Very good program for beginners and amateur filmmakers

After installing the software components (there are both a 32 bit as well as a 64bit version on the CD) you have to get items, dig into the software so a bit. Corel has indeed a somewhat different control approach than the competition, but I found the control of the program but then quite quickly very intuitive. If you like, which can incidentally be 45 days to train on the platform Studio Backlot by training videos for the program for free. Unfortunately, the videos are all in English, but who does not scare the can certainly learn something. Otherwise, there are of course several free tutorial videos on the popular video platforms on the Internet.
I was quite surprised by the still very extensive functionality of the program. For the price I would have expected as much fewer opportunities. In addition to typical installation features can be found a lot of transitions, effects, tools for video enhancement, retouching, stabilizing functions, text creators for start and end credits, and more. Especially nice is the freely configurable Freeze function for John Woo-effects and chroma key opportunity for subsequent backgrounds or other special FX. So you can really live out a whole lot of creativity, without having to spend much money now really. Especially for aspiring Youtube-Stars here are likely to open up many opportunities.
The program itself runs itself still quite fast on my laptop in 2010. Of course, this program also bends a little one, if you worked very comprehensive interface projects, but I never had to been angry about crashes.
Overall, I rate Corel VideoStudio Ultimate X8 as truly useful and comprehensive video editing solution for beginners and off and to users. Professionals have certain other claims, but I think you really surprising given many opportunities for money for this price.