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VideoStudio X2 Pro Ultimate

by Corel
Windows XP / Vista
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)

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  • Capture video in HD or standard definition from camcorders, Internet, TV, cameras and mobile devices
  • Easy to use produce professional-looking movies and slide shows with Movie Wizard
  • Choose from attractive theme templates
  • Create sophisticated montages, picture-in-picture effects, audio/video crossfades and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound audio tracks
  • Paint and write on videos, create professional DVD menus, apply NewBlue Film effects and more
  • End-to-End HD support
  • Play back DVDs on your computer with Corel WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray
  • Easily copy and convert discs or video using DVD Copy 6 Plus including to iPhone
  • Powerful audio editing and mastering with Steinberg WaveLab LE 6
  • Improve audio quality with including professional tools such as EQ, Normalize and Noise Gate
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System Requirements

  • Platform:   Windows XP / Vista
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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  • ASIN: B001EAXJ2G
  • Release Date: 1 Oct 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,702 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 Ultimate is the ultimate digital media package delivering everything you need to take your video editing to the next level, includes Corel VideoStudio Pro X2, Corel WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray, Corel DVD Copy 6 Plus and Steinberg WaveLab LE 6 audio editing software - a total value of over £150. Step into full HD editing with a complete suite of high-definition production tools. Import video from HDV, AVCHD, Blu-ray Disc and JVC HD camcorders. Enhance your footage with free-form creative tools or professionally designed templates. Even paint, write or draw on your video. Create professional soundtracks with WaveLab 6 LE and full Dolby Digital 5.1 support. Author standard DVDs, AVCHD or Blu-ray discs with animated menus. Play back your productions with WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray

Why to Buy

The Most complete HD solution
Import and work with video from HDV, AVCHD, Blu-ray Disc and JVC HD camcorders. Edit HD video quickly and smoothly "" even on midrange PCs "" with unique Smart Proxy editing. Create HD menus and burn projects as DVD, AVCHD or Blu-ray discs. Save time encoding with support for dual-core and quad-core CPUs. Play DVDs, AVCHD and Blu-ray discs movies with a full version of Corel WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray, the world's number one playback software!

Professional, easy-to-use editing tools
Create compelling, Hollywood-style video projects. Enhance video with free-form creative tools or professionally-designed templates. Edit quickly with automatic audio and video crossfades and create sophisticated picture-in-picture and montage effects with transitions in overlay tracks. Easily create professional soundtracks with Steinberg WaveLab LE 6 and full support for Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

Unique special effects
Paint, draw, or write on your video with the new Painting Creator. Recreate the appealing look of true cinema and old film with NewBlue Film Effects. Add sophisticated animated titles with two independent title tracks and enhance projects with professionally-designed overlay objects, frames, and Flash animations.

Any output, anywhere
Author stunning DVD, AVCHD and Blu-ray discs with professional motion menus. Output video to camcorder, PSP, iPod or iPhone. Minimize re-encoding and reduce rendering time with MPEG Optimizer.Upload videos directly to YouTube "" the most popular online video-sharing Web site.

Box Contains

  • Product DVD with:
  • Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 Video Editor
  • Corel WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray DVD and video playback software
  • Corel DVD Copy 6 Plus Copy and convert video software
  • Steinberg WaveLab LE 6 Audio Editor
  • User guides for VideoStudio Pro X2, WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray and DVD Copy 6 Plus

