Review by James Beswick

The 64-bit performance feature is noticeably faster and while you need a high-performance PC if you do much video production, this works acceptably on a 2-year desktop running Windows 8 (you definitely wouldn’t get very far running Premiere on the same spec). Having said that, it does freeze up and crash fairly frequently to the point where anything more than a casual YouTube video would be difficult to edit reliably. I’d like to see these problems patched since the user interface is good but it needs to be more stable. Feature-wise there are many special effects, transitions and sound tracks - more than enough for home or prosumer usage and certainly very generous at this price point. I’ll keep playing with the software and waiting for software patches - if the stability improves, for the price it’s a 4-5 star product.