Corel VideoStudio Ultimate 2021 | Video Editing Software with Hundreds of Premium Effects | Slideshow Maker, Screen Recorder, DVD Burner [PC Disc] [Old Version]

This Corel Video & Movie Editing Software was very easy to get installed and setup. The user interface I found wasnt very user friendly. Im not very good at editing videos. I dont do it very often. I take a lot of drone footage from the drones I build. I tried to edit one of my videos and I couldnt figure out how to simply clip a portion of one video and make one small clip. I tried my best to figure it out but I just couldnt manage to get it to work. I was really excited to get this software but it shouldnt take an hour just to figure out how to make one small clip of a larger video. I hope that Ill be able to find an alternate solution to my video editing needs.

It crashes too often such that Im uninstalling it and installing the previous version. Its frankly not wort it. A waste of time.

Cannot use with MY DVD does not use the file extention.

Will buy another brand next time

Current versions can be a bit buggy and will occasionally crash (only happened to me once). I use it to make Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary, and Memorial videos as well as the occasional DIY video. It is still one of the better video softwares out there.

I have used several Corel products for over a decade. They have performed well and are easy enough to use. Until, that is, I upgraded to Video Studio Ultimate 2021. I had numerous problems with the Corel part and I re-installed to good results but the MultiCam Capture, included with the base Corel software, is buggy to the extreme. Im pretty sure someone might be able to solve the problems but not certainly Corel support. Support here is non-existent. Ive sent emails, made calls etc and the result is zero- zip - actual understanding of what I have carefully communicated to them. So now Ive just asked for a refund but really dont have the confidence that they will even do that correctly. Only have a week to stay within their timeline for a refund. After that Im going to call my credit card company and get them to take it off for me. I do NOT recommend Corel any more because of the completely useless tech support.

You get many of your needs on video editing and movie making. Simple and easy tools, plenty of options and editing tools, for this price, if you are beginner, intermediate or semi pro, you will not suffer. If you are masters degree on editing, this is not a product to satisfy your needs.

I have better video editing apps. You cant do more than one thing on this at a time or it gets glitchy. You can add music to videos.

Reviewing Corel Video Studio Ultimate 2021 on Windows 10 64-bit 20H2 on I7 6700 3.4Ghz CPU with 32GB Ram. Over 500GB free disk space on solid state drive. I used this for a few months before reviewing because there are a lot of features to try and I still did not come close to using it all. But I am ready to talk about some of the features. I am going to start with the best feature of all for me. That is the Capture features. You certainly dont have to use these and can import any video. But, the Capture is better than any other capture I have tried. You can use it from the main program or stand alone. It is called MultiCam Capture Lite in its stand alone version. This program lets you capture up to 30 FPS full screen, window, or even draw a free form rectangle on screen to capture within. It works on everything I tried! I even have 4K monitor. For example you can record Video Conference Calls even if host does not allow (you must decide what laws to obey). The only issue I found is that there does not seem to be a way to mix audio sources when recording. Windows 10 does not seem to have input mixing like old versions of windows. However, you can record from multiple cameras along with one desktop source. So I just used a camera in order to get another mic input. Then you can mix those with the Video Studio editor later. Now onto the Video Studio (main program): wow, this thing is full featured and a little complicated because of that. However, with some playing around, I was able to figure things out. I had to get used to using split feature to do what I wanted to do in order to cut and piece things out of a longer video. Much easier than other cheaper programs I have tied. In all these type of programs I seem to get lost jumping between editing within the time line and within the selected clip which sometimes jumps to timeline. Same with playing back, it seems to jump between time line and clip windows. I get lost sometimes. There is a lot of training features built in. And others that they try to sell you. I have edited several home movies to upload online and they look great. There are a lot of formats to choose when converting your project into a sharable file. You save your project separate and can always go back and try something else. I have not permanently lost any video files yet using this program. I do sometimes end up with several copies. Sometimes new files end up in a previous directory I did not expect from past project. But I can sort them out in the end pretty easy from windows 10. It is funny that when you buy Ultimate edition of Corel VideoStudio, there are still more upgrades available to buy. I have not purchased any of these and not thinking I need any of them at this time. There is some sort of automatic slide show / movie generator program called FastFlick 2021 that seems like some people might like, but I did not have a need for at this time. There is also a DVD recording program that seems to have other features, and again I dont need at this time. Who records on discs anymore? Thumb drives hold so much more. When I start a new project, my last video clip library seems to show up. It is growing and I might need to learn how to manage that soon. I bet it will not be a problem though. My main request for improvement would be to give me an audio input mixer in the Multicam Capture Lite. It is funny because there is Multicam Audio Mixer in the audio drop down, but where is the mixer controls? I did online search to no avail. If for instance you try to record online meeting from screen, you will get everyones voice but your own. I had to select my mic for input and then play audio on speakers so my mike would pick up the others. Other work around is use another camera input to get extra audio input during recording (but you end up with two files you have to mix in timeline later). The Video Capture program does seem to take about 10 seconds to show anything after double clicking, makes you wonder if you actually clicked it correctly. The Video Studio Program has a loading screen and it takes about 10-15 seconds to load. I might add to this review as I use this more. I gave it 5 stars because it is the best thing I have used so far and no serious issues. I love that I have the option to capture on screen video when desired. Great for family stuff or learning videos.

The software would not load. The reps on the phone were struggling with the English language. The tech person on-line took days to respond and did not fix the problem. I gave up and sent the software back.