  • Customer Reviews

    Most Helpful Customer Reviews
    105 of 105 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good for amateur Hi-Def 29 Jan 2009
    By C. Shaw
    I've been trialling this software for a few days now, and for my purposes I think it deserves a better rating than the 2 stars it has at present. I set out looking for a video editing package that a) can import, join or create simple transitions, and output the AVCHD files produced by my Panasonic HDC-SD9 camcorder very quickly and without loss of quality option (i.e. has a smart render option); b) has decent DVD authoring software that can author AVCHD files to DVD as well as Blu-ray; c) supported 5.1 surround sound; d) is reasonably quick to render and renders to as small as possible file sizes; e) has flexibility to output to HDD as well as DVD and produces files that play on my PS3; f) is very easy to use but flexible enough to play around with settings; g) doesn't cost the earth. I also wanted a decent selection of transitions and effects but as I am not big on creating all singing and dancing movies these features were very much secondary. My purpose we to easily capture, create, and easily distribute family video that is capable of being played back via a variety of mediums.
    So to start I did a bit of research on the net and found the following 5 packages to be front runners: Serif MoviePlus X3, Pinnacle Studio 12 Plus/Ultimate, Adobe Premier Elements 7, Corel Video Studio x2 Pro Ultimate, and Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Pro Pack. I then downloaded the trial versions as set about testing according to my criteria. Remember I am an amateur so I am only looking for the easiest or most obvious way to do something from each package. That is my disclaimer.
    So now down to the results... First the rendered output quality of all packages appeared similar, although the rendering time did vary slightly (by about 15%). Corel was the only package that supported an obvious Smart Rendering option. Adobe and Pinnacle provided most transitions and effects as standard. Serif and Corel were the easiest to use.
    Adobe PE7 does not support 5.1 surround sound and its output capabilities appeared limited. I did however find one setting that produced an AVCHD H.264 file that played back on my PS3. -> Eliminated.
    Serif would not recognise the .MTS files produced by my camcorder; however renaming them all the .M2TS worked. Also it will only produce output with max 1440x1080 res, not the 1920x1080 I wanted. -> Eliminated.
    Pinnacle would only produce AVCHD output to DVD/Blu-ray disc and not directly to HDD and even then settings are limited to only one ("Best Quality"). Also it's worth noting 5.1 audio is only supported by the Ultimate version and I could only find the Plus version to trial. -> Eliminated.
    That left Sony and Corel; both met my above basic requirements pretty well. Initially I liked the Sony as it offered a lot more for not too much more cash and I looked hard for reasons to buy it over the Corel; but the deeper I dug the more times Corel came out on top... I found the Sony DVD authoring package harder to use, the Corel editing UI was cleaner and it was easier to find the features you needed, Corel did obviously Smart Render but Sony did not, and finally the Sony crashed and I did not experience same with Corel. So the final verdict is Corel Video Studio x2 Pro Ultimate. It's far from perfect (hence 4 stars) but for my purposes it's the pick of the bunch. One small niggle I have with Corel is that the application window can only be full screen or minimised, so you can't resize it to get at other apps while it's rendering.
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    30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars An easy-to-use but powerful video suite 8 Mar 2009
    By Antonio Pineda VINE™ VOICE
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    Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 Ultimate comprises four main applications: VideoStudio X2 (a video editor), WinDVD 9 (video playback), DVD Copy 6 Plus (for copying and converting discs), and WaveLab LE 6 (an audio editor).

    A true mark of a good application is if it allows you to do what you want without having to read the manual.I applied this test to VideoStudio and I'm happy to say that it passed with flying colours. I created a professional looking photo slidshow, complete with audio, effects, and titles, not once having to refer to the bulky manual supplied.

    The program's minimalist interface makes it easy for to find your way around. On the left is the preview player which allows you to check that your project is looking like you intend it to. Next to it on the right is where I could import and organise my library items (such as images and) videos. And at the bottom, you'll find the timeline where you can drag and drop images, videos, effects, titles, and audio to create my slideshow.

    As with most video editors, VideoStudio splits video production into three stages: caputre, edit and share. The tabs at the top make it intuitive to accomplish each stage. Click on "Capture" and you can import media from a DV camera, discs, and even mobile devices. I was rather disappointed not to be able to capture video using my built-in webcam, however.

    Once you've captured what you need to (or if you already have the media files saved on your hard disk), you can start editing. This process really is as simple as dragging and dropping. The hard part is deciding which effects, overlays, titles, and audio to use - but you'll have fun experimenting and deciding.

    When you're happy with your video, you're ready to "Share". This stage allows you to output your project to many different formats. You could create a video file (like AVI), burn it to a disc, export it to a mobile device, or upload it to YouTube.

    You'll find that there are probably different ways of doing what you want. For example, I went straight to the main video editor to create my slideshow but I found out later, after exploring the program more fully, that there was an easier way of creating slides. When you launch the program you have three choices: go straight to the video editor, go to the "movie wizard", or go to the DV-to-DVD wizard. Had I chosen the movie wizard, I would have seen the many slideshow templates on offer.

    So my advice is to experiment and you'll be rewarded with a video production that you'll be proud showing off to your family and friends.

