Corel VideoStudio X2

VideoStudio is easy-to-use video editing and disc authoring software for creating professional-looking videos and slide shows.

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Product Description

Produce complete movies with the time-saving Movie Wizard or use easy editing tools. Share your creation in any format from DVD to mobile phones to the latest high-definition home theater systems. Even upload directly to YouTube™ to let the whole world in on the fun.

• Grab photos and video from anywhere – camcorders, cameras or TV
• Edit with the easy Movie Wizard, or with hands-on professional editing tools
• Make movies pop by adding titles, music and special effects
• Create movie & slideshow discs to share with family and friends

Complete video solution

• Enhanced! Capture video and photos in HD or standard definition from camcorders, the internet, TV, digital cameras and mobile devices
• Personalize video and slide shows with a full set of editing tools
• Create DVDs with stunning animated Hollywood-style menus
• Enhanced! Output movies to HD or standard formats - Blu-ray, AVCHD, DVD, mobile devices, or YouTube

Easy to use

• Enhanced! Create vibrant videos with the flexible user interface, clearly defined icons and guided workflow
• Enhanced! Produce professional-looking movies or photo slide shows with the Movie Wizard - ideal for quick projects or for users new to video editing. Select from attractive theme templates and let the Wizard bring your video and stills to life
• Burn video straight to disc with the DV-to-DVD Wizard the fastest way from tape to DVD. Just hook up your camcorder and in two steps you have a finished DVD

Powerful tools

• New! Create sophisticated picture-in-picture and montage effects with transitions on overlay tracks
• New! Apply audio/video cross-fades quickly and accurately by simply Overlapping clips
• Enhanced! Create animated titles and add color backgrounds in a variety of styles
• Encode Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound audio tracks with one click, using standard stereo audio
• Improve video with automatic color and tone correction

Creative control

• New! Paint, draw, or write freehand on video with the new Painting Creator – for example, draw vacation routes on a map
• Enhanced! Make photo slide shows come to life with Auto Pan & Zoom that automatically recognizes faces
• Replace any color background with effective Chroma Key tools
• Enhanced! Create sophisticated DVD menus with unique disc menu transitions
• Enhanced! Jumpstart your creativity with 100s of effects filters and content like overlay frames, objects and Flash animations
• New! Make your video look like old film with NewBlue Film Effects filters

End-to-end HD support

• Enhanced! Import video in leading HD formats, including HDV™, AVCHD and Blu-ray Disc
• Enhanced! Edit smoothly and efficiently with unique Smart Proxy
• Enhanced! Encode fast with dual-core and quad-core CPUs, in the latest formats like H.264
• Enhanced! Author Blu-ray and AVCHD discs with sophisticated menus
• Watch DVDsand AVCHD movies with Corel WinDVD

System Requirements

Minimum requirements
• Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon XP (equivalent) or higher recommended
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Home Edition/Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista
• 512 MB of RAM (1 GB or higher recommended)
• 1 GB of available hard disk space for program installation
• Windows-compatible sound card (multi-channel sound card for surround sound support recommended)
• Windows-compatible DVD-ROM for installation

Non-Proxy HDV Editing
• Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 3000+ or higher with Hyper-Threading technology
• 1 GB of RAM (2GB or higher recommended)
• 16X PCI Express display adapter

Input/Output Device Support
• 1394 FireWire cards for use with DV/D8/HDV camcorders
• Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394
• Analog capture cards for analog camcorders (VFW & WDM support for XP and Broadcast Driver Architecture support for Vista)
• Analog and Digital TV capture device (Broadcast Driver Architecture support)
• USB capture devices, PC cameras, and DVD/hard drive/AVCHD/Blu-ray camcorders
• Windows compatible Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW drive
• Pocket PC, Smartphone, Microsoft Zune

Input File Format Support
• Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, HDV, AVCHD, M2T, QuickTime, Windows Media Format, DVR-MS, MOD (JVC MOD File Format), M2TS, TOD, BDMV
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, MP3, MPA, QuickTime, WAV, Windows Media Format
• Images: BMP, CLP, CUR, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF87a, ICO, IFF, IMG, JP2, JPC, JPG, PCD, PCT, PCX, PIC, PNG, PSD, PXR, RAS, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF/TIFF, UFO, UFP, WMF
• Disc: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD)

Output File Format Support
• Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, HDV, AVCHD, QuickTime, RealMedia, Windows Media Format, FLV
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, MPA, WAV, Windows Media Format
• Images: BMP, JPG
• Disc: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD)
• Media: CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+R Double Layer