Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus
Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus
- Easily produce professional-looking videos, slideshows and DVDs
- Capture video from the latest HD camcorders and create High-Definition HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs
- Work quickly with timesaving template-based Wizards, or express your creativity with powerful hands-on tools
- Fix common video problems with one-click corrective filters, generate Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio tracks, and add pro-quality titles and transitions
- Share your movies everywhere, from iPod to DVD to YouTube to the latest Home Theater systems
Product Description
Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus is video editing and DVD authoring software for anyone who wants to easily produce professional-looking videos, slideshows and DVDs. Capture video from the latest HD camcorders and create amazing High-Definition Blu-ray and HD DVDs. Work quickly with timesaving template-based Wizards, or express your creativity with powerful hands-on tools. Fix common video problems with one-click corrective filters, generate Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio tracks, and add pro-quality titles and transitions. Share your movies everywhere, from iPod to DVD to YouTube to the latest Home Theater systems. Award-winning VideoStudio sets the standard for powerful features and ease of use.Amazon.com
Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus is video editing and DVD authoring software for anyone who wants to easily produce professional-looking videos, slideshows and DVDs. Capture video from the latest HD camcorders and create amazing High-Definition HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Work quickly with timesaving template-based Wizards, or express your creativity with powerful hands-on tools. Fix common video problems with one-click corrective filters, generate Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio tracks, and add pro-quality titles and transitions. Share your movies everywhere, from iPod to DVD to YouTube to the latest Home Theater systems. Award-winning VideoStudio sets the standard for powerful features and ease of use.
End-to-End Consumer HD Production |
The Most Complete HD Solution Available
The first complete HD solution, no matter what camcorder or playback format users choose, VideoStudio 11.5 Plus lets them capture, edit and output their video.
Practical HD Production Is Here
VideoStudio 11.5 Plus of producing HD video on standard DVD media, which can be played back on PCs or players like the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft XBOX 360 add-on HD DVD player.
Real-world AVCHD workflow:
- Capture from AVCHD camcorders
- Edit in VideoStudio Editor or Movie Wizard
- Author & burn to standard DVD
- Play on PC, PS3 or Blu-ray Disc player
Real-world HDV workflow:
- Capture from JVC HD or HDV camcorders
- Edit in VideoStudio Editor or Movie Wizard
- Author & burn to standard DVD
- Play on PC or HD DVD player
Real-world AVCHD workflow |
Real-world HDV workflow |
What’s New
VideoStudio 11.5 Plus is video editing and DVD authoring software for anyone who wants to easily produce professional-looking videos, slideshows, and DVDs. Work quickly with intuitive wizards, or express your creativity with hands-on editing tools. Share your movies everywhere, on iPods, YouTube, or the latest HD home theater systems, with full support for AVCHD, Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.
Users of the new VideoStudio 11.5, enjoy the following:
- The latest HD formats
- The latest in online sharing
- More creative content and templates
- Bonus media management software
Enhanced–End-to-End AVCHD
Author HD content (from AVCHD or HDV camcorder, or any other HD source) and burn to a standard DVD, using a standard burner.
- AVCHD discs with menus play back pristine HD video on your PC, Blu-ray Player or Sony PS3, or from disc based AVCHD camcorders.
- Supports standard screen sizes from SD to HD, 1280×720 to 1920×1080 as well as PAL and NTSC systems
- Audio formats include LPCM and Dolby 2.0 or 5.1.
New–M2TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) Import
- Import video files directly from AVCHD hard drive or memory card camcorders.
- Use the “Insert Video” function to preview clips and easily import to hard drive
- VideoStudio 11.5 Plus opens M2TS files that have been copied to your hard drive using other utilities.
New–Blu-ray Disc (BDMV) Authoring
Now users can author HD productions in MPEG 2 HD format, with High Definition motion menus, and burn them to Blu-ray Disc.
- BD supports standard screen sizes from 720 to 1920 as well as PAL and NTSC systems.
- Compliant video, (such as HDV) isn’t re-rendered, ensuring shorter encoding times and excellent picture quality.
- Supports Dolby 2.0 and 5.1 audio formats
- Both single- and double-layer discs are supported.
