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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $99.99 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Date added: September 02, 2009
- Total Downloads: 9,336
- Downloads last week: 322
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 9 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on September 02, 2009
Those seeking a basic multimedia editing and production suite will find a solid, attractive studio in Corel Digital Studio 2010. The four main applications include the photo studio, video studio, DVD-burning app, and WinDVD 2010, Corel's video player. With these apps, you can open media from just about anywhere, edit videos and photos, and fashion a whole lot of photo and video projects, like collages, cards, calendars, and photo books. The video studio has a built-in movie maker that looks good and is approachable for novices looking to get their feet wet. There are a few templates (but a few more wouldn't hurt) for automatically creating videos out of video clips or photos, or both of them together--you'll have an opportunity to tweak transitions and other details later.
When you're done, you can save photos, movies, and other projects, burn them to a disk, e-mail them, copy them to any number of external devices--including your mobile phone--and upload them to Flickr, Facebook, or YouTube. The DVD player has some neat additions, like the ability to capture the screen, bookmark a spot on the timeline, and adjust audio and picture levels while the movie plays.
Since the suite is intended for home users and not for enthusiasts or professionals, the tools are, however, somewhat limited. Those looking to fine-tune video or work more closely with audio, for instance, should seek a more advanced suite. We'd like to see more templates and photo-editing effects, and the software speed could use a little kick in the seat. That said, Corel Digital Studio 2010 has been fashioned with some nice visual touches that make the tools practical and comfortable to work with. One last word to the wise: pay attention to those system requirements. Computers with lesser abilities many not be able to handle video.
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Publisher's description
From Corel :Organize photos, videos and music all in one place. Edit photos and turn HD video clips into movies in minutes. Create stunning photo books and photo slideshows. All the software you need in one simple multimedia suite.
CNET Editor's Note: This download is aimed at North America audience.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.1 stars out of 9 votes
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Version: Corel Digital Studio 2010 1.0
Pros: If it has any good features, I wouldn't know--I labored through the setup process and then discovered that the program had placed one of those "extra" launching pads on my desktop. That was enough to tell me that I didn't want the program.
Cons: There isn't enough room here.
Summary: This is the latest, and probably most striking example of Corel's utter contempt for its end users. Their website has become an impenetrable wall in the same vein as Microsoft's has always been--finding as many ways as possible to AVOID having a cu... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel Digital Studio 2010 1.0
Pros: may be good for for the uninitiated
Cons: Horrible interface and lack of functions
Summary: As a user of Corel software since the late 80s I expected better. My short term goal was to produce a nice slide show. I had already investigated about 10 different programs (commercial and free) and found some to be good. But for whatever reason th... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel Digital Studio 2010 1.0
Pros: Good interface is jat about the only good thing I have to say about this product.
Cons: Take forever to load images on your disk to it's library. Does not come close to the feature list in PhotoImpact. And the features is does have are limited to offline an print usage.
Summary: I downloaded this piece of software thinking that it might replace PhotoImpact, but this software is so slow and feature less you are better off sticking to the older software. Corel should upgrade PhotoImpact with some the these features and scrap ... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Corel Digital Studio 2010 1.0
"Cryptic program with a Mac-like interface that's HUGE."
Pros: This program is pretty. It has beautiful visual effects (menus, dialogs, etc.) a-la Mac. It can work with a variety of image and video formats. And the price is right.
Cons: Nosso decompression processing is slower than a statue; XP users may have to suffer through an additional download from Microsoft. Installation takes a while. Hard-to-find features, functions, and Help. Must mouse around to find what you want.
Summary: I am a long-time user of Ulead products, which Corel bought out within the last couple of years. I have used VideoStudio Versions 7, 8, 9, 11, 11.5, as well as DVD Movie Factory 4, Paint Shop Pro X2, and Corel DRAW Versions 4 and 7. I have always ... read more >>
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Version: Corel Digital Studio 2010 1.0
"Great suite Editing Preview Win dvd"
Pros: Creates a edited video for playback on win dvd, I have a Canon HG10 HD camcorder with hard drive.Video Studio handles the SVCHD format for my system. A bonus for me is it includes Paintshop my favourite picture editor, Download time was 7 minutes.
Cons: This version of Win DVD 2010 does not play my M2TS files from my hard drive.
Summary: Learn one program you will know the basics of all of them. Should help with the learning curve. I have been using the trial for a week. My old videos are getting better the longer I use it. I am using Vista 64 and a quad core with 4 gb of ram and s... read more >>
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