Every time you celebrate a family meal or hang out with friends you take a hundred photos, but how do you share them afterwards? E-mail? ZIP file? Online gallery? Forget about those boring options and try a far more creative way to share photos and videos: Muvee Reveal

With Muvee Reveal you can create an eye-catching presentation with your favorite photos and videos, adding captions, transition effects, background music and even a voiceover. And all of this without requiring advanced technical skills or having to go through a lengthy learning process.

That's precisely the most outstanding characteristic in Muvee Reveal: it's dead easy to use. The program features a sleek, intuitive interface divided into four main areas: one to add photos and videos, one to select the presentation style, another one to add music and the last one to preview the result. That's all.

Muvee Reveal works with all major media formats and includes some basic editing tools to fix and optimize photos. The program adjusts photo length and background music automatically, so that it fits perfectly, and also lets you add custom titles and end credits.

When your presentation is finished, you can choose to publish it online, burn it to a DVD or save it into different formats, depending on the device you plan to use to watch the video. The only drawback to Muvee Reveal, if any, is that presentation styles don't have many options to tweak, and that the program in general is aimed at novice users - which can make it a bit too simple for a more tech-savvy audience.

With Muvee Reveal you can easily create beautiful presentations with your favorite photos and videos, and dozens of customization options.

Download Muvee Reveal 10.5.0.23245 in Softonic

Aviary Photo Editor is a straight forward and concise graphics editor for Windows 8. It doesn’t have the level of effects and customization as Photoshop or GIMP, but is intuitive enough for novice users. Aviary Photo Editor is powerful for a free app and will be a practical, no frills addition to your library.

Features

Aviary Photo Editor contains several staple features found in most image software. You can change a picture’s orientation, crop, or adjust contrast and brightness. Aviary Photo Editor has filters and effects to uniformly change hue or create lighting. These filters can be applied multiple times, further magnifying the intensity. Overuse of Aviary Photo Editor’s filters will quickly make pictures appear surreal or haunting.

There is a sticker option to add rasterized images such as hats, ties, and arrows. However, all of these stickers are so blatantly cartoonish that they contrast any photo, regardless of filtering. Aviary Photo Editor contains text and drawing tools, but the lack of feathering and limited color palate will generally result in unbelievable images.

Finally, Aviary Photo Editor has tools to remove red-eye, whiten teeth, and add blemishes. These tools have rather large diameters, making it difficult to precisely edit on smaller images. Aviary Photo Editor is better for fast and simple jobs rather than detailed projects.

Usability

Aviary Photo Editor’s layout is unusual for a photo editor. The image you’re editing in placed in the middle of the screen with the utility bar underneath. The most obvious omission is a lack of zoom or scrolling an image. This makes it very difficult to properly edit small images, or apply detailed editing to larger ones. Aviary Photo Editor's drawing tools only have six sizes, with the smallest size generally being too big for most jobs.

Aviary Photo Editor’s strong point comes from it other tools such as crop and sliders. The crop tool is separated into a three by three grid, making it easy to see just what will be included and cut. If you don’t wish to draw out an area you can also quickly select a preset dimension.

Brightness, contrast, saturation, and sharpness are all controlled by large sliders. Using these will offer a preview of the applicable adjustment. It’s very easy to back out and cancel any changes you’re not happy with. You don’t need to save or name any images as each job is saved automatically.

Quality

Aviary Photo Editor’s appearance matches other Windows 8 Modern UI apps. Large rectangular icons are presented against a dark gray background. As more edits are saved they will appear in a grid on the right. You can scroll through this to easily compare images or find what you’re looking for. The quality of finished images depends on the original image. Even without any save settings images are compressed into small size PNG files.

Conclusion

Aviary Photo Editor is a good editing tool for novice users that want to edit quickly. It lacks the detailed precision of other photo software, making it unsuitable for complex projects. If you want to simply crop, adjust levels, or change orientation and want good compression Aviary Photo Editor will prove to be a handy app.

Download Aviary Photo Editor 1.0 in Softonic

One of the most eye-catching ways to share your photos with family and friends is turning them into a video slideshow. And with Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD this task is fun and easy!

Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD doesn't require any special video editing skills. Simply select the photos you want to include in the slideshow and the program will display them in a timeline. The app also includes a built-in player that lets you preview the slideshow before actually producing it.

