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

I have used Corel products for many years. Slow customer service gets the low rating raiting.

I like all the features it has and the layout. The problem is it all of a sudden shuts down for no reason that i know of. If you have started a project and it shuts dowm it seems to do it all the time in that project file.

Ive used Corels Pinnacle on Windows XP then moved on to Vista with Video Studio 2018 and Windows 10 with Video Studio 2019. Those products performed adequately, but the rendering took forever and .MOV video from my Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera was a problem. Furthermore, Video Studio 2018 and 2019 lacked the smarts to take advantage of high performance Graphic Processor Units from Nvidia and AMD. Im happy to report Video Studio Ultimate 2021 solved those problems! After installation I took a video project that took well over an hour to render with Video Studio 2019 on my high performance workstation where my AMD Radeon GPU was essentially 0%. Running Video Studio 2021 it took just a few minutes to render and my AMD Radeon GPU utilization was 90% to 100%, so all those 32 graphic core processors were getting used. The Video Studio 2021 install was simple and it automatically activated the AMD GPU and set the proper memory interface window into the AMD Graphic Memory. The .MOV file format problem from DSLR cameras (at least my camera) has been solved. Now I can import video files without conversion. This saves a ton of time. The only thing that I could not get working was direct capture from my DSLR into VS 2021. This could be do to the fact that my DSLR shows up as a mobile device in the operating system device list and not as a camera. The camera works fine in Zoom sessions and DSLR application software so I know the driver is fine and working. This is not a show stopper since I have simple work around solutions. I suspect if Video Studio knew where to look for the device under mobile devices all would be fine. For me a wonderful improvement over VS 2018 and 2019.

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.

because it is a download soft were the soft were can not install on my computer I call customer service they can not help me I need my refund

Will not install on my computer and tech support for Corel Studio is only e-mail support. Then it takes days to get any type of answer. Then what they tell you to do does not work. I’ll be buying another video editing program.

Waste of time.

I have Video Studio X10 and have tried to purchase VS 2022 upgrade twice now and had to get refunds because the program just wont download on my windows 10 machine. Tech support had me deleating C++ files and doing registry edits, oh my. Ive tried to stay in the Corel family but unless it becomes available on a disk, Id say stay away. Other reviews might cover the content but I cant even DL it. I had Pinnacle before but it is download only and Corel download system is broken.

Very detailed manual. Ive used Corel products for years. Always something new to learn.

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.