Previously, I was working with Pinnacle Studio (until verse. 7).
In other video editing programs, I have not worked.
From the Operation ago I like better than Pinnacle Studio Vdl, this point had me at the time led me to opt for the competing product.
The surface and the use of VDL 15 is composed entirely different compared to Pinnacle. The ease of use is not as good as the competitor for my taste at VDL. Ultimately, but that has to do with habituation. A manual in printed form is the way in (makes for a complex program also much sense).
The big selling point of VDL is the stability for me. Every now and then I have experienced here as well crashes, but that's more the exception. The installation and commissioning were problems.
VDL 15 is more than adequate for my needs as an amateur Cutter. The nice thing is that the program offers more than I need. The number of transitions is perfectly adequate for me, the number of possible titles also. When titling has struck me negatively that the letters distances vary in size. That's not very nice and sometimes disturbing. 3-D titling works well, here the track is only produced and then virtually set the 3-D effect it. A change in the 3-D title is no longer possible (Title must then be recreated).
Class I like the picture-in-picture function, any number of images / videos can be transferred / put side by side.
After all, are (in the premium version), a number of features included ready. You can take the program work well, without having to purchase any needed packages.
The number of video tracks is adjustable. Clear confuse 99 tracks, but usually I have only 16 active. This is sufficient as a rule, if needed then is indeed more. In addition it must be said that when video always requires a video and a soundtrack. Thus then remain "only" 8 video tracks. Pinnacle is as stingy.
There are problems with sychnronem sound when imported videos are occupied with other images.
Patches there now 3 or 4. In a large project, the program stopped burning. The error description did not help me. About the customer forum, I came to the info that is happening at to full HD. HD cleaned up and it could be burned.
Conclusion: Pinnacle scores in the area of ease of use, but probably still (substantial) shortcomings in the stability of the program. Magix VDL is running, requires training period and then makes but fun. Priced both programs do little, so for me Magix is the first choice.
Negative in video editing is generally that one with individual films / projects spends more time than one actually knew before.
Who can do without the many functions that it should try with the movie maker.
