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Category: Software
List Price: $129.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 16
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 1.9
MPN: VS115PLENPC
Model: VS115PLENPC
UPC: 735163120202
EAN: 0735163120202
ASIN: B0013OAHTG
Release Date: March 1, 2008
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 Wish I'd read David Carlin's review... August 23, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Boy, I wish I'd read David Carlin's review before buying this thing. I also have a hi-def camera and was hoping to find a decent piece of editing software to do just some basic tasks -- trimming video, splicing a couple of clips together -- nothing too fancy.
Unfortunately, while Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 says it supports being able to import .m2ts files, I think you have to interpret "supports" as "opens the file without crashing." If you're hoping it means, "opens the file in any way that might be usable," you're going to be severely disappointed. Even doing something as presumably simple as moving backwards 5 seconds in some of my movie clips would take a ridiculously long amount of time to process, and this is on a pretty darned good machine.
In the end, I also decided to switch to Sony's Vegas product; the only software that seems to be able to import my video files in any useable way. While it's got its own issues (if you actually want to output any video in AVCHD format, you've gotta buy the $600 professional package), it seems to be the only real option available for me at the moment.
 The best reasonably priced video editing software on the market today August 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've long looked to Ulead VideoStudio as the best amateur video editing software out there, so I'm happy to finally get the chance to compare this package to those I've used in the past, namely the ubiquitous Windows Movie Maker and Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 10. I have to make clear here that I'm wholly an amateur when it comes to video editing (as anyone who has seen one of my YouTube videos could tell you), so all of the technical specs of software such as this are quite over my head. The beauty of this product, though, is that it meets the needs of the newbie just wanting to edit his home movies as and offers up a huge buffet of options for advanced amateurs who know all of the acronyms, like to argue with other gurus about formats and resolutions, and produce darn-near professional quality videos for any and all occasions. The software may initially look difficult to learn and use, but it doesn't take long to learn the basics - and then you can learn more advanced features at your own pace.
It goes without saying that you're going to need a pretty powerful computer if you want to use this software without tearing your hair out. The system requirements are, in my opinion, something of a joke. There's no way I would try running this with a mere 512 MB of RAM (or, in the case of Vista, even 1 GB); I would recommend at least 1 GB of RAM on Windows XP and 2 GB on Vista - anything less, and you're just asking for problems. Memory becomes even more of an issue if you're going to be taking advantage of the wealth of HD capabilities this package boasts. Those HD capabilities really are a big selling point, by the way (as you can tell just by a quick perusal of the box cover or product summary). You certainly aren't going to be saving any HD videos to Blu-Ray using Windows Movie Maker.
The package comes with an impressive number of templates, filters, effects, etc., and the complete novice can rely on wizards to help him/her put together an impressive project. Once you've mastered the basics, you have all kinds of enhancement options to choose from. If you've thought about paying someone to put together a slideshow using old family pictures, forget about it. It's easy to create a slideshow of images in VideoStudio, and you can basically control every aspect of the production, from inserting music to specifying the transformation settings from any one image to another. It's almost as easy to create a video and truly customize it to your desires. One particularly nice feature is the ability to add a voice track as well as a music track rather than limiting the user to one "audio" track. You can also insert multiple overlays, which is another powerful feature. And you can export your finished projects all sorts of ways: to your PC, to DVD, to online sites such as YouTube, and to iPods and a number of other portable devices.
VideoStudio isn't perfectly intuitive. For example, you have a plethora of formats in which you can render a given file, but the rendering option is by no means prominent on the display. I would also like to have seen some kind of cheat sheet for basic operations included alongside the manual, but I have to say this product manual itself isn't all that bad (although, as with most such software, your best source for information and guidance can probably be found in online forums and the like). The manual is especially instructive in terms of setting things up and connecting to different digital and even analog video sources.
As far as the installation goes, I had no problems whatsoever (for the record, I'm running Vista with 4 GB of RAM). Right off the bat, it came up saying I needed Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable SP1 Package and Microsoft DirectX Feb2006 Runtime, but the setup program installed those for me. From then on, it was smooth sailing, including the extras that come on the bonus CD: WinDVD 8, MediaOne Plus Photo & Video Manager, and ULead Disc Image Recorder.
The bottom line in this: Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus is, in my opinion, the best and most economical video editing program for amateurs on the market. Even if you're only interested in making the most basic of videos for any purpose, I would definitely recommend that you take a look at this package.
