From the Manufacturer With ultra-fast processing and more easy-to-use tools than ever, Corel VideoStudio Pro X5 is the video-editing software that gives you more ways to captivate your audience. Entertain with creative videos featuring stop motion animation, time lapse effects and astonishing graphics. Educate and share ideas with new screen recording features. Create interactive video with built-in support for HTML5, share on your favorite devices and websites, and burn to DVD or Blu-ray with ease—all with one complete package. Fast and Easy HD Video Editing With its simple 1-2-3 workspace, Instant Project templates, and advanced multi-core acceleration, VideoStudio Pro X5 helps you get started immediately and finish fast. By employing multithreading, VideoStudio Pro X5 fully harnesses the processing power of multi-core technology, which means that you can do more and wait less— especially on today’s triple and quad-core PCs. And when you’re looking for a little creative inspiration, you can visit our new online trading community, photovideolife.com (English only), where you can connect with other users, get the latest VideoStudio Pro news, and download both free and premium templates and additional content, such as 3D titles and animations. Advanced Visual Effects and Animation VideoStudio Pro X5 now offers you greater creative freedom with more multimedia tracks, so you can incorporate up to 20 overlay tracks which can consist of video clips, graphics, or photos, two title or subtitle tracks, and four audio tracks. In addition, new support for multi-layer graphics, means you can drag and drop Corel PaintShop Pro (PSP) graphics into your video productions. VideoStudio Pro X5 automatically detects and distributes each layer of the graphic onto separate overly tracks in the Timeline, which lets you apply effects and animations to the individual layers. Complete Screencast Production VideoStudio Pro X5 introduces new screen recording tools that make it easy to create complete screencast productions — and for just a fraction of the price of the leading brand. You can quickly and easily capture the activity on your screen, add voice-over narration, background music, and all the titling, subtitles, animations, transitions, and visual effects that VideoStudio Pro has to offer. Its high-speed rendering, multiformat authoring, and complete editing functionality put VideoStudio Pro X5 a giant step ahead of conventional screen recording software. Whether you’re a business looking to reduce the costs associated with training, or just a regular Joe trying to teach something technical to a loved one separated by miles, the difference in cost between a leading screen-recording solution and VideoStudio Pro X5 represents massive savings. Innovative Sharing Options With VideoStudio Pro X5, you can quickly and easily create interactive online video, burn professional-quality discs complete with menus, titles, and transitions, upload directly to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and Flickr, as well as output your videos for specific mobile devices. New support for HTML5 lets you produce dynamic projects that let viewers interact with your video. You can easily add chapter and cue points, just as you would with a disc-based production. And you can get started right away by using one of the included HTML5 Instant Project templates. Formerly the domain of gearheads and the creative agency, this puts interactive HTML5 video in the reach of anyone using VideoStudio Pro X5. What’s more, VideoStudio Pro X5 provides an advanced disc authoring solution, which lets you create professional-quality DVD and Blu-ray discs, complete with menus, titles, subtitles, and transitions. Plus, you can add your own custom decorations by replacing default button and icon images with your own graphics. You can even burn from an ISO disc image, which is great for disc replication. What's Included Main Application Corel VideoStudio Pro X5 Supporting Applications and Content DV-to-DVD Wizard: The DV-to-DVD Wizard lets users capture video from a DV camcorder, add a theme template to it, and then burn it directly to DVD. NewBlueFX: A variety of NewBlueFX animated effects, picture-in-picture effects, and sound enhancement tools are built right into VideoStudio Pro X5 to help you customize your video clips. SmartSound: With integrated SmartSound audio, you can easily built a fantastic soundtrack, with sound effects, voice-overs, and masterful mood music. Minimum system requirements Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, with latest service packs installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions) Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz, AMD Dual-Core 2.0 GHz (multi-core processor recommended) 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or higher recommended) 128 MB VGA VRAM (1 GB or higher recommended) 3 GB of free hard drive space Minimum display resolution: 1024 × 768 Windows-compatible sound card Windows-compatible DVD-ROM for installation Recordable Blu-ray drive required for creating Blu-ray discs Internet connection required for accessing online features and video tutorials Internet connection may be required to verify the serial number during installation Input/Output Device Support 1394 FireWire cards for use with DV/D8/HDV camcorders Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394 USB Video Class (UVC) DV cameras Analog capture cards for analog camcorders (VFW and WDM support for Windows XP and Broadcast Driver Architecture support for Windows Vista and Windows 7) Analog and digital TV capture devices (Broadcast Driver Architecture support) USB capture devices: Web cameras, and disc/memory/hard drive camcorders Windows-compatible Blu-ray, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW drive Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod classic with video, iPod touch, Sony PlayStation Portable, Pocket PC, smartphones