Wish List VideoStudio 2024

[TonyP]

I think it's time to ditch the poor audio filters.

I would like to thank the development team for paying a lot of attention to the sound section in VS 2023.
They fixed the -36dB problem after a few years and also added audio cues, but the audio filters haven't been updated in years and offer poor performance.

Please replace better quality and more powerful audio filters with the current audio filters in VS 2024.

You failed to give an example of what you would recommend as an audio filter replacement. And while having all these wonderful features you present, that would drive up the cost of the product and increase the complexity of the product. It takes time (lots of programming time), talent, and money to achieve all these things. Can Corel make their money back if they invest in the necessary programmers to do this, in this highly competitive field? I don't think so.

And while I would like VS to do what Premiere/Vegas/Resolve/Media Composer do, it's just not practical, and more importantly, not the audience that VS is trying to reach. Someone can get Audacity for free and edit their audio in that, along with all the free plugins one can get.

What I would like is to be able to dynamically link to any audio or photo editor outside of VS. In Vegas Pro, I can round trip anything audio to Soundforge Pro (or Audacity for that matter) with one click on the audio clip on the timeline. To do photo editing the same requires a plug, which approaches the price of upgrading VS. But those that use editing software as income (or have more spendable income for their hobby), don't mind paying for plugins.

[zaphodikus]

My low impact quick wins that any coder could do:

1. Hotkeys : A very cheap feature request? Surely not hard to implement more hotkeys to speed up video edits for many of us allowing us to do the great creative things more?

2. Don't move the insertion point randomly when I add a long clip , don't force me to scroll back to where I was on the timeline, surely that's literally a 8 hour job to implement AND put out in an update? I've asked for this before, so it's slipped to number 2 on my list because I've almost given up on it being looked at.

3. Sliders : Inconsistent numeric input controls in all the VS filters that let you enter a numeric value. All of the numeric input boxes have an up and down arrow for easy single step adjusting, but only some of them have a "slider" that pops out, why only some of them? Can we please update more of the input boxes to support the slider, it's loads faster and frees up time to do better edits.

[lata]

My low impact quick wins that any coder could do:

1. Hotkeys : A very cheap feature request? Surely not hard to implement more hotkeys to speed up video edits for many of us allowing us to do the great creative things more?

2. Don't move the insertion point randomly when I add a long clip , don't force me to scroll back to where I was on the timeline, surely that's literally a 8 hour job to implement AND put out in an update? I've asked for this before, so it's slipped to number 2 on my list because I've almost given up on it being looked at.

3. Sliders : Inconsistent numeric input controls in all the VS filters that let you enter a numeric value. All of the numeric input boxes have an up and down arrow for easy single step adjusting, but only some of them have a "slider" that pops out, why only some of them? Can we please update more of the input boxes to support the slider, it's loads faster and frees up time to do better edits.

1 / Which shortcuts do you need, the link here takes us to the Help Topics—Shortcuts that are available.
There is also a list on the User Guide, I assume the same content.
https://help.corel.com/videostudio/v26/ ... #/l1TOC241

2 / Not sure I fully understand as the project construction may affect the position of the cursor, make sure you have deselected Timeline Preview Scrubbing ( Alt+B)

3 / Which controls are you particularly bothered about, some may not require a slider, and if provided by NewBlue for instance may not be a Alludo program issue and upto NB to fix.

[zaphodikus]

1. Hmm the shortcuts I want do exist I was just not reading the right topics to find them all. Need a cheat sheet.
2. The insertion point "randomly" scrolling off to the end of a new clip issue used to happen, may have been fixed after 2021, because I cannot reproduce it anymore, it always leaves me at the beginning of the new clip now. Even with timeline scrubbing, it works fine now.
3. In customise motion, it's only possible to input X and Y offset values within a certain range, the range you are allowed seems to depend upon project size, but it's -1500 to +1500 and when all I want to do is start a motion of a large png or jpeg object far off of screen, its nice if it lets you just drag that slider up to the max instead of having the editor tell you much later that you typed in something too large into the offset box. Likewise in custom Motion a slider for size and for rotation would be awesome. I know rotation you can change interactively via a grab handle, and likewise with size and with offset. But when I want to modify an object that is off-screen in the initial keyframe, then that requires planning.

