| Videostudio 7 | 
 enlarge | From: ULead Systems
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $44.50
You Save: $55.49 (55%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 4119
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8 x 2.1
Model: A28-470-111-0A0000
UPC: 756405013861
EAN: 0756405013861
ASIN: B00008A69Y
Release Date: March 7, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new factory sealed DVD style case. 1st class shipping with delivery confirmation.
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Product Description
VideoStudio 7 is video-editing software that makes editing your movies as fun as shooting them. Use fast, cutting-edge technology that allows first-time users to easily create professional-looking video. And do it all in real-time!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
old version of VS but still useful for simple projects September 30, 2008
My projects are only simple: create photo slideshows with background music, titles, credits, and some interesting transition effects.
I have Windows Movie Maker (WMV), but can't use it to burn AVI to DVD so I bought this VS7 primarily for that function and it works great.
It's simple enough IMO to use although WMV feels easier for making
photo slideshow projects. Got the software for $8.50 with S&H so it's worth it for the simple projects.
Outstanding piece of software June 6, 2007
Ulead Videostudio 7 is an amazing product. It's one of the most powerful, easy-to-use video editing software that I ever came across. The interface does take a little to get used to, but once you are fluid in navigating around the various functions, editing becomes an absolute blast!
I had no problems importing footage from my DV mini-camera (which the software came with!) as well as my DV camcorder. Under a firewire connection, I was able to record straight to the software with the nimblest of ease!
Rendering, while it can be time-consuming, is equipped with a whole bunch of functions and settings to yield the kind of video file you want. You can also make a DVD or VCD. Since I don't have a DVD burner yet, I can't say if DVD creation is a seamless process, but it is VERY easy to make a VCD and a whole lot of fun too!
Yes, it does have some flaws. It can crash at times when you least expect it so be sure to save your work often and upgrade to the latest patches. The transitional effects with text could also use some streamlining as you can have titles fade in and fade out but not crossfade.
Aside from these small quirks, videostudio is phenomenal. I've been using it for a few years and it's met all my video editing needs. Now I'm really curious as to how the later versions of this software perform. Perhaps I should upgrade?
 A pretty good product for home movie editing July 19, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I spent less than 5 hours to learn how to use this product, and afterward I understand the basics and start to edit my first DVD home movie with music background and everything runs smoothly.
The user interface is intuitive. Even after 5 hours of studying, I am able to understand the flow. The PDF manual is quite good, if I have problems I can easily find out from this manual.
You can import media and edit it, once you start your project, the software automatically goes to the capture mode, so if you have a firewire hooks up to a Sony/Cannon camorder, you will have total control of this camorder, and start downloading. One word of caution downloading takes a lot of CPU power. This step is very easy, and the software does it all for you.
The output audio is very good, and put Rock, folk, easy listening, New age music and they all sound good.
On a larger project, it may get slow,in my case I have a AMD 2200 system, 1 GB of Ram, and 200 GB of hard drive, so for me is a little slow while doing editing and previewing, but it still does it job well. So I think if I update my machine to more than 3 ghz, I think I'll be fine.
I had one crash, and it probably runs out of virtual memory; all I did was just to reboot my system and I am fine. But one thing to remind is to save you file frequently.
The feature sets are very rich for regular home users. I have no complaint for a product that is less than $89, for my case I got it with my capture card.
Overall, the money for this product is wll spent, and I am very happy with it. Since I have no problems with it, I never call the tech support, so I have no comments on this.
BTW, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand this product, this is a real good deal for home movie editing.
EASY TO USE product May 29, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great price and easy to use. It comes with a tutorial disc that teaches you visually how to use this product. So anyone who says they are "baffled" must not have used this disc. Bottom line, its an easy product to use. It's not going to give you something that resembles what you see on TV, with all the great special effects you might see in a commercial, movie, or TV program, but for what its designed to do - create home DVD's - this product works great. I created a 45 DVD on my nephew's first 5 years of life, added music, such as the theme to "Superman" and "Ghostbusters" (when showing clips from Halloweens of the past), along with graphics, and worth while transition effects. My family loved it. If you are looking for software to enhance your home movies, one word of warning however - you need to ensure you have a computer capable of handling this or any of these types of product. I have a very compatible computer (3.2 ghz, 200 gig, 512 mb ram, etc.) so I have no problem using this product. Lets put it this way, you computer might be in need of some costly upgrades if its older than 3 years and you want to use this product.Bottom line, I really like this product a lot and its very easy to use.
Steep learning curve April 21, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree with other reviews here that this is about the best under $100 package for editing video. I've had my quibbles in the past with Ulead over their customer support, and I can't say if that's better now. It's been years since I called them (I stopped buying their software, essentially). But this software runs without freezing my PC, it works well, and it's got most of the bells and whistles.The only thing I'll warn you about is that this is definitely not an intuitive process (editing video, that is). Or maybe it's just me. However, you really need to get in there and start fooling around with this software to see what it can and can't do. With a single video track, you're going to have to leanr how to use their overlay track if you want to make your videos look professional. It's a steep learning curve for the novice, but once you play with this for a while, the curve with flatten out considerable... A quick tip I found helpful -- the voice and music tracks will both work for MP3's, so you can use both tracks and cross fade your music for those long nature videos you like to make. All in all, I'd recommend this software, although I'd also recommend you pick up a book or two on video editing...
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