You can can drag and drop the photos in Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD to rearrange them in your preferred order, and also preview the selected image on top of the interface. Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD lets you use your favorite song as background music, add subtitles – with a wide variety in theme designs – and insert nice transition effects between photos as well. Once the slideshow is done, the program can export it to several different formats, including DVD and YouTube-compatible format.

Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD is clearly oriented at the average user, as you can tell from its ease of use and lack of advanced features. Those of you with higher video editing skills will probably miss having more options to tweak.

Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD is the perfect tool for quickly creating a video slideshow with your photos – especially if you're not a video editing expert.

Download Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD 2.0.6 in Softonic

Adobe Photoshop CS6 is the stable version of the industry standard image editor with some interesting new features.

Probably the most notable new feature is the Content Aware tool which makes editing Photoshop more "intelligent" plus there's a new design and a streamlined interface. In addition, basic video editing functions have been added for the first time.

When you first open Adobe Photoshop CS6, the most eye-catching thing is the revamped colorful user interface. However, if you don't like the new look, you can revert to the old grey interface via Preferences - Interface. Beyond this however, there are some useful new features.

Content Aware

Content Aware intelligently moves selected objects and adjusts them accordingly with the background or surrounding objects. This enables you to simply drag and drop objects in Photoshop much more easily without having to readjust the background. Don't like the position of a person in an image? Just move them to another position instantly and the background automatically adjusts.

Video Editing

Adobe Photoshop CS6 brings video editing to Photoshop for the first time. Its integrated with all of Photoshop's traditional tools which makes it very powerful when it comes to retouching scenes, adjusting colors and filter sets etc. It also allows you to add audio tracks although it's not very advanced otherwise.

Bridge file browser and Mini Bridge

Adobe Photoshop CS6 features a more powerful file browser which allows you to sort and manage pictures according to specific metadata. The fully integrated file browser with thumbnail previews photos quickly and opens them instantly for easier library management.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 brings some interesting new features to this powerful photo editing software. Particularly interesting is the Content Aware function which makes retouching and manipulating photos incredibly easy.

Download Adobe Photoshop CC 14.0 in Softonic

ImElfin DVD Creator is a multi-functional and DIY DVD-creating application to help users create DVD movie from various video files. That means it can easily burn MP4 to DVD, burn MKV to DVD, even burn AVI, MKV, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MTS, M2TS, Apple series devices' videos and so on to DVD discs, DVD folder or ISO image files. Then you can play the burned videos on your home DVD player or TV. Just creat your desire masterpiece of videos which what you want and enjoy them on the big screen. Moreover, you can use this powerful tool to import videos and photos to make movies and burn them to DVD discs for recalling your good memories.

It supports burning from a wide variety of dvd disc video formats and makes it easy to create a replicate DVD of your existing DVD copy to share with your family and friends. Supported DVD standards include DVD–5, DVD–9; DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM. In addition, this awesome ImElfin DVD Creator allows users to freely add desired audio tracks and subtitles to the defined video clip, or edit the audio tracks and subtitles to get ideal playing effect; plus, users can freely choose diverse menu background, frame style, button type and DVD title content, font, color and size to get customized DVD menu. In a word, this is an easy-to-use DVD Author,

once owning it, users can freely make personalized DVD discs or DVD files to keep beautiful memories in a longer time and more steady situation. Key features of ImElfin DVD Creator: 1).Customize the DVD menu for your need. 2).High burning speed and superior image/sound quality to burn DVD movie. Have a free trial of this amazing movie DVD maker to turn your videos into DVD and share your stories with friends.

3).ImElfin DVD Creator gives users total freedom to customize DVD menu with various built-in templates, changeable fonts and layout, so that users can make their favorite DVD the way they like. 4).English/French/German/Italian,etc.interface languages

Download ImElfin DVD Creator 1.3.0.1 in Softonic

New features in v. 2.0.5: - Fast Flame Renderer - Flame, Follow and Ribbon styles - Normal, Lighten & Darken modes - Beautiful gradient transitions - Open and save your Brush Presets - Drag & Drop brushes form website - 3 Layers (Unlimited layers in Pro edition) - Drag & Drop images from folder or web - Publish and share artworks in Gallery - Customizable interface with dockable tabs - Fullscreen mode - Show / Hide cursor for presentations - FPA, PNG, JPG, TIF and BMP files - Non-commercial license Professional edition has extra features included: Unlimited layers, Editable Vector Layers, Supersmooth Antialiasing and can be used for commercial usage.