AVCHD Authoring |
Blu-ray Disc Authoring |
New–H.264 High Profile (HD) Encoding
- VideoStudio 11.5 Plus incorporates the new MainConcept H.264 codec, offering fast encoding with superior quality.
- Supports 1440×1080 and 1920×1080 output frame sizes.
- Encoding is optimized for multi-core processors, including Intel Core 2 Quad.
Enhanced–HD DVD on Standard DVD Production
Users can author HD DVD productions with motion menus, and burn to standard DVDs.
- There is now a dedicated workflow for producing such “3X DVDs”.
- Choose a disc size and the capacity indicator will show how much space is available on the disc.
- HD DVDs play on set-top or PC HD DVD players, Xbox 360 HD DVD players, or standard PC DVD drives with appropriate software.
New Movie Wizard templates |
New DVD menu templates |
New–Native .TOD format (JVC HD Camcorder) Import and Editing
- VideoStudio 11.5 now offers support for importing and editing native .tod HD video from the latest JVC HD-7 camcorders. No conversion is required.
- Fully supports all frame sizes offered by this camera, including the “FullHD” 1920x1080i frame size.
- MPEG Optimizer works with TOD video and VideoStudio will SmartRender it for more efficient performance.
Enhanced–New Menus, Templates and Overlay Graphics
Even users who have not made the jump to HD yet, are always looking for fresh content. The 11.5 Upgrade adds a set of rich, professionally-designed templates and graphics to the VideoStudio 11 Plus library:
- 8 New Movie Wizard templates for Home Movie and Slideshows, including powerful, eye-catching multiple-overlay sequences.
- 20 DVD Menus in text, thumbnail and unique One-Scene styles.
- 5 video frames for custom openings or segues.
- 19 Animated Flash overlays to enhance video.
- 5 Overlay mask frames for transparent overlays.
New–Direct YouTube upload
Sharing videos online has become one of the most popular activities in the wired world. The leader of this revolution is YouTube, and now VideoStudio makes it easier than ever to create and upload cool videos.
- After completing editing, users can select from a range of quality settings before video is encoded and uploaded directly to YouTube.
- Logging in and uploading all takes place from within VideoStudio.
Bonus–Manage and Edit Your Media with Corel MediaOne Plus*
With the proliferation of photos and video on consumers’ desktops, an efficient tool to organize and retrieve content has become essential. The Power Pack includes a full version of Corel’s complete digital media management suite.
- Now users can keep track of all their digital media. Import, tag and sort photos and video, and find any image fast.
- Create virtual groups, or “Smart Collections” to keep photos and video organized.
- Add descriptions and tags, to retrieve images individually or in groups.
- Prepare photos for slideshows by correcting exposure, fixing red-eye, and other essential photo-editing functions.
*DVD Maker not included within MediaOne Plus
I bought the Canon Vixia HF100 and shooting exclusively in HD mode. My Computer is a Pentium Core Quad processor with 4 gigs RAM, SATA drive of over 500 gigs, plus an external Firewire drive. I bought this software with high expectations however the following issues are present, even with all the current downloads:
Extreme Choppiness in video editing. After uploading my video files (.m2ts files), I incorporated into the time line and noticed extreme latency making adjustments, rendering and playing back temp editing. This is totally un-useable. I made a number of adjustments including checking that DMA was enabled, Disk Caching was disabled, and increasing swap file size (Bizarre since I am running over 4 gigs of memory), Plus I also enabled the smart proxy service which should assist in making such noticable delays go away. Not so. Nothing worked here. I imagine all the positive reviews were from users not using HD format.
Unless I have some type of fix for this issue, I am forced to find another software replacement. I am looking into Sony Vegas pro 8 as an alternative and will test the trial download.
Stay away from Video Studio 11.5 if you are using a High Def Camcorder.
UPDATE: I’ve since tried Sony Vegas Pro 8. Absolutely no latency with importing and editing Hi Def files. Sony has it right. It is more expensive, but you get what you pay for, ULEAD has a nice interface, but it can’t handle the Higher Def files. This is the selling point. If you sole mission is to put highly compressed video onto the internet, ULEAD may be ok. If you want to do more in-depth editing and work with higher definition files go with Sony Vegas Pro 8 period. Save the hassle
Rating: 1 / 5
Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus
Video editing is something new for me. I only recently purchased a videocam so I can write only from recent experience and only about this product as opposed to comparing it to other editing programs.
