Review by R.Suarez

After using Corel Ulead Video Studio 11.5 for years, I was given the opportunity to give VideoStudio ProX7 a try.

The first thing I noted was how similar the interface is between those two, true they’re both Corel, but I would have thought after 6 years it would be quite changed. This is not bad at all, if you like me, have used a similar software in the past, you should have no problems getting used to the new version and its enhancements.

Very easy to install, once running I must say I was impressed with the performance, quite an enhancement once compared to Ulead 11.5, considering the program is working with very heavy HD files.

The interface for editing videos or creating slideshows is unbelievable easy to use, you can even drag and drop and then select your desired object to edit or add effects, text and filters to it. My first project was a video comprised of several short ones of my almost two year old son. I was able to edit, add music, transitions and effects without any problems at all. One thing that happened to me though, is that while editing, the VideoStudioProX7 recognized all video formats I used (even .mov, which was not recognized by the older version) I saved the project and when I opened it the day after, all my .mov videos were unlinked and could not be added, if I tried to, the application would error out indicating an invalid file format. I tried to find answers on the web and was unable to (understandable being this a new version), I exited the application, reopened it and all my videos were there. It was very odd but I thought I’d mention it should it happen to someone else.

As a heavy user of this type of applications (not professionally of course, mostly family videos and the like) I can definitely recommend the ProX7, while very similar to older versions in its front end, there are a great deal of enhancements, templates and new features that make it worth the upgrade.