Features
New!
Clearer Audio
Balance dialog, narration
with background sound for
pro-quality audio. With
Audio Ducking, VideoStudio
Pro X8 detects audio or
narration and automatically
lowers the volume of
background sound. Adjust the
Ducking Level and
Sensitivity if you wish for
even more control.
New!
XAVC S
Work with XAVC S, a new
standard for video cameras
based on MP4-AVC/H.264, and
get support for resolutions
up to 4K 3840 x 2160.
New!
More creative options
Enjoy a variety of effects
options by adjusting how
overlay objects blend with
the background. With new
Add, Multiple and Grey Key
options, you can create
unique semi-transparent and
color blend results. Use a
video mask to hide or reveal
different parts of your
video for interesting
special effects or title
sequences.
New!
Freeze frame
Whether it’s a beautiful
smile, your child scoring a
goal or stunning scenery,
sometimes you want to add
extra impact by temporarily
stopping the action to focus
on a single frame. The new
Freeze Frame feature makes
it easy to select the frame
and set the duration to get
the effect you want.
New!
Convert titles to Alpha
channel files
Create stylish,
professional-looking titles
by converting them to alpha
channel images or
animations.
New!
NewBlue FX Video Essentials
II
Create incredible special
effects with bonus tools
from industry leader,
NewBlue. Video Essentials II
offers over 100 presets in
10 plugins to create
vignettes, enhance and
adjust color, and much more.
TitlerEX gives you a
professional way to create
3D titles for your video.
New!
Smart features make projects
easier
Easily keep track of the
clips you’ve used in your
video. Thumbnails in the
Library show a check mark
when the clip has been used
to help you avoid reusing
the same footage. Re-use
your existing video projects
thanks to Multiple Projects
Editing. Easily save and
re-use your customized
Filters or Transitions in
future projects.
New!
ScoreFitter
No movie is complete without
a soundtrack. Add music with
the included Scorefitter
library of royalty-free
sounds and songs—they even
automatically adjust to fit
the length of your movies.
New!
Triple Scoop Music
Capture the mood of your
movie with the perfect
soundtrack. Get 17
royalty-free music tracks
from Triple Scoop Music.
Enhanced! Motion
tracking settings
More mosaic types and better
size control let you
perfectly blur a face or car
plate in your clip. Easy
motion tracking also lets
you target and track moving
objects on screen and
connect them to elements
such as text and graphics.
Enhanced! Screen
Capture
Recording directly from your
screen is a great way to add
custom content to
presentations, demos or
training videos. With
enhanced Screen Capture, you
can easily capture both
system audio and microphone
sound. Snap View Capture
works in Windows 8 to let
you record Windows apps in
action.
Enhanced! Media
Library management
Easily bring your existing
organized media folders into
the intuitive Media Library.
Plus, the enhanced list view
in the library helps you
edit faster with easy access
to more information,
including resolution, frame
rate and start/end times.
Enhanced! 4K hardware
acceleration
4K hardware acceleration is
optimized for upcoming Intel
5th Generation processors,
delivering over over 400%
faster performance than
VideoStudio Pro X7. Overall
playback performance in full
HD is also enhanced and more
tracks can be played in real
time.
Enhanced! More
formats supported
Enjoy more compatibility
with import support for MKV
files, which act as
multimedia containers that
can hold video, audio and
subtitles in a file. New
support for MOV (H.264
format) has been added to
VideoStudio’s variety of
export options, which
include AVI, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
QuickTime, WebM, Windows
Media Format, HTML5 and
more.
FastFlick™ for quick and
easy slideshows and videos
Make movies and slideshows
in just 3 steps. Select a
template, add your media and
share your movie to
Facebook, YouTube, Flickr,
Vimeo. Save your project to
a variety of video formats.
Learning resources
Access a wide range of
learning resources from
within the Help menu. Search
the latest Help, download
the User Guide (PDF), or
watch one of the many video
tutorials in the Discovery
Center.
Complete Multi-track video
editing
Multi-track editing allows
you to combine multiple
levels or sequences of
video, photos, graphics,
effects and titles.
VideoStudio Pro X8 lets you
layer your content onto up
to 21 easily customizable
multimedia tracks, plus add
transitions and effects.
Storyboard/timeline editing
Toggle between simple
storyboard editing and more
advanced multi-track
timeline editing according
to your preferences or
project needs.
Great audio for your video
productions
Import music, voiceover,
sound effects or the audio
of your choosing and easily
sync up to your timeline.
Record your own voice, apply
royalty free auto-music and
easily control the relative
volume of your clips.
Easy fades and transitions
Get the right look for your
production with
drag-and-drop transitions
that deliver easy fades,
dissolves, wipes and many
other effects.
Powerful titles and overlays
Add on-screen text effects,
such as credits, captions,
or subtitles, and
customizable attributes such
as color, font and
animation. Apply motion to
your text using title
animation tools or apply
filters to your text using
preset Title Effects.
Fast and easy ways to
customize your production
Use drag and drop effects,
or Cut and Paste Attributes
from one clip to another.
Swap overlay tracks without
losing any information.
Variable speed
Evoke drama by using slow
motion, or speed things up
for a unique time-lapse
effects. With enhanced
Variable Speed controls,
it's easy to alter the speed
in any part of your video
without having to work with
multiple video clips.
Slideshows that impress
Experiment and add a unique
look to your videos and
photo slideshows with your
favorite transition effects.
Select only the transition
effects you want and add
them to the Random Effects
category.
Complete disc authoring +
video editing in one
VideoStudio Pro X8 delivers
complete DVD and AVCHD
authoring in one complete
video production workshop.
Use comprehensive built-in
disc authoring tools to save
your videos and photo
slideshows to DVD, AVCHD or
ISO disc image.
Advanced customizable motion
controls
Customize the movement of
graphics, titles, objects
and video clips. It's the
perfect way to create
dynamic videos featuring
picture-in-picture and other
pro-quality effects. Plus,
save your customizable
motion to a Path library for
quick and easy reuse.
Stop motion animation
Now, you can create full-HD
stop motion videos using
your DSLR camera. Bring the
processing power and unique
lens capabilities of your
DSLR to life and create stop
motion films your audience
won't forget.
QuickTime alpha channels
Import animated sequences
with transparent backgrounds
using new built-in support
for QuickTime movies
containing alpha channels.
Now you can make animations
and video effects in popular
2D and 3D animation packages
and then use them directly
in VideoStudio Pro X8.
Create videos for mobile
devices
Share movies anywhere with
full support for iPad,
iPhone, iPod touch and Sony
PSP, as well as Windows and
Android smartphones. View
your video masterpiece no
matter where you are.
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