Seems to work well for a newbie like me... August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been trying out the Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus software package I received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Based on the basic things I wanted to do, it works fine. I come at this from the viewpoint of a complete newbie in all things video, so I won't even try to pretend I can speak to the intricacies of the advanced features. I'll let you refer to other reviews for that.
In my case, I wanted to be able to take my video from my Sony HandyCam, download them to the PC, edit the contents to add titles/trim scenes, and to author it to a DVD for storage. On all counts, the Corel package worked fine. I did see significant differences in processor usage between trying it on my desktop vs. my laptop. As other reviewers have mentioned, more is better when it comes to working with this. Lots of RAM, plenty of processor power, and hi-end video cards all determine whether this software flows or whether it tends to drag its feet.
I'm happy with the software, as it works better than MovieMaker for what I wanted to do. And the deeper I get into it, the more I think I'll find additional capabilities that I can exploit.
making Moviemagic August 15, 2008
Filmmaking and video editing are not strengths of mine or applications I plan to spend a great deal of time with in the future, but I would not consider myself a neophyte either. I have authored DVDs with other software programs, created titles, added subtitle tracks to movies, combined sources from multiple input media. I have tried Roxio Creator 10, Windows Movie Maker and a range of freeware applications. My objective in this case was to capture, contrast and compare a specific group of scenes from three versions of the same film and burn the files to DVD with menuing and commentary. I tried to duplicate the same procedures in each of the software packages, starting with WMM and concluding with ULead. My impressions were ULead was not any more difficult to comprehend than the others but it did offer more flexibility and enhanced features that resulted in what I consider to be a superior end product. I cannot discount that `practice' with the other packages may have rendered this software more intuitive however, I found the GUI as easy, or easier to understand and follow than WMM or Roxio, and I elected to use video editing in lieu of the wizard feature.
While I only gave it a cursory overview, I happen to be a stickler in some areas like documentation so the inclusion of what I consider to be a thorough user manual - albeit in miniscule type size- rather than requiring the user to log on to a website and download huge PDF files is a big plus in my opinion. On the other side of the ledger however, I could not register the product as I received a pop-up error message informing me I had attempted to register a `legacy version' that is no longer supported.
I did have some installation issues, not with the process itself but rather with outcomes. Installation procedure automatically hijacks default status for copying/playing DVDs, all image display, and contributes to performance degradation by installing at least three start-up applications InterVideoDVD (and this is WinDVD8 while 9 is the current standard), CorelPhotoshop monitor and calls Quicktime, if it is already on your hard drive. It is not an uncommon practice among software creators, what is uncommon here is I do not recall seeing an option during the install to maintain my current default programs. This application seems precariously close to bloatware in my view. I have 4GB of memory, or 3Gb or relevant memory with Vista but when this application is open I cannot run any other background activities that require higher resource allocation like Outlook. One major sidenote, any program that starts off with the advisory you may want to double cache size is by definition a resource hog. While the system requirements indicate this software will work in a 512mb environment, I think anything under 1Gb is just asking for frustration.
Good and fun product, but does have issues August 13, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
My only comparison to this product is the horrible capabilities of Windows Movie Maker. Compared to Movie Maker, Videa Studio 11.5 is outstanding. But, it's not perfect. I have the minimum system requirements for using the software. I received an error every time I imported a new video into the software, when there really wasn't an error. The software seriously struggles through playing back portions of the video with multiple layers. I can only blame my minimum system abilities for this, but I still found it frustrating that I could not view my finished video seamlessly without the playback stalling out. Maybe the minimum system requirements are rated a bit too low? I think there is also a problem with the automatic save feature (default is to save project every 10 minutes). When re-starting the software, a message comes up to "recover" the previous project. I disabled the automatic save feature and this problem seemed to go away. I have not yet learned the full capabilities of this software to make everything run smoothly, however, I was able to learn an abundance of features for editing and special effects. I use this software for editing amateur videos of ATV riding. I was able to include music, special transition and filter effects, titles, plus layer up to 6 pieces of video for basically 6 pictures in picture. I was very impressed with the features provided in this software. The Chroma Key and Mask features are my favorite effects. It's perfect for what I need. I did need to spend some time reading the manual and using trial and error to figure everything out, but it was fun to see the results of my labor. I give this project 4 stars overall, which may be too high due to my lack of comparisons to other products. But for me, an average user who wants more editing features for the "wow" effect, as compared to Windows Movie Maker, this was the perfect product. Easy to figure out and still things to learn. One final note is the extra bonus CD making this the "Plus" version was not very useful or exciting or even necessary.
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