What you can easily do with Flame Painter: paintings - inspire yourself with hundreds of unique flame brushes, feel free to follow the strokes and let flow your creativity. light effects - add flame light effects to your paintings and photos and visually enhance the feeling of the motion with the state-of-art effects. backgrounds - with few strokes create your own beautifully designed background themes for your artworks.

Flame Painter is a unique paint application that lets you easily create original artworks, light effects, unconventional design or beautiful backgrounds with flame brushes. Flame Painter was created within 'I am an Artist' experimental project. The initial vision was to create an application for professional artists as well as for people without artistic skills who want to create original paintings.

Flame Painter is used by thousands of professional CG artists, designers, enthusiasts or children in school and we have had nothing but great feedback.

Download Flame Painter 2 2.2 in Softonic

Recover 1GB files for free, contain full features. Data Trace Recovery Free Edition is an all in one data recovery software for home and business users. Freeware recover deleted data from the Windows Recycle Bin, restore lost data, even if the partition is formatted or deleted, restore data from a corrupted hard drive, virus infection, unexpected system shutdown or software failure,etc. DataToUS Data Trace Recovery Free Edition is an easy-to-use,safe and effective Windows data recovery software. With this most effective file recovery tool, you do not need to have technical background to use it. DataToUS Data Trace Recovery Free Edition retrieves your lost videos, photos, music, documents, emails, etc.

1.Direct recovery last time scan result. 2.Can preview some types of audio,video,zip,rar,pdf files

1.Scan speed and build tree speed is faster! 2.Direct recovery last time scan result. 3.'Complete scan' able to scan unallocate areas. 4.User can self define scan types by add, delete button.

For home and business users.. All functions of the software can be use except recovery before you enter the right license.

Download Data Trace Recovery Free Edition 3.5 in Softonic

ArcSoft PhotoStudio is a fully-featured photo editing app that will give you a hand to improve and refine your photos.

This impressive photo editing tool enables you to fix and enhance your photos in a couple of clicks, and also add a few original special filters and effects that can turn a dull shot into a really creative piece of photography. Plus, ArcSoft PhotoStudio works with all major formats, including RAW files from high-quality digital cameras.

If you've seen Photoshop, you'll be familiar with ArcSoft PhotoStudio. It doesn't feature as many tools and options, that's true, but if you've ever used Adobe's big shot, you'll immediately feel comfortable with ArcSoft PhotoStudio's interface, utilities and even keyboard shortcuts.

ArcSoft PhotoStudio supports layers and macros, includes a wide variety of editing and drawing tools, and even features special retouching effects that can do things such as age your photo, make close ups of faces more beautiful, add frames and modify lighting.

ArcSoft PhotoStudio makes it easy to edit your photos, while also providing access to fun masks and effects. This makes it an all-round good bet.

Download ArcSoft PhotoStudio ArcSoft PhotoStudio 6 in Softonic

Funny Photo Maker is one of many apps that let you add some fun to your photos. Unfortunately, it's not one of the best.

Funny Photo Maker allows you to make amusing additions to your photos - or from one of two sexy ladies provided as an example. Simply click the + button and you'll be able add a number of image formats from your PC. You then need to select one of Funny Photo Maker's effects. These are divided into three categories - Frames, Face fun and Artistic.

In themselves, Funny Photo Maker's effects are pretty good. The frames are funny, there are a good selection of famous and amusing scenarios under Face fun, and the artistic effects - although basic - will keep you entertained. The problem, however, is that they are almost impossible to apply well.

Funny Photo Maker allows you to edit your images slightly so you can focus on the important parts of the photo, but it rarely maintains the edit when you add the effects. The same goes for when you don't edit the photo - there's no intelligent face ID here - it just plops the effect over your photo, changing the resolution however it sees fit. Although you can get lucky with a good match, most of the images are stretched and warped, and look terrible - even the ones included by the developer as an example!

If you want to have fun with your images, try Photo Frames & Effects, Pixlr-o-matic or Polarfox - they're all much better options.

Funny Photo Maker looks good in theory, but in practice, it is really badly finished and does nothing for your photos. Look elsewhere.

Download Funny Photo Maker 2.4.1 in Softonic

The program instantly creates varied and high quality slideshows. In addition to photos and videos also texts and background music can be integrated as well. Predefined styles allow a completely new look of the presentation by only one click. The powerful storyboard with integrated quicksort view also allows quick and creative editing of even large shows. In addition to the automatic running, the slideshow may also easily be controlled by the keyboard or a (wireless) mouse. The volume of the background music in videos and breaks can be lowered automatically.

