I can only imagine the logistical nightmare that must have ensued from this purchase in trying to get everything converted over to Magix from Sony but it seems they have just about finished it. The other news from Magix was in reference to their purchase of the Sony Creative line of video editing and audio software. This same model has been introduced for most of their products. and will continue to get them for the life of the software. What it means is that through the year as new features are added or refined they are automatically included in the software.Īnyone purchasing for the first time will always be getting the absolute latest version.Įxisting owners will have those updates pushed out to them automatically for a year as part of the original price.Īt the end of the initial year if you don’t renew the “upgrading” licence (at a discount to the original price) you still get updates that are essential to the operation of the software like security patches etc. They have replaced that with the concept of just continuously upgrading and updating the software and personally I think it is not too bad an idea. They have essentially dropped the concept of initiating patches and updates throughout the year followed by an annual version upgrade. What was different about them apart from, yes they introduced the ability to edit and render 360º footage, was that they have changed their version numbering system and pricing module.īoth Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X do not now carry a version number or even a year designation like Movie Edit Pro 2016 had. They released an updated version of Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X which is the professional editor. Interesting days over at Magix at the moment. ![]() You can read the pinnacle Studio review here Magix I mean really, the thing is the beast of features so what are they going to add to make it more feature rich? They too led off with a 360º footage thing but in the case of Pinnacle it is probably pretty hard to introduce new features to a software that has been around since the dawn of time! I have written before on the history of Pinnacle Studio and whilst it certainly has had its ups and downs in the past I think it is safe to say Corel have now tamed it enough to interact with humans. Pinnacle Studio moved to version 20 and with that I thought it was probably time to add it to this site. PhotoDirector 8, Audio Director 7 and ColorDirector 5 form the basis of Director Suite along with the Ultimate version of PowerDirector. ![]() The release of the new PowerDirector coincided with updates for their other connected suites such as Director Suite which now goes to version 5. You can read the full PowerDirector 15 Review here Most of the other new features were upgrades or improvements in existing ones and generally in the area of offering more fine control over processes. In fact 360º may very well go the way 3D has gone so far with most of the consumer market registering as way less than interested. ![]() My problem with this is that the average user having access to or the capability of capturing 360º footage is hardly mainstream yet. Most of the majors have now introduced at least something to deal with this footage and it seems that PowerDirector is probably the pick of the bunch. Their big addition for the year is the 360º editing module. Most recent is CyberLink who released the update to their core video editing program PowerDirector taking it to version 15.Īs far as upgrading goes if you have PowerDirector 14 I wouldn’t think it would be one that the average person would be inclined to jump all over. So given this is a roundup let’s first of all roundup the software updates. So for the past few weeks I have been diligently subjecting my long suffering computer to all sorts of video gymnastics but the good news is twofold.įirst, my computer survived and secondly it seems that the flood has abated and we are back to normal transmission. If I was a lazy person I guess I could just do sort of cookie cutter reviews but the problem with that is that if a brand featured on this site releases a total clanger, I end up looking like a complete tool. ![]() So you may or may not have noticed that there has been no regular Friday Roundup for a few weeks now and the reason for that is pretty simple.Īround this time of year every years all the major players in the video editing software market release their updates for the year.įor me it means that just about every review on this site just became to some degree obsolete so I have to do them all over again.
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