Though the templates were good and customization options plentiful, Ulead doesn't save authoring input with the project file. Probably the biggest deficit, however, involves DVD authoring.
ULEAD VIDEO STUDIO 9 REVIEW MOVIE
We also liked VideoStudio's new Movie Wizard for images, which did a great job mixing up pan and zoom effects and transitions and synchronizing the slide show to the beat of the background music. On a positive note, VideoStudio's Auto Exposure tool successfully performed well with backlighted videos, and the Auto Level tool worked well with videos shot indoors under inadequate lighting, two very common problems. The new version also lacks image stabilization to steady shaky video (a feature present in Pinnacle's offering), and the new chroma key feature was mediocre in our trials. VideoStudio, however, still doesn't offer automatic color correction, which can save time and enhance video quality. Editing is aided by a huge preview window and FireWire output that lets you preview on a TV connected to your DV camcorder. Though Video-Studio forces you to work within small filter control windows, you can set an unlimited number of key frames, providing fine creative control. You can now add Flash animations to the overlay track, creating your own or using canned animations that Ulead supplies.Īlso new is the ability to distort your video to fit within Flash-based overlays, so you can rotate your video to fit in a tilted picture frame, for example. We've always liked VideoStudio's transitions and special effects, and Ulead has added several useful baubles in this release, like mask-based transitions, and flashback transitions that produce a glowing, dreamy look. Best Malware Removal and Protection Software.