In addition to the main advantage of an easy use, a very high quality slideshow playback and a very high working speed are obtained by eliminating all the rendering, since no recompression of the data is needed (all original files are kept without any change). The automatic adjustment to different screen formats and built-in automatic and random functions ensure the immediate creation of even the largest slideshows.

DSS works as live presentation software but can also export all included files and texts in 16:9 (4:3) format, so that eg with Windows Movie Maker, if necessary, even very simple a video can be created.

You can test this full version of DSS for 30 days.

Download Dynamic-Slideshow 2.33 in Softonic

CyberLink PowerDirector is a complete video editor with which you can create colorful video presentations, mixing all sorts of multimedia elements: videos, images, transition effects, clipart, text layers and, of course, a custom background soundtrack.

The interface in CyberLink PowerDirector is divided into four main tabs (Capture, Edit, Produce and Create Disc), all of them pretty self-explanatory. As for the Edit part in CyberLink PowerDirector – the most complex one – it features the standard design in video editing tools, with a library window to browse your media collection, a timeline to drag and drop elements and a preview window to check what your creation looks like when you put all the elements together.

CyberLink PowerDirector includes all the necessary tools for the whole creative process, from assisting you in with the very first step (capturing video from several different sources) to adding the final touches to your creation, such as a totally customizable DVD-style menu.

When you're done, CyberLink PowerDirector lets you save your video on your hard drive in different formats, publish it to YouTube straight away, share it on Facebook or output it to a camcorder.

Most recently, CyberLink PowerDirector has been updated to include ways to share your creations via DirectorZone and 3D editing tools to create stunning 3D movies.

With CyberLink PowerDirector you can easily create multimedia presentations with video, photos and music.

Download CyberLink PowerDirector 12 in Softonic

SuperEasy Photo Booster automatically recognizes areas in your pictures that could be optimized and shows you the improved picture in a preview instantly. This way you can directly compare the original and the improved photo.

SuperEasy Photo Booster does do the complete picture editing for you. Whether its background images, party pictures or holiday snaps - SuperEasy Photo Booster optimizes your images automatically, quickly and professionally.

Free photo editing during the trial period.

The most important features:

- Bright/dark correction and correction blurred photos

- Automatic photo optimization with preview

- Contrast and color correction

- Elimination of fog and other weather influences

This application is understandable for everyone, without unnecessary technical terms which complicate the handling or confusing setting options which delay results. Super-easy handling, super-fast results.

The software is designed for beginners as well as experienced users. This way anyone can use the program according to their abilities and still achieve successful result.

Download SuperEasy Photo Booster 1.1.2131_ in Softonic

FotoMix is a photo editor that helps you create original photo compositions by adding people from another picture onto a different background.

Overview

This is usually a trick for Photoshop experts, but now with FotoMix you can also create that illusion, even if you have no idea about how to use Adobe’s editor. The program has been especially designed to help you achieve this effect in the easiest way possible.

Interface

FotoMix features a simple interface divided into several tabs, each for a specific purpose: select background image, select foreground image, create a composition with them and add up some final touches.

Features

Using FotoMix is really simple: all you have to do is select the background image, the foreground person or object you want to use and apply one onto the other. Then simply erase the redundant background in the Composition tab, and polish the result in the Touch up tab. The resulting image can be embellished with a frame and saved in several different graphic formats.

FotoMix is a handy tool for photo composition that doesn't require any graphic editing skills. On the downside, more advanced users will find it annoyingly limited: the tools are too basic, and there’s no undo function when you’re mixing the foreground and background images.

FotoMix is an easy-to-use photo editor that lets you create image compositions without any editing skills.

Download FotoMix 9.2 in Softonic

After creating a custom disk (CD, DVD) with your favorite photos or music, the final touch is designing also the cover and labels.

With Disketch Disk Labeler you can easily create your own personal labels and covers for any CD or DVD you record at home. The program includes templates for audio and data CD, data DVD and also video DVD, each of them including front and back covers, inner booklet and disc label.

Disketch Disk Labeler is very easy to use but is also equally simple regarding program options and designing tools. You can add the title, the list of items included in the disk (which you can automatically retrieve from the disk itself in the case of audio CD) and add either a background color or an image.

