Video Editing

Corel this week introduced VideoStudio Pro X4, the company's latest HD video editing software. Powerful yet easy to use, VideoStudio Pro X4 is optimized for fast and smooth performance and includes new tools that make it easier than ever to create great-looking movies.

New features include:

• Time-lapse: Easily create time-lapse effects from a series of photos or video clips and give your movies the professional look of speeding up time. With the ability to handle full-resolution files and very large-size image sets, this is a perfect tool for HD-DSLR photographers.
• Stop Motion animation: Have fun making movies that bring inanimate objects to life. Capture images from webcams, camcorders and DSLR cameras and use the automated tools and settings to simplify the stop-motion animation process.
• Processor optimization: VideoStudio Pro X4 is optimized for the new 2nd generation Intel Core and AMD Fusion processors.
• 3D export: Convert 2D video clips into 3D files with presets for 3D output on DVD, Blu-ray, and AVCHD discs, as well as WMV 3D formats for mobile. Box versions also include a pair of 3D glasses.
• Customizable Workspace: Set up your workspace the way you want – including across dual monitors.
• Import/Export Movie Templates: Make your own templates and effects that you can upload and share with other VideoStudio Pro X4 users.

Kudos go out to muvee for keeping the easy-to-use Reveal version 8 video editing software up-to-date with the features consumers want most. The company just announced that Reveal version 8 now offers direct export to iPad and the iPhone 4, as well as direct uploading to Facebook HD and YouTube HD.

muvee Reveal users can also share their home movies by uploading them directly to shwup, muvee's online private video- and photo-sharing service; burning DVDs; and exporting their movies directly to an iPod, mobile phone or PSP.

Other than automatically sprucing up your home movies, muvee Reveal also optimizes the output for different devices, automatically adjusting the various aspect ratios, resolutions and compression to for the highest quality video and audio playback for each device. Read more

Making video editing easier than ever, muvee Pixie is new software created with the netbook user in mind. Featuring a mini interface for smaller netbook screens, muvee Pixie lets you create videos in three steps; upload your photos and videos, select a style, then choose music from your iTunes collection (or any other music file on your computer). muvee Pixie then mashes them up to create a video synced to the beat of the music.

muvee Pixie has a brand new interface developed to make video-making fast and easy. In just a click, you can instantly upload your video to Facebook, YouTube, as well as your iPod, iPhone or blog. Features include instant full-screen preview and music trimming, which lets you to use the entire track, or just the guitar solo.Read more

It's happened to the best of us…you're using a HD video camera to record a special moment. But then, when you go back to view it, the video is dark, shaky or out of focus. What do you do? Purchase high priced video editing software? That is one option. Another is to check out the latest FREE version of MotionDSP's vReveal 2.0. A Premium version is also available, but we'll get to that in a minute.

The free version of vReveal 2.0 is easy-to-use software that can stabilize, brighten, sharpen, rotate and trim HD videos (up to 1080p) with just a click. Want to share them? vReveal can upload them directly to YouTube and Facebook too. The software can also produce print-quality still images from the videos after they've been enhanced. New features include Auto White Balance, new special effects and faster video-processing performance on both CPUs and NVIDIA graphics processors. Read more

CyberLink just launched CyberLink Media Suite 8, a complete package of software with everything you need for photos, videos, music, movies, and burning data on the PC.

CyberLink Media Suite 8 features:

• MediaShow –a speedy photo and video organizer that sorts photos by faces, converts videos quickly, and fixes photos and videos with one click.
• PowerDirector— Edit high-definition video content and create photo slideshows.
• PowerProducer—Author high-definition videos onto Blu-ray Discs, AVCHD discs and DVDs.
• WaveEditor—Enhance, copy, crop, and trim audio files, whether for editing sound tracks or mobile phone ring tones.
• PowerDVD -Blu-ray Disc and DVD playback with the highest quality movie playback performance, DTS and Dolby Digital home theater audio, and support for interactive BD-Live and BonusView features. Watch high-definition videos, upscale DVD quality, and access Blu-ray movie playback on Windows Media Center. Build a personal database of movie information about Blu-ray Disc and DVD movies.

Now you can fix your home videos with just one click even cheaper than before. MotionDSP just announced that they have lowered the price of their popular video editing software – vReveal – to just $39 (down from $49).

vReveal is software for Windows PCs that easily fixes and shares (with Facebook, YouTube) shaky, dark, grainy, or low-resolution digital video clips. Examples are available on the vReveal website.

"We've focused on making vReveal's powerful video enhancement technology very easy to use, whether you want to stabilize a shaky video, brighten a dark video, or clean a grainy video," said Mike Sonders, Director of Product for MotionDSP. "Now, just in time for the holidays, we've lowered the price of vReveal to make its exciting features even more accessible."

Try it out free for 30 days at www.vreveal.com.

The holidays are here, which means family get-togethers, dinners and holiday parties. More than likely you will take photos or videos to remember the special times you had together. You can do it easily with muvee's latest video editing software, muvee Reveal version 8.

Muvee Reveal version 8 comes packed with easy to use features such as music trimming on multiple music tracks, direct YouTube and Facebook upload options, and personal branding through logo insertion on your movies. It is also optimized for NVIDIA CUDA Graphics Processor Units (GPUs), for up to 8X faster saving times. Read more

This is a great year to create personalized gifts for friends and family. Make them something they will remember forever by creating a photo or video disc of some of your best times together.

Do you have some shaky home video footage or cell phone videos you'd like to add to a disc but thought it impossible due to the quality? vReveal is your solution. It is not video editing software, but video enhancement software. This software features super-resolution technology that increases resolution, reduces noise, and provides stabilization. And, to make it even better…it is super easy to use. "One click" touch-up tools stabilize, clean, sharpen, brighten and increase the resolution of flawed videos. You can even trim a video or rotate sideways videos. Video files can be previewed and then saved to disc or upload them directly to YouTube. Read more