Review by RLC

Firstly, the install of this on a Windows 7 machine was flawless. Entering the usual data yielded a quick and painless install.

The interface is intuitive to me, there are wizards to get the uninitiated up and running and a fairly full-featured interface for the initiated. Corel has packed some nifty features in this version. I really like the motion tracking, and having the ability have more than one instance is useful. For those that don’t know what motion tracking is, imagine having a little mosaic over something, like a face, that follows that person throughout the clip. I also like the variable speed, when using a key frame, this allows one to create the speed up then slow down effects that are popular today. I have had some fun with the stop motion tool, it creates very nice results. There are some in-software tools to control the DSLR camera, and in general I found them useful. The tool has given me the desire to fiddle with it…taking me back to the holiday specials of my youth…lol. Further, the pro-level special effects pack that comes with the ultimate edition is very good. proDAD handscript yeilds some very cool handwriting effects, proDAD Mercali SE does a great job of post-shooting image stabilization (it took a lot of jerkiness out of some footage shot while walking), Boris Grafitti lets you create spiffy titles, and NewBlue ColorFast lets you color correct the footage.

For me, the 4K video is a nonstarter, as I don’t have a camera for it, but it’s nice to know the program has the capability.

Lastly, the HTML5 export gives one full interactive controls for a video created to be played on a webpage, of course this requires an HTML5 capable browser. One caveat about the HTML5 feature, you have to start the project as HTML5, I wasn’t able to convert an existing video to HTML5 playable video with the program.

Overall, X6 is an intuitive, robust consumer-levle video editing program.