Review by Victor Blake

Although I’ve used previous versions of this product, I obtained and evaluated this latest version. Running on a dual-core Pentium computer I found it to be relatively fast interactive. Post scheduling processing was slow when transcoding (changing from one format to another). I used the software to make YouTube video and home videos. I edited a variety of formats including incorporating still images.

I never had problems with software stability. I did think the screen layout made it difficult to work at once with both the highlevel timeline of an entire video, and also see the details of individual effects, etc. The product worked well and never had any problems installing or operating the software. It could best benefit from better documentation and more clear labeling of events on-screen. The product did not appear to support multiple screens for viewing the production video separate from the timeline. This is disappointing as many high-end users (such as those that would want HD functionality) may well have multple screens.

Authoring was slow, but not slower than any competitive products. It would be nice to see a click to upload to YouTube function that actually worked.