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Photo and video editing software

Corel Digital Studio 2010

Amateur photographers and videographers can now manage their digital content very easily with Corel Digital Studio 2010, be it photos or videos. This software is a fully featured multimedia content managing utility, which consists of four applications in one single package—PaintShop Photo, Video Studio, DVD Factory and WinDVD. Capture, edit, burn, share and play using one single software package.

With PaintShop Photo, a photo editing software, one can correct digital photos with great ease. Effects such as B/W, sepia, antique or soft focus other than different frames, can be applied to portraits. Color corrections can be done using the Makeover tool and the Fine Tune option. If in case you do not know much about photo editing and correction, the Suggest button and Quick Fix options can help process the image at one go. Straighten, crop and red-eye removal are available as standard options. Unfortunately, finding particular photos in the large jungle of pictures stored on your computer is very painful as it lacks the search/find feature—you would need to import the particular photo.

VideoStudio is great for creating personalized videos. Just import the videos from a folder, camera, TV tuner, webcam or mobile phone and get on with the editing. Simply drag the video clips to the media tray on the bottom half and choose to either re-arrange the video clips or edit/trim/split the individual clips. Finally, a single click on the Create button takes you ahead for adding transition effects. Finalize the movie in formats such as 4:3 or 16:9 and save them in standard/high definition content. Add titles and menu options and finally save the videos to the hard drive, DVD, portable player or mobile phones or simply share them with friends via YouTube, Facebook or Flickr.

DVD Factory is a one-stop utility for burning movies, audio or data files and can be used as an alternative to the usual burning software such as Roxio or Nero. Preserve all your content on CDs or DVDs using a single application which can help you create professional-quality DVDs in minutes. Adding special effects to your videos and also creating DVD labels are possible. Create data backups, burn Audio/Video/MP3 discs, copy movies and music to iPods and other mobile devices or record videos and TV shows directly to a DVD with just this single application.

WinDVD is a playback utility which can play all video formats including DVD, Real media, QuickTime and Windows Media files. The player is capable of HD or AVCHD movie playback and also features Dolby Digital sound. The player includes color and sound enhancing features giving you a rich movie watching experience. Sadly, the player does not support the most popular MKV format.

Specifications

www.corel.com

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP SP3 and above;

RAM: 1 GB RAM, 128 MB VGA RAM;

Disk space: 4 GB;

Hardware: Intel Core Duo T2400 or AMD Athlon 64 X@ 3800+ and above

Contact Corel Corporation

PHONE 9945012340

Email sathish.venugopal@corel.com

Verdict: Now finally process digital content directly from the camera and create your own movie and photo DVDs right at home.