Corel VideoStudio by R. Song

Installation is easy and this is jammed packed with features. Too many features. I don’t even know where to start.

The interface doesn’t help much, it’s somewhat cluttered and it’s hard to find what I need and figure out what everything does. I have to search the net for help often. So expect a steep learning curve.

This works fine on my Windows 10 laptop.

I wish there was a simplified beginners mode for this. I’m an engineer, so I CAN figure it all out, but I don’t WANT to, at least not all at once. When I design software, I make my applications easy for the user. Starting the user in a simple mode and then having an advanced mode is a good way to allow the user to get acclimated with the most popular features before moving on to more advanced user.

To be fair, the more I use this, the more I like it. That being said, I don’t like to have to watch a video to learn how to use software. I create user interfaces and user experiences for the products I work on. The computer is so powerful today and it is so easy to make good interfaces, that I should be able to start up a program and just intuit how to make it do what I want. Software like this should have a simple mode and an advanced mode. If you just want to use the basics, you shouldn’t have to learn everything. It’s like learning advanced calculus so you can add up your grocery expenses.