[LMPower]

Please, put the language Pt-Br
Add Audio Spectrum

[AmarilloGuy]

I've owned about 5 versions of VideoStudio and currently have 2022. Pardon me if there is an option for this that I don't know about, but I'd like to be able to more easily see the location of the "thumb" or "scroll box" within the scroll bar at the bottom of the Edit window. In 2022 it is hard to see exactly where the "scroll box" is within the scroll bar. In the attached image the "scroll box" and scroll bar are about the same shade of gray so I drew a red rectangle around the "scroll box" that is about 3 times bigger than the scroll box itself. So it would be nice to be able to see the "scroll box" better within the scroll bar. Thanks

[asik1]

I've owned about 5 versions of VideoStudio and currently have 2022. Pardon me if there is an option for this that I don't know about, but I'd like to be able to more easily see the location of the "thumb" or "scroll box" within the scroll bar at the bottom of the Edit window. In 2022 it is hard to see exactly where the "scroll box" is within the scroll bar. In the attached image the "scroll box" and scroll bar are about the same shade of gray so I drew a red rectangle around the "scroll box" that is about 3 times bigger than the scroll box itself. So it would be nice to be able to see the "scroll box" better within the scroll bar. Thanks

Corel VideoStudio 2023 scroll bar is hard to see.jpg

You are 100% correct, it should be yellow or white.

[zaphodikus]

Fix the program most recently used projects list - Make it longer.
1. It only lists 4 projects, and when editing a project with more than one sub/included project, this gets painful because switching to a included or sub project updates the MRU and if I have 5 subprojects to make up a bigger project ( a necessity often because VS get unstable after you have more than a few dozen timeline edits)
2. When I save a project, the MRU does not always update, it only updates upon loading a new project or something other, it's inconsistent with what people expect. Just make the list longer and make it update whenever a user loads and when they save.

[asik1]

Fix the program most recently used projects list - Make it longer.
1. It only lists 4 projects, and when editing a project with more than one sub/included project, this gets painful because switching to a included or sub project updates the MRU and if I have 5 subprojects to make up a bigger project ( a necessity often because VS get unstable after you have more than a few dozen timeline edits)
2. When I save a project, the MRU does not always update, it only updates upon loading a new project or something other, it's inconsistent with what people expect. Just make the list longer and make it update whenever a user loads and when they save.

good point, I can tell you that Vegas Pro which is much more advanced than VS has only 6.

** My mistake, it can be set in preferences.

[zaphodikus]

Use arrow keys to navigate in the clips gallery, please please please
Maybe arrow keys to navigate in the effects and transitions galleries too?
Having to click on each of the LUTs to choose one is just a weird thing to have to do
and so on. Thanks in advance

[HCBukko]

Nested Timelines similar to Pinnacle Studio 26. That would be amazing!

(Video Studio is optimized so much better than PS26)

[TonyP]

9 is the max number of recent projects that can be displayed in Vegas Pro.

[lata]

Nested Timelines similar to Pinnacle Studio 26. That would be amazing!

(Video Studio is optimized so much better than PS26)

I dont use PS that much and certainly do not know about nesting or how it is achieved.

For Video Studio we can insert our project files VSP to the timelines, either as a single clip by holding Shift as we drop the VSP, or expanded allowing us to see all clips within the VSP.
First we have to insert the VSP to the Library, then drag to the video timeline.

At one time this was documented within the user guides but now seems hard to find details.

[HCBukko]

Wow.... Thanks Trevor,

If I insert as a single clip am I able to add effects (filters) to it just like I would a track?

On a side note here... I just recently purchased Video Studio 2023 after giving up on PS26 for probably the final time... I have to say that Video Studio never ceases to impress me for what it is and the price... I also use Vegas Pro 20 and Resolve but I'm so impressed with VS for exactly what it is... a super easy to use, powerful NLE at a really great price. I looked a Magix "Movie Studio" and it's just not as polished or optimized as VS.

Regards,
Craig

[lata]

Craig
Video Studio also uses Templates, older name Instant Projects
Templates – Video Montages
I only mention as using these is similar to “nesting” as the template is inserted to the timelines in the same way.

Templates are a bit of a mismatch in the way they have been created, some are VSP whilst others use the programs system files wvs files.
The vsp types have their files within a single folder, other templates have the files fragmented across the programs installation files, can be a little confusing if we wish to locate those files.

Of course we can create our own Templates.