds or less...

[Vicky V]

I'd like to comment on those mentioning Davinci Resolve Free. Yes, it is exactly that. But you need the hardware to use it and it has a very steep learning curve. No editor is without issues and bugs. Go to the Resolve forum and read for yourself. I personally own Resolve Studio 18, and have owned it for a few years. If you never have used it, try and figure out how to export something... yeah... Google will be your friend. That is Resolve. But you can download the free version and try it for yourself. It might be your "cup of tea".

As for suing Alludo, good luck. I guess you haven't read the EULA that you agreed to before you installed the software.... And while you are in the suing mode, why not do M$ who has to constantly update their software?

VS 2023 Ultimate is fairly stable for me and my workflow, offers a great feature set of plugins that others do not offer, is not subscription and is fast. Yes, it has bugs, but hopefully they are actively being worked on.

Oh, I do not work on 4hour projects. If I had to, I'd work on them in segments (as mentioned) and then put them all together at the end too. My projects are usually under 15 minutes. Attention span of people today is microseconds, not like it used to be. There has to be a cut/transition every 10 seconds or less...

Well said there! I myself own a copy of the WHOLE brand NEW Davinci-Resolve STUDIO (Got that lifetime license since bought that NEW BPro 6k Camera, it came with it). When we talk about BUGS sometimes we tend to think that because you-tubers don't say nor share their bad experiences with these expensive software's, these are PERFECT without a single scratch and that's pretty naïve to think. Most of these people out there get paid to create content on demand, they get free goodies and what not, so obviously you'll never hear about bugs and crashes on any of these editing applications. It reminds me of the supplements we take for the gym Lol, happens exactly the same way. Top brands have well known people recommending them while ordinary people like you and me reading the reviews on Amazon for example get to know the bad, the ugly and the false advertisement!

Now every time VS gets updated the first thing you read on the comments is: Is it gonna work this time? Is it this, is it that? Yada, yada... Lol Seriously! People asking silly questions about features or things that got removed etc... Hey, sadly not everybody can afford a High-End PC to install the software in. And..., those who actually do have that are the ones crying about silly things and performance... Id say, you don't like it, go on spend 1,500$ on the most expensive piece of editing applications then come back in a year and tell me how perfect it was. Crying bout bugs, performance and silly things you don't know how to do because you prefer others to think for you creating these things..., its not gonna do a thing. I honestly believe there isn't anybody from Corel/Alludo there 24/7 on you tube or all over the internet looking for bad reviews to delete them Hahahaha... In fact, I don't think they even look at these comments on you tube and guess why? Well because its simply hard to please every-one just the way you think the software shoulda have been done. GO ON, CREATE YOUR OWN EDITING APLICATION AND HIDE WHERE NOONE CAN SEE YOU OR HEAR ABOUT YOU!... Be GONE. lOL

I bought one of these 4k personalized video-editing PC 's from Amazon 4 years ago. The thing works just fine, no is not perfect; the PC itself has issues to my taste, what do I do? Cope with this. Work with what I got. I did experienced issues with some of the most resent VS versions especially 2019-to-2021. Bugs, features, miss-matching video formats etc.., not a BIG DEAL! I learned to work around these issues. Still created content and was very happy with the results. With the 2022 VS version only problem I had was NewBlueTotalFX not working. That cost me $300 dollars, three times the price of VS itself hahahaha. I contacted Corel and they tried to fix it, make it work on my PC, no luck. Lastly they said contact the NewBlue team. They own the plugins, they will know what to do or tell you. So I did and they found out bugs within the TotalFX thing that prevented the plugin to work with VS; they said they were gonna work together with Corel to release an update on the fixed bugs to make it work and here it is. All fixed! It works perfectly fine on this new version. So see, they work hard; it's just hard to please everyone. Were not kids, we should know better. And... I didn't have to sue no body Lol. OMGOSH!

GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!