There's really nothing else to say about Disketch Disk Labeler. I missed having some more features such as the possibility to tweak background images (they're badly cropped when added to the label) or support to preview the label before printing.

Disketch Disk Labeler lets you create simple yet effective labels and covers for your CD and DVD.

Download Disketch Disk Labeler 3.02 in Softonic

Buy new frames for Photo Frame Studio Photo Frame Studio Program PHOTO FRAME STUDIO has been designed to edit and decorate digital photographies.

Thanks to the program each picture will look different and operating our program will be a real pleasure for you. We offer over 200 frames and what is more, every one of them can be modified by the options which are contained in our program.

The interface of the program is user-friendly and it has been designed in such a way that evryone can operate it without any problems. You can decorate your picture using a few instructions by means of adding to it a frame, a mask, the background, a shade or a text.

Thanks to the program you can print pictures using your printer as well as you can save ready photos in high quality mode in order to send them to photo-labs.

Download Photo Frame Studio 2.9 in Softonic

With Album Design you will be able to work on your layout while editing your photos directly in Adobe Photoshop without the need for additional software!

Album Design is the first fast, easy to learn, use, and affordable software full of digital wedding album templates and wide graphic libraries that you as the professional photographer were waiting for.

Album Design is a fast and easy to learn plugin, which includes vast graphic libraries of ready to use templates, masks, frames, cliparts, effects and backgrounds to create your project of high quality digital album in a really short time.

Album Design 6 Advanced fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6 and CC (32 and 64 Bit).

Download Album Design 6 Advanced 6.1 in Softonic

Full-featured HD video editor: split, join, merge your video clips (and photos!), add background music, text comments and transition effects. Save your movie as MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV or MP4 video file. No special knowledge is required.

It is very easy to use and cheaper than competitors. Optimized for HD video processing. Optimized for the modern multicore CPUs. We are going to make it even better soon!

home user who shooting video on his camera/phone and want to make that video better

Download Bolide Movie Creator 1.5 Build 1007 in Softonic

SmartPixel video editor is a free video capture software and free video editing software for windows, it consists of two modules, SmartPixel Camera and SmartPixel Producer. The SmartPixel Camera has seamless interated D3D recording mode inside which compatible with all the PC games video recording. With new patented technology the video editor could easily record and edit videos with high quality upto 1080P HD. It brings user extreme easy and fun screen capture video recording experience but cost less CPU consumption and lower disk usage. Thus it is being seen as an ideal webcam recording tool and game recording tool.

Smartpixel video editor has a PIP mode allows user live comment via webcam and microphone during screen capturing. Besides, it also capture screen and webcam image such as game screenshots, desktop screenshots etc.

SmartPixel Producer might be the easiest video editing software you ever use, it's both the video editing tool and photo slideshow maker. The video editor could cut, trim, merge video clips and photo slideshow by add fast/slow playback section; insert subtitles; dubbing, text effect, background music, scribble painting etc.. With its fast cutting and editing feature, you can be a video editor in a few minutes. Almost any ideas you can think of, you can realize in your videos! Furthermore, SmartPixel Producer has a rich online resources library including effects, filters, sound clips for the video editors to add more flavor to their video clips. Once the video editing is done, the video clips can be exported with FLV, AVI, MP4, WMV and other general formats which can be easily upload to youtube and share with friends.

In short, Smartpixel video editor is a video capture tool, webcam recording tool, video editing tool as well as photo slideshow making tool all in one program. It is one of the best free easy to use Windows screen capturing software and video editing software for YouTube videos.

Download SmartPixel 2.3 in Softonic

Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is a powerful optimization suite for Windows that integrates antivirus functions with real-time protection. The latest release includes some new and interesting tools.

Antivirus plus more than 30 tools to optimize your PC

The product is the newest version of the well known Advanced SystemCare Ultimate. It allows you to perform cleaning and maintenance tasks to improve your PC’s performance.

The most demanding users will find the Toolbox of Advanced SystemCare Ultimate really useful, as it gives access to a wide range of tools by category (Clean, Security, Optimize, Control, Repair, and Advanced) and allows you to work on various areas of the system in considerable detail.

It lets you monitor RAM usage, optimize and defrag the hard disk and system registry, manage drivers and processes, modify the settings of the OS, search for duplicate data, permanently destroy files, and optimize the parameters of the browser and TCP/IP for faster online browsing. In addition to all of these functions, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate can search for (and find) problems and vulnerabilities that can compromise the security of your PC.