Loading the software went smoothly, although it seemed to take longer than average to install. Once installed everything worked properly, though.
The software comes with a 168-page user’s guide that covers the various features and tasks of the software. While the print is rather small, the guide is easy to follow and to the point as it leads the user through the necessary steps.
I did a simple task, taking a video file of a piano recital, adding chapters and burning it to DVD. Everything worked as it should, and the software comes with various templates that made the process easier. I also originally added some subtitles to the file but removed them in order to keep things as simple as possible. It was very easy to add and remove them. Everything works on layers progressing on a timeline as you mix and add things, making it pretty easy to produce a decent video. For an amateur like me, this product has more than enough features for my needs and I am eager to explore and experiment with them.
For the money, this is a nicely-designed product that is pretty easy to use and comes with all the features most “amateurs” will need. I am very happy to have received this as an Amazon Vine sample but I would not hesitate in purchasing it or recommending it to others. It’s worth the money.
Rating: 5 / 5
Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus
5 STARS for the ability to burn/edit/ watch in AVCHD.
Well, I just got ULEAD VideoStudio 11.5 Plus software and the Sony PS3 yesterday. Although I prefer Sony Vegas Studio to do the editing, I bought the Ulead because of the claim that Hi-Def videos could be burned on standard DVDs and viewed through the PS3 in Hi-Def. I have a Canon HG10 camcorder and so far Sony Vegas Studio is incompatible with Canon AVCHD format. Editing and burning to a standard DVD is a benefit because Blu Ray burners cost around $400 and up, and Blu Ray blank media costs $10 PER DISC and up. Well, the software works well! If you tape,transfer, edit, and burn in the AVCHD format, the resulting DVD plays in (BluRay compatible) Hi-Def video. It looks fantastic!
Rating: 5 / 5
Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus
Here are the basics:
* Captures video and photos from your hard drives, video input (camcorder, vcr, dvd, digital cam, etc.), tv tuner cards, all the normal stuff here. One highlight is that the software will accept both NTSC and PAL format input without issues – so feel free to share those videos with friends around the world.
* Has a full suite of special effects that you can add to your presentation, and when I say full suite, I mean a LOT. Hundreds of transitions, overlays, titles, and effects.
* Output options are vast – it’s not just about writing it to a flat video file, you can send it back to a camcorder tape, mobile devices, youtube*, DVD and HD DVD, and more. It comes with all the expected menuing options as well (to create menu’s on your DVD splash screen).
Here’s what I like:
* File support can’t be beat. No more limits to mpg, avi, wmv like you get in things like Windows Movie Maker*, this program pretty much reads everything including Quicktime* and Flash*, and as I mentioned before, PAL format too. This was a big win for me recently because I was putting together a video presentation that included video from the US and from India. Ulead was the ONLY program I had that would read the files without having to convert them first.
* Effects are vast. If you are used to some of the cool transitions you get in Windows Movie Maker* you’re familiar with things like flips, rolls, slides, shatters, etc. Ulead steps it up a notch with 3D flips and spins, colour masks, clock style transitions, texture effects, peels, pushes, rolls, slides, stretches, wipes, and more. It even comes with a set of pre-installed flash animations that plug right into your movie or overlay on an existing slide.
* Audio options are significantly enhanced. Not only can you put it into waveform view, but you can dynamically change the volume and direction of the audio. These features are like Audacity* or Cakewalk* – you can drag and drop volume changes and even shift audio to left and right channels. This was pretty incredible to me and not something I’ve seen in any other movie maker software. Voice track is also available but not something I have used since I use pre-packaged audio for my movies.
* Setting exact time for a slide. In other programs it’s difficult to set a slide to display for an exact time down to the split second. Ulead makes this easy with a detail page for each slide that you can configure timeline and other functions. I use this all the time. This detail page also offers dynamic pan/zoom and resizing of the image you’re using, and if it’s an image, instant colour correction. Very powerful. If it’s a video you can reverse it, change the speed, split the audio, and dynamically trim the clip.