Vicky V

[TonyP]

@Vicky V,
I started editing around 1990 using a host of Amiga computers (I loved them), Video Toaster, with TBC's (time base correctors),Opalvision and genlocks. I did a/b roll using Panasonic AG industrial gear. Just installing the software for the Toaster was an adventure. Imagine installing 43 3.5" floppy disks, hoping that everything worked. I did all this without the internet. Learned how use the software and edit, without the internet. It was great!
From there, I moved to the DPS Editbay NLE. Then, I wanted the Matrox RT2500. I compared it to the Pinnacle DV500, and even though the Maxtrox cost more, I went with it. I bought all the recommended hardware to use the card/software. Put it together myself. Turn it on, no-go. Called tech support (yeah.. we used phones back then). They offered a ton of suggestions. I was online with them every day, yet there was no success. Did I bad mouth them? No. Their support was stellar, but for some reason, the RT2500 just didn't work. I went back and exchanged it for a Pinnacle DV500 and got some cash back. Stuck it in. Installed Premiere, and presto, it was alive.

I've had a lot of editing software over the years. On my computer now are 6 different editors. Some, out of curiosity, others, I actually use. Each has their strengths and weaknesses. I edit a lot of 10bit 4:2:2 4K footage. And so far, VS has been good. Considering the price of the upgrade, if it were perfect and bug free, I'd think I was in some alternate universe... Nothing is bug free. We live with them, learn to work around them if possible and continue editing, and of course report the bugs. A lot of times, it's a local issue to that person's computer. Sometimes it's a global issue that affects everyone. Those are the ones I'd like to see squashed first.

[Vicky V]

@TonyP,

Hahahaha GREAT MEMORIES indeed. Same here, I started editing back in 1996 without PC's. I still own some of those DataVideo TBC, SE generator, video mixer and 8Bit Digital Tilter generator, old Digital-8 cams and what not. Listen! I paid my older sister a visit not long ago and found this VHS movie on her kids. I was like hey this might still work. Luckily I still own a SONY VCR I used to RECORD my masters in. Plugged it on and guess what? It still works, we were crying and felt so cool to see, go back in time. It was gorgeous! The now grown-up kids never seen footage of them as babies, they were so overwhelmed.

Oh man, you got me thinking here... Hahahha. So yeah, I bought my first copy of VideoStudio back then when it first came-out under Ulead. It was a BIG change. I have also owned Vegas, Final Cut, bust for some reason I always come back to VS. why? IDK why, perhaps nostalgia. I quit wedding videography a decade ago, the jobs I ever made were edited on VS burned onto DvD's. Not looking to go back. No time! Plus I have other goals now. I also worked for a PPV cable sort of thing for a live show broadcast. All of my editing was done using this old DataVideo Switchers and Video Studio. So yeah, that's my experience editing. Great memories... BTW! Did you ever owned the Videonics Tittle FX generator back then? Lol I wanted it so bad, I never bought it.

[asik1]

Vicky, ~20 years ago someone gave me a box full of editing gear, among them was the "Videonics Tittle FX generator".
I think I turned it on only once to see how it worked.
About 2 years ago I dumped it for recycle, all of it became sticky if you know the coating used back then.
My J47 vhs died, when plugged to main the head start rotating ...and that's it.

[Vicky V]

Awh bummer, The Videonics FX generator are a unique piece very valuable today since they are still being used to create video backgrounds for live shows on set, concerts (giant screens on the background with all of these sycodelic videos). You could of sold it for 1000$

[TonyP]

A lot of us have come a long way in video editing, seeing the emergence of desktop video editing going NLE (nonlinear editing). Being around that long, you see the good and bad of it all.
People talk about "faster..." when with my top of the line Intel I built, I'd have to wait overnight for the video to export, hoping when I wake up, it was good.
Today, everyone wants it 'yesterday, and if there is a hiccup along the way, the program is "crap, buggy, trash". I'm not denying anyone's personal experience, but I'd look around first and see if others are suffering with the same thing.
If not, I look at my computer.

Yes, video editing has come a very long way... for the better.