To the delight of geeks around the world, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate also has a Performance Monitor, which shows the percentage of CPU usage, RAM, hard disk and network traffic, as well as the Rescue Center for creating and managing system restore points.

It's worth mentioning Turbo Boost, a feature that can speed up Windows by disabling unnecessary processes in specific use contexts, as well as the Active Optimize function, which improves your PC's performance by automatically and intelligently managing and allocating available resources, therefore bypassing the risk of overloading the system.

The antivirus module in Advanced SystemCare Ultimate protects your PC from online dangers and leverages the BitDefender engine as well as IObit Malware Fighter to intercept all kinds of malware.

Advanced SystemCare Ultimate also includes quarantine functions, a Silent Mode (useful for gamers), and the ability to create a Whitelist to exclude files or folders from the analysis. The scans are programmable and real-time protection can be enabled or disabled as needed. The antivirus, however, doesn't offer advanced features.

Advanced SystemCare Ultimate also has some new tools:

• Program Deactivator: disables unnecessary background processes
• HomePage Protection: Prevents unauthorized editing of the homepage and your browser's search
• ManageMyMobile: helps you clean, manage processes and eliminate malware from your Android smartphone (requires installation of Advanced MobileCare). ManageMyMobile also retrieves information on your device, lets you capture screenshots in real time, and is capable of displaying photos, music, videos, contacts and applications on your device.

Two well known software packages are also integrated on this release: IObit Driver Booster, which keeps the driver constantly updated with the latest version, and IObit Uninstaller, an advanced tool for uninstalling plug-ins and software from your browser.

Everything at your fingertips

Advanced SystemCare Ultimate has an interface that's similar to the previous version. It's a winning choice; the suite is very usable and from the home screen, you've got quick access to all sections of the product: Antivirus, Care, Toolbox, and Turbo Boost Action Center.

The design is plain but elegant, although it can be changed with one of the four default skins included in the suite.

An all-encompassing suite

If you are looking for a suite that guarantees security and offers optimization features for your PC, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is an All-in-One solution that's comprehensive and highly recommended by us.

Download Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 7.0.1.589 in Softonic

With digital camcorders and video editing software falling in price all the time, you don’t need to be Roman Polanski to make your own movies these days. Ulead’s VideoStudio has been at the forefront of the budget video software market for some time now and this latest releases promises even more value for hard-up users looking to make music videos, spruce up their home movies or produce documentaries on their life.

The application certainly looks good on paper, with a host of new tools for working with HD media, as well as a bevy of templates, video effects and filters, and capturing tools. There are three different apps bundled with the suite, catering for different needs and skill levels, including Movie Wizard and DV-to-DVD Wizard. However, it’s the main utility, VideoStudio Editor, where all the action happens.

The program certainly boasts some decent editing features, including an extended storyboard to view and sort scenes (alongside the ubiquitous timeline), an extra large scene preview window, customizable title and text templates, audio tracks for voice narration and a music score, and built-in instrumental scores to fit the length of your movie. The user interface doesn’t do too bad a job at making all of these features easy to tap into, but it will still take most virgin film producers a while to grasp the basics.

There’s no doubt that with a little practice, you can conjure up some decent looking creations in the package, but you’re sure to experience a few setbacks along the way. The main problem with VideoStudio has always been its strain on your system memory and unfortunately this doesn’t seem to have been addressed properly in this version. Load times are cripplingly slow and unless you’re using a NASA computer previewing complex edits can be horrible experience, with clips and audio jumping and lagging frequently.

Other annoyances include the fact that you can’t fast forward and rewind from the scene preview window, and the zoom facility on the timeline is not nearly powerful enough. Strangely, considering its support for the new HD disc format, Ulead appears to have neglected to include support for Blu-Ray too. Another point worth mentioning is that several Softonic users have hammered the technical support as being very poor, with many people reporting that their queries are consistently unanswered. Come on Ulead, if you’re going to bring out a program which sometimes falls over then at least give the customer a bit of help to put things right.

Despite its flaws, VideoStudio has enough features to enable the creation of fairly sophisticated videos, and it’s pretty easy to use once you get acquainted with the interface. Nevertheless, if you’re looking for reliability then you’d probably be best off looking at one of the other budget editing apps such as Adobe Premiere Elements or PowerDirector.

Download VideoStudio 6.0 in Softonic