    Even though I've focused on VideoStudio in this review, the other applications in the suite are well worth exploring too. WinDVD 9 played everything I threw at it without problems, and even supported HD DVD. Again, I liked the uncluttered interface and was pleased to find the A-B repeat function (which most other media players don't have).

    DVD Copy 6 converts files for the Web or mobile devices like iPods. An animated and rotating menu in the left-hand corner guides you through all the options. If you have a video or audio file, the chances are you could convert it to something that your gadgets will be able to recognise.

    WaveLab is a competent audio editor. It's great for editing the sound files that you use as background music for your videos. If you've never used an audio editor before it takes a bit of getting used to. But if you've used Audacity or someting similar you'll feel right at home. I have one gripe about this program, though: launching it always prompts the User Account Control which is very annoying.
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    15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
    2.0 out of 5 stars Fails to Produce AVCHD DVD and Poor Support 7 Nov 2009
    I have over 10 years digital video editing experience (a subject I also teach) using a variety of applications. I purchased Videostudio in order to produce AVCHD DVD from my recently purchased Panasonic SD-20 camcorder. The problem occurs when producing AVCHD DVDs at the original recorded resolution (1920 x 1080 bit rate 16800) when creating the DVD an error in the internal DVD engine is reported when multiplexing the video and audio. This only occurs when transitions or titles are added, which is the purpose of the software. I have since gathered from discussion forums that this is a common problem that occurs with footage from Panasonic cameras which is believed to be due to how Panasonic use reference frames. I contacted Corel by email and they told me to phone their technical support that is a non-UK number at my expense! Lower resolution DVDs can be produced however, the footage has to transferred from the camcorder using the Corel Software, if the footage transferred using the Panasonic software is used the final video has lots of artefacts with waves rippling through it. I have given the software 2 stars since is does not do what is required, I cannot get the support I require and I will probably be waiting a long time for a patch to solve the problem. However, it is straightforward to use with a comprehensive set of sharing options. I would recommend that the trial version of the software is downloaded and thoroughly tested before purchasing, unfortunately when I tested it using footage from a show my daughter was in I did not add transitions.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars VideoStudio Pro X2 Ultimate
    This item was purchased in March 2011. Initially the product was excellent but recently we have tried to make DVD'S from a new mp4 camcorder but the software keeps giving an... Read more
    Published 6 months ago by Babs
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the hobbiest but not the best out there
    I gave this to my mum for Christmas because she's outgrown Windows Media Maker but doesnt' feel confident at computers fully. Read more
    Published on 28 Jan 2011 by S. Smith
    1.0 out of 5 stars Another Horrendous Experience!
    I have been using VideoStudio 9 and VideoStudio 11 for a while, and I thought I would take a leap of faith and buy Videostudio Pro X2 - my advice to anyone else out there -... Read more
    Published on 17 Dec 2010 by AlexKrycek
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great for making short videos
    After struggling to get to grips with an expensive video editing software package that I recently got, I was sceptical as to whether this cheaper package would be any better. Read more
    Published on 28 Sep 2010 by Miss
    1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this confusing load of rubbish
    I bought this after spending many many hours researching software on the internet. I had been very happy with movie maker 2.6 but I now have a problem with no sound. Read more
    Published on 22 Sep 2010 by Mystic Mog
    1.0 out of 5 stars Corel Customer Comtempt
    I bought this as I was having problems with Pinnacle 12 and I wanted the Win player for the upscaling function. The video editing is fine for most needs - but no DivX output. Read more
    Published on 15 Feb 2010 by M. Piasecki
    5.0 out of 5 stars Video Suite X2
    Product is great, very thorough and easy to use.
    Many thanks and sent quickly.
    Published on 15 Feb 2010 by Kevin Andrews
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another Corel product.
    Bought this as another Corel Product and been fascinated. Am in the process of upgrading it to next level. Fairly hard to do some of the things but am learning. Read more
    Published on 5 Feb 2010 by Julian Prouse
    4.0 out of 5 stars Best I've Found
    The problem for anyone wanting to make HD films is that there are hidden weaknesses no-one tells us about. I don't mean just in VideoStudio but in general. Read more
    Published on 14 Jan 2010 by A. J. Miles
    1.0 out of 5 stars What video format CAN you Edit???
    I read the reviews and this software sounded like a good one for me, simple, but with lots of features. Read more
    Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Tristan
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