Review by Ammy_Evaluator

The VideoStudio product tends to stay along a very narrow path - eschewing complex features for ease of use - and this version does that yet again. As an example, its main feature this iteration is something you may not even notice - its 64-bit architecture!nnWhat you get is a product that is amazingly intuitive and targeted squarely at the occasional editor rather than a videographer.

Users of previous versions of this software will be able to jump right in - it has the exact same idioms and workflow - making it easy to get working with minimal fuss.

The Capture > Edit > Share workflow is traditional. You capture or import video files (I used AVC files from a camcorder); add them to a timeline; throw in a few transitions, titles, and effects; and render to an appropriate format for sharing. That’s it!nnIf you want to push the envelope a bit, you get the ability to add subtitles (with a neat scanning feature where the software actually locates spoken words), and then there’s FastFlick that lets you create some neat videos using preset templates. After I was done with my editing, I created a short FastFlick video for fun, and am embarassed to say that it did a better job than I did.

Overall, this version of VideoStudio is stable, competent, and intuitive making it easy to recommend this software.

Happy Editing!n~A_E~