Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 is a video editing suite that allows you create professional videos and burn them onto DVD.
Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 includes latest technologies in video editing allowing you to edit, trim, add effects and transitions to your videos to make them professional cinema-like productions. High definition video is supported as well as surround sound. Ready videos may be burned directly onto a DVD / Blu-ray disc or uploaded to YouTube to share your work with others. Double-layer Blu-ray is supported as well as Dolby stereo and 5.1 sound.
With Corel Video Studio Pro X2 you can capture HD videos from virtually any source including digital camcorders, USB memory sticks, memory cards, DVDs, CDs and other sources. Supported formats are HDV, AVCHD, and TOD.
TOD is native format used in JVC HD-7 camcorders and Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 allows you to directly import that format for editing without the need of conversion. All frame sizes for these camcorders are supported.
Corel Video Studio Pro X2 includes the Smart Proxy editing feature that allows users edit HD videos on slower machines without compromising performance. Edit, pre-view and export your High Definition videos just as they were standard definition files (SD). You can freely choose in what resolution (HD or SD) to save your videos and you can change and mix that while you work directly on the Timeline.
Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 supports import of BDMV and AVCHD files and includes an enhanced MPEG output codec called MainConcept H.264, that makes use of multi-core processors for faster encoding of video. This ensures viewing and exporting videos of in HD in both 1920 x 1080 and 1440 x 1080 standard resolutions.
Any HD production you create with Corel Video Studio Pro X2 may be saved in AVCHD format which are playable on PS3, PC, Blu-ray player or any other camcorder that is compatible with AVCHD discs. Creating of WMV-HD and MPEG-2 HD is also supported for playback in Windows Media Center.
When finished, you may transfer your work back to a HDV device or onto a tape for archiving purposes or for viewing your stuff directly from the camcorder.
Features included in Corel VideoStudio Pro X2
Corel Video Studio Pro X2 features a large number of video trimming and editing tools that allow you easy control over your productions.
VideoStudio Editor allow you to control your workflow and streamline most executed operations. You can overlay tracks, images, slideshows and other visual content to your existing background video. Insert picture into picture for professional output.
Clips and sound may be dragged and dropped onto the Timeline just like in Adobe Premiere Pro. Create cool audio transitions in seconds letting VideoStudio automatically adjust volume and apply crossfading.
Interface in Corel Video Studio Pro X2 is fully customizable and resizable so that you can adjust your desktop the way you like. Storyboard view can be also easily adjusted. Buttons, controls and menus are now larger allowing more precise editing of video.
Effects and filters you apply to your videos may be pre-viewed in an instant without applying them to actual Timeline clips. This saves time and resources while applying filters to your videos.
In Corel Video Studio Pro X2 clips are separate entities and you can switch off the clips you are not currently working for better overview of your project. And the clips you drag onto the Timeline get a timecode tip displaying any duration changes to that clip you have made.
Automatic Zoom and Pan effects may be applied to slideshows to save your time with identifying important objects in a photo such as human faces.
Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 contains advanced audio control options and in the Audio View you can adjust levels, mix sound with video adjusting keyframes of your video to beats in your sound track. On top, you can mix several audio tracks for better effects, add more music, sound effects and so on overlaying one track over another.
There is a selection of audio filters included that allow you to enhance the audio input by adding Normalization, Leveling, Reverb, Echo, removing Noise, and other enhancements.
The included SmartSound Auto Music Maker tool enables editors to easily create music to accompany their videos.
Dolby Digital 5.1 is supported for surround sound. Standard stereo tracks can be converted into Dolby surround with a click of a mouse.
Colors in your videos may be automatically adjusted and Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 can correct lighting, saturation and other parameters of various clips in your Timeline to ensures consistency across all your movie.
DeBlock and DeSnow features filter out compression artifacts, noise and other defects that may have negative impact on the quality of your exported videos.
In Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 you can add titles, subtitles, backgrounds for titles, title animations, scrolls, transitions and other cool text effects.
Video and audio clips you create or import can be easily grouped into meaningful libraries for shorter searches.
Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 is able to save and import your presets and settings so that you can transfer them from previous or to newer versions of Corel VideoStudio. Once used files are saved in libraries and you can use them in more than one project without the need of copying or moving them to different folders.
The VideoStudio library integrates with Windows Vista Media library for easier access to your existing media files. Library view and thumbnail size is easily adjustable with a slider.
Professional Movie Wizard templates are included in Corel VideoStudio for creating stunning videos featuring music, transitions, titles and other effects.
Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 allows you to record drawing and painting directly to your videos. The Painting Creator feature lets you product animated or still paintings.
Add over 80 presets to make your movie look like from the silent-movie era.
Once you're done with your work, you can export your movies to a selection of video formats including .flv, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, H.264, iPod, iPhone, Nokia smartphones, PSP and other devices. DivX codec is supported for either importing and exporting.