What bothers me:
* Limited TITLE templates out the box. The templates they provide seem pretty hokey, but you can do some level of customization and then save your new template (I just wanted more out of the box) – the other issue here is that you have to create a blank colour box (with associated duration) and overlay the title on it. This is very different from other tools that will automatically create a title slide for you. Titles are very important to me, as well as credits, which this tool doesn’t have out of the box.
* Adding transitions and effects is clunky and time consuming. Drag and drop takes a while because of the distance between the transition and the timeline. Additionally, you can not highlight multiple sequences and apply a transition to each one en masse. In other words, if you want the same transition between 10 slides, you have to do it 10 times.
Overall Rating: 4 of 5, with 1 point removed for minor usability issues and insufficient title templates out of the box.
Summary: One of the most powerful video editing and movie creation tools I have used. Easily beats competitors like Roxio* and Windows Movie Maker*, although, for free movie creation, WMM* does provide a lot of functionality. For professional movie creation and the flexibility this program offers in input and output options, I’m very impressed.
* Product names are copyrights and trademarks of their respective companies.
Rating: 4 / 5
Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus
Let me preface this review by saying that I am extremely tech savvy and have an IT background. That said….
I bought the Canon HG10 hard drive HD camcorder a few months back and it came with a version of Corel’s Ulead video editing software. I was a little hesitant to buying an HD camcorder due to a lack of software selection that can edit AVCHD format, but it seemed like Corel finally produced a reasonable product that can do this. The software that came with the camera was a “slimmed” down version and the interface seemed pretty decent, so I decided to upgrade to the latest full version (11.5 Plus) to take advantage of all of the features of the software. At first glance the software interface is very attractive and easy to use. Importing video was fast and easy and creating transitions, effects, etc.. was also a cinch. NOW, here’s the problem…….
When I create the video with effects, transitions, etc… in the storyboard and go to play the video back in the storyboard or timeline view, the video and audio are VERY choppy and is unbearable to watch. One main purpose of the storyboard/timeline view is to review the video you just spent hours creating to make sure it looks the way you want before rendering the video. Well, if the video/audio is choppy then this feature is useless. So, what is the next logical step? Search and install all updates from Corel’s support site to make sure my software is the latest and the greatest. I did that and the results were the same! Next step? Contact Corel Tech Support. First of all, you can’t speak with a tech unless you pay for it. I find this to be absurd since I already paid for the software and that should entitle me to some support from a real person. Since I wasn’t going to spend money on support, the next option was to email them, which is free. I emailed them explaining my issue and they responded VERY quickly, which was comforting. Problem with that was I received a response from someone who probably started working there “yesterday”. His/her answer was to make sure my computer could handle HD editing and that I had all updates installed. Interestingly enough, my email to them stated that I had a DUAL Intel Core 2 Duo processor machine with 4GB of RAM and that I already installed all updates. I guess they don’t read your email, they just send out the script that’s in front of them. I respond back with a “can you please give me a better answer” response and I get the response back a day later saying that I should uninstall & reinstall the software then apply the updates AGAIN. I responded explaining to them that I followed their instructions for installing the software and all updates the first time and reinstalling was not going to fix the problem. Honestly, I was very upset at this point and just wanted some “real” tech support and a “real” answer as to why the video/audio was so choppy. I then asked them if they had a lab environment in which they could replicate my problem and then threatened to write a poor review of their software if they couldn’t give me a reasonable answer. A few days have gone by and they have not answered!
I believe Amazon’s policy does not allow opened software to be returned, but I am going to do my best to return it anyway. I absolutely DO NOT RECOMMEND this software for HD (AVCHD) editing. The two stars are for the interface being easy and attractive. Other than that the software is useless unless tech support can fix this issue!! Right now it seems they are not willing!
Sony Vegas Pro 8 here I come! It’s very expensive, but I downloaded the trial version and all is going well! I’ve created the same exact “storyboard” in Vegas Pro and the rendering was flawless!! I guess the saying is true…”you get what you pay for”!
If anyone is using Corel’s Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 PLUS for HD editing please let me know what your experiences are by commenting on this post. Thanks!!
Rating: 2 / 5
Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus