® Reviewer’s Guide
Contents 1 | Introducing Corel Digital Studio 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 | What’s included? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 | Suite-wide features in Corel Digital Studio 2010 . . . . . 5 4 | Corel VideoStudio Express 2010 key features . . . . . . . 9 5 | Corel PaintShop Photo Express 2010 key features. . . 15 6 | Corel WinDVD 2010 key features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7 | Corel DVD Factory 2010 key features . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Introducing Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010 For the first time on the PC, Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010 brings together photo, video, DVD burning and playback within a single, consistent user interface that makes it simple for anyone to get amazing results. With this digital media suite, it is now possible for anyone to organize all of their digital media in one place, effortlessly enhance photos, and turn their video clips into movies in just minutes.
Customer profile Families have become an important segment of the digital media market. Even though taking, organizing and editing photo and video content can be a fairly technical process, widespread adoption of affordable point-and-shoot cameras and camcorders has brought digital media to the mainstream. All around the world, families and friends are using their point-and-shoot cameras and mobile phones to capture the milestone — and the everyday — moments in their lives.
2 What’s included? Applications • Corel® VideoStudio® Express 2010: This breakthrough video-editing software is built on the technological foundation of Corel® VideoStudio Pro®, offering a streamlined interface and tools that empower anyone to quickly create professional-looking movies, slideshows, and DVDs. The QuickCut Timeline and simple editing tools make it easy to improve video clips. In a few clicks, a collection of video clips can be assembled into a polished movie.
System requirements • Intel® Core™ Duo T2400 1.83 GHz, or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ (2.
3 Suite-wide features in Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010 Now that most digital cameras and mobile phones can capture video as well as photos, the once separate workflows for photo and video are converging. Corel Digital Studio 2010 is the first digital media suite on the PC that reflects this new reality, bringing photo, video, audio, and playback together into a single, consistent user experience.
Windows Touch: With Windows Touch, Corel Digital Studio 2010 lets anyone with a touch-screen PC literally get hands-on with their videos, photos, and creative projects. Here are just a few ways users can get “in touch” with their digital assets: Put both fingers on the content, and pinch/stretch to zoom in or out. Touch to select content, and drag it to a new location. Rotate content with two fingers. Flick to scroll, move content to the Media Tray, or browse the Media Tray.
Media Organizer: The hub of the suite is the Media Organizer, where users can quickly search for and access all of their media files from one location. The Media Organizer automatically filters media content, giving prominence to files that are most relevant to the active application. Users can also apply tags, descriptive words that categorize content, to files so digital media is easier to find and group. A zoom slider allows for a closer look at photos and videos.
automatically update content, so the latest learning tools and project templates are always accessible. The Corel Guide provides access to additional help, content, and Tips & Tricks. Give it a try To launch the Corel Guide 1 Click the Corel Guide icon . 2 Click Home to get an introduction to the Corel Guide. 3 Click Learn to get access to help and learning tools. 4 Click Messages to view an archive of all messages and updates. 5 Click Launch Help to access more detailed help.
4 Corel® VideoStudio® Express 2010 key features With a groundbreaking approach to importing, managing, editing, and sharing videos, Corel® VideoStudio® Express 2010 is designed for PC users who may have found working with video too difficult and time-consuming in the past. A new, simple interface and breakthrough technology allows everyone to quickly do more with their video clips.
Express Edit: VideoStudio Express 2010 makes basic video editing a snap — even for novices. Double-clicking a video clip at anytime launches the Express Edit mode, where videos can be quickly improved and unwanted clips can be deleted. In seconds, videos can be trimmed, split, and enhanced all within the same view. Users can give their video clips a one- to five-star rating, so they can easily find their favorites when sorting video. Express Edit helps family videographers quickly produce amazing results.
• Advanced editing tools – With a variety of one-click enhancement tools, VideoStudio Express 2010 demystifies video editing. Users can choose from a variety of white-balance corrections based on the type of lighting used when the video was captured. If a clip is spoiled by video noise or camera shake, VideoStudio Express 2010 can quickly correct those problems, too. The More Tools menu simplifies advanced-editing tasks like shake correction and brightness adjustment.
• Titles – Movies can be customized by adding titles and text. A variety of font and placement options help create personalized movies with real impact. Titles can help personalize a movie. • Soundtrack and Voice-over – Aspiring videographers can give their movies a documentary feel or add audio commentary by recording a voiceover track. If there’s music that would complement a piece of video, users can dip into their music library and add a special song. Users can easily add commentary to their movies.
Give it a try • To change a soundtrack, click the Soundtrack tab, position the mouse pointer over the audio file thumbnail, and click the delete button . You can add another audio file by clicking Browse my music, selecting the file, and clicking Add. • To add a voiceover track, click the Voice-over tab, drag the play head on the QuickCut Timeline to the spot in the video where you would like to start the voice-over. Click Start recording, record the voice-over, and click Stop recording.
Give it a try To upload a video to YouTube™ 1 On the Action Bar, click the Share menu, and choose YouTube. 2 Drag a video clip to the Media Tray, and click Upload to YouTube. 3 On the Upload to YouTube page, type your user name and password, and click Next. You can create a YouTube account by clicking Sign up to YouTube. 4 Click Next. 5 Add a title, description, and tags for the video. 6 Choose a category for the video. 7 Click Upload.
5 Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Express 2010 key features Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Express 2010 gives family photographers everything they need to quickly organize, enhance, and share their photos. Users can also create a wide variety of amazing photo projects. Capturing and enhancing life’s memories Easy photo and video clip importing: PaintShop Photo Express 2010 can easily import content from cameras, memory cards, mobile phones, and external hard drives to the Media Organizer.
Corel Instant Viewer: When selected as the default image viewer, the Corel Instant Viewer is a quick and easy way to view and touch-up photos. Doubleclicking a photo in Windows Explorer, in an e-mail, or on the desktop launches the Corel Instant Viewer. It enables family photographers to scroll through photos, rotate them, and send them to the Express Edit mode in PaintShop Photo Express 2010 for editing. The Corel Instant Viewer offers one-click access to PaintShop Photo Express 2010.
• Media Tray – Family photographers can click the Previous or Next buttons to scroll through images in the Media Tray and quickly enhance, share, or delete photos. • Common Tools bar – Located above the photo window, the Common Tools bar enables users to easily perform common photo edits, such as red-eye correction, image straightening, and cropping. The Quick Fix tool gets great results in a snap by analyzing the image and performing the correction in a single click.
Turning photos into lasting creations Creative photo project designs: With dozens of professional designs for creating stunning calendars, greeting cards, and collages, PaintShop Photo Express 2010 helps maximize the potential of anyone’s digital images. To share creations, users can print projects at home or easily upload them to a professional printing service (Note: Online printing services are available in select countries only and subject to additional charges).
Give it a try You can view the entire calendar and reorder photos by clicking the View all pages button and dragging images. 7 Click Output Calendar. You can save the calendar as a PDF or a series of JPEG images, e-mail it, print it at home, or order a professionally printed version online. Professional-looking photo books: Photo books are the perfect way to showcase precious memories, especially if they’re professionally printed and bound.
Give it a try The photo book is complete, but you can also customize it page-bypage by clicking the Styles, Layout, or Background tabs and choosing from a variety of options. You can reposition a photo within its frame by clicking the photo to display a toolbar, clicking the Pan Photo button , and dragging. You can expand a photo by dragging the Zoom slider . You can view the entire photo book and swap photos from page to page by clicking the View all pages button images.
Sharing special moments — effortlessly Easy uploading: Photos, videos, and slideshows can be shared by uploading to sites, including Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube. Give it a try To upload photos to Facebook 1 On the Action Bar, click the Share menu, and choose Facebook. 2 Drag a folder of photos into the Media Tray. 3 Log into Facebook. 4 Click Upload to Facebook. Flexible e-mailing: The most popular way to share photos is by e-mail.
Printing creative projects Online print ordering: PaintShop Photo Express 2010 simplifies online ordering of professionally printed photo books, calendars, greeting cards, and collages. (Note: Online printing services are available in select countries only and are subject to additional charges.) Creative projects can be sent directly to a professional printing service. Easy home printing: PaintShop Photo Express 2010 has a variety of options for printing multiple photos on a single page.
6 Corel® WinDVD® 2010 key features Corel WinDVD 2010 is video playback software that enables users to watch movies on their PC. They can also view their home movies recorded on the latest AVCHD™ camcorder without having to transfer anything to their PC. Reliving life’s memories Instant preview: As much as reviewing video on a tiny camcorder or digital camera screen serves a purpose, it really doesn’t do the clip justice. WinDVD 2010 gives users a much clearer picture of what they’ve captured.
Personalized bookmarks help locate favorite scenes. Give it a try To insert a bookmark 1 On the Action Bar, click the Tools menu, and choose Bookmarks. 2 Click the Bookmark button want to insert a bookmark. at the point in the DVD where you A thumbnail displays the frame where the bookmark was inserted. Clicking the thumbnail plays the DVD from that point.
Capture images from DVDs: The capture controls make it easy to grab a favorite home movie moment as a photo — or a scene as an animated GIF — that can be shared via e-mail or mobile phone. (Note: This feature does not work with copyright-protected DVDs.) WinDVD 2010 has tools for capturing and sharing a movie moment. Give it a try To capture an image from a DVD 1 On the Action Bar, click the Tools menu, and choose Capture. 2 Click the Capture button capture that frame.
7 Corel® DVD Factory™ 2010 key features With Corel DVD Factory 2010, anyone can create professional-quality DVDs from photos and videos and easily back up media files to disc. Users can create Hollywood-style animated menus and apply dazzling special effects. In addition, DVD Factory 2010 can easily export digital content to mobile devices, record TV shows, and import photos and video clips from digital cameras, camcorders, settop DVD recorders, and mobile phones.
DV/HDV to Disc direct capture: Anyone with a digital video camera knows how time-consuming it can be to upload video files to their PC. DVD Factory 2010 can transfer digital video content directly to DVD, saving time and making it easier to work with that video later. Easy digital content backup: Home PCs and hard drives are now the primary archive of precious family photos and videos, but they are much more than that.
Simple DVD duplication: Family memories are so much better when they’re shared. To that end, DVD Factory 2010 makes it quick and easy to create a duplicate DVD, as long as it is not copy-protected. Digital content to go: DVD Factory 2010 simplifies moving digital content from PCs to a portable device, such as an iPod, iPhone, PlayStation Portable, or mobile phone. In a few clicks, videos and audio files can be copied to a portable device to be enjoyed and shared anywhere.
Give it a try To create a DVD menu 1 On the Action Bar, click the Create menu, and choose DVD Disc. 2 On the Create Video Disc page, select a movie style, and click Select photos and videos. 3 Drag a folder of video clips to the Media Tray, and click the Go to menu editing page. 4 Click the Create chapter point button . A marker is placed at the beginning of each video clip selected. 5 Click Apply. 6 Click the Simulate disc button .
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