Friday, March 18, 2011
No Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 for me....yet
I've decided against the upgrade to VideoStudio X4 for now. In the few days I used it, I didn't really see any benefit over the X3 and X2 combo that I have now....certainly not another $50 worth, which would essentially have put my upgrade at $100. I'll wait for another sale at Corel that includes the PaintShop Pro upgrade (I currently have X2) as well as VS X4, hopefully for around $70 or $80.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Corel VideoStudio X4...less than a month after I buy X3? Crap!
As luck would have it, Corel released VideoStudio X4 within a month after I upgraded from X2 to X3 for $40. Hmmm....maybe that's why the upgrade was so cheap!
I've now downloaded the free 30-day trial version of X4 to see how it performs when I run it through it's paces. I called Corel support and they told me my only option was to by a Tech Upgrade for $50, which gives me a full box copy and a new license, so I can put X3 on a different computer. It might be worth it...we'll see.
I'm currently capturing some more VH1 Behind the Music episodes with the capture option, so I'll see how that goes. My initial impressions aren't really that different than X3 in terms of rendering speed. The fact that the DVD disk creation has been integrated back into the program instead of relying on MovieFactory 7 SE might just be reason enough to plunk down the cash (that and the extra license). No doubt I will one day have a laptop that can handle video editing, and it would be nice to have an app available to install on it.
I've now downloaded the free 30-day trial version of X4 to see how it performs when I run it through it's paces. I called Corel support and they told me my only option was to by a Tech Upgrade for $50, which gives me a full box copy and a new license, so I can put X3 on a different computer. It might be worth it...we'll see.
I'm currently capturing some more VH1 Behind the Music episodes with the capture option, so I'll see how that goes. My initial impressions aren't really that different than X3 in terms of rendering speed. The fact that the DVD disk creation has been integrated back into the program instead of relying on MovieFactory 7 SE might just be reason enough to plunk down the cash (that and the extra license). No doubt I will one day have a laptop that can handle video editing, and it would be nice to have an app available to install on it.
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